The Most Ridiculous Comic Storylines Ever Written
What are the most ridiculous comics stories of all time?
The comics industry has been around for decades, so it should come as little surprise that there are at least one or two storylines out there that could be considered – how should I put it? – unsuccessful. Maybe they’re an obvious sign of their time. The ‘70s was a weird decade, after all. Or maybe they involve beloved characters doing things they would never really do, all for the love of controversy. Or maybe, and we’re willing to bet this is the one that’s mostly true, maybe the storylines are just so batshit bonkers that no one has any real clue what’s going on. Truth is, a comic doesn’t have to be good to make it to our screens. Just look at Freeform’s Cloak and Dagger. Thankfully, the majority of the time, the most ridiculous comics are even too much for Hollywood.When Marvel killed off a bunch of its characters in weird and disgusting ways
Ultimatum was meant to be a huge Marvel crossover event, which centered on Magneto’s attempt to destroy the world following the death of his children, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
It pretty much succeeded in only one thing: illustrating the deaths of nearly every Marvel superhero in the cringiest ways possible (there’s a whole, being eaten alive chain that we’d like to forget).
But its worst offense has to be the fact that the few heroes who did manage to survive included the Fantastic Four.
The one that turned a lame sidekick into a hardcore drug addict
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DC’s Arsenal started out as a Robin ripoff for fellow billionaire vigilante Green Arrow. At some point in time, he was given an edgier backstory — that of a full-blown heroin addict. Although he recovered, in 2010 we got Justice League: The Rise of Arsenal, which was anything but.
Unless you consider a full-blown hallucination involving a dead cat in place of a human daughter, that is.
That time Nightcrawler became the new Pope
If the idea of a group of evil fighting mutants with powers that range from telekinesis to laser eyes to blue-hued ape-like whateverthef— Beast actually had goes over your head, then X-Men: Holy War would be like the comic equivalent of having a Pokémon-induced seizure. Crucified teenagers.
A plot to have a demon take over the Vatican. Exploding communion wafers. Actually, you know what? Holy War should definitely be adapted for the screen.
When that couple could stop time by having sex
In Image’s Sex Criminals, we meet Suzie and Jon, two seemingly average individuals who discover they have the power to freeze time at orgasm. Being the entrepreneurial types they are, the pair decides to use their “gift” to rob a bank.
And if you think the concept is too much for the small screen, think again: it was announced in 2015 that the time-stopping lovers would be making their way to TV.