10 Most Asinine 90's Comic Characters Who Never Caught On
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Posted on: 2012-05-28 16:15 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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| To make stodgy old Superman hip to the kids, the publisher briefly gave him electrical powers and the ability to split into two separate sentient entities: Superman Red and Superman Blue. He could travel through electrical signals and (presumably) fire AOL CD-Roms from his wrists. |
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I actually liked Superman red/blue remember reading it when it came out was only like 12 or 13.
While the article may have some good points. The whole thing falls apart and loses it's credibility when it disses the Maximum Carnage series.
I own two full sets of Maximum Carnage (not TPB mind you). The series was so popular it even spawned it's own video game adaptation released for the then popular SEGA Genesis and Super Nintendo.
I... *ahem* sorry, my nerdrage kicked in and I felt I needed to defend something I loved from my childhood... I think I had and was trying to make a point, but then my ADD kicked in...
*shrug*
I think I'll go read Maximum Carnage now.
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I think it wasn't so much dissing Carnage as it was the character Shriek who, tbh, looks really lame. Carnage doesn't need a partner in crime to pull off his bloodthirsty brand of crazy, especially not one designed by Rob Liefeld.
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| One of the biggest Spider-Man stories of the 1990s was Maximum Carnage, a way-too-long story about the Venom knock-off Carnage... |
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The Maxx isn't in there . . . he had a short TV series on MTV . . .
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dunno, the game was a critical flop and was generally only remarkable for its red cartiridge. beyond that it was a final fight clone of the like that was glutting the market at the time.
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Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune
While the article may have some good points. The whole thing falls apart and loses it's credibility when it disses the Maximum Carnage series.
I own two full sets of Maximum Carnage (not TPB mind you). The series was so popular it even spawned it's own video game adaptation released for the then popular SEGA Genesis and Super Nintendo. I... *ahem* sorry, my nerdrage kicked in and I felt I needed to defend something I loved from my childhood... I think I had and was trying to make a point, but then my ADD kicked in... *shrug* I think I'll go read Maximum Carnage now. /leaves |
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The idea was interesting, and even today I still think he looked kinda cool like that. If it had been a new character, or an alternate universe, or some such, millennium-Superman might have faded into mere obscurity rather than being remembered as a much-reviled and stupid idea. Superman fans don't take kindly to Superman no longer being Superman.
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Originally Posted by Lucky666
I actually liked Superman red/blue remember reading it when it came out was only like 12 or 13.
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Personally (and I know I will get heat for this) I think both Venom and Carnage should be in that list. Somehow though both of them caught on. I still can't figure it out.
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I think Maxx was less asinine and just not developed enough in the long run. Happened to a lot of 90's comics sadly.
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Originally Posted by War-Nugget
The Maxx isn't in there . . . he had a short TV series on MTV . . .
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His comic series was meh. His TV series was awesome. And the voice acting played a huge role in that.
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Originally Posted by BrandX
I think Maxx was less asinine and just not developed enough in the long run. Happened to a lot of 90's comics sadly.
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Maxx asinine? Just because you didn't grok it doesn't mean it's asinine.
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They didn't even mention that at one point in Warrior, Guy Gardner was a girl...
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But didn't the storyline drag out too long for what it was, and wasn't Carnage just a knock off? It's not really a jab if it's true :\
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Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune
Sure looks like their taking plenty of jabs at the series to me.
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Green Jelly even wrote a song...
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Originally Posted by Mystic_Fortune
While the article may have some good points. The whole thing falls apart and loses it's credibility when it disses the Maximum Carnage series.
I own two full sets of Maximum Carnage (not TPB mind you). The series was so popular it even spawned it's own video game adaptation released for the then popular SEGA Genesis and Super Nintendo. I... *ahem* sorry, my nerdrage kicked in and I felt I needed to defend something I loved from my childhood... I think I had and was trying to make a point, but then my ADD kicked in... *shrug* I think I'll go read Maximum Carnage now. /leaves |
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It seems like the critical reception didn't match its actual reception with fans. I'd certainly say it did more justice to the superhero genre than many other games of its era. Heck, even for a simple beat-em-up it had more variety in its mechanics than Streets or Rage or Golden Axe. |
Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
dunno, the game was a critical flop and was generally only remarkable for its red cartiridge. beyond that it was a final fight clone of the like that was glutting the market at the time.
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The one thing that really stands out on that list for me is the Neo. That story arc put the nail in the coffin of my comic book reading. It seemed to really mark the X-men's dive into gritty, grimdark stories. Occasionally, I'll skim through a comic these days only to be disappointed that things never got much better.
What they did to Guy Gardner was unforgivable, when they made him "Warrior". Even though he wasn't likeable, he was at least interesting with the Giffen Justice Leagues (ONE PUNCH!). The mini series where he became Warrior was perplexing me with what happened to him until I realized they just made him suck. Too bad.
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I'm happy to say I remember none of those, except for Red and Blue Superman, and I only know that because I saw a cover.
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Originally Posted by kiken
they didn't even mention that at one point in warrior, guy gardner was a girl...
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During GL: Rebirth, I pretty much cheered when Hal's spare ring replicated itself and the replica flew to Guy Gardner. I was like "Thank you Parallax/Spectre for undoing that Warrior garbage!"
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Originally Posted by Deacon_NA
What they did to Guy Gardner was unforgivable, when they made him "Warrior". Even though he wasn't likeable, he was at least interesting with the Giffen Justice Leagues (ONE PUNCH!). The mini series where he became Warrior was perplexing me with what happened to him until I realized they just made him suck. Too bad.
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Nice to see Adam-X, a.k.a. X-Treme (a more '90's name, you won't find) on there. I recall him solely because I bought the action figure version of him purely to convert in to a figure of a completely different character from a completely different milieu. I remember spending a lot of time clipping off spikes and blades ...
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I always thought it would've made a good Elseworlds one-shot set in the '30's and dealing with how radio influenced the Superman mythos, given that (1) lots of what we take for granted about Superman came from the radio show and (2) two of the major radio networks were NBC Red and NBC Blue. The major problems with this idea are that the Superman show didn't air on (either) NBC, and modern-day DC ended up affiliated with one of modern-day NBC's rivals.
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Originally Posted by Hopeling
If [Superman Red/Superman Blue] had been a new character, or an alternate universe, or some such, millennium-Superman might have faded into mere obscurity rather than being remembered as a much-reviled and stupid idea.
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Appropriate amounts of snarkiness in that list, but insufficient levels of geekiness.
How can you riff on Superman Red/Blue without knowing or mentioning the nature of its homage?
Also, the list fails without mentioning any of the abysmally awful Bad Girl Comics of the 90s.
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Appropriate amounts of snarkiness in that list, but insufficient levels of geekiness.
How can you riff on Superman Red/Blue without knowing or mentioning the nature of its homage? Also, the list fails without mentioning any of the abysmally awful Bad Girl Comics of the 90s. |
While those listed in the original list are just bad.
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Adam X was in a single panel of the X-Men last year.|
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Nice to see Adam-X, a.k.a. X-Treme (a more '90's name, you won't find) on there. I recall him solely because I bought the action figure version of him purely to convert in to a figure of a completely different character from a completely different milieu. I remember spending a lot of time clipping off spikes and blades ...
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This list amused me greatly.
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The DC Comics character Guy Gardner debuted in 1968, and he's spent most of his career as a smart aleck Green Lantern with the heart of gold. But for a few years between the 1990s and 2000s, Gardner discovered that he had a secret extraterrestrial heritage.
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