# Comic books you thought were terrible as a kid **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066 "2013-10-12T09:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/61 "2013-10-16T00:29:05Z")
> [@Bakhesh](#): > > I got into X-men just after they faked their deaths. It was very slow moving at first, but I came to really like it. I enjoyed a storyline that was prepared to take its time building up Yeah, I got into Uncanny just a little before that, I still think that the Australia/faked death time was one of the better eras of the title. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/62 "2013-10-16T04:49:04Z")
So… Little Dot has OCD; Little Audrey is “cloud-cuckoo crazy.” I suppose Little Lotta has some kind of binge eating disorder. Wow, no wonder these characters didn’t make it into the 21st Century. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/63 "2013-10-16T06:34:20Z")
> [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](#): > > So… Little Dot has OCD; Little Audrey is “cloud-cuckoo crazy.” I suppose Little Lotta has some kind of binge eating disorder. Wow, no wonder these characters didn’t make it into the 21st Century. And Caspar was dead. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/64 "2013-10-16T14:50:01Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > And Caspar was dead. [Yes, yes he was.](http://johnglenntaylor.blogspot.com/2009/03/kaspar-dead-baby.html) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/65 "2013-10-16T21:50:08Z")
Thank you for that! (“You’re raped my childhood!”) Nah, you’ve just given me a good giggle! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/66 "2013-10-16T22:26:53Z")
I never noticed until now that the writer was Marv Wolfman and the artist was Marie Severin (both prolific and famous Marvel creators). Cool! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/67 "2013-10-16T22:32:57Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I was the opposite. I loved DC comics, but couldn’t get into Marvel. And I’m also unsure why. I disliked Marvel because with every gorram issue it seemed like you needed to buy 3 other comics. “Hey, Spidey’s taking a real beating from Doc Ock in this issue! Oh, wait, it’s continued in next month’s _Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spiderman_. Dammit, this month’s Peter Parker is continued in next month’s _Doctor Strange_!” ---
**Author:** ![Gerald\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Gerald\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerald_II)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066/68 "2013-10-28T08:26:51Z")
**Batman: The Dark Knight Returns** I really disliked this book when flipping through in the bookstore as a kid. The art was ugly, Batman looked old and fat, and it was shocking to see a deformed doll/child calling a girl Robin, “Bitch.” Read it later as a teen and thought it was the best Batman story ever. **1963 by Alan Moore** I was buying all the Image #1’s as a young teenager. Bought the first issue of 1963 and recognized it as a Fantastic Four homage but I didn’t give it a chance since I never liked the Fantastic Four or Jack Kirby, and it was on cheap paper with dumb looking characters. I re-read it a couple years ago and it was amazing! Tracked down the subsequent issues and couldn’t believe how fun and inventive it was. **Batman Adventures** Based on the Fox Kids series. Thought these were just Batman-lite comics but it turns out they had better stories than the regular titles at time. **Valiant Comics** Dismissed these comics as the un-cool version of Image Comics. I thought the art was very plain and the superheroes not very flashy looking. The stories though were so much better than Image at the time and leaned more towards SF. **Spider-man 2099** Thought the art was bad, coloring was bad, and I didn’t like the cyberpunk time period. Turns out this series was just as good, and some times better, than Amazing Spider-man. Not Spectular though. DeMatteis was making classic stories with his collaborator Sal Buscema. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-books-you-thought-were-terrible-as-a-kid/671066.md?page=3)