Comics That Didn't Live Up To The "Pre" Hyping

[UnboxingTreasures]

I'll get things started with this beaut... how could this one go wrong? Three of the most popular characters at the time of release, but

[vaillant]

Everything brought out by Marvel in the last – say – twenty years?

 

No, let’s say in the last fifteen years.

 

Kidding (but not so kidding) apart, I can tell you I found embarassing the Blackheart storyline, on a title (the Nocenti/Romita Jr. Daredevil) which I quite appreciated at the time.

[Gatsby77]

Secret Defenders 1.

 

Not only did the Previews artwork not match the finished book, but the composition of the team changed too!

[joecgcmaniac]

Joker's Daughter 3-D

 

Everyone had to have it, then when they saw how bad it was, couldn't wait to get rid of it.

[jaybes]

I'll get things started with this beaut... how could this one go wrong? Three of the most popular characters at the time of release, but

 

I actually liked this book

 

 

[dgarthwaite-migration]

Deathmate

 

DG

[joecgcmaniac]

Deathmate

 

DG

 

That might be the ultimate winner. Between the delays, art, and convoluted story, what could have been a great event went out with a whimper.

[Gatsby77]

Yeah--it sucked so much no one even cared that Deathmate Black was the first app. of Gen13. Result? Gen13 mini # 1 goes to $45. Deathmate Black? $8 on a good day...

[Jeffro.]

How about Dark Knight 2?

[ComicConnoisseur]

[vaillant]

 

But the newspapers said it was "audacious" and "epic"…

 

[Ken Aldred]

Spawn Batman. Written by Frank Miller. Garbage.

[ComicConnoisseur]

 

But the newspapers said it was "audacious" and "epic"…

 

Oh yeah it certainly was epic! I will never forget the experience of reading it.

[ComicConnoisseur]

Spawn Batman. Written by Frank Miller. Garbage.

I remember that one. Junk. When I read it I remember saying to myself this is just a pure money grab by Frank Miller.

 

[ComicConnoisseur]

Deathmate

 

DG

 

That might be the ultimate winner. Between the delays, art, and convoluted story, what could have been a great event went out with a whimper.

I think that`s the one that made a lot of the speculators and readers leave comic books for awhile.

Pure greed in all those involved with the creation of Deathmate.

[Comicopolis]

 

[seanfingh]

For me the Ultimate hype fail was Uncensored Mouse. It was supposed to be super provocative, but it wasn't.

[slym2none]

"Cat mess One."

 

 

 

-slym

[dgarthwaite-migration]

For me the Ultimate hype fail was Uncensored Mouse. It was supposed to be super provocative, but it wasn't.

 

I was looking through that comic at a show this morning. I'd never heard of it before today. It's odd that you'd mention it.

 

DG

[seanfingh]

For me the Ultimate hype fail was Uncensored Mouse. It was supposed to be super provocative, but it wasn't.

 

I was looking through that comic at a show this morning. I'd never heard of it before today. It's odd that you'd mention it.

 

DG

 

I find it more disconcerting than odd.