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* Back in 1959, there was a [[Martian Manhunter]] story in which J'onn J'onzz goes up against a foe called ''the Human Flame''... who was a schlub named Mike who built a "crime suit" that shot electric bolts and fire out of little spouts on the chest. That's right: ''Flaming Shock-Nipples of Crime!'' He dropped off the face of the earth for 50 years and was eventually brought back as an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]] in ''[[Crisis Crossover|Final Crisis]]''.
* [[Frank Miller]]'s ''[[Batman|All-Star Batman & Robin]]'' (a.k.a. "ASSBAR", "The God-Damn Batman!"). Home to lines like [http://www.superdickery.com/index.php?view=article&catid=30%3Aframes-and-panels-index&id=799%3Athe-goddamn-batman&option=com_content&Itemid=24#content "What are you, dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the goddamn Batman."] and "Out of my way, sperm bank."
** For the initiated, ASSBAR is an attempt at retelling Batman's earliest adventures with Robin...except Miller writes Batman as a complete and total lunatic whose actions make no sense. Meanwhile, the Joker is humorless, Robin eats rats, Superman is a bumbling idiot, and Wonder Woman is a feminist extremist who advocates castrating all men.
*** And Green Lantern gets to deliver the immortal line "Damn you AND your lemonade!"
** Also, Frankie would like to remind you that 12-year-old Dick Grayson, age 12, Batman's 12-year-old sidekick, the 12-year-old Robin, age 12, is in fact 12 years old. He reminds you of this ''[[Running Gag|every time 12 year old Dick's name appears in print]].'' [http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox7/ Vicariously] [http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox20/ witness] it in all [http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox30/default.php its glory.]
* ''[[Superman]] vs. Muhammed Ali''. 'Nuff said. (Though to be fair, the art is ''genuinely'' good, crossing into ''gorgeous'' for the recolored deluxe reissue.)
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* According to the [http://www.the-isb.com/?p=980 Invincible Super-Blog], the one glimmer of awesomeness in ''Tarot'' #53 (or the entire series) is: ''"You have to get out of here. Your '''vagina''' is '''haunted'''."''
* [[The DCU]] series "New Guardians", which only lasted for 12 issues. Six superheroes (all of whom are [[Captain Ethnic|captain ethnics]]) are "chosen" to be the next level of human evolution, and are sent on the "glorious mission" to spread their genes by banging as many people as possible. (The problem with this is that the male half is almost completely exempt from this. One of them is [[Camp Gay]], another is a cyborg with computer powers that probably can't be passed down genetically, and this just leaves the half man/half plant.) The only thing in the way of their glorious mission is the fact that a South African Neo-Nazi sends a vampire with AIDS to infect them. They also fight Snowflame, a supervillain who gets super powers from sniffing cocaine and runs a cocaine cult in Colombia. Ironically enough, he has since developed [[Ensemble Darkhorse|another kind of cult following]].
** The [[Unfortunate Implications|Crypto-fascist subtext]] in their mission of eugenics, and the way they out and out call themselves [[A Nazi by Any Other Name|"superior beings"]] or the fact that their personalities combine all the campiness of [[Silver Age]] Heroes, with all the Egotism of [[Nineties Anti-Hero|Nineties Anti Heroes]].
** Plus, not only is sex their mission, it seems to be all they ever think about. In an attempt at giving the comic a "mature" feel, the characters drop sex into nearly EVERY conversation. On several occasions, they'll be discussing something unrelated, and someone will say "you know that reminds me: I have sex all the time!" and ''no one will find that weird.''
*** [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] did a [http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-guardians-2.html great review of it]
* While he is commonly considered the best [[Transformers]] comic writer, Simon Furman is known for his purple prose and frequently-recycled dialogue ([http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Furmanism "IT NEVER ENDS!", "Never did want to live forever", "...like some vast, predatory bird!", and "...the worst case of indigestion it's ever had!"] are some frequently-repeated offenders). A decent-sized chunk of the fandom and Furman himself actually ''embrace'' these flaws, as they give his work a [[Narm Charm|distinctive charm.]]
* What about that issue of ''[[Doom Patrol]]'' where the super villain with the robotic penis is beaten by the transsexual hooker in a frog mask who gained powers by servicing a radioactive Hermaphrodite? [http://www.headinjurytheater.com/article59.htm Proof.]
* ''Battle Pope''. It's the post-rapture Apocalypse, demons are everywhere. The righteous are taken to Heaven and surprise, the Pope's not among them. After being visited by [[God]] and [[Jesus Was Way Cool|Jesus]], the Pope [[Took a Level
* Although [[Valiant Comics]] produced a number of series that where good enough to stand up on their own merits, Bloodshot certainly counts as this. A basic [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] [[Cliché Storm]], where the creative staff couldn't decide which direction they wanted to go in, so they went in all of them at once. "He's like Batman! Now he's like The Punisher! Now he's Wolverine!" The result being an experimental super solder created by a Japanese corporation, out of the body of a betrayed Mafia hitman, who wanders the streets of New York in a [[Badass Longcoat|trench coat]]. The plots are completely illogical, he gets on a plane, battles assassins and terrorists, falls out, and lands in the jungles of South East Asia, where he goes all Rambo on some random guerrillas. Also random crossovers. A lot of them.
* The ''Magog'' solo series is this. An [[Affectionate Parody]] of the classic [[Nineties Anti-Hero]], and a rogues gallery consisting of a silver haired woman who talks like a 1980s valley girl, a crazy homeless dude, and his mother.
* Promotional comics, when done right but still featuring obvious product placement, are like this in general.
** The Marvel/Office Max/Teacher Appreciation one where Dr. Doom is defeated thanks to the power of ''a rubber band ball'' is a spectacular example. Read about it [http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/longbox10/default.php here].
** NASA's Aero and Space comic is exactly what you would expect a comic book produced by NASA to be. Long, kinda-boring scenes about administration and getting funding for stuff... and then supercool action. The villain gets some pretty stupid lines, but c'mon, superheroes in battlesuits jumping out of an SR-71 and then launching into orbit!
* The various [[Star Trek]] / [[X-Men]] crossovers. Yes, there's more than one.
* A lot of the [[Silver Age]], especially the comics of the "[[Super Dickery|Superman inexplicably forces Jimmy Olsen to marry a gorilla]]" variety.
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* ''Batman Odyssey'', a 12-issue miniseries drawn by Neal Adams. Unfortunately, it's also ''written'' by Neal Adams, leading to [[OOC]] dialogue, a nonsensical plot, and general zanyness all around, leading to it becoming an incredibly impressive-looking trainwreck.
* The original "Mighty Crusaders" series of the mid-1960s is this: Hokey stories, bland attempts by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel to ape the Stan Lee style, and silly over-exaggeration of the very Marvel-style story concepts that they were aiming for. No wonder that they are continued to be mocked on the web!
* Steampunk Palin. Sarah Palin. As a cyborg. Powered by Steam. Also, Robot Obama (Robama). The Russians have taken over Alaska with the aid of Al Gore. Al Gore is apparently Cobra Commander.
** There's also ''Sarah Palin vs. The World'', which mixes Mrs. Palin with [[Scott Pilgrim|a certain Canadian's precious little life]], and it's as absurd as you imagine it to be.
* [[Count Duckula]] #6 (Marvel) featured a story with a drawn-for-comic rendition of Geraldo Rivera, with the storyline of Duckula appearing on Rivera's trashy talk show of the time. The cover has the cartoon Duckula conversing with a live Rivera.
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