10 Comic Book Moments That Were Profoundly Insulting
Comics are fun to read, but every once in a while, a story comes out that's insulting to the core!
Since the early days of comic books, characters and stories have been written in support of the fans and their interests. Every once in a while, a writer will come along and tear apart everything the fans love. When this happens, fans might rage-quit the series, others may enjoy the story, and some will be insulted by it.
This can happen when a story alters a character in such a way as to go completely against everything they previously stood for. Imagine a story where Batman kills a dozen bad guys, or Peter Parker casually dances in the street in some kind of spooky Emo lookâfans don't like that sort of thing, and they often take insult at the attempt.
Over the years, there have been plenty of examples of stories that insulted the fans, but not every insulting story was necessarily bad. Some were written well and were interwoven throughout a series of books. Spider-Man's "Clone Saga" was mostly hated by fans, but it was a complicated plot few could argue wasn't well-written.
The examples on this list represent some of the most insulting plots ever to find their way into a comic book. Whether you loved them or hated 'em, there's hardly a fan out there who wasn't insulted in some way by these stories.
10. The Blob Eats The Wasp As Part Of A Punchline
Comic: Ultimatum #2
What Happened: Ultimatum was a crossover series in the Ultimate Universe meant to clean it up, but it didn't handle things in the nicest, or neatest way. The story kicks off with Magneto flipping the magnetic poles of the planet, which screws up Earth's axis. This results in some terrible weather, and the subsequent deaths of millions of innocent people.
There were a lot of deaths in the series, but the one that just ate at most fans (pun intended) was the death of Janet van Dyne, otherwise known as the Wasp. Hawkeye stumbles upon a rather disturbing scene, in which he finds the Blob hovering over Janet's corpse, which he was eating.
He's scooping out her guts, and eating them, which doesn't paint a pretty picture. He looks up to see Hawkeye, and quips, "Tastes like chicken," making the whole thing a gruesome joke.
Why Was It Insulting: It was a terrible way to kill off a character who was one of the founding members of the Avengers. The Wasp wasn't someone who could easily be defeated, but there she was, intestines on display as a disgusting monster was greedily eating them. The series itself wasn't a fan-favorite, and this one death stuck out as one of the worst.