10 Crazy Comic Books Way Better Than They Had Any Right To Be
10. Bruce Wayne Agent Of Shield
After the insanity that was DC VS Marvel event - which itself was the epitome of weirdness - the two companies decided to get even weirder. The short-lived imprint known as Amalgam Comics was a wild collection of twenty-four one shots in which the universes of DC and Marvel are merged and many of their characters combined.
One stand out issue of this imprint is Bruce Wayne Agent of S.H.E.I.L.D. While many of the other Amalgam books focus on wacky combinations, this book is more of a character study. It's not uncommon for Batman fans to question his rule against killing, and this explores a version of the man who never had this rule.
The comic takes the character of Bruce Wayne and changes one crucial detail of his backstory, by having his parents be murdered by Hydra.
So, instead of becoming a vigilante, he becomes a spy, and as a spy he has no qualms with killing his enemies. This is the story of what happens when Bruce Wayne has all of vengeful obsession of Batman, and none of the restraint.
It's a tragedy of self destruction, as Wayne proves beyond any doubt that he is in fact a sociopath. He's a killing machine whose obsessed war with Greenskull has resulted in countless deaths and destroyed the lives of those around him, leading to a disaster of epic proportions.