10 Times DC Comics Lost Their Damn Minds

10. The Rise Of Arsenal

A common complaint of some of DC's comics is the over the top levels of darkness they'll go to in an attempt to appear mature. The absolute pinnacle of that was Justice League: Cry For Justice and its sequel The Rise of Arsenal.

Roy Harper had been on a long hard road to get from Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy to his identity at the time of Red Arrow. However, that all came crashing down during the deeply unpleasant Cry For Justice after his daughter was killed by a bomb.

While Cry For Justice was a puerile attempt at proving "comics aren't just for kids", Rise of Arsenal was so dark it came across as a parody of itself. Roy went returned to his old codename Arsenal and fell back into heroin addiction.

After taking time out to let us all know that the stress of everything has made Roy impotent, we get the one of the most unintentionally hilarious comic panels ever made, Arsenal, high as a kite, beats up a group of drug dealers to protect a dead cat that he thinks is his daughter.

There are some comics that people use as an example that the medium is capable of telling deep and meaningful stories. This is not one of them.