10 Out Of Character Moments That Annoyed Comic Fans

2. The Entire DC Universe - Powerless Incompetents

While an Elseworlds story, this one deserves a special place on this list due to the sheer incompetence of the tale. Written to capitalise on the booming success of the JLA series, Act of God was written to explore the idea of every metahuman on Earth suddenly being de-powered, leaving only technological heroes with their abilities. An interesting idea in theory, yet it fell apart within the first issue. A massive fan of Batman and little else, writer Doug Moench turned the story into little more than a glorification of the dark knight. Getting many basic facts about certain heroes wrong (such as Green Lantern's ring being affected despite being a technological weapon), the story promptly turned the entire Justice League into incompetents whining about their lost power. Many were reduced to little more than straw men to help push Moench's message. Martian Manhunter somehow argued this depowering was a good thing, Wonder Woman and Superman both gave up their morals, and many high tech heroes above Batman suddenly became powerless to make him more important. While there was no single scene which truly cemented this out of character behaviour for all involved, each hero had his or her own individual moment. Wonder Woman attempted to commit suicide (while pregnant no less) after being unable cope without her powers, Kyle Rayner went insane in his determined efforts to regain his abilities, and Lois broke up with Clarke after claiming she had only ever loved Superman. The entire thing was one massive love letter to Batman at the cost of everyone else, culminating with the majority of the founding Justice League running to the caped crusader and begging him to train them. Suffice to say, the story is regarded poorly in the eyes of many DC fans.