15 Failed Comic Book TV Shows That Only Lasted One Episode

6. Welcome To Eltingville (2002)

Although only the premiere episode has aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, Welcome To Eltingville (based on the Dark Horse Comic series created by Evan Dorkin) is an extremely well-drawn animated series with sarcastic, penetrating insight into the geek-world of comics, fantasy role-playing and genre films.

The show takes place in Eltingville, Staten Island, and focuses on the lives of four teenage boys: Bill Dickey, Josh Levy, Pete DiNunzio and Jerry Stokes, all members of "The Eltingville Club", who have shared interests in comic books and science fiction, among other things. The greatest moment of the pilot comes when two of the show's characters go head to head in a "trivia-off" in order to decide who goes home with a collectible Boba Fett action figure.

What follows is five gloriously geeky minutes of the two characters asking each other random trivia questions only the geekiest geeks would know the answers to. The questions range from which rock star played on the Star Wars Christmas album to what Digimon digivolved into Sukamon. The dialogue comes fast and furious, and is scathingly funny. Anyone who is into comics, sci-fi or fantasy will find enough inside-jokes and self-references to fill several hours worth of research. Highly recommended!