History CowboyBebopAtHisComputer / ComicBooks

* On an interview on the Larry King Show, legendary Marvel Comics writer Stan Lee was discussing the merits of comics. He said that, besides great art, a lot of them have good dialogue. King scoffed "Good dialogue? What, like 'Zap!' 'Pow!' That's good dialogue?" Stan corrected him that those were '''sound effects'''. Lee was nice about it and playfully calling him a "Silly person"... There was a whole lot of old in the room.

** It also says "each issue is indistinguishable from the last. Suffice it to say that in the end, everyone learns a valuable moral lesson about how friendship is indeed magic, and goes home happy. It’s almost exactly like the Bible, but with less farce." Either this is is [[PoesLaw satire]] or he doesn't know anything about the Bible either.

* A [[http://www.comicbastards.com/homepage/2013/2/6/wtf-review-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-3.html review]] of ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #3]]'' is full of errors. This is because the “review” is actually just a thinly-veiled rant against bronies and the author obviously didn’t even read the comic, only speaking about it in extremely vague terms and even making up lame excuses for why he “won’t go into particulars about the plot in issue three.” Of course, the fact that he ''only'' “reviewed” issue 3 is already the first hint. He obviously thought that it was a stand-alone story rather than part of a four-issue story arc. This is further confirmed by his claim that “each issue is indistinguishable from the last. Suffice it to say that in the end, everyone learns a valuable moral lesson about how friendship is indeed magic, and goes home happy.” The ponies don’t go home at all, happy or otherwise, until issue 4 — which wasn’t out yet when the review was written — and issue 2 ends with the ponies falling out with each other, so not a single word of that statement is true. He also calls it a “simple, colorful, harmless story”, which means he didn’t even bother to take a look at the [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/my-little-pony-friendship/id583390140?mt=11 preview images on iTunes]].

* An Australian newspaper condemned the depiction of women in comic books. They cited one of the earliest examples of poor treatment being Comicbook/SpiderMan's girlfriend Gwen Stacy. So far, correct. Then they wrote about her terrible demise by being [[StuffedIntoTheFridge killed and stuffed in Spider-Man's fridge]]...

* The ''{{Series/Castle}}'' episode "Heroes & Villains" has a wall of heroes, including {{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/BlackPanther, and says they're all motivated by the murder of a parent. Except Deadpool is an insane mercenary with severe cancer who's kept alive by an implanted healing factor who isn't at all motivated by a parent's murder, and Black Panther, while he became the Panther because of his father's death, it's because the Black Panther is a hereditary title taken by the ruler and guardian of the fictional African country Wakanda, and T'Challa, the current Black Panther, received it as a result of the death of his father T'Chaka.

* The controversial Batgirl cover (the one where Batgirl is shown crying) raised some heated discussion, and at least one forum claimed that male superheroes were never shown weak or unable to act due to trauma. When Scarecrow's fear gas was brought up, they quickly claimed that it doesn't count because it's "not real fear, only chemicals". His fear gas creates realistic hallucinations of the victim's fears to terrify them, it doesn't just make them scared without a reason. By that logic, PTSD shouldn't exist, since any possible hallucinations are not real.
* At least one news outlet has referred to ''ComicBook/LaBorinquena'' as the "first latina/latino superhero". Referring to characters as "the first [x]" is a commonly spouted error that is rarely true, with this comic being an example. She's not the first latino superhero. She's not even the first Puerto Rican superhero, with characters like Miles Morales' Spiderman, White Tiger, Araña, and Vibe beating her by several years. ''ComicBook/LaBorinquena'' was created because of a lack of latino (and specifically Puerto Rican ones) in comics, but not a ''total'' lack of them.

** After an article by USA Today about the new ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' had the quote “Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal.”, several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that Comicbook/MilesMorales "could be gay".

* The ''{{Series/Castle}}'' episode "Heroes & Villains" has a wall of heroes, including {{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/BlackPanther, and says they're all motivated by the murder of a parent. Except Deadpool is an insane mercenary with severe cancer who's kept alive by an implanted healing factor who isn't at all motivated by a parent's murder, and Black Panther, while he became the Panther because of his father's death, it's because the Black Panther is a hereditary title taken by the ruler and guardian of the fictional African country Wakanda, and T'Challa, the current Black Panter, received it as a result of the death of his father T'Chacka.

* The controversial Batgirl cover (The one where Batgirl is shown crying) rised some heated discussion, and at least one forum claimed that male superheroes were never shown weak or unable to act due to trauma. When Scarecrow's fear gas was brought up, they quickly claimed that it doesn't count because it's "not real fear, only chemicals". His fear gas creates realistic hallucinations of the victim's fears to terrify them, it doesn't just make them scared without a reason. By that logic, PTSD shouldn't exist, since any possible hallucinations are not real.

** When it came out that ComicBook/TheFalcon would be introduced in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'', several mainstream sites either referred to him as Marvel's earliest black superhero or the first black member of Comicbook/TheAvengers. In both of those roles, he's predated by the ComicBook/BlackPanther.

* Many news outlits were screaming "Franchise/ArchieComics killed Archie Andrews off!" and this ticked off many people [[MainstreamObscurity who don't even read the comics]]. What these people failed to discuss properly was they killed off the ''ComicBook/LifeWithArchieTheMarriedLife'' character, not the main continuity teenager. ''Life With Archie'' was a spinoff series meant to allow the children to finally become adults and live their lives. The proper timeline Archie is perfectly fine and alive, and Archie isn't canceling the series. In fact ''Archie'' is more popular than it's been in years and Archie [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 even rebooted it]].

** In an article about a local black comic book artist/writer, a paper claimed that there were only five black superheroes, which the article proceeded to list. Aside from the fact that there are far more than five black superheroes, the list didn't mention ComicBook/{{Storm}} (who, due to the at-the-time fairly recent first ''Film/XMen'' movie, was arguably the best-known black superhero in America) but did include [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]. Who is white.

* The ''{{Series/Castle}}'' episode "Heroes & Villains" has a wall of heroes, including {{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/BlackPanther, and says they're all motivated by the murder of a parent. Except Deadpool is an insane mercenary with severe cancer whose kept alive by an implanted healing factor who isn't at all motivated by a parent's murder, and Black Panther, while he became the Panther because of his father's death, it's because the Black Panther is a hereditary title taken by the ruler and guardian of the fictional African country Wakanda, and T'Challa, the current Black Panter, received it as a result of the death of his father T'Chacka.

* Newspaper reviews of the autobiography/history of comics ''Supergods'' by Creator/GrantMorrison were particularly bad. [[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0730/1224301600461.html The Irish Times]], in a caption to a picture of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, referred to ComicBook/TheFlash as ComicStrip/FlashGordon, while the Sunday Times used a piece of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' fan art rather than the real deal and captioned it "Alan Moore's ''Watchman''".

* Newspaper reviews of the autobiography/history of comics ''Supergods'' by Creator/GrantMorrison were particularly bad. [[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2011/0730/1224301600461.html The Irish Times]], in a caption to a picture of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, referred to TheFlash as ComicStrip/FlashGordon, while the Sunday Times used a piece of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' fan art rather than the real deal and captioned it "Alan Moore's ''Watchman''".

* Microsoft posted this [[http://cheezburger.com/7682072576 photo]] of ComicBook/SpiderMan in his black suit posing in front of an XboxOne poster at Comic-Con. The message accompanying the photo?

* Creator/RushLimbaugh stated the villain Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' was an obvious reference to Bane Capital and then made some other claims, but news outlets were quick to point out Bane was from UsefulNotes/TheNineties, before Bane Capital had existed.

* The media brouhaha surrounding the fact that in-real-life beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown appeared in the [[MarvelComics Marvel Comic]] ''Captain Britain and MI:13'' had several papers calling him [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1023597/Have-fear-Brown-help-save-world--new-comic-book-Captain-Britain.html SuperGordon]] and/or saying he "[[http://www.financialexpress.com/news/SuperGordon-to-help-save-world-in-Captain-Britain-fantasy/318214/ leads a counterattack]]" on the invading Skrulls, making him sound like [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent Prime Minister Action]]. In the comic itself, he shows competence and resolve, but doesn't do much; he does give commands, but seems to be a little bit out of the loop when it comes to the world of magic and superheroics.

*** Also a lot of news outlets neglected to mention that Ultimate Spider-Man is an AlternateUniverse character, which led a lot of laymen think that Marvel was replacing "classic"/616 Spider-Man, Peter Parker, not his UltimateMarvel counterpart.

** After an article by USA Today about the new ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'' had the quote “Maybe sooner or later a black or gay — or both — hero will be considered something absolutely normal.”, several news organizations such as the Daily Mail and the Drudge Report automatically assumed that Miles Morales "could be gay".

* Anytime [[MarvelComics Marvel]] or [[DCComics DC]] introduce a new property or LegacyCharacter with the aim of being socially progressive, expect the media to mess up the details while covering it.