History Narm / Comicbooks

* In Mighty Avengers #25, Hercules, masquerading as the Red Hulk, picks a fight with Ben Grimm (the Thing) of the Fantastic Four. Maintaining his {{Kayfabe}}, he says:

* In the 1970s the ''{{Avengers}}'' had a now-obscure villain called [[FailOSuckyname Egghead]] (his head was shaped like an egg) who appeared plotting in his lair and exclaiming "''It's not fair! All I ever wanted to do was rule the world! Is that so much to ask?''". He then reflects on how he's not getting any younger and the whole thing comes across as more of a Villainous Mid-Life Crisis than a VillainousBreakdown.

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*** While The Death of Superman does have it's fans there are some bits of dialogue that make it obvious that the script was made in a rush to replace a years' worth of thrown out material.

* Let's not forget: [[http://clintjcl.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/batman-my-parents-are-dead.jpg MY PARENTS ARE DEEAAAAAAAD!!!]]

** Bonus for philosophy students: Imagine Darkseid trying this on a hero that follows Existentialism. Whether the hero starts lecturing him [[hottip:*: like Sartre did when he concluded that Sisyphus could get fulfillment from his punishment, which was pointless by definition]] or punches him in the face depends mostly on what you think would be more amusing.

* While Johns' run on Green Lantern is excellent overall, the Red Lanterns are hard to take seriously. For Oa's sake, they vomit up blood as a weapon!

* Batman #66. "So! They laugh at my '''boner''', will they?! ''I'll show them! I'll show them how many '''boners''' the Joker can make!'' This emphasis on '''''boners''''' has given me an idea ''for a new adventure in crime!'' Gotham will rue the day the mentioned the word '''''boner!'''''"

* [[http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://crapculture.ca/Images/pg4_fi588879.jpg&imgrefurl=http://my.spill.com/xn/detail/947994:BlogPost:2183882%3Fxg_source%3Dactivity&usg=__Lku81waDccQ7r7IaFJMQG6c3f0A=&h=888&w=602&sz=149&hl=en&start=0&sig2=3rsn9vEklJu1nLw9TOgysw&zoom=1&tbnid=1FxVR3s-9GAPRM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=88&ei=HX-zTPD4EIednAfmmI3GBQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbatman%2B66%2Bboners%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DOp5%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26biw%3D1440%26bih%3D676%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=643&oei=HX-zTPD4EIednAfmmI3GBQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0&tx=50&ty=56 "So! They laugh at my '''boner''', will they?! ''I'll show them! I'll show them how many '''boners''' the Joker can make!'' This emphasis on '''''boners''''' has given me an idea ''for a new adventure in crime!'' Gotham will rue the day the mentioned the word '''''boner!'''''"]]

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostess_(brand)#Comic_book_advertisements Hostess Cupcake ads]], that is all.

*** Another Rorschach-related example: the part where he ambushes Moloch by popping out of his fridge was so ridiculous it crossed back over into CrazyAwesome. Especially {{narm}}y if you think about the time it must have taken for Rorschach to move all the stuff inside the fridge and hide them in Moloch's kitchen and how many things could have gone wrong in the plan.

** It might sound stupid, but you should consider how ''ridiculously'' in-character it is for him to say that.
*** Also, considering how often comic characters come back to life, this was probably his way of saying he meant business.
*** The whole appeal of the character to this troper is that he is exactly what he is perceived as... a completely fucked-up nobody with no friends and no future... with the power of a god. What could be scarier than that?

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*** Also, considering how often comic characters come back to life, this was probably his way of saying he meant buisness

** Bonus for philosophy students: Imagine Darkseid trying this on a hero that follows Existentialism. Whether the hero starts lecturing him or punches him in the face depends mostly on what you think would be more amusing.

** Another comic that drove Linkara nuts, ''Batman: Fortunate Son''. The comic essentially states that all forms of rock'n'roll are evil. This comic wasn't published in TheFifties when [[TheNewRockAndRoll that would make some sense]], but in 1999. It brings us some great narmy lines like "Punk is nothing but death...and crime...and the rage of a beast." and "[[TheBeatles Pigs---From a gun!]]"
*** The scene where a bunch of people are critiquing the singer, one guy says "He still plays the strongest guitar I've ever heard." Another guy turns around and yells "Yeah? '''SO WHAT?!'''" with probably the narmfully angry expression in the whole book.
* You know you have reached impressive levels of Narm when the people ''making'' the comic refuse to include a panel because it keeps making them laugh. In ''FiftyTwo'', [[spoiler:BoosterGold]] was going to die, but the authors were actually pretty GenreSavvy and realized that ''nobody'' who had experience with comics would actually [[DeathIsCheap believe he was dead]]. So, they figured out the pretty obvious solution: Show the body (No "NoOneCouldSurviveThat" or anything like that). They also had to make sure it was clearly a corpse, otherwise "He is just in a coma" would be tossed around right away, so they had him bisected and fall to the ground in two bloody chunks. Unfortunately, seeing the two pieces drop to the ground was too damn ''funny''; the trade paperbacks came with commentary from the creators, along with a few preliminary sketches, and the authors revealed that the separate panels of one part of the body falling, followed by another panel showing the rest of the body falling, could not be taken seriously, and the supposedly [[DespairEventHorizon horrific and disturbing death of a major character]] was instead [[{{Narm}} ridiculous]]. They took out the original panel and re-wrote it, salvaging the scene.
* ''[[GreenArrow "My ward, speedy... is a JUNKIE!]]"''

* A lot of stuff operating under the GrandfatherClause can count for uninitiated readers. like the Marvels' transformation phrase. Sure it's cool and dramatic and it works for readers familiar with it, but in the end they're just shouting 'Shazam!' at the top of their lungs.
* The DarkerAndEdgier ''ThunderCats: Dogs of War'' features the spectacularly narmy "This night, we [[{{Squick}} mark our territory]]...[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome with]] '''''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome blood!]]'''''

* The zombie!Doctor Light progressively tearing off the current Doctor Light's costume during their battle in ''BlackestNight''. She's supposed to be in serious danger of getting raped and then eaten but the fact that somebody was concerned about putting FanService into the scene is so funny that it kills the mood completely.
* The Anti-Life Equation is supposed to be a contender for the most horrible thing in the DC Universe, capable of stripping the will from anyone by forcing them to acknowledge that life is without merit or worth. It's revealed to be a long string of words with sad connotations, with various mathematical symbols stuffed between them. This is treated deadly-serious, despite looking downright silly.
** Bonus for philosophy students: Imagine Darkseid trying this on a hero that follows Existentialism. Whether the hero starts lecturing him or punches him in the face depends mostly on what you think would be the more amusing mental picture.

** The scene where a bunch of people are critiquing the singer, one guy says "He still plays the strongest guitar I've ever heard." Another guy turns around and yells "Yeah? '''SO WHAT?!'''" with probably the narmfully angry expression in the whole book.