History Narm / Comicbooks

* In an attempt to make an excuse for ComicBook/PowerGirl's fanservicey costume, one writer had her claim to Superman, in a melodramatic ramble, that it was the result of waiting for whether she should put his S-shield symbol there or something else. (Never minding that there was nothing stopping her from just filling it with ''cloth''.) If the explanation weren't laughable enough in itself, despite being played for deep, meaningful CharacterDevelopment, the last part of it has Power Girl, with an exaggerated pout and teary eyes (the artist basically had the characters "overacting"), say "[[DoubleEntendre Fill my hole, Superman.]]" Also, the "fill my hole" bit wasn't in the original [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/205e45060220242897fbda3475cdefa1/tumblr_mmp7eyzfc91qhqro5o1_1280.jpg?.jpg comic]].

-->'''Mephisto:''' I want your MARRIAGE.

* This ruined [[https://i.imgur.com/PQWnp2V.jpg the cover for Issue #21]] of the ComicBook/{{Rebirth}} run of ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''. Red Hood's pointing his gun at ComicBook/ThePenguin's face while Cobblepot smugly [[SecondFaceSmoke blows smoke into his]]. Most of the cover is very well drawn until you realize that Jason's hand looks like it's coming from his crotch.

* "[[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder What are you, dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the goddamn Batman.]]"
** After a while, the ''constant'' repetition of how old twelve-year-old Dick Grayson is, age twelve, born twelve years ago, can get highly amusing.
* A comic that drove [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] nuts: ''Batman: Fortunate Son''. The comic states that all forms of rock'n'roll are evil. This comic wasn't published in TheFifties, when [[TheNewRockAndRoll that was a common belief]], but in 1999. It brings us lines like these:
--> "Punk is nothing but death... and crime... and the rage of a beast."
--> "[[Music/TheBeatles Pigs---From a gun!]]"
** The scene in which people are critiquing the musician in this comic. One guy says, "He still plays the strongest guitar I've ever heard." Another guy turns around with a narmful angry expression and yells, "Yeah? '''[[SuddenlyShouting SO WHAT?!]]'''"
** The "Pigs from a gun" line was from "I am the Walrus", a song [[TheWalrusWasPaul made to confuse people and nothing more]]... and yet Batman says this line [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory as though there was some kind of deeper symbolic meaning to it]]. This makes both Batman and the writer look incredibly stupid.
** Bats also quips "twist and shout, Mr. Crowe!" while punching Crowe.
** Attempting to cure (?) Robin of his love of rock and roll, Batman takes him to Arkham Asylum, revealing that it has an entire wing for Elvis impersonators.
* Batman #66. "So! They laugh at my '''boner''', will they?! ''I'll show them! I'll show them how many '''boners''' ComicBook/TheJoker can make!'' This emphasis on '''''boners''''' has given me an idea ''for a new adventure in crime!'' Gotham will rue the day they mentioned the word '''''boner!'''''"
** ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' clarified the narm by openly stating the current meaning of the word.
** [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16870_the-20-most-ridiculous-batman-comics-ever-released.html We can]] [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-insane-batman-comics-courtesy-tasty-hostess-cupcakes/ do more]].

* ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack'': [[BeeBeeGun Bees. My God.]]
* The infamous "crying Joker" scene from Creator/BrianAzarello's take on [[ComicBook/{{Joker}} The Joker]]. (The scene is found [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/617588.html?thread=16014964 here]].) It could have worked on a weird, NarmCharm level with the "tragic clown" aspect, but the look on Jonny's face puts a crimp in that.
* [[http://houseofgeekery.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/tiki-download_file-php.jpg The Absence]], a new Batman villain, was shot in the head but survived due to some weak science. As a result she has a [[WhoEvenNeedsABrain large, perfectly round hole all the way through her head]] which resembles the effects of a gunshot only on the Itchy and Scratchy Show. Every scene with her and her cartoonish, bizarre injury looks utterly ridiculous. These issues of ''Batman and Robin'' were written by Paul Cornell, whose writing usually maintains a bizarre balance between "serious" and "goofy" (see, for example, his runs on ''Action Comics'' and ''Knight and Squire''). The scenes with the Absence are at least more legitimately compelling than they would have been if written by pretty much anyone else, which given the inherent ridiculousness of the character, is saying something.
* Similar to the above, [[http://www.batmanytb.com/bios/villains/t/torque02.jpg Torque]] was a ''Nightwing'' villain who survived having his neck snapped due to weak science, and was left with his head cartoonishly stuck facing backwards.
* Even ''Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' isn't immune. While Bruce Wayne [[ContemplateOurNavels muses]] in a manly, Milleresque fashion over how he hates himself and not being Batman again, he walks out onto the street... past a pair of badly drawn doomsayers that could best be described as reject snow goons from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', clutching clumps of cardboard with "WE ARE DAMNED" scrawled upon them. Doesn't help that Calvin made said snow goons do the exact same thing to illustrate how they would "die" or melt at the end of winter.
* [[http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/WF/batman/btas/guides/comic/tba/09.jpg This cover]]. Awww, just look at that thug's puppy eyes...
* In [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smartbombstudios-justice.jpg this panel]], the villain of the week informs Batman and several other heroes that he's infected them with poison that will kill the loved ones they've touched. The other heroes all think immediately of their love interests like Iris West or Jean Loring, but Batman thinks of ''Robin'', [[HoYay making it seem like he's declaring the Boy Wonder to be his lover]].

* Any time they go over-the-top in portraying the Joker as TheDreaded, like when all of the other villains are depicted as being pants-shittingly terrified of him in ''ComicBook/SalvationRun'', even though many of them could offhandedly obliterate him in the blink of an eye, especially now that they are all trapped together on a lawless dog eat dog DeathWorld.

* In the first story arc of ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'' a group of magical villains have captured a small town and are sacrificing people into a giant pit. This pit is referred to, ve by the villains themselves, as a ''murder hole''.

* [[http://houseofgeekery.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/tiki-download_file-php.jpg The Absence]], a new Batman villain, was shot in the head but survived due to some weak science. As a result she has a large, perfectly round hole all the way through her head which resembles the effects of a gunshot only on the Itchy and Scratchy Show. Every scene with her and her cartoonish, bizarre injury looks utterly ridiculous. These issues of ''Batman and Robin'' were written by Paul Cornell, whose writing usually maintains a bizarre balance between "serious" and "goofy" (see, for example, his runs on ''Action Comics'' and ''Knight and Squire''). The scenes with the Absence are at least more legitimately compelling than they would have been if written by pretty much anyone else, which given the inherent ridiculousness of the character, is saying something.

** The "Pigs from a gun" line was from "I am the Walrus", a song made to confuse people and nothing more... and yet Batman says this line as though there was some kind of deeper symbolic meaning to it. This makes both Batman and the writer look incredibly stupid.

** The way Superman reveals Batman's secret identity. Batman shut down the Watchtower, so Superman, using Cyborg, posts "Batman is Bruce Wayne" on his Twitter account. It makes sense, but it's so mundane and anti-climactic. Also, Superman has his own Twitter account and everyone knows it's Superman's Twitter account.

* In the first story arc of ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'' a group of magically based villains have captured a small town and are sacrificing people into a giant pit. This pit is referred to by multiple characters (Even by the villains themselves) as a ''murder hole''.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' seems to assign artists regardless of whether or not their art style is compatible with the general tone of the story, so it's not uncommon to see a dark storyline with light-hearted artwork or vice versa. Probably the most outstanding example comes in an issue where Sally confronts Sonic over whether showing up Robotnik is more important than their relationship - any drama the scene may have had is killed instantly by the fact that the penciler drew Sally's mouth as literally taking up half her face.

* You know you've reached impressive levels of Narm when the people ''making'' the comic refuse to include a panel because it keeps making them laugh. In ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo'', [[spoiler:ComicBook/BoosterGold]] was going to die, but the authors were smart and realized that ''nobody'' who had experience with comics would [[DeathIsCheap believe he was dead]]. So, they figured out an obvious solution: ''Show the body.'' They also had to make sure it was clearly a corpse; otherwise, "he's just in a coma" would be tossed around right away. They had him bisected and falling to the ground in two bloody chunks. Unfortunately, seeing the two pieces drop to the ground was found amusing; 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 ridiculous. They took out the original panel and re-wrote it, salvaging the scene.

* ''[[Comicbook/GreenArrow "My ward, Speedy... is a JUNKIE!]]"'' (The comic debuted in the early 1970s and probably seemed less silly at the time, though.)

* ''[[Comicbook/GreenArrow "My ward, Speedy... is a JUNKIE!]]"''

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'': During the trilogy, it's revealed that Fire Lord Sozin has outlawed same-sex couples, leading Korra to exclaim, "[[AndThatsTerrible That guy's the]]''[[AndThatsTerrible worst!]]''" However, this seems to brush aside the more atrocious things Sozin had done like leaving his best friend (Avatar Roku) to die during a volcano eruption, starting a hundred-year war that cost many lives, and committing genocide on the Air Nomads (except Aang) and almost all of the dragons. This also seems to make it sound like that the Fire Nation was always very tolerant and progressive until Sozin became Fire Lord, thus making him seem like he outlawed same-sex couples and committed his more terrible actions just ForTheEvulz.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'': During the trilogy, it's revealed that Fire Lord Sozin has outlawed same-sex couples, leading Korra to exclaim, "[[AndThatsTerrible That guy's the]][[AndThatsTerrible ''worst''!]]" However, this seems to brush aside the more atrocious things Sozin had done like leaving his best friend (Avatar Roku) to die during a volcano eruption, starting a hundred-year war that cost many lives, and committing genocide on the Air Nomads (except Aang) and almost all of the dragons. This also seems to make it sound like that the Fire Nation was always very tolerant and progressive until Sozin became Fire Lord, thus making him seem like he outlawed same-sex couples and committed his more terrible actions just ForTheEvulz.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'': During the trilogy, it's revealed that Fire Lord Sozin has outlawed same-sex couples, leading Korra to exclaim, "That guy's the ''worst''!" However, this seems to brush aside the more atrocious things Sozin had done like leaving his best friend (Avatar Roku) to die during a volcano eruption, starting a hundred-year war that cost many lives, and committing genocide on the Air Nomads (except Aang) and almost all of the dragons. This also seems to make it sound like that the Fire Nation was always very tolerant and progressive until Sozin became Fire Lord, thus making him seem like he outlawed same-sex couples and committed his more terrible actions just ForTheEvulz.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'': During the trilogy, it's revealed that Fire Lord Sozin has outlawed same-sex couples, leading Korra to exclaim, "That guy's the ''worst''!" However, this seems to brush aside the more terrible things Sozin had done like leaving his best friend (Avatar Roku) to die during a volcano eruption, committing genocide on the Air Nomads (except Aang), and wiping out almost all of the dragons. This also seems to make it sound like that the Fire Nation was always very tolerant and progressive until Sozin became Fire Lord, thus making him seem like he outlawed same-sex couples and his other atrocities just ForTheEvulz.

* 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 they mentioned the word '''''boner!'''''"

* The infamous "crying Joker" scene from Brian Azarello's take on [[ComicBook/{{Joker}} The Joker]]. (The scene is found [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/617588.html?thread=16014964 here]].) It could have worked on a weird, NarmCharm level with the "tragic clown" aspect, but the look on Jonny's face puts a crimp in that.

* ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfKorraTurfWars'': During the trilogy, it's revealed that Fire Lord Sozin has outlawed same-sex couples, leading Korra to exclaim, "That guy's the ''worst''!" However, this seems to brush aside the more terrible things Sozin had done like leaving his best friend (Avatar Roku) to die during a volcano eruption, committing genocide on the Air Nomads (except Aang), and wiping out almost all of the dragons. This also seems to make it sound like that the Fire Nation was very tolerant and progressive until he became Fire Lord, thus making him seem like he does it just ForTheEvulz.