History YMMV / TomKing

* BrokenBase: Perhaps the most controversial aspect of his bibliography (aside from [[AuthorAppeal his infamous proclivities towards heroes dealing with trauma]]) is his loose approach to canon, with a tendency to tell stories about certain superheroes with [[DependingOnTheWriter a fairly lax grip on whatever personality and mythos they were tied with by writers before him]]. This has earned King much acclaim, such as with ComicBook/{{The Vision|2015}} and ComicBook/{{Mister Miracle|2017}} (which were praised for using {{deconstruction}} to advance the characters in new context and expand them beyond their usual story types), but it's also caused much controversy, such as with his take on ComicBook/{{Batman|TomKing}} and many characters in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', most infamously [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West]] (which were criticized for being too out-of-character and/or unfaithful towards long-established canon). Virtually any time he's announced to be attached to a familiar character, you'll find just as many people cheering in anticipation as others wincing in fear for what [[DarkerAndEdgier dark deconstruction]] he's going to pull with them.

* BrokenBase: Perhaps the most controversial aspect of his bibliography (aside from [[AuthorAppeal his infamous proclivities towards heroes dealing with trauma]]) is his loose approach to canon, with a tendency to tell stories about certain superheroes with [[DependingOnTheWriter a fairly lax grip on whatever personality and mythos they were tied with by writers before him]]. This has earned King much acclaim, such as with ComicBook/{{The Vision|2015}} and ComicBook/{{Mister Miracle|2017}}, but it's also caused much controversy, such as with his take on ComicBook/{{Batman|TomKing}} and many characters in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'' (most infamously [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West]]). Virtually any time he's announced to be attached to a familiar character, you'll find just as many people cheering in anticipation as others wincing in fear for what [[DarkerAndEdgier dark deconstruction]] he's going to pull with them.

* BrokenBase:
** While his early work (most notably ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'' and ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'') was widely praised, his later stuff...Well, to say that it’s controversial would be a severe {{Understatement}}. On the one hand, defenders point out that his DarkerAndEdgier approach can work fabulously-well. On the other hand...
** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] ([[DeathIsCheap it didn’t stick, but still]]) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured Wally West as an {{Accidental Murder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination. The killings were retconned in 2021 as a Speed Force surge that had nothing to do with Wally.]]
** Same for ComicBook/AdamStrange, who is revealed in ''ComicBook/StrangeAdventures2020'' [[spoiler:to be a war-criminal.]]

** Mommy Wife[[note]]A term coined by Diversity and Comics, a comic-book YouTube channel, that is used any time Tom King writes a female character who, for all intents and purposes, [[WomenAreWiser wears the pants in the relationship]], while the male character often sits back and sulks in the background of the story.[[/note]]

* BrokenBase: While his early work (most notably ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'' and ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'') was widely praised, his later stuff... Well, to say that it’s controversial would be a severe {{Understatement}}. On the one hand, defenders point out that his DarkerAndEdgier approach can work fabulously-well. On the other hand...
** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] ([[DeathIsCheap it didn’t stick, but still]]) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured ComicBook/WallyWest as an {{Accidental Murder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination. The killings were retconned in 2021 as a Speed Force surge that had nothing to do with Wally.]]

** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] ([[DeathIsCheap it didn’t stick, but still]]) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured ComicBook/WallyWest as an {{Accidental Murder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination. The killings were retconned in 2021 as a Speed Force surge that had nothing to do with Wally]].
** Same for ComicBook/AdamStrange, who is revealed in ''ComicBook/StrangeAdventures2020'' [[spoiler:to be a war-criminal]].

** Mommy Wife [[note]]A term coined by Diversity and Comics, a comic-book YouTube channel, that is used any time Tom King writes a female character who, for all intents and purposes, [[WomenAreWiser wears the pants in the relationship]], while the male character often sits back and sulks in the background of the story.[[/note]]
** Om King [[note]]Because of Tom King's habit for writing depressed male superheroes whether or not it’s suitable for the character in question, coupled with his all around melancholic tone, many people have taken to removing the T in his name as a jab at his seeming in a perpetually-depressed mood as a writer and how he can't help but constantly inject his personal issues into everything he write.[[/note]]

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Tom King's proclivity for injecting mental-health issues, word-repetition, and depressed male heroes hasn't gone unnoticed by DC fans. Especially after [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth his controversial run on]] ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and the even-more-controversial ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', his style is often used as snark-bait amongst vocal critics of his more recent works, who wish he would altogether stop using the medium of comic-books as his own personal therapy-sessions.

** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] ([[DeathIsCheap it didn’t stick, but still]]) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured ComicBook/WallyWest as an {{Accidental Murder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination]].

** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] ([[DeathIsCheap it didn’t stick, but still]]) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured ComicBook/WallyWest as an {{AccidentalMurder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination]].

** Mommy Wife [[note]]A term coined by Diversity and Comics, a comic-book {{YouTube}} channel, that is used any time Tom King writes a female character who, for all intents and purposes, [[WomenAreWiser wears the pants in the relationship]], while the male character often sits back and sulks in the background of the story.[[/note]]

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Tom King's proclivity for injecting mental-health issues, word-repetition, and depressed male heroes hasn't gone unnoticed by DC fans. Especially after [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth his controversial run on]] ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and the even-more-controversial ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', his style is often used as snark bait amongst vocal critics of his more recent works who wish he would altogether stop using the medium of comic books as his personal therapy sessions.

** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arsenal]] (it didn’t stick, but still) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured ComicBook/WallyWest as an {{AccidentalMurder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination]].

** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite ComicBook/RoyHarper (it didn’t stick, but still) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured ComicBook/WallyWest as an {{AccidentalMurder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination]].

** ''Heroes in Crisis'' [[spoiler:killed-off fan-favorite ComicBook/{{Arsenal}} (it didn’t stick, but still) [[CListFodder and a ton of minor heroes]], seemingly for shock-value. It also featured ComicBook/WallyWest as an {{AccidentalMurder}}er who later tried to cover it up, which is seen by many as character-assassination]].

** Same for ComicBook/AdamStrange, who is revealed in ''ComicBook/StrangeAdventures'' [[spoiler:to be a war-criminal]].

* BrokenBase: While his earlier work on ''ComicBook/TheVision2015'' and ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'' were both widely praised, how he handled ComicBook/BoosterGold and ComicBook/WallyWest in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', and ComicBook/AdamStrange in ''ComicBook/StrangeAdventures2020''... Well, to say that it’s controversial would be a severe {{Understatement}}.

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Tom King's proclivity for injecting mental health issues, word repetition, and depressed male heroes hasn't gone unnoticed by DC fans. Especially after [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth his controversial run on]] ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' and the even-more-controversial ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', his style is often used as snark bait amongst vocal critics of his more recent works who wish he would altogether stop using the medium of comic books as his personal therapy sessions.

** Mommy Wife [[note]]A term coined by comic book Youtuber Diversity and Comics that is used anytime Tom King writes a female character who for all intents and purposes [[WomenAreWiser wears the pants in the relationship]], while the male character often sits back and sulks in the background of the story.[[/note]]
** Om King [[note]]Because of Tom King's habit for writing depressed male superheroes whether or not it’s suitable for the character in question, coupled with his all around melancholic tone, many people have taken to removing the T in his name as a jab at his seeming perpetually depressed mood as a writer and how he can't help but constantly inject his personal issues into everything he write [[/note]]

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Tom King's proclivity for injecting mental health issues, word repetition, and depressed male heroes hasn't gone unnoticed by DC fans. Especially after [[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth his controversial run on ''Batman'']] and the even-more-controversial ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', his style is often used as snark bait amongst vocal critics of his more recent works who wish he would altogether stop using the medium of comic books as his personal therapy sessions.
* MemeticMutation: Mommy Wife [[note]]A term coined by comic book Youtuber Diversity and Comics that is used anytime Tom King writes a female character who for all intents and purposes [[WomenAreWiser wears the pants in the relationship]], while the male character often sits back and sulks in the background of the story.[[/note]]

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Tom King's proclivity for injecting issues of mental health, word repetition, and depressed male heroes hasn't gone unnoticed by DC fans and especially after his controversial run on ''Batman'' and the just as equally controversial ''Heroes In Crisis'' crossover event is often used as snark bait amongst vocal critics of his more recent works who wish he would altogether stop using the medium of comic books as his personal therapy sessions.
* MemeticMutation: Mommy Wife [[note]]A term coined by comic book Youtuber Diversity and Comics that is used anytime Tom King writes a female character who for all intents and purposes wears the pants in the relationship while the male character often sits back and sulks in the background of the story.[[/note]]
** Om King [[note]]Because of Tom King's habit for writing depressed male superheroes whether or not its suitable for the character in question coupled with his all around melancholy tone of writing, many people have taken to removing the T in his name as a jab at his seeming perpetually depressed mood as a writer and how he can't help but constantly inject his personal issues into everything he write [[/note]]

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Tom King's proclivity for injecting issues of mental health, word repetition, and depressed male heroes hasn't gone unnoticed by DC fans and especially after his controversial run on ''Batman'' and the just as equally controversial ''Heroes In Crisis'' crossover event is often used as snark bait amongst vocal critics of his more recent works who wish he would stop using the medium comic books as his personal therapy sessions.
* MemeticMutation: Mommy Wife [[note]]A term coined by comic book Youtuber Diversity and Comics that is used anytime Tom King writes a female character who for all intents and purposes wears the pants in the relationship while the male character often sits back and sulks in the background of the story.[[/note]]