| 1 | * AudienceAlienatingEra: His ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' reveal was instantly a target of fan hate, months before his first appearance. Even with his creative team begging people to give him a chance, it never let up. Held up as an example of New 52's mistakes, even DC has chosen to quietly ignore this era. |
| 2 | * AwesomeEgo: Lobo, the self-identified Main Man and best bounty hunter in existence. Not many would disagree. |
| 3 | * CantUnhearIt: For those who grew up in the '90s, Creator/BradGarrett comes up as their favorite voice. Creator/DavidSobolov, Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson and Creator/JohnDiMaggio get some honorable mentions. |
| 4 | * HardToAdaptWork: He had many standalone projects aside from the [[WebAnimation/LoboWebseries 2000 web cartoon]] that were cancelled (there's been a rumored solo film for him in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, but it has yet to go out of DevelopmentHell). The fact he isn't really a family-friendly [=DC=] character doesn't help. However, the cartoon got [[VindicatedByHistory better over time]] for retroactively paving the way of adult [=DC=] works such as ''Film/Joker2019'' and ''Film/TheSuicideSquad''. |
| 5 | * MisaimedFandom: Lobo started as a generic mercenary before being retooled by creator Keith Giffen as a parody of eighties "grim and gritty" heroes like ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and ComicBook/ThePunisher in a series of mini-series books. Needless to say, Lobo became a big hit with fans who took the satire at face value. |
| 6 | * QuestionableCasting: Creator/GregEagles (who voiced the Main Man in the earlier episodes of the [[WebAnimation/LoboWebseries animated web series]]) and Creator/TomKenny (who voiced him in ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls: Intergalactic Games'') are considered weak and miscast Lobo voices because they didn't use his gruff voice. |
| 7 | * TakeThatScrappy: One of the (many) controversial decisions made during the ''Comicbook/{{New 52}}'' was Lobo being reintroduced as a slender, clean-shaven {{Bishonen}} instead of the grungy, musclebound slob fans had come to know and love. ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'' later brought back the classic Lobo and ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'' had Comicbook/{{Brainiac}} shrink down the new Lobo and trap him inside a containment jar, which the Comicbook/GreenLantern Corps then refused to open. |
| 8 | * TheyChangedItNowItSucks: ''ComicBook/New52'' Lobo was [[XPacHeat massively dismissed]] by comic book fans in general, so much that it was sent to CanonDiscontinuity at the first chance they got. |
| 9 | * TheScrappy: The post-Flashpoint design of Lobo has proved incredibly unpopular, on account of missing every single aspect of Lobo his fans like and being a ridiculous "pretty-boy" look. The fact that the comic that introduces him goes on to say the Lobo fans have known for decades now is a "fake" ''really'' doesn't help. Seemingly it's been restored in ''Comicbook/DCRebirth'', with the new "real" Lobo sealed away by the Franchise/GreenLantern corps. |
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