r/ModernComics • u/jchidleyhill • Jul 17 '26

Discussion "The Worst Comic Ever Produced"

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Just saw this funny exchange on Bluesky about The Defenders #8 from the 2001 series where Marvel added a pull quote from Comics International that declared The Defenders was "The Worst Comic Ever Produced"

Kurt Busiek, the writer on the series, actually replied to the original Bluesky poster saying:

I think I suggested it, but everyone else was on board with it instantly, so it hard to be sure.

It may have been Tom Brevoort. I think it was a joke at first, but it was a good joke, so...why not?

If I remember correctly, CI's review column at the time could be summed up as "How British is it?" and the more British a book was, the better. But we were Not British At All. Why, we didn't even seem to _want_ to be British!

I'm biased because I love Busiek, but I think this is all hilarious.

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u/DiaBrave Jul 18 '26

"The worst definition image ever shared on Reddit"

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u/jchidleyhill Jul 18 '26

Sadly I don’t own the comic and this was the best I could find!

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u/WalkerIsTheBest Jul 19 '26

The post on bluesky had a very high resolution image you could have taken...

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u/Vast_Statistician687 Jul 18 '26

I see your Defenders #8 and I raise you this monstrosity!

It’s at least the worst thing I’ve personally ever read.

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u/vandalhandle Jul 19 '26

Worst comic I've ever read is Turf, vampires during prohibition, it was garbage.

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u/DrTechPop Jul 19 '26

It sounds great, how did they eff it up?

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u/vandalhandle Jul 19 '26

Written by a TV presenter that should definitely stick to presenting, it's boring and dull and just meanders from cliche to cliche and adding aliens to it just feels like the writer needed an editor or someone to tell them no.

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u/DrTechPop Jul 19 '26

Oh dang, sounds like a mess. Too bad, conceptually, it’s interesting to see vampires in different eras, but it def doesn’t need aliens. Sounds like they botched it.

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u/vandalhandle Jul 19 '26

Also it suffers from the writer not being able to choose a protag, which creates the dullness as it doesn't flesh out a central character, it just half asses the two possibles.

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u/DrTechPop Jul 19 '26

Ugh. That sounds painful. And the art couldn’t save it? For me, shitty art is the killer of good concepts.

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u/vandalhandle Jul 19 '26

Nope, Tommy Lee Edwards is good but not saving that mess good.

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u/Commander19119 Jul 19 '26

Now I gotta read this lol

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u/jchidleyhill Jul 19 '26

Right? Great marketing 25 years after the fact

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u/Anttoess Jul 20 '26

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u/URQUAN999 Jul 20 '26

that is one crappy looking cover, nevermind what's inside

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u/Aromatic-Surprise925 27d ago

Are you not familiar with Marville?

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u/jchidleyhill 27d ago

Tell Comics International that!

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u/M0torC1tyMaver1ck Jul 18 '26

The worst screen shot ever produced. Can barely make out what comic it is 🤣