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more about #haljordan eric.hutton: Yup, Brand New Day is when I stopped reading comics... I had a $200 a month habit too more » Keeper_of_Traken: I've always heard nothing but good things about J. Michael Straczynski, and yet I can't help but notice he's on this list twice. Sure, you could say B... more » rek: Finally an article about mainstream franchise comics on io9 that tells it like it is. They exist to perpetuate a property, not to tell a story. Anythi... more » Adah: Ah, yes, I remember why I don't read comics now. I used to steal my older brother's X-Men comics when I was a little kid, and that Jean Grey/Phoenix r... more » LauraAnnT: I liked the Xorn/Magneto retcon for one reason: Morrison's story idea for that was stupid. Totally made what is often (if written well) a complex, int... more » Islandkiwi: I'm of the belief that the Green Lantern/Parallax storyline has rejuvenated the series, and should be applauded. I never read Green Lantern before Pa... more » glucious: What some of these retcons have in common - including the stupid spider god, the lupines, and Firestorm as fire elemental - is that they have Alan Moo... more » Jesse Astle: Honestly, I think half the bad writing in comics could be solved by simply cutting the dialogue in half. Like, for instance, during fight scenes. Shou... more » Noah_J: i'm not sure if this qualifies, but i'd just like to bring up orson scott card's ultimate ironman, which gave ultimate tony stark a distributed brain ... more » Paul_Is_Drunk: The X-Men ones are the worst, but I probably just say that as a lifelong fan of the series. Seriously, the entire Morrison run was gold up 'til revea... more » NekoDaimyo: Just to note: Immortus IS Kang. Just at a different point in his life. Not to mention other one or two (three?) identities he's used over the aeons. #... more » CodeBlue40: You know, these retcons coming one at a time doesn't bug me. But when I see them all together and think about how they've come in the last 5 or 6 year... more » Zyg: great article. shows how many bad decisions have been made in comics. not everything needs to be retconed...and their would be no need if editors did ... more » gbmbg: I find it hilarious how many of these retcons and plot twists are used by another media industry that tends to take IPs and manipulate them for profit... more » deworde: I got back into reading Spider-Man based on Strazynski's first arc, and lasted until Back in Black (aka "Editorial Mandates are throwing my stories in... more » Jack_Burton: Skeletor in Filmation's awesomely bad He Man and the Masters of the Universe TV series had the greatest escape-schtick: "I've got to think of myself!"... more » schrodingers-katana: Though I loved Straczynski's run on Spidey and hated the way Quesada handled the "One More Day" ret-con, I have to say that despite my misgivings, I'v... more » Bongoes: Well all of those are really stupid, but two I can think of had some logic behind it. Retcon Punch. Superboy Prime is from the Earth Prime, "our worl... more » daveNYC: Not only are the plots garbage, but about 60% of the artwork is too. The one of Peter and MJ in bed is just painfully bad. And I thought that the pl... more » Bassem B.: What a mess. This is why I now read comics from Image, Dark Horse and Vertigo. Seriously, "punched reality" ? SERIOUSLY. #spiderman more » -
#triviagasm
The 15 Dumbest Superhero Retcons Of All Time
Superheroes can escape almost any trap... except for 50 years' worth of backstory that's dated, self-contradictory or gets in the way of a story. So what do you do? Reach for the retcon! Here are 15 examples of retcon fail.
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#greenlantern
Who Won't Be Green Lantern?
Well, we may now know when Warners' Green Lantern adaptation is coming out, but that doesn't mean we have any idea about who's going to be playing the lead. But apparently we know who won't. More »
