Worst Collection Ever

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16 (1991) We’ve got some Batman back in our lives as we jump into the “Venom” storyline that ran in issues of BATMAN: LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT in 1991. Venom, of course, being the drug that Bane uses t get swoll and also some guy who Spider-Man knows. Lots to unpack here as Bruce ask for permission to save a drowning girl in the sewer. It goes tragically fubar and Bats is convinced he needs more gains...

The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #3 (1992) We complete our run on the Savage Dragon mini-series this week as Dragon returns from a six-day nap to brawl with Bedrock, Youngblood’s answer to Ben Grimm or Blok from Legion of Super-Heroes. Chicago is in even WORSE shape since Dragon’s been out as Skullface and the poorly dressed Overlord make threatening phone calls and have disastrous Zoom meetings...

The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #2 (1992) Carrying on with the saga of The Savage Dragon, we pick up the Dragon in the Chicago sewers looking for an obese spider man (as opposed to Spider-Man or Spider-Ham). Dragon’s been running ragged fighting crime and almost gets some companionship from his Daisy Dukes wearing neighbor gal...

The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #1 (1992) We don’t get around to messing with too many Image Comics but Savage Dragon is a great place to start. Outlandish in story and execution, the mighty Erik Larsen gives us a lot to talk about...

Marvel Team-Up #125 (1982) Spider-Man, ever the enterprising fellow, nabs a print endorsement deal for a fast food joint only for Tigra to show up and score the gig with her Charo impression (cuchi cuchi). Tigra then has a date with a beat cop that gets interrupted by Zabo the Diaper Bodyguard. Spider-Man tries to help and makes things worse...

Marvel Team-Up #126 (1983) We wrap our run on Marvel Team-Up with a deliberately lazy issue featuring a random back-up story with Luke Cage and Hellstorm and a Spider-Man comic strip reprint featuring the Hulk In the first story, Luke and Damian find a dead body and follow the brimstone trail to a demon worshipping party for Satannish aka Kirkland Signature Satan. Action ensues as Luke throws a couch and Hellstorm sets his trident to “ash...

Marvel Team-Up #124 (1982) It’s a brand-new run of books as we jump into some Marvel Team-Up. This week, Spider-Man links up with our friend Beast to fight off the vengeance-seeking Professor Power. The good professor here is mad that another professor (Professor X) did a botch job on his catatonic son’s mind so now he wants to take it out on everything X-Men adjacent...

Justice League of America #175 (1980) Join Shawn and Jen as we follow up on last week’s JLA book with a pointless tale about everyone’s favorite super-powered Eeyore, Red Tornado! You see, Reddy got sad over something again and impulsively quit the League to resume his normal life as a Yul Brenner lookalike in NYC...

Justice League of America #174 (1980) WE ARE BACK! Worst Collection Ever returns with its first new episode in over two years as we tackle an old reliable friend in the Justice League of America! Join Shawn and Jen as we talk about the JLA’s blundering attempt to bring Black Lightning into their ranks while simultaneously fighting mutant rats and sometimes ants in Metropolis. Also, Wonder Woman engages in some unwarranted urban renewal and Elongated Man hangs around and is generally annoying...

The Flash #266 (1978) We tackle The Flash in this week’s episode as Barry faces the challenge of a 100% fully functioning Heat Wave. Heat Man here has to overcome his fear of the cold by having his insane therapist throw buckets of ice at him. This plan to defeat The Flash comes to include the desecration of a frozen corpse and the permanent maiming of house servants via furious body shaking. Thankfully, Barry is a maniac so he obliges...