Linkara: You know, I once wrote in description of comic book fans, "Our lot loves the lavishly ludicrous".
And to a degree, it's true. Comic book fans love the idea that a man who would travel around the world,
become a ninja, a detective and a dark knight, then come home and dress up like a bat so he can scare criminals.
But sometimes ludicrously absurd things happen in comics that just defy any form of logic or expectation
and, as a result, it just comes off making the reader wonder "What the hell just happened?"
And it's even worse when it happens in a bad comic,
since then we left to wonder what the creators were thinking of when they did it.
As such, here's the Top 15 WTF Moments in Bad Comics.
Number 15: "Alien Plants".
This was from my last video but I'm still in shock over this.
An alien comes to earth supposedly to study if his plants will grow in our atmosphere,
gets amnesia from a whack on the head, and gangsters steal his plants to use for crime.
Oh well, that makes sense.
It's just so utterly ridiculous.
When I first saw that page, the alien coming out of the farmhouse, my jaw dropped through the floor.
I mean, what were they thinking?
Okay, here's how I see it.
Gangster use plants, they stole from aliens, to rob jewelry stores.
Let's green-light this, you wonderful man!
Alien Plants. Reminding us of a simpler time in comics.
Number 14: "The Batmobile drives through a car and splits it in half"
This one's kind of hard to explain, unless you're looking closely at it.
In the very first issue of "All-Star Batman and Robin", the Batmobile suddenly drives through a parked cop car.
I won't bore you with the details of why it's doing this, but look at that.
The Batmobile drives straight through it, slicing it in half.
No dents, no indication that there's a knife or something on the front of the Batmobile,
it just rans into it and slices it in half.
Jim Lee is a great artist, but what the heck is going on there?
Where does he get those wonderful toys?
Number 13: "Nightblade cutting his own hand off"
Another mysterious slicing incident.
In "Blood Pack #1", the team is created to be part of a “superhero reality TV show”,
before reality TV had really taken off.
In this scene, a director is explaining the Nightblade that television
(as the director) “is a visual medium and therefore, the entrance needs to have more pizzaz.”
And so, Nightblade cuts his hand off.
Yeeeaaah.
Still, he can regenerate his limbs, so it’s not that big of a deal.
But still, what the heck did he do that for?
Nightblade, he fights crime by dismembering himself.
Number 12: “Black Canary is an Irish ninja”
Yeah, another one from "All-Star Batman and Robin".
Among the many bizarre choices that Frank Miller made with the series,
one of the oddest was Black Canary as an Irish woman, who was apparently a ninja.
Because when you think "the Irish", you think "ninjas".
(clip from "Dead Alive"/"Braindead")
Father McGruder: I kick ass for the Lord!

Linkara: So ignoring the sexist character portrayal of her motivations for why she suddenly decided
to go crazy with the ninja and all, it’s just a bizarre moment.
I mean, yes, Black Canary is a righteous ass-kicker, but why is she Irish? Why is she working behind a bar?
And why is Black Canary in a book called "All-Star Batman and Robin"?!
Irish Ninja Black Canary, kicking us in the love chunks each time we see her.
Number 11: “Any moment from 'Countdown to Final Crisis'"
It’s hard to single out any one moment from "Countdown",
as so far reaching and ridiculous, since there are so many out there.
Eventually, I’ll make a top 15 list of the worst moments of "Countdown",
but for now, there’s just too much competition.
For those of you who are unaware of one of the worst, and yet fairly recent, flops in comic history,
"Countdown to Final Crisis" was a weekly series that followed up on the far more successful,
and far more entertaining weekly series, "52".
The series was meant to lead into the event book "Final Crisis" and set up the major plot points,
but instead just ended up meandering for 51 issues,
to the point where even the characters were asking when it was gonna be over.
There are far too many bizarre moments and mischaracterizations,
from rat-men attacking to Jason Todd suddenly shooting Donna Troy,
Donna Troy picking up a machine gun
or “Superman-boy Asshole-Prime” blowing up a few worlds while screaming
(as Superboy-Prime) “You’re ruining everything!!!”
"Countdown", it’s all one big WTF.
Number 10: “Jason Todd becomes a mutated blob”
Bruce Jones probably deserves a little slack for his poor run on Nightwing.
The original editorial dictate was that Dick Grayson was going to die in "Infinite Crisis",
and that Jason Todd was going to become Nightwing.
However, this plan was scrapped at the last minute and Bruce Jones was forced to rewrite his story,
leading to a bizarre tale that has been universally derided.
But even that slack doesn’t forgive this WTF moment.
A metahuman blob swallows Jason Todd, the second person to bear the name Robin,
and somehow this ends ups mutating his body so HE can become a person swallowing blob too.
This is the reason why alcohol was invented.
Jason Todd is the Blob! A Film by John Carpenter.
Number 9: “The Goddamn Batman”
If you haven’t heard of this one yet, what kind of a comic reader are you?
Frank Miller’s deservedly panned All-Star Batman and Robin is rich in unintentional insanity…
at least when it started.
Nowadays he’s apparently decided it’s satire, even though originally it was never marketed as such.
It’s most enduring phenomenon shall always be from issue #2,
where Batman-in-name-only utters the immortal words:
(as Batman): What, are you dense?  Are you retarded or something?  I’m the goddamn Batman.
Linkara: It doesn’t even sound like anything Batman would ever say.
It's like something Dave Chappelle would’ve made up.
(as Dave Chappelle): I’m the goddamn Batman, bitch.
Linkara: The Goddamn Batman.
Not Batman, but a poorly written, shocking imitation.
Number 8: “Jack, the clone of Spider-Man”
Was this character in any way necessary?
What was the thought process that went into him?
“Hey, we need a character to provide exposition,"
"so why don’t we make him a clone of Peter Parker, except small and annoying?”
(stupid voice): “Dar, that’s a brilliant idea!  This will be the most celebrated saga in Spider-Man history!”
(normal): Okay, admittedly, I know that the real creators weren't like that, but I just don’t get it!
Why did we need some short clone of Peter Parker who dresses up like the Jackal?
What is the point?
What is the frickin’ POINT?
And why the hell did he leap onto Ben Riley’s head and start humping it?
I mean, WHY?
Jack, hopefully suffering from clone degeneration in comic book hell.
Number 7: “Bat-Baby’s Physics”
Now being a comic book fan, I’m no stranger to something as ridiculous
as a machine that turns adults into children.
And while I don’t really see the appeal of adult superheroes being turned into children,
there obviously was a market for it back in the Silver Age.
My problem, however, is when the physics of it all just get so frickin’ stupid!
After Batman becomes Bat-Baby, he retains the strength of his adult form!
And I can even see this happening with magic, but this was due to a device built by the mad scientist Garth.
Yeah, seriously, a mad scientist named Garth.
It was technology that did it!
How the hell do you have someone who's regressed into the physical body of a 4-year old,
but somehow has the upper body strength of a 30-year old?
Bat-Baby, he makes science cry.
