Your secret shame...

see317

I was cleaning out my room today, getting rid of old books and the like (I have a problem with packrat-ism, it runs in my family), and I came across crap I did not know I had. At some point in my past I bought the first three trades of Spawn, as well as the Violator mini-series.

I feel dirty knowing I spent money on these things, and worse knowing that I've had them in a box for years.
Make me feel better, GV? What are you almost too ashamed of buying to admit?

I also have a comic where Spawn fights Batman, and Batman gets giant power gauntlets to fight Spawn after Spawn kicks his ass.
Oh god... I need a shower.

Macro9

I used to buy Youngblood and Bloodstrike when I was younger. I don't think or at least I hope I don't have them around here.

Tach

I've probably got boxes and boxes of shame. Multiple chromium covers, trading card issues, etc. I was a real gimmick whore in the early 90's.

wirehead26

When I was just getting into comics three years ago during Civil War I picked up the first 2 issues of Onslaught Reborn. And I liked it. Then I started reading other stuff and quickly figured out that Liefeld is a horrible artist and Loeb was at his worst. I guess another shame is me not hating Ultimatum as much as most people.

Sentry

I have like, five copies of Superman reborn, still in their crappy white bags. As well as one copy of Death of Superman...

I'm ashamed I spent so much time and effort getting those comics. Same with my 9/11 Spidey comic. That one I am truly ashamed of.

see317

Oh god...
I just remembered the spawn t-shirt I used to have.

What the fuck was wrong with me? Can I blame my parents? Did they not beat me enough?

Futt Bucker

I saw Spawn in theaters. And I had a lot of Spawn action figures. In my defense, I was seven.

My current shame is my constant purchasing of overpriced hardcover reprint collections.

sportzboytjw

I actually liked the Nipples Batman. Awful.

Hensler

I like Leifeld. I have all the Onslaught issues, full runs of all the Heroes Reborn titles, and Onslaught Reborn. I also have his Captain America rip-off series Fighting American/Agent: America.

I've also got almost every Wildstorm comic ever published - including Wildcats 2.0.

And all of the Ben Reilly issues of the Spider books, plus most of the Clone Saga.

And the Red/Blue Electrical Superman arcs.

And yeah, plenty of Spawn.

But wait - this is a shame thread. And these books are fucking awesome. Nevermind me.

BostonGangler

I pretty much grew up on the clone saga, and was too young to realize that it sucked.

jeddy lee

I am ashamed that as a child I thought Rob leifield was the best artist/author ever and made marvel comics 1.5^7 better. I still own so many x-force's that were totally "radical" and way more "mature" then the other kids comics around.

Oh god... please forgive me...

Anjin-San

I bought a recent one shot about Ms. Marvel and some kid with Scarlet Witch's reality warping powers.

The Geebs That Is A Pony

I bought chuck tie-in comics

Lucascraft

I like Ed Benes. I think his cheesecake is wonderful and I love the way he draws Wonder Woman.

Ninjabear

I've got a whole bunch of old Sonic the Hedgehog comics laying in my room somewhere. Also, I still have some of the old Gen 13 comics written by Adam Warren. I think I got rid of most of my crappy Spawn comics in a yard sale, the rest I threw in the garbage.

Lucascraft

Regarding Spawn, why was he ever popular? Other than a really cool cape, is there a reason to like him?

TexiKen

Todd McFarlane art. And his origin is actually a pretty good one.

I was a big fan of WildCATS, mainly because of Jim Lee and the cartoon. All those worthless mini series, a series that kind of went to crap after they came back to Earth during Alan Moore's run, and the delays (Grifter's series was good though, early Stephen Seagle work).

SatanIsMyMotor

Ninjak.

DasUberEdward

Still have DBZ trading cards.

The Geebs That Is A Pony

let's uh

let's keep our shames comics related

Robos A Go Go

I was a big fan of Lethal Protector Venom and may or may not have said, "I like him because he's like Spider-Man, but kills people."

I also thought it was really cool when he was afflicted with THE MADNESS and grew a few extra arms, a dozen or so extra heads, and then smacked around the Juggernaut a little.

DasUberEdward

The Geebs That Is A Mod wrote: »

let's uh

let's keep our shames comics related

Well they're mixed in with my marvel trading cards and I bought them at the comic book store I used to frequent. So sometimes I go through my collection and that wall of shame hits me in the face. I guess I should also add that's the only thing I have weaboo related.

ManonvonSuperock

I enjoyed the fuck out of Zen: Intergalactic Ninja.

probably not a shame though. It still seems like it was real rad.

Golden Yak

I have every Spawn thing everyone's mentioned in this thread.




And I still buy it and like it so you can all go to hell.

ManonvonSuperock

you also have a sig full of furry fanart. I'd have to say that your definition of shame might be somewhat askew.

Ringo

I have a large chunk of the Liefeld X-Force run. To be fair, it was the first time I ever looked at a comic and thought, "Is this art ugly, or am I crazy?" So thanks for introducing me to the joys of appreciating comic art, Rob! You taught me exactly what I didn't like!

I also may have spent a large amount of money on the Malibu/Marvel Relaunch called Black September. All those #1's (or were they 0's or Infinity's?) were so hard to resist. But again, once I read them I began to realize that I had just been had. Some of those relaunches were horrendous.

ManonvonSuperock

I remember back when Mile High Comics had like "100 comics for 20 bucks!" or some shit, and I got a box of the shittiest Malibu, Impact, and Valiant comics possible.

Munch

Disregarding a bunch of stuff like Cyberforce, Ninja High School, a slew of Top Cow comics, and some terrible early 90's stuff from Image, Marvel, and DC, a full run of Extreme Justice is almost the worst thing I ever purchased.

I say almost, because I own this Justice League Annual.

TexiKen

Is that Ian Churchill art?

Zeromus

see317 wrote: »

I was cleaning out my room today, getting rid of old books and the like (I have a problem with packrat-ism, it runs in my family), and I came across crap I did not know I had. At some point in my past I bought the first three trades of Spawn, as well as the Violator mini-series.

I feel dirty knowing I spent money on these things, and worse knowing that I've had them in a box for years.
Make me feel better, GV? What are you almost too ashamed of buying to admit?

I also have a comic where Spawn fights Batman, and Batman gets giant power gauntlets to fight Spawn after Spawn kicks his ass.
Oh god... I need a shower.

I also have some Spawn stuff, that Batman crossover included, which is written by none other than Frank Miller. (It's kind of so-bad-it's-good, kind of not.)

Since I don't ever have a ton of money and have to be pretty scrupulous in my purchases, thus going from recommendations a lot, I don't have an abundance of shitty stuff in my collection (or an abundance of anything, really). Sometimes you wind up with something like Venom Vs. Carnage, though, or Spider-Man: The Other.

I also used to buy a ton of shitty manga, back in my awkward high school days, but have since sold most of it on eBay, except for the stuff that's actually good, like Onizuka, a dabbling of Lupin, Drifting Classroom, Good-Bye by Tatsumi, and, say what you will, the manga adaptation of Evangelion.

ManonvonSuperock

I'm glad that I was finished with high school before that whole shitty anime vibe caught on.

Zeromus

Mom it's different in Japan the boobs are art.

Robos A Go Go

Zeromus wrote: »

see317 wrote: »

I was cleaning out my room today, getting rid of old books and the like (I have a problem with packrat-ism, it runs in my family), and I came across crap I did not know I had. At some point in my past I bought the first three trades of Spawn, as well as the Violator mini-series.

I feel dirty knowing I spent money on these things, and worse knowing that I've had them in a box for years.
Make me feel better, GV? What are you almost too ashamed of buying to admit?

I also have a comic where Spawn fights Batman, and Batman gets giant power gauntlets to fight Spawn after Spawn kicks his ass.
Oh god... I need a shower.

I also have some Spawn stuff, that Batman crossover included, which is written by none other than Frank Miller. (It's kind of so-bad-it's-good, kind of not.)

Since I don't ever have a ton of money and have to be pretty scrupulous in my purchases, thus going from recommendations a lot, I don't have an abundance of shitty stuff in my collection (or an abundance of anything, really). Sometimes you wind up with something like Venom Vs. Carnage, though, or Spider-Man: The Other.

I also used to buy a ton of shitty manga, back in my awkward high school days, but have since sold most of it on eBay, except for the stuff that's actually good, like Onizuka, a dabbling of Lupin, Drifting Classroom, Good-Bye by Tatsumi, and, say what you will, the manga adaptation of Evangelion.

That's the one where some hot lady turns homeless people into cyborgs (the efficiency of a robot and the deadliness of a hobo!), Batman turns a pair of robot fists into strength-augment gloves to beat Spawn, and then the inevitable team-up ends with Batman embedding a Batarang into Spawn's hamburger face, right?

Zeromus

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Zeromus wrote: »

see317 wrote: »

I was cleaning out my room today, getting rid of old books and the like (I have a problem with packrat-ism, it runs in my family), and I came across crap I did not know I had. At some point in my past I bought the first three trades of Spawn, as well as the Violator mini-series.

I feel dirty knowing I spent money on these things, and worse knowing that I've had them in a box for years.
Make me feel better, GV? What are you almost too ashamed of buying to admit?

I also have a comic where Spawn fights Batman, and Batman gets giant power gauntlets to fight Spawn after Spawn kicks his ass.
Oh god... I need a shower.

I also have some Spawn stuff, that Batman crossover included, which is written by none other than Frank Miller. (It's kind of so-bad-it's-good, kind of not.)

Since I don't ever have a ton of money and have to be pretty scrupulous in my purchases, thus going from recommendations a lot, I don't have an abundance of shitty stuff in my collection (or an abundance of anything, really). Sometimes you wind up with something like Venom Vs. Carnage, though, or Spider-Man: The Other.

I also used to buy a ton of shitty manga, back in my awkward high school days, but have since sold most of it on eBay, except for the stuff that's actually good, like Onizuka, a dabbling of Lupin, Drifting Classroom, Good-Bye by Tatsumi, and, say what you will, the manga adaptation of Evangelion.

That's the one where some hot lady turns homeless people into cyborgs (the efficiency of a robot and the deadliness of a hobo!), Batman turns a pair of robot fists into strength-augment gloves to beat Spawn, and then the inevitable team-up ends with Batman embedding a Batarang into Spawn's hamburger face, right?

Yep.

Robos A Go Go

Also, I slept in Gambit pajamas when I was 8 years old or so.

Sentry

Robos A Go Go wrote: »

Also, I slept in Gambit pajamas when I was 8 years old or so.

Dude... I would sleep in Gambit pajamas NOW.

And why don't they make Spider-Man sheets in Queen size?

Zeromus

I sleep on Batman sheets currently, but have no shame. (My girlfriend got them for me I swear.)

Robos A Go Go

Zeromus wrote: »

I sleep on Batman sheets currently, but have no shame. (My girlfriend got them for me I swear.)

Maybe next she'll convert your race car bed into a Batmobile.

The Lovely Bastard

munch gimme that extreme justice

also I have no shame whatsoever

I recently bought an entire run of Marvel's Blackwulf

it looks like this

Robos A Go Go

Stop being so daringly different, Bastard.


Now that I think about it, this might be the most embarrassing thing I ever owned. For those who don't know, Nightwatch was a Spawn knock-off who spun-off of Maximum Carnage, which makes him like double '90s.

Also, steel gauntlets.

Zeromus

But see, that looks awesome.

Edit: Fuck you and your edits, Robos, I wasn't talking to you