Worst Graphic Novel You've Ever Bought

I was browsing through my collection today and I came across this

I didn't even have to flip through it. Vividly I remember how much I disliked it. Not only did it have nothing to do with any sort of "Year One," overall the book made little sense and was extremely ill fitting in the then current continuity. It was a collection of a 2 issue prestige format miniseries about the death of Ras and the creation of "the final" Lazarus pit, at a time when that EXACT SAME story was being told in a completely different way in the main Batman book (in a little story called Death and the Maidens). What then you ask was the drawing point about Ras Year One? It had zombies.

I thought to myself, "This is the worse graphic novel I ever purchased."

So, how bout it? What's the worst graphic novel you ever purchased? It'ed be cool if you posted a short description and a picture, but if you don't that's cool too.

Uh i think death and the maidens was a miniseries, but i agree. i never even heard of that comic but im not surprised though, sounds pretty crappy and i always thought paul gulacys art was terrible

The worst graphic novel ive ever read would be batman: through the looking glass, even though a lot of people like sam kieths art i really dislike it, plus the story was a terrible mess and they really mishandled mad hatters character

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Anyone else?

Nah, never buy anything that I don't like.

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You've got to give everything a good try, even if you don't like it at first. I actually started out hating WATCHMEN!

I bought an avengers trade paper back that has "Avengers: terminatrix objective" which was terrible, horrible art, god awful, and the worst most confusing writing that I have ever read.

@Billy Batson said:

Nah, never buy anything that I don't like.

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This, I always look at reviews from multiple sites before I buy a comic

I wanted to see for myself just how bad it was :

It is pretty awful.

@Onemoreposter said:

I didn't even have to flip through it. Vividly I remember how much I disliked it. Not only did it have nothing to do with any sort of "Year One," overall the book made little sense and was extremely ill fitting in the then current continuity. It was a collection of a 2 issue prestige format miniseries about the death of Ras and the creation of "the final" Lazarus pit, at a time when that EXACT SAME story was being told in a completely different way in the main Batman book (in a little story called Death and the Maidens). What then you ask was the drawing point about Ras Year One? It had zombies.

It is definitely a pretty bad read. However, it was published two years after Death and the Maidens and it is supposed to be a sequel to Rucka's miniseries. To ensure that Ra's would STAY dead, Batman destroyed all the Lazarus Pitts and he now has to pay the consequences for it...ie zombies for some stupid reason.

@Billy Batson said:

Nah, never buy anything that I don't like.

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This, I always look at reviews from multiple sites before I buy a comic

@Night Thrasher said:

You meant this was the BEST graphic novel you ever bought right? (....Zero Hour and related materials was one of my favorites : P....)

@Rabbitearsblog said:

@Eternal19 said:

@Billy Batson said:

Nah, never buy anything that I don't like.

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This, I always look at reviews from multiple sites before I buy a comic

This also. I tend to check out the comic from the library first before I actually decide to buy the comic.

Yes, but the library is so limited. I, for the first time in years, am blessed with being a regular at a comic shop that lets me just hang out and read books for hours (because they know I spend a bit of money in there and they're not ###holes). However, there has been many times, particularly when I was younger when that was not the case. Till this day I don't put much faith in internet reviews. Individual tastes being different and all that.

I guess what I'm saying is you're all very lucky if you've never bought a TPB that you didn't like

Ummm, does Comic Book Tattoo count?

Incredible Hercules: Secret Invasion

Matt Wagner's Trinity! Everything about it was awful.

I wouldn't say it's bad, but it's my least favorite in my collection:

@Billy Batson said:

Nah, never buy anything that I don't like.

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Same here

This piece of crap:

Don't ask me why I bought it... just... just don't...

*goes away to cry in a corner*

All Star Batman and Robin. I got it for $2 because I didn't believe all the stories about how bad it was.

gave it away, some parts were cool didn't like it very much

@Stormbox said:

Uh i think death and the maidens was a miniseries, but i agree. i never even heard of that comic but im not surprised though, sounds pretty crappy and i always thought paul gulacys art was terrible

The worst graphic novel ive ever read would be batman: through the looking glass, even though a lot of people like sam kieths art i really dislike it, plus the story was a terrible mess and they really mishandled mad hatters character

I'm with you on this. I desperately wanted to like it, but I just didn't.

@Imagine_Man15 said:

@Stormbox said:

Uh i think death and the maidens was a miniseries, but i agree. i never even heard of that comic but im not surprised though, sounds pretty crappy and i always thought paul gulacys art was terrible

The worst graphic novel ive ever read would be batman: through the looking glass, even though a lot of people like sam kieths art i really dislike it, plus the story was a terrible mess and they really mishandled mad hatters character

I'm with you on this. I desperately wanted to like it, but I just didn't.

Yea it sucked. wish i had seen the reviews before i bought it

I don't buy crappy TPBs/Graphic Novels. Usually, I buy them after I've read them.

@Tunsieon: whats bad about it because i ordered it from amazon!!!

Secret Invasion is the worst graphic novel I actually paid money for.

@Army2442 said:

I bought an avengers trade paper back that has "Avengers: terminatrix objective" which was terrible, horrible art, god awful, and the worst most confusing writing that I have ever read.

Thunderstrike, US Agent, and War Machine: "knockoff" backups of the Avenger's big three in one book, I find that kind of funny

I used to have a TPB of Superman: For Tomorrow. I sold it and am not missing it one bit.

Ultimatum. I bought it in TPB format. I am very sorry.

Most of my purchases are pretty solid. I did once buy the printed format of the Heroes web comics. Boring and terrible.