Comic Vine Twitter Question Results: What's the most ridiculous item in comics?

@regishel: if you take the paper ones, issue five, if you take the smaller digital ones, chapter 15.

@2cool4fun: @oscars94:

What comic book issue of Injustice is this?

The sword of superman is ridiculous and was thankfully never used again.

The spider mobile lol

@arturocalakayvee: That was Dan Jurgens?! Wow...I really enjoy his work, but that suit just seems like something Liefeld did...wow...

@staypuffed: You're not the only one who has been claiming both companies are stuck in the 90's. I personally don't see it because I started reading in the 90's so I naturally think 90's stories are awesome. The stories now? I enjoy a lot of Marvels but I hate most of DC's…so for me, I don't necessarily see it but I totally understand where you're coming from.

@arturocalakayvee: I've been thinking about this for a while now, and I've come to the conclusion that the big two are stuck in the 90s.

I love them both - controversially, I really enjoy the New 52 and Marvel NOW! - but they're doing a lot of things tried and tested in the 90s that don't really hold up. DC did a universe-wide reboot in 2011... okay, fine, there've been reboots for ages, but many of the costumes, storylines, origins and the picking and choosing of old story arcs that they wish to retcon or include (there's no clear timeline: some things are left unchanged from the old timeline, and others have been changed for no reason) all scream 1990s.

And then there's Marvel, who keep constantly doing crossovers and events, and having tons of variants covers that are becoming more and more expensive. Most infamously, at the moment anyway, they're doing weird things with Spider-Man (Clone Saga in the 90s, Superior now - I don't care how critically acclaimed Superior is, I find it really unsettling) and unnecessarily relaunching titles with every creative team change - why is there ANOTHER Fantastic Four renumbering when it only happened a year ago? And ANOTHER costume change? As I said, I love the comics and the characters, but they're both sticking with these notions which I feel don't work.

Just my thoughts.

Web shooters. I liked the organic webs.

@herokiller12344 said:

@arturocalakayvee said:

Superman's pouches. WHY DID SUPERMAN NEED POUCHES? And so many of them!!

What's wrong with pouches?

Why does SUPERMAN need pouches? That's whats wrong.

Aka the best era in all of comics :P

Completely. Which is weird that this was Dan Jurgans work of … brilliance?

Hmmm, my first thought was the ultimate nulifier as well.

Closer runner up has gotta be Batman's utility belt.

The H-Dial

lol yeah, sorry was in a "dont feel like typing the whole thing out" mood haha when I posted that :P

LOL. When I read your comment, for a second I thought you were talking about the United Nations before I realized you meant Ultimate Nullifier.

@arturocalakayvee: That image just screams Rob Liefeld...

@arturocalakayvee: Ah, the 90s...

I'm surprised no one tweeted Kryptonite.

Creation Blades.

cant blame the super pouches on liefield....you can see superman has clearly drawn feet....not his style

I agree with Jonathan. The Ultimate Nulifer is Marvel's greatest Deus Ex Machina besides the Cosmic Cube.

@arturocalakayvee said:

Superman's pouches. WHY DID SUPERMAN NEED POUCHES? And so many of them!!

What's wrong with pouches?

LOL Thanos copter and bat shark repellent.

One 'thing' that always makes me cringe would be kryptonite.

I was going to stick with Bat Shark Repellent until i saw the Thanos Copter.

Cosmic Cube... What the hell is the point of the Infinity Gauntlet or any of those "Items" when the Cosmic Cube is the "Deus Ex Machina" of the Marvel universe.

The Worlogog or the Miracle Machine....both are really lame

LOL at Thano copter

Definitely the Infinity Gauntlet or UN...both are really lame.

Yes! Screw stupid talking animals. Really hate that nonsense.

Actually, Batman fights sharks more often than you'd think. Just look at Arkham City.

My vote goes to the Riddler's box in Batman Forever. Everyone keeps saying "it makes him smarter", but all it really does is make him act like Jim Carrey.

Haha I love the captions for these tweets. Seems like you disagreed with most of them.

I can't think of an item so ridiculous it would not have a place in comics, because with the right writer and artist you can make pretty much anything work. But Batman's "Bata-mining software" in Dark Knight 17 made me smile.

@veshark said:

@armiv2 said:

@arturocalakayvee said:

Superman's pouches. WHY DID SUPERMAN NEED POUCHES? And so many of them!!

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