Worst of 2006: Event
The Black Panther/Storm wedding
“I don’t think anyone cared about what was dubbed “The Wedding of the Century.” Most fans had already grown sour on Reggie Hudlin’s Black Panther. And with Civil War going on, who the hell cares about the wedding between two wholly unimportant characters? People reading Black Panther, and that’s it. Just like how only people that read She-Hulk care that Jennifer Walters and John Jameson got hitched. Yet Marvel still pushed this thing as a major milestone for the company.”
— Fin Fang Doom
Brave New World
“It was totally worthless, boring, and poorly executed. We all knew the Monitor would be back months before the issue came out, so the big “twist” or “SURPRISE!!!!!!” didn’t ring true. It was hollow. Plus, all the mini-serieseses that came from it were pretty much without worth across the board.”
— Doom DeLuise
Annihilation
“Maybe it’s been good, but Marvel really dropped the ball on their timing with this. I don’t care about the characters, but I would have been much more likely to give it a shot if it weren’t going on at the exact same time as Civil War.”
— Jim Doom
Everything big and green
“While I’m a big anti-fan of Civil War, that series has at worst been mildly entertaining, and much more so than Marvel’s previous Mega Events. To be the absolute worst of a year, though, takes something more. Something truly bad. And along those lines, I give you Planet Hulk. Here’s a series in which one of the most famed heroes of all time is taken to a completely irrelevant setting and strung through a never-ending cycle of “smash everything” adventures that somehow managed to not be exciting. Even the Silver Surfer vs. Hulk battle was weak at best. But, you know what’s even worse? The event that never happens. Sure, I love Leinil Yu and Damon Lindelof, but it would’ve been nice if their Ultimate battle between Wolverine and Hulk would’ve at least seen, you know, a fight.”
— Jean-Claude Van Doom
Annihilation is good. Real good. FYI.
I don’t remember leaving that comment at 3:25am. You’re right, though. Poor timing.
Is there any official word on the hold-up with Ultimate Hulk and Wolverine?
According to the blog of Marvel Associate Editor John Barber, issue 3 will come out on July 12. As for an explanation of the delay, you’ll have to settle for this:
“For Wolverine vs. Hulk: Expect word soon. This blog’s probably the best place to look to find out when we’re back on track with the series.
And believe me, I know the delay’s frustrating.”
I can’t think of a bigger dissapoint in 06 than Ultimate Hulh vs Ultimate Wolverine.
The last that I have heard is that they will be continueing this in 07, but ” Not Till All The Artwork Has Been Completed .” At this point, it’s almost worth forgetting!
I thought of another event that sucked: DeciMation.
EDIT: or was that in 2005?
At least some of it happened in 2006, if not all. I think. Well, I’m not really sure. For a big event, it didn’t really so much have a clear beginning. Or ending. Or middle part. You’ve got to love a huge event about mutants that’s systematically ignored by every X-book.
Decimation spun directy out of House of M, so it was November and December of last year, for the most part.
Ok well I was thinking of it in terms of the 198 and Son of M, so I guess that means that 3 or 4 issues would have come out in ’06. I should have voted for those as worst miniseries.
I read an issue of each of those, and I had no freaking clue what was happening. Maybe I’m just not nerdy enough.
No, it’s because they were BAD!
I liked Son of M. Evil Quicksilver is badass.