Comic Book Shows

Today I caught a bit of the Super Hero Squad show and realized that the children of today are missing out on good cartoon shows featuring super heroes. This is not something particularly new, as it has been happening for years. I'm going to list 10 comic book shows that came out tell what was wrong with them.

1.) Super Hero Squad (2009) The show has the cool idea of having the Avengers and the Fantasic Four team up against the allied power of some awesome villains like Thanos and Doctor Doom. The problem is that the style is way to "kiddie." The fact that you can see Iron Man's eyes and face behind his mask alone ruins it for me.

2.) The Avengers: United They Stand (1999) Here's a great idea, let's have an Avengers show but exclude all of the fan favorites like Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Thor. Why? It makes no sense. It would be like making a Star Wars show without Luke Skywalker or Han Solo. To be fair, Captain America and Iron Man did each make a cameo, but that is not enough. Thor was gonna be in the second season but it got canceled. Big surprise.

3.) The Batman (2004) The villains in the series were all redesigned which in some cases, mainly Joker, this was cool. Overall, however, the demeanor of the villains is less than evil and too "kiddie." The series is just not that enjoyable to watch and pales in comparison to the Animated Adventures of Batman and Robin. Plus I'm not digging the short hood ears on Batman.

4.) Iron Man: Armored Adventures (2009) This series is all CGI and has a cell-shaded look to it making it seem like a comic come to life. That is pretty cool but it's about Tony Stark as a teenager. Solid crap. The Tony Stark we all know and love is a womanizing alcoholic with a goatee. Iron Man does not have a curfew.

5.) Fantastic Four (1994) This show was not all bad. It was actually just half bad. It aired for two seasons and the first one sucked hard. The style and animation was crappy and Doctor Doom looked super lame. For the second season they had much improved animation, style, plot, and Doom looked cool. I can't get over how Namor looked in the first season, flying in the air with his ankle-wings flapping.

6.) Static Shock (2000) Start with a not particularly well known super hero, then take away any coolness aspect you can. I don't want to stat a big thing about being culturally sensitive and all that but does the black teenager have to have braids? Anyways, the show was lame, let's move on.

7.) Spiderman Unlimited (1999) This show only lasted for one season. Why, you ask? Becasue they took Spiderman off of planet Earth where all of his villains are. Instead, the viewer was given "counter-earth" version of some of the villains. No thank you. I want the real deal. I want it on Earth, where it matters.

8.) The Spectacular Spiderman (2008) Normally I would not object to a cartoon, in particular a cartoon based off a comic, being to "cartoony." It just doesn't work in this show. It looks kind of like if Clerks the cartoon show was about spiderman. Like Tony Stark in the Iron Man show, Peter Parker is in high school. Why do that? It's just going to make kids upset when they get to high school and don't get bit by radioactive spiders.

9.) Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008) Batman teams up with various super heroes to solve crime and fight bad guys. Sound cool but it's not. The style is beyond crappy. It seems like they were pushing for old-timey style with as little detail as possible. The action is terrible as the fighting is mostly cartoon-like (think throw bomb, explosion, enemy is no longer there). Once again, short hood ears are lame. The longa the betta.

10.) Teen Titans (2003) Oh I saved this special crap stain for last. It's worse than high school. All the "super heroes" are like preteens. How bad does your teem have to be when Robin is your leader. Just seeing or hearing the character Beast Boy makes me angry. The show starts sucking before it even starts. The theme song is from some J Pop band called Puffy. It certainly sets the crap-stage by annoying you before you even start watching. This show has no redeemable qualities. I saw an episode where it looked like the bad guy was going to win and I got so excited. He cut off one of the characters arms and legs. There was no way he could have lost. The bad guy was going to win and I was all for it. Then, I guess, the character Cyborg wanted his limbs back and they reformed and he saved the day. That is actually how it happened. Weak.

Next time I'll have a list of 10 comic book shows that were solid awesome!