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(Reposting this here, because the version I posted on the DCMBs got turned into a certain someone's own little vendetta thread.)

What are the lines, plot devices, situations put in a comic, or fan posts, that just made you think "WTF?!?"?

For me, it was reading so-called "spoilers" for JSA arcs where the poster leaked that Captain Marvel was either tricked or forced into yelling "SHAZAM!" in the middle of a battle.

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The initial post...


Consistent with Shazamgrrl's original post, I think that while ret-conned embarrassments are certainly interesting to discuss here, that Shazamgrrl's opening thesis for the topic is broad enough to include any comic book story that has blown your mind and made you say: WOAH !!!

That can be WTF in a bad way, WTF in a good way, WTF in a continuity way, or WTF in an embarassing ret-conned way.



Regarding WTF in a good way, I love JLI, and I know I'm not alone in that.

Giffen/DeMatteis' JUSTICE LEAGUE/JLI 1-60, ANNUALS 1-6, JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE 1-36, JUSTICE LEAGUE QUARTERLY 1-6, and various other specials and tie-ins, were consistently great WTF material, in a very good and fun way, from 1987-1992, or so.

One of my favorites is JLE # 6, where the JLE takes a french class and winds up in the same room with the Injustice Gang, leading to an inevitable showdown of bufoonery. Illustrated by Bart Sears.






And even more so in the wildly funny JLI ANNUAL 4, "Justice League Antarctica", where the JLI hires the Injustice Gang into the JLI, in an attempt to help them go straight, and stations them to "guard Antarctica" where their stupidity supposedly can't hurt anyone, which backfires miserably, with hilarious results. Illustrated by Mike McKone.





Or JLI 33-35, where Booster Gold and Blue Beetle set up a casino on the tropical island of Kooey Kooey Kooey, using JLI funds, with predictably disastrous results. Beautifully illustrated by Adam Hughes.





And JUSTICE LEAGUE 43 and 44 (1990), where a reporter named Tortellini plays poker with a bunch of supervillains and wins all their weapons in a poker game, then takes on the JLI, with predictably funny results. And again, more great Adam Hughes art.