Top Five Meme (Part 3) - Comics That I Wish Never Existed

In the final part of my Top Five meme, kirke_novak asked for Top 5 Comic Books You Wish Never Existed.

Now, that's an open category. Are we talking series or individual issues? And in the days of online solicitations, I'm usually able to avoid books that look horrible.

And, let's face it, bad books are often easy to avoid. Or used to be. An issue of the X-men where the X-men encounter a villain that turns into ice cream? Easily dodged! Onslaught Returns? Did anyone even notice? So, to be truly a book that I wish never existed, it has to be something that was not just horrible in its own right, but by its existence screws up a bunch of other stuff that I actually care about too.

And, let's face it, not wanting to be a Yellow Hat, most of that's… um… well, let's just say we're talking last five years for my top picks.



But, for the record, I present my top five:

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Hello America!

Okay, so I know you buggers in the US are having some kind of debate about a welfare state and public healthcare at the moment. I'm not really going to get into the ins and outs of it (except to say that the phrase "free health care" is a misleading one - we all pay for it our taxes in the same way as insurance), but I do have to say that this report gave me a cruel chuckle.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8198084.stm

As the US healthcare debate hots up during Congress's summer recess, anti-reform campaigners have been directing criticisms across the Atlantic at the UK healthcare system.

The most recent row erupted after an editorial at the Investors Business Daily (IBD) launched an attack on the British National Health Service (NHS), as a warning against what could happen if the US adopted such a model.

"The controlling of medical costs in countries such as Britain through rationing, and the health consequences thereof are legendary," the article said. "People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn't have a chance in the UK, where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless."

Anyone point out anything wrong with this statement?

Here's a clue. Check out the article, looking under the headline Basic Supidity.