MEGA POST: The Staff Picks Their Most Iconic Moments in Comic Books

You might have noticed, but we here at BNP love us some comics. We GET IT IN with some comics. We always talk about our favorite (or most infamous) moments while reading comics, the “I remember where I was when I read this” moments. We know that you have some of your own and definitely want to hear them. Here are some of the ones we came up with… Lauren Bullock’s Picks: Earth 2 Robinson/Scott/Scott DC Comics – 2013

Oh. Hell. No. Not. EVER. The New 52 (at what point does it stop being new already?) is known for its long, long, LONG list of grievances, but this moment enraged me so much I was compelled to write an entire poem about it just to air out my rage. Do you know how hard it is to find representation of multiracial (not biracial, multiracial people? Do you know how messed up it is that you can have fifty billion species of alien but creators CANNOT COMPREHEND the possibility of mixed people having mixed children? AND YOU’RE GOING TO WHITEWASH THE ONE CHARACTER WE HAD? ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS? Nopity nope the hell nope. Superman: Red Son #3 Millar/Johnson/Plunkett DC Comics – 2003

Huh? But Superman… is actually… Lex Luthor’s… descendant… and he’s in the past… and WHAT? This was just a LOST-level twist ending for me, which, depending upon your commitment to said show may or may not be a good thing for you. In general, I really enjoyed the storytelling and imagination of Red Son simply because it inverts a lot of the typical Superman tropes (truth, justice, Ameri…