Lumps of Coal: The 12 Least Essential Comic Characters of 2008

That’s sort of the case with the twelve heroes, heroines and villains listed below. Each has a unique set of talents and gifts, and we’ve used them for loads of action and entertainment in the past, but for these folks, 2008 just didn’t seem to be their year. Here’s hoping all of them will have a much-improved 2009.

If they can. So, without further delay, I present the twelve LEAST essential of 2008, in no particular order.

1. Wonder Woman Moonlighting Justice League of America 2. Dracula Buffy the Vampire Slayer BTVS 3. Misfit Birds of Prey BOP Laugh-In Charlie’s Angels 4. The Abomination shot Hulk 1 5. Ares Secret Invasion 6. Kick-Ass Kick-Ass 1 7. Cyclone – Justice Society of America 8. Bane 9. Doctor Strange 10. Red Arrow Justice League of America 11. Doctor Doom Secret Invasion 12. Slapstick Avengers: The Initiative