Spotlight Binnies 2010: Biggest Disappointment By Zak Edwards December 31, 2010 - 15:04 Hello and welcome to the first annual Binnie awards, where our opinionated and talented writers give their selections for the best comic books of 2010, just in time to look forward to the new year.  Just a reminder on the format, we each made a selection and, rather than making an ultimate winner out of these selections, we spread the love and let them all win. Just as comics can surprise and astound us, they can leave us feeling disappointed and wanting more.  Here are our picks for the Biggest Disappointment in comics for 2010, that single thing that left us feeling cheated or unable to live up to expectations: Phil Schweier: DC’s Doc Savage Series Doc has never fared too well in the comic book medium, and I was hoping this time he might. Unfortunately, the first four issues by Paul Malmont, author of the Doc Savage/Shadow homage The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril, failed to measure up. Malmont might be good writer with a flare for pulp material, but his Lord of Lightning story failed to measure up, as if it needed more polish. Subsequent issues since then have been somewhat slow moving. I fear DC’s First Wave experiment is on the ropes. Herve St. Louis: Ignoring the Comic Book Bin App How part of the comic book industry has tried to ignore the ComicBookBin apps and not talk about them. In any other industry, an established player would develop apps for three smartphone platforms would have been a big deal, encouraged, talked about to no ends and supported. Here, we have a very small operations coming out with three mobile apps, something even large companies can’t pull off on their own with their large resources, and it is purposely ignored for whatever motivations. Things that help the comic book industry should not be ignored. They should be fully supported and promoted the three apps we introduced in 2010. Andy Frisk: The Return of Bruce Wayne Much like bringing Steve Rogers back into the realm of the living and ruining the most thematically and politically powerful statement ever presented in a mainstream comic book and edging one of the best characters in comics, Bucky Barnes, towards limbo, bringing Bruce Wayne back to life is going to lay waste to all of the changes and growth Dick Grayson has experienced. Oh wait…Dick is still Batman? There are more than one Batmen? Sorry folks, Grant Morrison might be a good writer most of the time, but he’s made a royal mess of Batman…Batman Inc. Really? Zak Edwards: Mark Millar I'm a huge fan of Mark Millar, his work in the early 2000's on books like The Authority and The Ultimates were all politically poignant and fun reads which really tried to challenge the superhero genre.  However, Millar's more recent work has been lukewarm at best, favouring shock over content and leaving books shallow experiences compared to his earlier work.  While the first Ultimate Comics: Avengers was okay, the sequels have focused on strange supernatural threats which leave the intelligence and relevancy behind.  Nemesis was a fairly generic story and even the Kick-Ass sequel is a slow start.  Superior is the best thing Millar put out this year, and it's more heart-warming than original.  This year had me thinking about Millar's relevancy as a writer as society moves further away from 9/11, something Millar tapped into in his earlier works, and it seems Millar has all but lost his steam. Use the Related Articles section below to access the other categories. © Copyright 2002-2026 by Toon Doctor Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Use of material in this document (including reproduction, modification, distribution, electronic transmission or republication) without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.