Top 10 Marvel Comics Too Dark For Marvel Movies (Comics Explained)

[@Vamroc]

Hulk: The End might have one of the funniest moments I've ever read in a Marvel comic where Bruce Banner is visited by a robotic probe from another planet, the probe tells Bruce "We thought everything on Earth was dead so aliens sent this robotic probe to investigate the life sign they discovered" Bruce says "Why were they hoping the Earth was habitable again" The probes response "NO, the aliens who sent me thought everything on Earth was dead and they just want to take comfort in knowing IT REMAINS DEAD"

[@1mezion]

Considering how humans are today I wouldn't be surprised if aliens held a similar view now

[@YesTHATJohnSmith]

That bit of dialogue is yet ANOTHER example of the BRILLIANCE of Mr. Peter David.

[@henryviiifake8244]

Absolute violation 💀

[@YoshinoriUchiumi]

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[@scorellie7516]

I always thought that Stryker pointing at NightCrawler was a good source of irony because if you Know anything about the X-Men you'd know early on that Kurt Wagner was Heavily Catholic/ Christian so I always thought that was so funny because basically this shows the goodness in worship and the extremes in worship

[@johnfranklin87]

Stryker isn't Christian, he just uses that as an excuse to make the world the way he wants, just like how most "christians" yell at people that they are going to hell. That not how a real Christian should act towards anyone. But that is ironic how he pointed a gun at Nightcrawler

[@Rpgesusgoingin]

I’m a bit confused

[@codyhumble7855]

​@@johnfranklin87 -Well yes, but actually no.- I can't help but correct this. 'Christians' of today are not really Christians, at least not the way we mean Christian when we say the word. There are very few Christians at all; it is not even true to be only referring to the inherent 'lukewarmness' the other would-be's talk about. No, I must say I've yet to meet a single Christian, for the term itself is a contradiction. You cannot be loyal to the institution of Christianity whilst having even half the integrity the institution claims to strive for. The whole religion is a lie, their founder and his apostles being the only ones worthy of the title, though they would certainly reject it. Christianity is their own harlot of Babylon. They are a false sect of hypocrites and sheep led by an obviously corrupt pretender organization. Read Revelation 17 through the lens of belief that the beast is Rome and the Mystery Harlot is the Catholics. (The vatican sits on a hill across a river from seven hills) Consider it was almost exactly 1000 years from the finalization of the Catholic Creed in the 400s (325 Nicaean creed wasn't finished until a hundred years later after arguments over the holy spirit) that Martin Luther initiated the protestant reformation. Evil was defeated, though not completely obviously. For 1000 years the Catholics used dishonest religion-fed virtue signaling to exercise political control over Europe and even areas of India and Africa. Even after their sway was weakened, still there are those who fall victim to the lies of the harlot of prophecy. Those are who we call Christians. The Catholics suppressed free thought for 1000 years, and ever since their power over the people has begun to diminish, we see prosperity come as a result. Yeah that's an extremely simplified perspective, but prophecies are usually based on reductionist perspectives anyway.

[@johnfranklin87]

@@codyhumble7855 Catholics and Christians are two separate things, so everything you wrote is a incorrect, but it's cool. Have a great day

[@rogeliovillasanojr.5932]

@@johnfranklin87 No, Stryker sounds like an actual christian. christianity and catholicism fall under the same umbrella... maybe what you meant was that catholicism is not the same as protestant/evangelical/reformation. christians are pretty ignorant when it comes to what their bible teaches... they pick and choose the stories to sucker people in and then brainwash them. For example, the word Satan means adversary but it was typically used as a derogatory term for non jews. The bible constantly mentions gentiles (non jews) and considers them unclean. This is what we're currently facing in America with some of these right wing, christian politicians (Trump, Taylor Greene, DeSantis, Cruz, etc).

[@homeaccount5943]

Great video, Rob. Thank you for all the fantastic stories. I'm disabled, and stuck at home most of the time. I really appreciate your channel. Thank you, brother. God Bless you.

[@カーティス_Kātisu]

I remember reading the Juggernaut comic and for some reason at the end I felt sorry for him. He didn't use the infinity gauntlet to kill humanity and it's heroes. His emotions and carelessness got the better of him.

[@Sentryman002]

I felt the same way, friend.

[@TheKyle666]

Seems very in character

[@DamascusBanebridge]

I can't, I have bad experience with ppl with anger issues and that's what he has

[@grasz]

@@DamascusBanebridge lmao~

[@shoelesblondlady]

That's why I hate looney toons. My grandmother was crushed by an anvil so I hate everything wacky

[@jpmcpheemcphee2695]

Whenever I am looking for something to read that I may have missed, I always come to this channel, and when I can't decide what storyline to read first, I just count how many times Rob says "AMAZING" to describe the story, and proceeded accordingly, AMAZING channel, AMAZING voice, and, AMAZING encyclopedic knowledge of comic book series across all the brands

[@kcollier2192]

Marvel Ruins is Murphy's Law taken to infinity and beyond. As for God Loves. Man Kills, I had my own copy of it back in the day- a fantastic story.

[@maker6153]

Barracuda is the most hilariously R rated for the sake of R rating character who still was actually pretty good and intimidating for Punisher. Barracuda was crazy

[@paulakroy2635]

Barracuda holds the sole distinction of being a racist character but also somehow goated at the same time

[@dankusoonyt7473]

Elements to the Punisher MAX stories was partially adapted in season 2 of Daredevil & Season 1 of Punisher as part of the MCU’s Netflix Defenders Saga.

[@cyberpunk42]

I feel like this is just a list of dares for Kevin Feige 🤣

[@disasterman0927]

Would love to see some stories set in the old man logan universe during the events of the villains taking over.

[@KingShibe]

Yeah there's old man hawkeye

[@charleslennonbaker]

One of my favorite "What Ifs"? When I read this comic years ago, it changed the way I saw Cain. Up to that point, he showed a different side a few times when traveling along with Black Tom and his depiction in the X-Men cartoon. I suspect the writers also felt that his character needed more fleshing out. About a few years later, we all saw that Cain was a very complex (emotionally inmature) man. He is not an anti-hero persay but a man with abandonment issues that manifested in his envy towards his little stepbrother. Prof X noticed this without using his psychic powers; hell, any student psychiatrist could quickly diagnose his problem within minutes. As time passed, Caine realized this too, but instead of trying to correct this with the best mental health professional, he knows (Charles) he buried his pain and regret. I have no doubt Cain loves Charles. Both men have been betrayed by their family members and share a bond that only brothers could understand. I hope that Cain will someday find his way. Yeah, I like the guy.

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

I find it hard to believe that wolverine couldn’t smell out illusions.

[@blueguygaming1330]

Exactly what I was thinking. Like Mysterio should be the last person who should be able to trick him, and there’s no way he wouldn’t notice things were off

[@alonassoolin2968]

Maybe that version of Wolverine didn't have a super nose

[@Midv1322]

In the comic Logan says his nose was tricked as well. All the villains teamed up so Mysterio has they’re scents . Also Mysterio has tricked Spider-Man spider sense which is basically seeing into the future. If he can do that he can fool wolverines enhanced senses with this kind of backing. I always thought it would sell it better if he has help. likeMysterio , Mastermind, and Shadow king all assaulted Logan senses at once. The comics have had Mysterio show the ability to dupe peoples super senses though. So this isn’t that wild

[@Nonlifting_breezy]

@@Midv1322 yeah spider man don’t have a sense of smell. Many of times wolverine has sniffed out the impostor and the comic doesn’t say that mysterio used that against him. He just made everyone that was already around wolverine look like someone else.

[@paxhumana2015]

@@Nonlifting_breezy , what if Mysterio DID, in fact, invent something that was specifically designed to counteract Wolverine's ability to sniff out imposters? Mysterio is, in fact, an inventor by heart, as well as also is one of the most gifted inventors in the Marvel Universe, like up there with Doctor Doom, Reed Richards, Arcade, The Tinkerer, Hiro Tanahashi, Forge, Iron Man, Amadeus Cho, T'Challa, Shuri, Ironheart, Hank Pym, and Egghead, so it could be entirely possible, despite it not being explained in the comic series, that Mysterio had made an invention that had nullified that ability that Wolverine had to sniff out imposters. Now combine that with something that screwed up his senses, and, well, you have something that could truly break Wolverine, like, even worse than Magneto not only literally ripping out his adamantium skeleton, but also ripping out the metal that is in every last one of his cells, and then using them as weapons against him, and then crushing his body like a person crumbling up a sheet of paper into a ball.

[@JDdoesstuff]

Speaking of darker material, I would love to have some videos on Morlocks !

[@Drimirin]

12:10 Current estimates put the number at 63% and they are decreasing everyday.

[@DaellusKnights]

14:20 to 14:31 - audio cuts out... 😭 Otherwise excellent list! I can't really disagree with any of it. Though it could definitely be longer... There's MANY others that fit on a list like this 😁

[@eddieparker945]

I'm not sure if you're aware of this fact but Williams Shliker appeared in BOTH The X-Men movies franchises. The Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman movies & The Jennifer Lawrence & Michael Fassbender. He was recasts as a high rated military officer

[@paxhumana2015]

The part of the bugs eating The Incredible Hulk honestly reminds me of the Greek myth of Prometheus getting his liver eaten daily by an eagle, and then having that part of his body regenerate.

[@rich-s6c]

Great list! Truthfully I wouldn't want to see some of those stories acted out by real actors. Reading comics allows me to peer into the darkness while staying at a safe distance, if that makes any sense. 😂

[@JcgLounge]

My man seriously just dissed the Inhumans. Honestly, I hate how the Inhumans are just looked at as jokes now and are essentially being left in the dust by Marvel.

[@pillar81]

Before Hulk: The End, there was another time that we see that Bruce trying to kill himself won’t work, which was in the Startling Stories: Banner mini by Brian Azzarello and Richard Corben.

[@blueyedevil1531]

This was a fun watch. Can't wait to watch this with my dad, my son and nephew. Even my dad's been like "idk, let's see what Rob says" and he rarely allows for an authority on geek stuff

[@Toadaboticus]

I want a movie of the God Loves, Man Kills storyline.

[@itsasquid]

Technically X-Men 2 adapted it, but man, I would love to see Cyclops have a religious debate with Stryker.

[@jimthorne9585]

Rob, your content is greatly appreciated! Thank you for doing what you do!

[@619Slipk]

Clicked the video asking myself: Is ruins 1st? Rob: 19:39 "Inarguably, definitively, resolutely, absolutely, not a debatable point" lol

[@danieladusei1993]

DARK REIGN FULL STORY WE NEED IT OR MORE ULTIMATE UNIVERSE STORIES

[@moorebounce]

They did use "God loves, Man Kills" for X-2 but changed so much stuff even I didn't recognize it until I found out what the source material for X-2 was. After finding that out I made it my second worst live action hero movie behind Spawn. God loves, Man kills is my favorite X-Men story. In X-2 Striker had a son but in GLMK Striker killed his baby after delivering it. Plus they left out him retiring from the military and becoming a TV evangelist and funding the Purifiers with the profits.

[@smartdarpog7058]

X2 is a pretty damn good movie

[@carls9310]

12:57 Kitty dropped a couple "N-bombs" back in the day. She did that ish to Storm as well.

[@mikaela5938]

i wish punisher was going to be in the thunderbolts, i feel like he would fit the mcu version of that team they're making really well

[@jet9066]

I’m surprised that Kraven’s Last Hunt didn’t make the cut.

[@Debizzle]

It’s been a while since I checked in on your channel, but I’m really happy to see your setup is improved! I remember you were out here with like 500k killin the game with a close up facecam in the living room. Much love

[@PhatGirlLuvr68Comix]

God Loves, Man Kills may be the greatest comic book ever.

[@dankusoonyt7473]

The story was partly inspired in X2: X-Men United.

[@HinaFukunaga]

Great video, appreciate you sharing it!

[@Andros1921]

What's also great about the Jugg What If, is an advertisement for Maggie Neto.

[@franklinwenzler]

You should do a top 10 of your favorite hero’s I know black bolt is your top tier hero but hearing why and other hero’s you like and your least favorite and favorite moments in comics and least favorite moments

[@TravisTramble-z2h]

I remember Marvel Ruins. I had it when I was a kid and totally didn't understand the story because I was so young. All I really remember was Galactus floating in space dead.

[@Procastinatestoomuch]

I've never read a comic, but I could listen to you talk about comics all day.

[@yt_Ajay_]

4:00 I'm sorry, Stark, but you have nobody to blame for this turn of events but yourself. This design flaw is exactly the worst case scenario I had in mind the moment I discovered who and what Ironman is, and I was just a kid back then, and not even like a super smart one.

[@facetiouslyinsolent8313]

The Inhumans "those guys suck", gets me every time. I spit water all over my keyboard. You got me again Rob, well played sir!

[@tomkerruish2982]

Also how nobody cares about Alpha Flight.

[@tomkerruish2982]

You know not to reply, right? Lots of KZbinrs have been getting hit with these imposters.

[@williamangeles9761]

Wow looking good Rob proud of you man. Long way have you come my friend.

[@Ken19700]

I still hope that Hugh Jackman does Old Man Logan in the MCU.

[@lewisaino]

I want to see Onslaught on the MCU lol

[@Mohawkwarrior999]

These are the stories I’d LOVE to see made in a animated movie or series like 97.

[@marcusbgaming350]

Love these lists bro! Great work as always

[@lordofreddistrict9472]

Bro spider man had some mad stories lol

[@DJCam87]

I started this journey just listening to your voice bro an respecting your mad levels of knowledge. I fell off for a bit but here you are on screen an killing it, so just wanted to send a shout out to you...from an Iron Man fan!

[@2RG_]

I think they could always do one off animated movies with some of these stories.

[@ragingblade504]

One problem disney won't allow it

[@baitbait65]

Did you ever cover "Batman: Shadow of the Bat The Last Arkham" by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle? I only have the first issue but it's pretty dark. Jeremiah Arkham has officially taken over Arkham Asylum from his uncle and has...unique...methods of rehabilitation. We get a tour through Arkham and see some of the "patients" and their treatments. The first issue is awesome. Highly recommended.

[@HiromiYoshizawa]

Great show guys, thank you

[@Faenwolf]

9:21 Deadpool killed Galactus in issue 4 of „Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe“ by forcing Puppet Master to create a Voodoo Doll of him and other big entities (calls them „Special Editions Action Figures“). You find it on page 8 of the issue right before the panel you show here in your video.

[@dominicfuentes4070]

As a Roman Catholic, and I personally agree with you, and I'm very skeptical about movies and religions and yeah "God Loves Man Kills" story arc will never adapted into the MCU for introducing a Villain that is a religious fanatic, and that is why William Stryker has changed into as a former Military Personal in X-Men 2, and it's a shame that we never seen William Stryker in the animation side and as for Punisher Max yeah the MCU will never adapted into a TV show due to a arc has a lot of gore, sexual content, and a lot of swearing, however, they can introduced the Villains from the classics in the 80s, 90s, 00s and early-mid-late 10s.

[@DenonuDoesGaming]

No vocals on 14:19-14:30 Rob. Either something glitched or the audio file wasn't present during the video rendering.

[@Jezee213]

yea must have been the V.O cause the music is still present.

[@roybatty3989]

Fitting end for Tony the egomaniac stuck in his own suit, screaming for days.

[@augustusgaia1192]

honestly thank you so much for this! Loved the channel for years and always will!!!

[@user-qw6sq7hk5u]

Did the narrating part of the audio cut out for anyone else @14:20?

[@CHM6196]

Hulk and She Hulk become a couple because quote: "She's the only one who can handle it" Bruce Banner

[@mikaela5938]

3:45 this sort of reminds me of that black Sabbath song

[@blueoak5262]

I don't need to watch this video when the ads finish to know that Days of Future's Past is the darkest Marvel story and one of the darkest in comics generally 🖤

[@franzoking9956]

Great video Mr Rob. I always knew some of these stories will NEVER be in movies especially since Disney has it now.

[@gametime2947]

What's up with the missing audio right before 15 min?

[@thedangerwich5476]

Awesome video and I love the new set up.

[@devonelias6363]

I love the new setup. Haven't been here in a while. Zaddy still looks good

[@posey597515]

DUDE YOU LOOK GREAT! Keep up the workout 🏋🏾‍♂️

[@MikiyaToyota]

Thanks a ton, this was super helpful!

[@CRO.U9]

How exactly was this helpful?

[@TheGameday9]

How about the Wolverine story where a bunch of former wolverine victims who lost loved ones from him band together and hatch a revenge plan. They track down all his children from one night stands and such and train his kids to be fighters. Then they pit wolverine against them without him knowing who they are. He kills them all. Then the victims watch as Wolverine loses family members just like they did. That was a dark one.

[@talzumon101]

The main story of Wraith is pretty bleak and dark too, as well as Spider-Man Reign is suuuper dark too ... good stuff if we are being honest one of the darkest stories that Marvel needs to redo is Gorr the Godbutcher.

[@ComerDormirJogar]

Peter Parker's fate in "Marvel Ruins" is definetely one of the meanest.

[@AlexHeathman]

I think the world needs the story of "God loves, man kills" more than ever at the moment

[@KanakoTanba]

very helpful, worth the watch

[@rayavila8555]

I love your content so much! Your personality is what keeps me coming back

[@JMSK248]

Nowadays God Loves Man Kills would have to end with Stryker's supporters still claiming he was right,everyone else is lying, and there should be a civil war. Anything else would be too unbelievable.

[@akaiseigo]

X2 movie was based on God Loves, Man Kills. Also forgot that bad Marvel 90s Mys-Tech Wars series by Dan Abnett and Bryan Hitch.

[@22up12]

the creator: all nudity, gore, horror in one story the fan: yes all that good stuff

[@diosyntaxa]

Haven't read all of them, I was mostly focused on X-Men and Wolverine (and a few of the related comics) until the mid to late 90s so my exposure is limited, but number 5 is a personal favorite!

[@TechRyze]

I'm waiting to see what happens with Deadpool & Blade. If those two films end up being rated R and aren't ruined by being toned down by Disney, then anything's possible. Due to the multiverse jumping that's happening, there could well be a one off peek into some of these alternative realities at some point down the line. Like a 'What If' scenario, but maybe in live action somewhere. We'll see...

[@CapJacques]

love everything you do, thank you for making your videos.

[@GeneralTarget01]

It’s dark to think of tony stark locked in his suit. not to nitpick but his suit can go underwater or in space, implying that it’s sealed. I would think he would suffocate within minutes.

[@juliancesararellano3186]

Dude your so awesome thanks for making such great videos !

[@dubertflores7452]

Five Minutes Later… KZbin: KEVIN FEIGE PLANS ON MAKING MARVEL RUINS INTO LIVE ACTION 🤣🤣🤣 Love you Rob! Keep doing what you do!

[@OliveraGomes]

ill definitely try that, thanks!

[@ronagegaming1433]

The closest that I've seen "character kills the marvel universe " was probably Dr Strange Multiverse of Madness where Wanda goes on a killing spree. Also, maybe because Logan did well maybe Deadpool Kills the marvel universe could happen. It is a very small chance but that is the only story I could see happen and they would have to alter the story quite a bit.

[@clarencehenson5320]

That oldman Logan comic was real good

[@xspence2404]

This is so great. Thanks Rob!

[@takeruneverborn4740]

Rob this is excellent man keep on with these top 10 even for DC & Image Comics as well

[@tommysheffield2561]

rob you should cover daredevil born again comic story. that will be epic

[@henryviiifake8244]

08:52 Bro really said "show's over 💀"

[@sobreaver]

I like that confidence in his voice when he says NEVER EVER O GRAND JAMAIS WILL NOT HAPPEN, NOT IN THIS UNIVERSE, RIGHT ;)

[@dannyboi1065]

New studio looks fresh af 🔥

[@auroredumesnil6114]

awesome video idea! I like this type of videos where you have story compilations by themes

[@mazoku112]

Kind of think they need like a separate series of dark rated R stuff. Though frankly that's not gonna happen.

[@kiezersosay49]

Well when rob posts i click, but with a title like that...the hype-o-meter just exploded!

[@EskimoShawty46]

Those of you who are claustrophobic... Heyy👉🏽🤣🤣🤣🤣 That was Gold

[@ChalesJutson]

Can't wait to start my collection

[@amyholdren]

Simply the best!

[@TheJim42069]

I had a few Howard the Duck Marvel MAX comics...they weren't too bad pretty decent.

[@mikecronincomedy]

If I could suggest an honorable mention, I’d say the Agent Venom storyline. Especially when Jack O Lantern digs up Flash’s dad, hollows out his head and fills him with explosives and flash losing it and eating a bank robbers head

[@ToxicTerrance]

I feel called out. You named my kids. Little Timmy and whatever her name is...

[@joshuaa7223]

Another awesome video.

[@777Thibs]

The Hellstorm and Druid series from the 90s were pretty dark.

[@WriteJus]

YESSSSSSS!!! I knew what #1 was, lol. Great video as usual.

[@jimbrown5091]

God Loves Man Kills was the loose inspiration for the X2 movie, it was a loose, loose adaptation, but the main plot point of Stryker making Xavier use Cerebro to kill all mutants was still the main center of the, movie, so they won't go there again. I'd love to see a proper treatment of Days of Future Past and Age of Ultron, but that won't happen.

[@arefrigerator396]

I collected the entire Old Man Logan comic saga. Loved it. So raw.