Licensed comic books have always had a spotty history, for every G.I. Joe and Micronauts there seems to be 2 or 3 comics like US1 or Sectaurs to make you shake your head. As bad as some of those are, nothing can compete with probably the worst licensed comic book of the last 30 years: NFL SuperPro.
Don't be fooled by this nice looking cover: it's crap.
The story goes like this: football play Paul Grayfield suffers a career-ending knee injury saving a child from falling. Right there you can tell this has no basis in reality, maybe if he had shot himself in the leg with a gun he tried to smuggle into a nightclub it would have been more believable. Not just a football player, Mr. Grayfield is also a scientist, which means he graduated from College, so that’s strike two in the believability department. Out of football because of his injury, he develops a near-indestructible football uniform, but instead of using it to cut down on concussions, he keeps it for himself to become a Super Hero: NFL SuperPro!
Paul Grayfield: a Man's Man.
Published in 1991, this stinker managed to last for 12 issues, to put this in perspective, the first run of the Incredible Hulk only managed 6 issues in 1962. While the Hulk managed to go on to become a movie and TV star, SuperPro has become Quart Bin fodder, destined to forever be remembered as one of the worst comic books ever, and in an industry that has Rob Liefeld in it, that is saying something!
Yeah, whatever.
Published in 1991, this stinker managed to last for 12 issues, to put this in perspective, the first run of the Incredible Hulk only managed 6 issues in 1962. While the Hulk managed to go on to become a movie and TV star, SuperPro has become Quart Bin fodder, destined to forever be remembered as one of the worst comic books ever, and in an industry that has Rob Liefeld in it, that is saying something! My biggest grip has to be that I have yet to see a comib book srtist draw a convincing football uniform. Or basball uniform, or baseball game for that matter. Really, there is nothing in this turd that is even remotely good, stay away, I took the bullet so you didn't have to.
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