Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skateman

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:32, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Skateman[edit]

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Little or no sourcing. Only appeared in one comic book before being canceled. p b p 17:20, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment If it is the worst comic in 25 years, that may be pretty notable. It would be nice to have some referencing... --kelapstick^(bainuu) 17:22, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. It's got an entry on Don Markstein's Toonopedia... I'll see what else I can find. DS (talk) 17:43, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Also listed on heavy.com's article on the worst superheroes, and Francesco Marciuliano wrote a similarly-themed article on Smosh, and SFX had its own mockery. And then there's some actual historical context from the San Diego Reader. The Comics Journal described it as immortal... which is not necessarily a good thing. Huffington Post listed it as a comic-book movie that should never be made, and ComicsAlliance called it "legendarily bad". Comics101 says "Groundbreaking illustrator Neal Adams fell flat on his face with the colossally dork-tastic Skate Man". In his 'contributor biography' in Jim Ottaviani's "Fallout: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the political science of the atomic bomb", Tom Orzechowski says that, despite all his awards, he is "proudest to have been a contributor to Neal Adams' Skateman, known in the industry as the World's Worst Comic Book".

Oh, and there's a copy on display in the Roller Skating Museum.

Good enough? DS (talk) 18:40, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:32, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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keep Work completed by DragonflySixtyseven meets the Heyman Standard for me. Seems notable enough, as per my earlier comment. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 01:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep He has an entry in Rovin's Encyclopedia of Superheroes but I can't find a copy for the page reference. I'd change my vote to Delete if it means this awful comic was removed from my memory. Madam Fatal (talk) 15:59, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.