Controversial comic book stories are nothing new when it comes to the comics industry. Controversy sells. However, some controversies only create a lot of bad press and angry comic book fans. At that point, the controversy is sometimes not worth the press it generates, but it is too late. It can then take years to undo the damage. Sometimes publishers have to do retcons, or undo and pretend the controversial story never even happened.
Sometimes, the controversy has no effect on sales at all. Here are 10 comic book controversies you may not remember.
