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The Biggest Comics, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Disappointments of 2021

The Black Widow lawsuit, Star Wars: The Bad Batch whitewashing, that Ghostbusters ghost, and more pop culture letdowns.

Cheryl Eddy & James Whitbrook & Charles Pulliam-Moore & Germain Lussier Published December 15, 2021, 2:00 pm ET

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We definitely made all of these faces as we reacted to the biggest genre disappointments of 2021. Image: Lucasfilm, Sony Pictures, Paramount, Marvel Studios, and AMC

There’s been a lot of great geeky content to love this year. We discovered some amazing new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, and we rewatched a few old favorites. But the world of genre entertainment let us down quite a bit, too. Here are the pop cultural lowlights of 2021, from across comics, movies, and TV.

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