Popular comic rated poorly (10)
I believe the answer is:
democratic
'popular' is the definition.
('democratic' can be similar in meaning to 'popular')
'comic rated poorly' is the wordplay.
'poorly' is an anagram indicator.
'comic'+'rated'='comicrated'
'comicrated' is an anagram of 'DEMOCRATIC'.
(Other definitions for democratic that I've seen before include "23 [JFK] was" , "Enabling the will of the people" , "Popular" , "Egalitarian" , "party in US" .)