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- Anyone who says “bow-chicka-wow-wow” to what’s happening in this garbage will be punched in the face.
Originally uploaded August 30th, 2010.
RUMINATIONS: The Tom Servo puppet that premiered during the “Previously On” segment was a birthday present from my brother and holy crap it’s awesome. The puppet would eventually play a much larger role in the show, but for the moment, it had a humble premiere as part of a gag referencing an old feminine hygiene commercial.
As stated before, my Dad is always fond of appearing on the show as future Linkara, so when I mentioned I’d be doing another of these segments, he asked if he could participate. I figured it’d be a good way to foreshadow the stuff that would happen in Silent Hill: Dead/Alive. The thing that people forget about the continuity of future Linkara is that I very much ascribe to the “the future is always changing” aspect of time travel. That’s why sometimes future Linkara is wearing slightly different outfits, is in different locations, or his hat changes. The only constant is that future Linkara is rather bitter and broken after 30-some years of comic reviewing.
Sorry to say that “That Jewish Guy” no longer seems to make videos and sadly is no longer part of Channel Awesome. He had some great energy and comedic timing, as evidenced by his bit in the “Previously On” segment. I just thought it’d be hilarious if he was just eating something calmly while dramatic music played and it worked out perfectly. And of course Bennett and Sad Panda’s dual-bits were great, even if they don’t really make any sense. But then again, NONE of the “Previously On” segment stuff is supposed to make sense. It’s even more insane than the actual show.
Sadly, Brad’s bit is the only one that doesn’t actually work, IMHO. I think it’s because there was a miscommunication on what I wanted him to do for it, so him opening with “Previously on Manimal” is just head-scratching because we already had “Previously on Atop the Fourth Wall.” Fortunately, though, he more than makes up for it in the actual cameo in the video.
And of course there’s me quoting from Star Trek again. I like to include at least one actual serious line in the “Previously On” segments when I can, if only because outside of context, the lines come across as kind of silly.
The elaborate security is even dumber when you realize
1) his wife ISN'T an escape artist
2) his enemies are famous for their advanced teleportation abilities
Also DARKSEID is able to bypass it completely!
Is it weird that I would love to see a parody comic of Darksied where he is a classy host of a comic book show with a posh robe and in a comfy couch; where he reads and talks about bad DC stories and comics? Also he must be voiced by Tim Curry.
I must somehow work this concept into my own show. XD
This...must...be...made! I don't care if it's stupid! It will be awesomely hilarious!
Are you making fun of Cinema Snob? Either way, that idea is awesome.
kelly beck No I love Cinema Snob, actually I would like to see him cosplay as Darksied and review a bad DC movie.
ajshim Okay, now everyone needs to troll Brad Jones until he agrees to do that.
Just kidding.
Jack Kirby is not only rolling in his grave but doing a swan dive, 180, the 360 and the corkscrew in his grave right now.
williamhowe1 Epic 360 no-pulse
Me too
***** OHHHH not bad but he'll have to settle for silver!
williamhowe1 What? Who could possibly have beat that? Don’t tell it was-!
sadly, I am pretty sure he wa alive when this comic came out.
I do find the concept of Darkseid just sitting in the chair for 2 days patiently sipping Brandy quite amusing.
And watching porn. Had to entertain himself.
He must have gotten real drunk.
PsychoBullet same here. It’s awesomely hilarious to see him sitting on other people’s couches.
Darkseid lounging in people's living rooms is one of my favorite running gags in this show.
Can Thanos and Darkseid get a crossover that just contains them getting increasingly more fancy comfortable chairs to outdo each other? ;)
This is written by the same guy who stripped Vision of all his emotions and took away Tommy and Billy Maximoff so that it was reveled that they were part of Mephisto. Which are some of the contributing factors to Wanda going insane. Of course it would suck.
i always figured darkseid sits on couches because he secretly hates the furniture on Apokolips and really prefers earth furniture but doesn't want to ruin his image on Apokolips. the guy buys earth porn, tries(and fails)to kill santa after receiving coal, and commits various kick the dog moments for fun i would not put it past him he does have a petty side. i mean he may a dark god of desiccate and domination but even he needs a little lumbar support.
Zettabeam62 I wouldn't blame him for disliking Apokolips furniture...it's probably why he's evil actually...
Hew Man yes
And then lobo killed Santa while under the employ of the Easter bunny
@@Smashboi76 darkseid
I think the only reason this comic exists, is that someone wanted their porn-fanfictions published.
You know, Jack Kirby actually wanted to end the New Gods with the 12th issue, but DC editorial wouldn’t let him. So Countdown and Final Crisis is technically fulfilling his vision. Just not in the way he wanted.
I always thought it was cute and funny that Jack Kirby was a war vet, yet he created and wrote a bunch of heroes like the Forever People who were basically hippies.
While the actual hippies generation created comics like this one. go figure.
It's like DC comics hate Jack Kirby.
FaceUnreality Warning! Obvious topical joke below!
Along with its fans of D.C. superheroes, their own customers, moviegoers, and the people who work for D.C.
+Buzzing Sign Diner
annnnnnnnnnnd nailed it
Maybe DC would do better if they stop hating everyone.
+#IWinneRaLwaYs and Fantastic 4
As someone who enjoys noncon in stories, you can't just throw it in like that. You have to actually go into the emotional and mental aftermath and have the characters work their way through it. You really, REALLY, have to know your subject matter and how to treat it with the respect it deserves. Your work might be fictional, but you're including a real life event that has lasting emotional trauma. It's triggering for people who have gone through it to see it brought up so casually.
I like the bit of dialogue between Superman and Berta about the incident at the end. It seems fitting, but being a victim of sexual assault can't be tossed away like that. I bet it's never brought up again for them to over come the emotional damage, is it? If you put this in your story, you have to show the character overcoming the violation of their person.
But we don't get that here. We just get, "Hey, I put almost rape in a story because I wanted to. After all, it's only bad if I dwell on it and no one wants to read about the 'aftermath'. I'm now going to go shove my dick in a toaster". :/
It may or may not also have been a decision to make Barda, a Jack Kirby creation he modeled after his wife, suffer because Jack Kirby and Steve Geber made fun of him in a comic for being a bootlicking “company man” taking sides against creator rights in comics. Turns out he’s also a bigot so yeah, fuck John Byrne
I love the idea of Darkside just sitting there for two days waiting for Mr. Miracle to notice him
13:30 "Help fight the war on poverty. Throw a grenade at a bum."
+Rgoid How about at whoever wrote this?
Still sucks whenever I come across old videos of Jewario. That guy was so fucking talented.
Well, this didn't age well :(
Man, between this and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987 was just not a good year for the man of steel!
Also, epic previously-on segment there.
While I certainly agree about Superman IV, JB's all-too-brief-run on Superman was highly entertaining.
I know it seems like darkseid is just sitting there in a comfy chair, but in reality he has fallen victim to the Spanish Inquisition
+Mike White i actually expected that
Next he shall be prodded with the pillow
Mike White HAHAHA!!!... wait are you serious
CONFESS!
+Mike White OF COURSE
NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION
It has been a decade and we still don't know what Todd looks like. That's impressive
So Miracle Man is a-ok against mind control because of Granny Goodness' training? So, then, how does Big Barda wind up in this situation in the first place?
Read the comic book
I don't have to - I watched his review of issue 592 which showed her falling under Sleeze's spell. My question was more a rhetorical one, because it's made clear that both of them have served on the same planet, under the same leaders, and yet for some inexplicable reason, Big Barda lacks the same kind of auto-resistance to the mind control that Miracle Man has.
"I don't have to read War & Peace... I saw the movie."
The story was a two-parter & the answer was provided in Action Comics #593...
"Granny trained all us cadets to resist any mind control less powerful than Darkseid's own!!"
After reading this (in the comic book, of course) it becomes obvious that Bid Barda was NOT trained in the same manner.
You're welcome...
I never said that she WAS trained the same, but that for some inexplicable reason she lacks the protection and training. As in that she is conveniently unprotected from the power for the sake of the plot and so the woman is the weaker of the group. I'm pointing out the absurdity in her having not been trained or some how being much weaker against mind control.
I hope that makes it more clear for you.
You're welcome.
It is actually explicable because it is obviously implied that they were not trained in the same manner.
Nothing more complicated than that.
You choose to make a mountain out of a molehill. That's your prerogative, of course.
Me? I read super-hero comic books for fun. I don't require a microscope.
Bottom line. A plausible reason was given in the story. Convenient for the story? Maybe. Or perhaps the storyteller, who has a reputation for being diligent in his research, knows what he's doing?
Nah. Much more fun to be derogatory.
Im with you sleez should have just mind controlled several super heors and villians to attack apoclyspe rather than doing this convoluted make money off porn to then pay an army.
I love how, if you look up Animal Man, the wiki article specifies that Animal Man is a _fictional_ superhero.
Thanks Wikipedia for highlighting that point. Otherwise I would've gone on with the rest of my life thinking Animal Man was a real life figure!
I want to comment on the stuff about sexual assault, especially after reading some of the other posts on that blog. First and foremost, I will agree that all the sexual assault stories we've seen on At4W have been completely unwarrented. However, I feel that it is a subject matter that can be addressed, both with established characters and with supporting or even one-shot characters. It just takes a good team of comic book writers and artists to properly use it as a story element for a respectable story.
It has to have a good reason for being there. More times than not though it is done for sensationalism. Using wrestling terminology, they do it for 'cheap heat'.
That's what I mean. It can be in comics if it's given purpose other than a cheap shock.
Spencer McClure
Yeah. Hell George R.R. Martin made a very successful series totally centered around sensationalism that is just as bad as this comic. A good writer can still pull it off.
Though I am glad people are starting to be a little more critical of Martin's storytelling ability. >__>
Spencer McClure: "It just takes a good team of comic book writers and artists to properly use it as a story element for a respectable story."
In this case it was one writer/artist that brought about this entertaining two-parter.
Spencer McClure He's talked about that in his Top 15 things wrong with Identity Crisis video.
I remember an episode of Batman the Brave and the Bold with Sleeze or Slug in the episode with Katana, Black Lighting and Metamorpho who are teens in the show..... think about that
My too.
Sometimes great writers like John Byrne forget it's best to keep your sexual fetishes out of work intended for the general public. It's also the opposite of editors being too controlling, it's editors trusting the writer too much.
Now I love Byrne but often times when he does a run on a character he leaves a huge mess for the next writer to clean up.
XD I'm starting to like Darksied he's very sophisticated
Darkseid is one of the best supervillains in comics. He's classy and terrifying at the same time.
You know its kinda funny Linkara mocks Mister Miracle's over complicated door lock potentially blowing up their house, when years later Linkara would accidentally blow up his own place, forcing him & Viga to move (Atop the Fourth Wall in-universe continuity, in reality they moved into a new house and the blowing up the house plot line was added as a joke with her mad at him for blowing it up)!
Jack Kirby named the character based on his wife 'Big' Barta? Truly no braver husband ever lived.
To be fair, the "Big" part is a reference to her height and musculature. We're talking about Darkseid's personal bodyguard, here. Lady was an imposing, Amazonian specimen of raw strength.
I heard he was reasonably disgusted by this comic and who wouldn't be?!?
Darkseid is probably jealous of Metron and that's why he wants to find the comfiest chair in the universe.
"Your chair might be all powerful, but is it comfy?"
"What?"
"Is it comfy. Mine's comfy."
This comic is Icky: Like Sleez?
You wanna know the real purpose of this comic? To make Darksyde sit on Mr. Miracle's Chair.
+Team Aonn Darkseid sitting there like he owned the place was rather awesome. It would have been even more awesome if it was a part of a less icky comic.
After seeing the Snyder Cut, it's really amusing to think of Ray Porter reading Darkseid's dialog here.
Also, one more thing about Jack Kirby; supposedly Jack found out about this story and what they did with Barda and he was pissed.
15:16 : Maybe it's supposed to mean that superman is too pure to have sex. Ever. Makes no sense but there are more idiotic things out there.
Damn...
Who in the fucking hell thought this was a good idea??? What were they thinking?!?
Hmmm. Providing entertaining stories & art. Mission accomplished.
Using Superman and Big Barda for a porno to raise money for any army is like selling a tank and a rocket launcher to buy a ton of pistols.
Yeah that was super icky and there really seems to be NO reason at all for the porn situation. DX
Every time I hear about the stuff they pulled in Countdown and beyond, I remember why I went back and started reading from The Silver Age.
So Linkara....you cannot keep the secret forever....what DOES Todd look like?
It's not secret anymore, google "Todd in the shadows face".
Man, Sad Panda looks weird without his goatee.
Big barada should have equal or greater restance to mind control being trained as a female fury on apocolyspe.
As funny as it is, I think Darksied sitting on someone's couch is totally in character for him. He came into YOUR house, uninvited. And sat on YOUR furniture. And you're not gonna say anything about it, cuz he's Darksied and could instantly vaporize you with his Omega Beams if he so chose. It's a total power move
Even if it's unlikely, due to how things have played out, I'd like to see him do that in the DCEU. Especially since they're going with a lighter tone now
I really love that you play the music from Wrath of Khan everytime you have a "previously on" segment XD it's awesome
Given the hyper intelligent nature of mother boxes, it’s not unheard of that it calculated the probability of death based upon Mr Miracle’s abilities and the surrounding stimuli that could cause harm. With that in mind, the “immediate danger” line sticks. Still kinda chumps us that we didn’t get to see Scott break out, and it appears in a reeeally bad comic.
*puts on Devil's Advocate horns*
To be fair...
Sleez is a being made of, and strives on, well... Sleaze. He goes for the scuzziest, most awful thing he can go for. So... Yeah. It's actually justified as a motivation for him simply BECAUSE it's so grotesque. You can argue that he never should have SUCCEEDED as far as he did, but as a motive it makes sense.
I have a thing for truly hateable villains, and good GRANNY did Sleez have potential. The kind of guy that your pumping your fist in the air when he gets his.
Was the character created first, or the plot? That's the question. I doubt that it was the plot, as the plot is so outlandish as to be insane, and considering what Linkara said about this guy, I doubt the writer just did it to get some kind of sick jolly off it. I'd buy it off Frank Miller, but this doesn't seem like this guy's MO.
As for why Sleez was created, well, its the only kind of Evil left unrepresented by Apokolips. We have the Dark Lord as represented by Darkseid. The master race, third Reich kind of evil as represented by Vermin Vunderbarr. You have the "its for your own good" evil as represented by Granny Goodness. The only thing left is the seedy underbelly of society. Ta da. Sleez
@@gregdeandrea1450 stil he might be justified, but qestion: why make them do a porn?
Like, i am sure there are more interesting plots involving implied rape rather than "make them do a porno"
@@ianr.navahuber2195 And how much of that could you get away with in '80s Superman?
Look... The comic itself is awful, not denying, but I feel that a lot of that is laid at the feet of a Villain that could have been something pretty interesting, and I don't think it's necessarily fair.
@@gregdeandrea1450 tht's true. i forgot this comic was made in the 80's.
Man, this "Previously On..." segment really did not age well.
I hate to have to say this, but recent events have made this episode EXTREMELY uncomfortable to watch in hindsight. No fault of Linkara's, of course.
Ironically, it somehow fits the comics even more with how uncomfortable they are.
...this mass rewatching of old episodes has been depressing. :/
Fuck new 52, but if it retcons this...wrongness out of existance, i'll give it a 0.1 bit of respect
I'm sure it did :)
+ColeVecsion The New 52 has it's ups and downs.
It's not the complete disaster some claim, and it's given us some of the best runs DC's had in years.
Barda and Scott are adorable together. New 52 got them right.
And, honestly, most of DCs stuff in the last couple of years, especially coming out of DCYou, has been pretty solid.
We all got lucky, there were plans for a "rape of wonder woman" comic, but thankfully it never happened
*Sees A image Of big barda and Supes Having Sex*
*Screams* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH
Well, That Image Will Burn In My Brain.
I don't think sexual stuff like this shouldn't be put in a comic book just that it has to be done right, just like how I don't think you should never kill off a character but if you do then it has to be done right.... though the whole porn idea is extremely stupid and would need a loooooot of work to get right.
And I don't know about this being the worst thing to happen if you compare it to being killed off, in one instance the characters back story can be rewritten to not include or have it never happen at all and still be in new comic books while the other you have to wait for ether a reboot or a magic desu ex machina to bring them back to life which could take months if not years.
Unless you mean that in a moral way in which I still have to say dying is still a worse off fate.
In comics though, bringing a character that's popular, old or important to the industry back to life happens a lot sooner. Someone would have to bring up this piece of crap to retcon it out of existence.
POKEOMNIRANGERPOWER Not really, this comic wasn't apart of a over arking story line ( At least not one I remember ) so you could wave this off as not really happening.
Plus it never shows the characters doing anything graphic so at the worst BB was a dancer for some alien creep for a while.
You also could say they were saved before anything really creepy happened and you fix the whole problem. All it would take is some small comment from ether Sups or BB about it to imply that was the case.
No need to retcon it out of existence just enough to where this piece of crap has no real effect on the characters.
Where as if one of them had died you would ether have to come up with some over complicated story about how they ether faked it, were brought back to life or the didn't really die which would take more then one sentence to get right with out making it seem like you are just pulling it out of your ass.
Not like it matters now though, the DCU has been rebooted multiple times since this comic so it was already retconned out of existence.
For some reason I find it odd that Darkseid is left-handed. As for Superman keeping mum about Sleez's radiation, I figure that he meant to keep his secret identity hidden.
Mr. Miracle was a travelling magician... so it is quite probable he would go days or weeks without seeing her. He would probably call every day though.
That Jewsish Guy just eating things was the funniest part of that segment. Second is Bennett the Frenchman.
Geez, all you needed to see that the writer's name was "John Byrne" to understand why it got past the editors. Byrne hates female superheroes (and likely women in general).
He gave the Invisible Woman some character development in his run on the Fantastic Four though.
What specific article were you referencing from that "insideout" blog? Your link is just going to the main page.
Wonder if Linkara will ever follow up on or make a callback to what he said about Barda & the Ring in his upcoming Ring reviews this month! Probably not, but it would be cool if he did!
This was actually my first DC comic lol.
13:34 "No immediate danger" -The Motherbox
6:59 Wait!? This has happened more than once!? LMFAO!
RIP Justin Carmichael
3 years+ later and it's just as sad.
RIP Justin Carmichael - You are still missed.
Michael Robbins No it isn’t.
The funny thing Linkara is that Cinema Snob has reviewed a Superman porno
Wait! How did Mister Miracle know that the bums attacking were under Sleaze's mind control? Suicide Slum is already a crime ridden area of Metropolis, for all he knew they were just a bunch of thugs. Furthermore, how did Sleaze know Mister Miracle was on his trail? Did he ask Big Barda?
Thank god these two issues aren’t canon anymore.
wtf i seriously have no idea what i watched in the first 3 min
That tends to happen on Linkara's "Previously On" segments. XD
be glad you didn't understand. it proves your sanity is still intact.
Thomas Jenkins XD
+Thomas Jenkins And if you did understand then you must be really good at jigsaw puzzles
I choose to believe that berta beat sleeze into a coma as soon as they met and this is his fantasy never happened in any universe end of story
Superman is weaker than Darkseid if you obey continuity.
So his plan would fail either way
I dunno, I think the exchange of sons sounds reasonable, at least if the idea was as hostages. But then, I think the last 3 or 4 books I've read have been either about Republican Rome or the early Middle Ages when that sort of thing was common practice.
You are tearing me apart Linkara.
2:02- Oh hai, Doctor Lupsano.
I'm still waiting for Brad to do reviews on Turkish Star Trek and Turkish Exorcist.
Bow-Chicka-wow- wha????
Wait, I just noticed something... this story is by JOHN BYRNE. JOHN. FUCKING. BYRNE.
The creator of Alpha Flight made this terrible book?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That's depressing
where DID your brother get that Tom Servo?
8:21: Nice After Last Season reference, Linkara.
9:04 so any artist that do that kind of stuff you know what to do!
Late 80s was that time when censorship was at its lightest it had ever been so comic teams just went nuts with pushing boundaries, whether it made sense or not.
Superman and a god in a porno? Sure why not?
Who in the name of Heaven thought it was a good idea to publish this story?!?!
Were John Byrne blackmailed into making this comic or did someone took his identity to publish this cause that people were probably bored or something?
Or... it may sound gross of me to even think about it, John Byrne were watching those things and felt he should publishing this story... Geez, i hate myself for that and stuff..
Heck, what were the editorials thinking? Were they thinking?
yeah, i can't finish this review. i can't see how Linkara even finished this thing. this book is just disgusting with no redeemable qualities.
I love the idea that Darkseid is many things, but Darkseid is not icky. Hence he banished Kermit the Pervert, because eww.
a goat, salad dressing, and a trafic cone, and it wasn't weird BEFORE those 3?
"Mr. Miracle."
Is this the miracle man that Ozzy was looking for?
Well, definitely isn't the one Lon Chaney Sr. played.
Lol it was funny with the part with jewwario
Byrne is going to hell for this one. This was such a grotesquely petty swipe against Jack Kirby, and as if being a total scumbag wasn't good enough for him he just had to air his hateful, disgusting porn brained fantasies out into the open while he was at it.
For all the contributions he's made to comics, glimpses like these into his heart really undoes a lot of the good will he's earned. What an asshole.
Never mind. I found it after looking through text excerpts verbatim. www.girl-wonder.org/insideout/2007/04/09/sexual-assault-in-comics-awareness-month-writing-sexual-violence-part-1/ (In case anyone else wanted to read it as well.)
What's up with the Jewish guy eating toast? Is that a reference to something or just an absurdist gag to pad out the ridiculous previously on segments? Either way, it amused and confused me.
He's a former video producer who went by "That Jewish Guy" who discussed Jewish depictions and media. With the Previously On segments, they're usually meant to be absurdist humor that I let them go wild in what they do and that's what he went with. =)
Oh awesome! I feel better about calling him "the Jewish guy" now, I had a feeling that I should've known him because he's on the previously on segments, but that's the first and so far only time I've seen him. ( I know that's sort of the gag among channel awesome vets, but just calling someone "that X guy" is something I try to avoid. ) Also, I think it's awesome to finally get a reply by the creator of a video. I just got back from the local ComicCon so this really is like the icing on top of what's been a really fun day overall. ( It was so crowded though! ) That reminds me, I've got a really quality independent comic that I discovered today that I'd like you to review and show some love to. It's called "Tuskegee Heirs" and it's a sci-fi with an all-black team of pilots and is partly based on the historic Tuskegee Airmen. I'll get back to you on that cos I know you're busy, but reply back if you have any interest. Might even snag the Patreon review slot if I get the chance. Haven't got the chance to read it myself, but the guy's from nearby and the comic looks really awesome and the art's pretty quality from the quick look over I got to do. I'm going to buy it tomorrow.
Who was the guy eating the sandwich?
"That Jewish Guy," a reviewer from TGWTG at the time.
Who is the guy eating the bread?
+John Dufficy "That Jewish Guy," who was a video producer on TGWTG at the time, but has since stopped doing videos.
oh, thank you
Hey Linkara, on the slim chance that you get this message, could you possibly do a Deadpool-themed month in honor of the new movie coming out? Or maybe a M.O.T.T (March Of The Titans) type of video talking a bout the characters history and impact? Or if you can't do ether of them, then might I suggest a Devil Dinosaur Episode? Thanks a lot, John
What's with the random bloke you keep cutting to that's obnoxiously eating?
It's a Previously On segment as this is part 2 of a two-parter. Silly things happen in those.
There's crossover that really needs to happen 7:52
This comic made me very unconfortable back then...
Why oh why does this comic exist?
Grant Morrison's work on the New Gods really was unimpressive. "Boss Dark Side" really?!
Also, anyone else found Final Crisis REALLY hard to follow?
maybe darkside is just a troll
Does the link for the article about the usage of rape in fiction still exist?
whos quote is that on the rape rant?
Rachel Edidin. Her website is given in the actual review and in the credits, though I don't know if it's still around.
oh
Where did a bunch of homeless people get welders?
Oh, nevermind. They give a really dumb explanation for that.
More garbage we got one more day countdown all star batman and robin chuck austins x men young blood blood strike dark knight strikes again
I thought he just created big barda because he likes big woman
Is the "comming soong" intentional?
Hello oh godly one a question what do you think of teen titans go
Are you sure Sleaze isn't the name of the person who wrote this?
So much wrong with that one... Was there any bad cliches regarding female characters that they didn't fall in into?
Maybe big barda was just dancing and she hates dancing
OH MAI GHAWD TODD IN THE SHADOWS YAEY