Valiant only published five issues of WWF Battlemania. They were written by Jim Shooter (the former editor of Marvel Comics, who also started Valiant comics) and art by Steve Ditko (who co-created Spiderman and Dr. Strange). Valiant also published licensed comics based on Nintendo video games like Super Mario. Before they launched their own line of superhero comics and left the licensed comics behind. Another company called Chaos Comics publised a series of WWF based comics during late 1990s with the Undertaker, Mankind, Kane and Steve Austin.
Hell yeah bring on issue 2! Also, I'm sure other have pointed this out but there's some WCW comic books from around that time too, hopefully you can cover those ones too!
That board game utterly ruled. Playing that, next to WWF Hasbro figures and battlemania while watching Survivor Series 1990 was the absolute doggies danglies
Valiant Comics was founded in 1989 by former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and published titles like X-O Manowar, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Shadow Man, H.A.R.D. Corps, Bloodshot and Magnus: Robot Fighter. Shooter left amidst controversies in 1992, then in 1994 it was purchased by Acclaim Entertainment (yes, that Acclaim Entertainment) and renamed Acclaim Comics until that company’s 2004 bankruptcy. The Acclaim era is easily the brand’s most notable as they adapted video games from several Valiant titles, the most successful being the Turok franchise.
Wait, so am I thinking about "Malibu Comics" then-- about the two brothers taking over the company and the one that oversaw the deals, and money went missing for 4 years and was found in Louisiana on two yachts with hookers doing cocaine? Didn't Jim get muscled out of the company?
This is my favorite wrestling related channel on RUclips. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I'm always amused by the nostalgia your videos bring back. By the way, the Thunder in Paradise videos are some of my favorites on this channel. Entertaining from beginning to end 😂
I love the changes of pace with these different style vids WB and nothing is worth burning yourself out for even your high quality content mate, when you get to Christmas and the New Year mate you can reflect on another years hard work well done .
When you showed the panel of the Texas Tornado slipping on water, an image of his fake foot flying off and hitting a child in the face flashed in my mind and I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. More please.
Mate this was AWESOME! I actually have the WHOLE set of these old comics. There’s only 5 issues but if you can find them for cheap nowadays then it’s worth the read. I’m sure their available online for digital copies like the one you did here. The way you read this was hilarious and since you did this first one. Does this mean we can expect a new series of you narrating the old WWF comic book series!?!?
My cousins had these. If you haven't read it yet, one of the stories is about Big Bossman trying to convince a woman that the Undertaker is trying to kill her & Paul Bearer's all "Naw man, you got it all wrong"
@Wrestling Bios will you be covering the other WWF Battlemania comics ? Plus any chance of covering the WCW comics that came out in the early 90’s as well ?
Hell yeah im down for more like this, seeing the merch part of the mag made me remember that one issue of WWF magazine i ended up with as a kid back in 91 (Im British so it felt like a rareity to me even if it wasnt 😂)
So glad you are doing this ! If you think this is something, check out Marvel's WCW comic series..imagine Micl Foley planting a bomb on a cruise ship..I won't say anymore..😉
Sorry to hear the main series has worn you down. Seems like stuff like this gives you a blast though, and I'm here for it. Sometimes I enjoy the side stuff even more.
I still own that Board Game and regularly play it with my boy. It's a pretty basic dice battling game, but the character cards are glorious, and back in the day my brother and I had a blast inventing new rules and match types, like tag team matches and battle royals.
I was a huge Valiant and wwf fan back then and I've never heard of this before but would have loved it. WWF board game video would be amazing. Be funny if you voiced the comic with eleven labs.
Apparently, someone at Valiant was convinced that these licensed WWF comics (alongside some licensed Nintendo comics) would put the then-fledgling company on the map and make them a front runner in the industry. Needless to say, that didn't happen and Valiant only really started making a name for themselves once they ditched the licensed stuff and moved onto superheroes. (For more information about the rise of Valiant as well as a ton of information about the comic book industry during that time period, I'd recommend watching SFDebris' excellent "Rise and Fall of the Comic Empire" series.)
Okay. I know damn well that at least ONE of you viewers is a crazy millionaire with crazy millionaire money who would be willing to throw money at making this comic series into a TV series or movie franchise! WWF BATTLEMANIA could be the next "Thunder in Paradise"!!! I know you're out there, crazy millionaire viewer! Do this for us! Please!!! Make this TV show or movie franchise happen!!!
Well, since you asked us.... Give WWF BattleMania #2 a go! Also, you could definitely submit that to Linkara sometime. Reviewing comics is kinda his gig. :3
My brother and I had a few things that came out of one of the WWF's catalogs. He had one of the the Hulk Hogan teddy bears and one of the Hulk Hogan Wrestling Buddies. We both had a set of the Legion Of Doom shoulder pads, and I had one of the "Rowdy" Roddy Piper t-shirts shown at 15:44.
I was a WWF Fan Club member. I got a cassette tape that was supposed to have my " Favorite Superstars' entrance themes". It featured such bangers as the Nasty Boys theme and "The Dragon" theme (Ricky Steamboat b except they never acknowledged that he was Ricky Steamboat).
The board game and card games were an absolute blast as far as I was concerned and as far as the comic itself I love that Perfect match story, always thought it was odd Perfect had white kneepads and no different colour segment in the back of his singlet.
You are doing great man! Pace yourself to avoid burnout, or take a break to do more fun videos like this. History is not going anywhere. :)
Nobody let him see the Ultimate Warrior Christmas comic.
::Skronk::
That was the first thing on my mind when I saw the upload 😅😂😅
This comment might not be the best strategy.
No! I want to see this!
As a comic artist, that loves wrestling, and has followed wrestling bios for years. This is officially my favorite episode. More please!
Valiant only published five issues of WWF Battlemania. They were written by Jim Shooter (the former editor of Marvel Comics, who also started Valiant comics) and art by Steve Ditko (who co-created Spiderman and Dr. Strange). Valiant also published licensed comics based on Nintendo video games like Super Mario. Before they launched their own line of superhero comics and left the licensed comics behind. Another company called Chaos Comics publised a series of WWF based comics during late 1990s with the Undertaker, Mankind, Kane and Steve Austin.
Jim Shooter….as opposed to Jim Worker?
Kevin nash had one too.
Choas comics took over after that then boom studios.
Those Undertaker comics I remember being just downright insane.
@DasNordlicht91 they made him look
Like a bonafide badass.
Think it also had clevage showing
Hotties as well.
Considering what happened to Kerry Von Erich, him being depicted with 1 foot has to be a rib LOL.
Definitely is 😂 He messed that foot up in 86..💯
😂
Didn’t they try to keep the fact he didn’t have a foot a secret
@@haileyshannon7548yes, they thought it would kill his whole gimmick.
@@haileyshannon7548 He did yeah. He would wear boots when he showered to hide that he had a prosthetic.
I still have this comic from when I was a youngster.
More please! This is great lol
So excited for this! No one talks about these comics. And Steve Ditko did the art on the Sid vs Jake comic!
Wrestling Bios: "Vit-amins."
Comment section: "That doesn't work for me, brother."
Wrestling Bios: (sighs) "Vi-tamins."
Hell yeah brother!!! Let's do comic books!!! That would be really awesome. I'll be here for those 💯%!!!!
Hell yeah bring on issue 2! Also, I'm sure other have pointed this out but there's some WCW comic books from around that time too, hopefully you can cover those ones too!
That board game utterly ruled. Playing that, next to WWF Hasbro figures and battlemania while watching Survivor Series 1990 was the absolute doggies danglies
The..the what?! Lol
I would absolutely love to see an episode for every issue of this comic if you make them.
😄👍
I had these comics. Awesome that you're covering them.
I don't blame you on getting burned out by watching matches.
These days, the novelty of wrestling is more fun than most matches and events are.
Please do more of these!!! I loved the WWF comics
Valiant Comics was founded in 1989 by former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and published titles like X-O Manowar, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Shadow Man, H.A.R.D. Corps, Bloodshot and Magnus: Robot Fighter. Shooter left amidst controversies in 1992, then in 1994 it was purchased by Acclaim Entertainment (yes, that Acclaim Entertainment) and renamed Acclaim Comics until that company’s 2004 bankruptcy. The Acclaim era is easily the brand’s most notable as they adapted video games from several Valiant titles, the most successful being the Turok franchise.
Wait, so am I thinking about "Malibu Comics" then-- about the two brothers taking over the company and the one that oversaw the deals, and money went missing for 4 years and was found in Louisiana on two yachts with hookers doing cocaine? Didn't Jim get muscled out of the company?
80s kid here, never knew about these comics!! and that merch was AWESOME!! Going straight to Ebay 😂 THANKS WB!!
Never heard of this comic thanks wrestling bios for covering this
This is my favorite wrestling related channel on RUclips. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I'm always amused by the nostalgia your videos bring back. By the way, the Thunder in Paradise videos are some of my favorites on this channel. Entertaining from beginning to end 😂
2:24 😂😂😂😂"Kerry Von Erich only has one foot" made me choke 🤣 IYKYK...He legit did round this time have 1 foot 🤦🏿♂️🫢🤭
Two of my fav things ever, WrestleBios and comics
Literally right as my dinner is done, you are actually the 🐐
I know, right? I'm usually the same way. Dinner time with Wrestling Bios, can't ask for better weekly entertainment than that.
I love the changes of pace with these different style vids WB and nothing is worth burning yourself out for even your high quality content mate, when you get to Christmas and the New Year mate you can reflect on another years hard work well done .
Yes please to the second issue. Really enjoyed this one.
I’m shocked that I haven’t heard of these.
The way you worked the onomatopoetics into the script is truly inspired. Good on ya
That was a lot of fun to watch the catalog was the best part keep it coming brother 👍❤️👍
The undertaker’s line in suburban commando is amazing. Can’t wait to see your reaction lol
Heck yea!
"I was FROZEN todaayy!!"
Lmmfao 😂🤣
🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
Do more like this please mate!!!
This is good stuff. More of this please.
When you showed the panel of the Texas Tornado slipping on water, an image of his fake foot flying off and hitting a child in the face flashed in my mind and I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. More please.
This was incredible. The old merc catalog almost brought tears to my eyes lol. Hope to see more
Mate this was AWESOME! I actually have the WHOLE set of these old comics. There’s only 5 issues but if you can find them for cheap nowadays then it’s worth the read. I’m sure their available online for digital copies like the one you did here. The way you read this was hilarious and since you did this first one. Does this mean we can expect a new series of you narrating the old WWF comic book series!?!?
I had this and many of these when I was like 6 years old. I loved them so much and read em all the time. This was so nostalgic!!
This is great! You should do the warrior comic series next!
"Curt kicks the bucket.."
I mean... yeah, he did. 😢
All jokes aside, this was a fun idea for an episode!
*whispered* "man you never shut up"... Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful!
0:54 Ted Dibiase does his impression of Scrooge McDuck from 'Ducktales'. 😜
Dibiase was that stoned, he was tripping out thinking virgil was a ginger guy with an eye patch!
Definitely read more of these comics! You are my go to guy for the hilarity of our great sport.
My cousins had these. If you haven't read it yet, one of the stories is about Big Bossman trying to convince a woman that the Undertaker is trying to kill her & Paul Bearer's all "Naw man, you got it all wrong"
Issue 2 is a must, love this kind of content
Characters with no feet? Was this comic drawn by Rob Liefeld?
(Old comic book joke.)
Can't wait for wrestling bios to look into wwf/e raw deal. It was an amazing TCG "trading card game"
Yes, more of this please!
23:23 - Ted DiBiase looks like a gremlin with that pose lmao, it's killing me
@Wrestling Bios will you be covering the other WWF Battlemania comics ? Plus any chance of covering the WCW comics that came out in the early 90’s as well ?
I had the full set of these comics but the only one I remember had the Nasty Boys fighting the Bushwhackers in a department store.
Fun stuff. You gotta cover Warrior's comic some day. My local comic store has 4 out of 5 of the issues and I keep debating picking those up.
Last time I was this early, no one was above the law.
That's cuz the Big Boss Man was still around to diss out Hard Times!
You're antiWhite
This was great! More please!
I literally spit my coffee out when Perfect got ‘Fumped’
I love when you do these type of videos
I have this merch catalogue still. I ordered it and it arrived by post. I just loved flicking through this as a kid to see what I could never afford 😂
I love when my interests collide on youtube.
I did not think I would enjoy this as much as I did
Nice, 8 mins on the shelf, still hot n fresh Bios!
😋
One of your funniest videos 😂
At 13:37, the AVGN would absolutely agree. He did a video about them and said that Tiger games were horrible.
17:54 Hold on now.. Don't forget we hear Taker speak in the film😎👍
Loved it, do some more please!
Bah gawd, that eyepatch man is Phil Ken Sebben! Call Harvey Birdman!
Oh my god I had these comics as a kid and totally forgot about them. Talk about a trip down memory lane!
Hell yeah im down for more like this, seeing the merch part of the mag made me remember that one issue of WWF magazine i ended up with as a kid back in 91
(Im British so it felt like a rareity to me even if it wasnt 😂)
I had the ultimate warrior slippers, wrestling buddy, and his comic back in the day. It was crazy seeing that stuff again.
So glad you are doing this ! If you think this is something, check out Marvel's WCW comic series..imagine Micl Foley planting a bomb on a cruise ship..I won't say anymore..😉
Sorry to hear the main series has worn you down. Seems like stuff like this gives you a blast though, and I'm here for it. Sometimes I enjoy the side stuff even more.
Please provide more comics! Also... better watch that Macho King patch on the official WWF blanket. That's going to be action central!
I still own that Board Game and regularly play it with my boy. It's a pretty basic dice battling game, but the character cards are glorious, and back in the day my brother and I had a blast inventing new rules and match types, like tag team matches and battle royals.
I remember some of these there was one with the ultimate warrior and lod teaming up was great, the board game was fantastic as well
I had the lod foam shoulder pads and the ultimate warrior backpack when I was in 4 grade
I was a huge Valiant and wwf fan back then and I've never heard of this before but would have loved it. WWF board game video would be amazing. Be funny if you voiced the comic with eleven labs.
Mr Nanny and No Holds Barred
Apparently, someone at Valiant was convinced that these licensed WWF comics (alongside some licensed Nintendo comics) would put the then-fledgling company on the map and make them a front runner in the industry. Needless to say, that didn't happen and Valiant only really started making a name for themselves once they ditched the licensed stuff and moved onto superheroes.
(For more information about the rise of Valiant as well as a ton of information about the comic book industry during that time period, I'd recommend watching SFDebris' excellent "Rise and Fall of the Comic Empire" series.)
Okay. I know damn well that at least ONE of you viewers is a crazy millionaire with crazy millionaire money who would be willing to throw money at making this comic series into a TV series or movie franchise! WWF BATTLEMANIA could be the next "Thunder in Paradise"!!! I know you're out there, crazy millionaire viewer! Do this for us! Please!!! Make this TV show or movie franchise happen!!!
I’ll be down for issue 2 👍
How dare you besmirch the good name of Jack Tunney? Sensei Blackman will hear about this!!!
Well, since you asked us....
Give WWF BattleMania #2 a go! Also, you could definitely submit that to Linkara sometime. Reviewing comics is kinda his gig. :3
wow, I had a few of these. Core memory unlocked.
My brother and I had a few things that came out of one of the WWF's catalogs. He had one of the the Hulk Hogan teddy bears and one of the Hulk Hogan Wrestling Buddies. We both had a set of the Legion Of Doom shoulder pads, and I had one of the "Rowdy" Roddy Piper t-shirts shown at 15:44.
This was an amazing adventure!
Texas tornado got up from his beating, and he said
"Mr. Perfect, welcome to Dallas.
I was a WWF Fan Club member.
I got a cassette tape that was supposed to have my " Favorite Superstars' entrance themes".
It featured such bangers as the Nasty Boys theme and "The Dragon" theme (Ricky Steamboat b except they never acknowledged that he was Ricky Steamboat).
This was a really good episode
Suburban commando is legit one of my favorite movies. I was the right age when it came out.
OMG, do the Nash comic! I didn't even know it existed, and know I must learn more!
I specifically remember buying this on vacation in the upper peninsula of Michigan at my grandparents house
Goddamn i love this channel after xmas im gonna reup my sub
Please God do more of this. Absolutely top tier wrestlenonsense.
Yes look at more of the comics 😁 especially if you enjoy doing it.
The board game and card games were an absolute blast as far as I was concerned and as far as the comic itself I love that Perfect match story, always thought it was odd Perfect had white kneepads and no different colour segment in the back of his singlet.
I had this as a kid and distinctly remember certain parts including the "yappity yappity" from the dog. Weird how certain things stick with you.
Goddamn. I'd have been just a few months old when this came out. I'm 33 now!
Now I want a cinematic Match between Virgil and Ted Dibiase lol
That “VITAMINS” promo you gave 😂
He told us himself, The Million Dollar Man ALWAYS gets his way!
Please do more of these
I remember this comic, dang.
I would love you to see cover suburban commando or no holds barred one day. Both Classic Wood from the Hood movies!
Is the Hulkster banging Bubba The Love Sponge’s wife considered a Wood From The Hood movie?