In case anybody is curious about Prof. Gamble, he has not gone forgotten by Marvel creators and was the main villain of 2018's Cable and Deadpool annual.
That’s where i was figuring he’d show up... dude even looks like Ben Franklin... something about Deadpool never letting a ben franklin joke slip by. How was the story? Dr who as the villain, how’d he do evil?
The play 'Day of the Deadlox' play poster in the background is a play on words for 'Day of the Daleks' which was first serial of the 9th season with Jon Pertwee which came out in 1972.
I think the robots were a way to get around the comics code. The same way the 90's X-men cartoon only let Wolverine fully use his claws in a fight against robots and machines and such.
Oh man! I got a chill when you started saying Iron Fist's become "like unto a thing of iron!" And caught myself saying it with you without missing a beat! Ha! I guess it was a favorite of young Lloyd as well.😀 Thank you for bringing back memories of joy!
Chris Claremont worked other Dr Who references into his X-Men work, too. The most obvious was in Excalibur, introducing the Weird Happenings Organization (W.H.O.) which resembled U.N.I.T. from Dr Who. The organization was led by a female version of Dr Who character Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart; her name escapes me but both were referred to as "Brigadier." Also, I seem to remember some soldiers in the Fall of the Mutants storyline being name Benton & Yates - 2 recurring characters on Dr Who around the 3rd & 4th doctors era.Nice job with the videos - I recently came across your channel and am enjoying perusing the "back issues" :)
I'm glad you went with this one rather that the other choice. I get a kick out of these old 70s and early 80s comics that drew from exploitation movie genres. They are dated, hokey, but so much fun. Most likely, this Dr. Who homage would be considered a parody, thus not quite a copyright infringement. And, even more likely, the Dr. Who creators probably never knew this comic book existed.
Marvel wasn't worried about copyright infringement at this point in time because they actually published Doctor Who Magazine which included Doctor Who comics and they republished those strips in periodical format as well. Maybe the writer originally intended to actually use Doctor Who and somehow they couldn't?
I would consider it an analog/homage version of Dr. Who as opposed to satire or parody. I personally love analogs! I think there are some comic wikis that have lists and examples from different companies.
Remember reading this as a kid. I had no Dr. Who knowledge, but I still loved the comic. Thanks for bringing back the good memories. So glad I discovered this channel!
19:57 "Framistan" is synonymous with "doohickey" or "thingamajig" - a pseudoterm used to describe an unidentified or otherwise unnamed piece of equipment. It appears to be more associated with programming these days than mechanics, and shows up as an in-joke in code sometimes. Also, how do you NOT comment on Luke drinking tea with his pinky up? He knows his etiquette, Mister Cage.
The robots are probably due to censorship, like Samurai Jack. Lot's of dismemberment, disemboweling, and decapitation. The oil and wires were ways to show disemboweling and profuse bleeding without angering censors. It's very Tarantino-esque while still being able to play on prime time children's channels.
A couple of things. One Danny Rand has offered to give a bunch of money to Luke Cage on a couple different occasions but Luke Cage has turned it down because he felt like it would make him a kept man. Two, the reason Cage couldn't bring his girlfriend to the Gem is because it was in a really bad part of town. Luke Cage would thwart a mugging or implied rape attempt every other issue near his apartment. I think that this was one of the times where Danny's brownstone was messed up because of a super villain battle, so he might be able to sleep there but it wasn't presentable. Don't quote me on that last one though. His house got destroyed a lot.
Great vid! Marvel did do an official Dr Who one issue in Marvel Premiere featuring the Tom Baker Doctor. Also, a few years later in West Coast Avengers, Hank Pym joined the team not as any of his previous superhero names but as "Dr Pym". He wore a hat, a long trench coat and a scarf which I thought was supposed to be some sort of tribute to Dr Who.
YES. I remember being outraged. It seamed more like they just lifted Dr. Who and pasted it over Pym. They switched him to wearing some jumpsuit with a lot of pockets after.
“You’re just trying to hire us to investigate so you get publicity!” “Ok but Luke, he’s hiring you for a job.” “And??” “We need money Luke. This is your job.” “Oh yeah… we’ll get right on it sir.”
I really liked this series as a kid, and yes - I think the "buddy" system, with 2 partners as equals was a part of it. Not a super friends team with 10 members...not a super-hero & side-kick - just 2 superheroes. But I'm surprised that the much under-rated artwork by Kerry Gammill and Ricardo Villamonte was not mentioned. They were a team during the same era as John Byrne & Terry Austin, and I think the artwork is on par.
The "framistan" (19:56) was also a gag used by writer Frank Doyle in the older Archie comics. Whenever his jalopy went on the fritz, he would need a new "framistan".
At that point, Doctor Who comics were published by Marvel UK,hence the lack of legal repercussions. This story was mentioned in a feature in one issue.
Kaare Andrews' run with Iron Fist: Living Weapon is absolutely my favorite run. It setup a great new standard, introduced new characters like Pei and Brenda Swanson, and established the future line of the Iron Fist through Pei and the newest incarnation of Shou Lou in the dragon Gork. It also established Sparrow taking over the role of Yu Ti, and setup Danny as the "Thunderer" for Pei. Amazing 12 issues.
The name of the comic is a pretty nice homage/coincidence. During The 3rd Doctor's run there was a serial titled "Day Of The Daleks", aired first in 1972 and this comic came out a decade later in 1982. Also gotta love how there's a character who sort of resembles The 7th Doctor, despite 7 only being put on screens 5 years after this comic released.
Man, he was my favorite as a kid, I found him during the John Byrne days ( Wrecking Crew) and found my favorite hero AND my favorite artist. The art was my first criteria in a book as a kid. Heck I grew up to be an artist:)
The Professor's tinkering with gadgets is rather like the Third Doctor, who was also an expert in Venusian karate (being the only two armed being in the universe that could practice it).
The funny thing is that Marvel actually had the rights to publish Doctor Who from 1979 to 1999 (which is probably why they weren't sued) but they could've used the actual Doctor. They had him cross over with other Marvel Character Death's Head. I guess they figured people in the US wouldn't know who he was and just modelled Gamble and the Dreadlox as you said after the Doctor and the Daleks. We could say that Gamble was another Time Lord and the Dreadlocks were the Daleks' cousins from their Sister Planet lol
It's crazy. This channel goes about some things in such a cheap way that it almost comes off as uncaring sometimes, but just hearing him talk about these comics with such joy even with the incredibly corny jokes makes this so worth watching. I think this channel is a shining example of excelling at what you're best at so much so that you don't need to polish it up. These videos are random lengths, random topics, and sometimes about heroes I care zero about, but I can't stop watching. Keep being you, man. It's clearly working more and more and your audience sure appreciates you.
Doctor Who debuted in November 1963 so when this comic came out in 1982 the show was about 18 years old almost 19. Chris was right about the show being less than 20 years old at the time
14:39 Mate, did you read the comic? Cage clearly exclaims his surprise at the door being ripped off it's hinges and the tossed furniture. He did not just recklessly barge the door down as you said.
All the 'Professor' would need to do is reverse the polarity of the neutron flow. Or throw some stairs at the Dredlox. Daleks and Dredlox hadn't yet conquered stairs. It took them a while to manage just getting around on regular ground. And actually, Marvel had some rights to Doctor Who at the time. They published the UK comic strips in book form for quite a while.
Awesome video as usual. i think this issue was collected in the iessential power man and iron fist volume 1 i think. not sure. but didnt Marvel run Doctor who under the EPIC line of Marvel? i remember I had one of those issues as a kid.I think epic reprinted the british Doctor who comics it starred the fourth doctor if im not mistaken .this would have been around maybe 1983 or 1984. not sure though but i do remember it.. if ony i still had those comics :-(
At the time of the comic's creation, Marvel UK was actually publishing licensed Doctor Who comics in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine. And the Marvel character Death's Head actually has a crossover with the Doctor in the '80s. Soooo...they probably didn't have to worry too much about copyright, they likely could have used the real Doctor Who if they wanted.
I think my favorite Issue is the one where iron fist and Luke Cage are a Old west theme bar and iron fist calls him self the kung lu kid . I forget what Issue it is in .
Recently discovered conic tropes and IMO it's a fantastic channel, he pulls off the tricky task of being both very informative and highly entertaining,its rapidly become my favourite YT channel. Is there any possibility of another episode covering Dredd and/or 2000ad? I loved the first one but IMO theres enough great stuff from Dredd/2000ad to warrant another episode at least, esp as the tv show "megacity one" is on its way.Once again thanks for the fascinating channel
I just read this issue. It is worth a read. Jo Duffy has quite a good line in buddy-action-hero funny dialog. Ive read a few issues past this, and they are all quite fun. "Christmas!" Check them out if you have not.
Luke Cage's invulnerable skin has always changed from period to period. Sometimes he's rather invulnerable to everything. One period had him invulnerable to blunt trauma but vulnerable to piercing attacks such as a knife. One period had him turn imba and suddenly as strong as Thor and nigh invulnerable. He's really badly defined to the point where someone ought to make a fourth wall joke about it.
I wonder if Iron Fist and luke Cage met one of the classic doctors from doctor who . Who would it be ? I think a third doctor team up would have bin cool cause then we could see Iron fist spar with the third doctor and learn some Venusian akido.
Marvel did do a Dr. Who comic in the 80s: www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=81641 No telling how the whole Iron Fist/Power Man thing might have played into that.
23:03 "AVERTED TROPE - Tropes have exceptions. Sometimes, a writer uses a situation that seems indelibly married to a trope, but the trope never appears. *It's not a Subverted Trope, because the trope is never hinted.* Nor is it a Lampshade Hanging, because the presence of trope is never pointed out. Nor is it a Defied Trope because the trope is never acknowledged and avoided by the characters. The trope just isn't there. That is the core meaning of "averted". The writer just went past the trope. They ignored it, they forgot it existed, or it wasn't even a trope at all in their culture."
That's not a trenchcoat on Tom Baker. That's a frock coat. Huge difference 😁 On Professor Gamble that's an overcoat. Trenchcoats are what you see on nior detectives: light, thin cotton raincoats.
I remember reading this as a kid, and Doctor Who was on the local PBS station at the time. I loved it, so I got all of the references and really enjoyed this comic book's nods and winks.
But Chris, you did grow up to learn martial arts, and protected the streets for a time as a superhero. So in a way you were right about it being attainable.
We sort of take it for granted today, because with the internet we have complete instant access to other cultures, but this might have just been an homage or a way to introduce American readers to Dr. Who. It was probably far more niche back in 82.
Don't let anybody fool ya; all of us comic book readers were "dumb kids" that at least HOPED that we'd get bitten by a radioactive spider, exposed to some strange chemical, etc. that would give us super powers. I'd also have to say that the people writing those comics were no different. They just figured out how to get paid for their daydreaming.
If marvel had the nerve they would pick one of these hilarious old comic stories and produce new tires standalone episode per for the re-creating It! Forget continuity with the rest of the show just make something like this happen for no reason other then it would be the most entertaining thing to pop up on Netflix.
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In case anybody is curious about Prof. Gamble, he has not gone forgotten by Marvel creators and was the main villain of 2018's Cable and Deadpool annual.
I was in fact curious if they ever revisited him or hid him in the cabinet of shame. Thanks :D
That’s where i was figuring he’d show up... dude even looks like Ben Franklin... something about Deadpool never letting a ben franklin joke slip by. How was the story? Dr who as the villain, how’d he do evil?
The play 'Day of the Deadlox' play poster in the background is a play on words for 'Day of the Daleks' which was first serial of the 9th season with Jon Pertwee which came out in 1972.
I think the Professor looks more like the Sylvester McCoy version of Dr Who which I think came later... time travel by Marvel.
I can see that. The Seventh Doctor debuted a handful of years later in 1987. One of my favorites.
My fave was and is Tom Baker, mad and eccentric, perfect for the part.
I think your channel is great btw, keep up the good work.
I think the robots were a way to get around the comics code. The same way the 90's X-men cartoon only let Wolverine fully use his claws in a fight against robots and machines and such.
Marvel Comics had the rights to publish Dr. Who comics in 1982. This might explain why Marvel wasn't sued.
Yes i remember this! Featured my favorite doctor, the Tom Baker version.
Oh man! I got a chill when you started saying Iron Fist's become "like unto a thing of iron!" And caught myself saying it with you without missing a beat! Ha! I guess it was a favorite of young Lloyd as well.😀 Thank you for bringing back memories of joy!
6:45 Perhaps robot enemies allowed for more violent action that was still technically within what standards and practices allowed.
Chris Claremont worked other Dr Who references into his X-Men work, too. The most obvious was in Excalibur, introducing the Weird Happenings Organization (W.H.O.) which resembled U.N.I.T. from Dr Who. The organization was led by a female version of Dr Who character Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart; her name escapes me but both were referred to as "Brigadier." Also, I seem to remember some soldiers in the Fall of the Mutants storyline being name Benton & Yates - 2 recurring characters on Dr Who around the 3rd & 4th doctors era.Nice job with the videos - I recently came across your channel and am enjoying perusing the "back issues" :)
I think this is the best RUclips comic book channel
This is my favorite series about comics on RUclips. Please keep them coming!
The plan is to continue putting out weekly episodes by every Monday morning.
skunkape awesome! Have you checked out fantasium in federal way yet? One of my favorite local comic stores.
reed petchnick Yes, in episode 27 I visit Fantasium.
I think your videos are amazing. They are top notch.
Thank you for the kind words.
I'm glad you went with this one rather that the other choice. I get a kick out of these old 70s and early 80s comics that drew from exploitation movie genres. They are dated, hokey, but so much fun.
Most likely, this Dr. Who homage would be considered a parody, thus not quite a copyright infringement. And, even more likely, the Dr. Who creators probably never knew this comic book existed.
Marvel wasn't worried about copyright infringement at this point in time because they actually published Doctor Who Magazine which included Doctor Who comics and they republished those strips in periodical format as well. Maybe the writer originally intended to actually use Doctor Who and somehow they couldn't?
@Comic Tropes If we ever see "Professor Gamble" portrayed in the (Iron Fist Netflix series)? They could have "Tom Baker" play him.
I would consider it an analog/homage version of Dr. Who as opposed to satire or parody. I personally love analogs! I think there are some comic wikis that have lists and examples from different companies.
Love the guest appearances FYI
Remember reading this as a kid. I had no Dr. Who knowledge, but I still loved the comic. Thanks for bringing back the good memories. So glad I discovered this channel!
19:57 "Framistan" is synonymous with "doohickey" or "thingamajig" - a pseudoterm used to describe an unidentified or otherwise unnamed piece of equipment. It appears to be more associated with programming these days than mechanics, and shows up as an in-joke in code sometimes. Also, how do you NOT comment on Luke drinking tea with his pinky up? He knows his etiquette, Mister Cage.
Thingamabob
Another great video. I never got into these guys when I was a kid, but I pick up back issues here and there now and I like them.
The robots are probably due to censorship, like Samurai Jack. Lot's of dismemberment, disemboweling, and decapitation. The oil and wires were ways to show disemboweling and profuse bleeding without angering censors. It's very Tarantino-esque while still being able to play on prime time children's channels.
A couple of things. One Danny Rand has offered to give a bunch of money to Luke Cage on a couple different occasions but Luke Cage has turned it down because he felt like it would make him a kept man. Two, the reason Cage couldn't bring his girlfriend to the Gem is because it was in a really bad part of town. Luke Cage would thwart a mugging or implied rape attempt every other issue near his apartment. I think that this was one of the times where Danny's brownstone was messed up because of a super villain battle, so he might be able to sleep there but it wasn't presentable. Don't quote me on that last one though. His house got destroyed a lot.
The Professor also looks a lot like Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka costume.
At 14:40 it appears Power Man is commenting that the door was already off its hinges, rather than him being the one who broke it.
lo1bo2 You're probably right.
Great vid! Marvel did do an official Dr Who one issue in Marvel Premiere featuring the Tom Baker Doctor. Also, a few years later in West Coast Avengers, Hank Pym joined the team not as any of his previous superhero names but as "Dr Pym". He wore a hat, a long trench coat and a scarf which I thought was supposed to be some sort of tribute to Dr Who.
YES. I remember being outraged. It seamed more like they just lifted Dr. Who and pasted it over Pym. They switched him to wearing some jumpsuit with a lot of pockets after.
I love that shirt! The trope with the, Living Dead creator, was a great bonus.
SUCH A GREAT CHANNEL! I JUST FOUND IT I LOVE IT!
Thanks!
I really hope that Robert Kirkman guy will be famous one day just like you, Chris. ;)
“You’re just trying to hire us to investigate so you get publicity!”
“Ok but Luke, he’s hiring you for a job.”
“And??”
“We need money Luke. This is your job.”
“Oh yeah… we’ll get right on it sir.”
I really liked this series as a kid, and yes - I think the "buddy" system, with 2 partners as equals was a part of it. Not a super friends team with 10 members...not a super-hero & side-kick - just 2 superheroes.
But I'm surprised that the much under-rated artwork by Kerry Gammill and Ricardo Villamonte was not mentioned. They were a team during the same era as John Byrne & Terry Austin, and I think the artwork is on par.
Iron Fist against the Wrecking Crew, each member having the power of Thor.
Ty4 the vid.. totally enjoyed the tropes and "pop" culture nuggets throughout
The "framistan" (19:56) was also a gag used by writer Frank Doyle in the older Archie comics. Whenever his jalopy went on the fritz, he would need a new "framistan".
At that point, Doctor Who comics were published by Marvel UK,hence the lack of legal repercussions. This story was mentioned in a feature in one issue.
Kaare Andrews' run with Iron Fist: Living Weapon is absolutely my favorite run. It setup a great new standard, introduced new characters like Pei and Brenda Swanson, and established the future line of the Iron Fist through Pei and the newest incarnation of Shou Lou in the dragon Gork. It also established Sparrow taking over the role of Yu Ti, and setup Danny as the "Thunderer" for Pei.
Amazing 12 issues.
The name of the comic is a pretty nice homage/coincidence. During The 3rd Doctor's run there was a serial titled "Day Of The Daleks", aired first in 1972 and this comic came out a decade later in 1982.
Also gotta love how there's a character who sort of resembles The 7th Doctor, despite 7 only being put on screens 5 years after this comic released.
I just bought this. Cheers for the recommend Chris.
Cheers Chris, and all Comic Troopers :)
"LiL'JpD."
"That didn't happen to me." Exactly what one would say if one were secretly a kung-fu superhero...
Gammill sure could draw. Wow
Man, he was my favorite as a kid, I found him during the John Byrne days ( Wrecking Crew) and found my favorite hero AND my favorite artist. The art was my first criteria in a book as a kid. Heck I grew up to be an artist:)
The Professor's tinkering with gadgets is rather like the Third Doctor, who was also an expert in Venusian karate (being the only two armed being in the universe that could practice it).
Dude killed me with the chain belt.😂
The funny thing is that Marvel actually had the rights to publish Doctor Who from 1979 to 1999 (which is probably why they weren't sued) but they could've used the actual Doctor. They had him cross over with other Marvel Character Death's Head. I guess they figured people in the US wouldn't know who he was and just modelled Gamble and the Dreadlox as you said after the Doctor and the Daleks. We could say that Gamble was another Time Lord and the Dreadlocks were the Daleks' cousins from their Sister Planet lol
I guess they fought robots a lot so that they could kick heads off enemies without having any gore.
Professor J.A Gamble? My name is literally Joseph Anthony Gamble.....holy smokes.
It's crazy. This channel goes about some things in such a cheap way that it almost comes off as uncaring sometimes, but just hearing him talk about these comics with such joy even with the incredibly corny jokes makes this so worth watching.
I think this channel is a shining example of excelling at what you're best at so much so that you don't need to polish it up. These videos are random lengths, random topics, and sometimes about heroes I care zero about, but I can't stop watching. Keep being you, man. It's clearly working more and more and your audience sure appreciates you.
Doctor Who debuted in November 1963 so when this comic came out in 1982 the show was about 18 years old almost 19. Chris was right about the show being less than 20 years old at the time
Great video! You should do a Jim lee comic tropes episode.
It's on my calendar for later this year.
Awesome.
14:39 Mate, did you read the comic? Cage clearly exclaims his surprise at the door being ripped off it's hinges and the tossed furniture. He did not just recklessly barge the door down as you said.
Woah!! Poweman and Ironfist were a part of my childhood.
Now I’m waiting for the Doctor Who episode where the Doctor encounters knock offs of these two.
Super saiyan iron first in thumbnail. I approve
Marvel UK did Dr Who Weekly in the late 70's early 80's I think. I bought them back in the day, great books
I used to own this issue. A house move or two made it disappear. Good times :)
All the 'Professor' would need to do is reverse the polarity of the neutron flow. Or throw some stairs at the Dredlox. Daleks and Dredlox hadn't yet conquered stairs. It took them a while to manage just getting around on regular ground. And actually, Marvel had some rights to Doctor Who at the time. They published the UK comic strips in book form for quite a while.
Captain America and The Falcon were partners for almost 100 issues.
Martial artists fighting robots was A Thing, to be fair. Case in point: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Day of the daleks is a doctor who episode title
No you don’t say
Awesome video as usual. i think this issue was collected in the iessential power man and iron fist volume 1 i think. not sure. but didnt Marvel run Doctor who under the EPIC line of Marvel? i remember I had one of those issues as a kid.I think epic reprinted the british Doctor who comics it starred the fourth doctor if im not mistaken .this would have been around maybe 1983 or 1984. not sure though but i do remember it.. if ony i still had those comics :-(
I am surprised Lewis lovhaug hasn’t mentioned this.
At the time of the comic's creation, Marvel UK was actually publishing licensed Doctor Who comics in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine. And the Marvel character Death's Head actually has a crossover with the Doctor in the '80s. Soooo...they probably didn't have to worry too much about copyright, they likely could have used the real Doctor Who if they wanted.
I think my favorite Issue is the one where iron fist and Luke Cage are a Old west theme bar and iron fist calls him self the kung lu kid . I forget what Issue it is in .
Bucky749 Kun lung Kid wasn’t it?
Luke didn't rip the door off its hinges in the bubble he says door is ripped off and signs of a struggle
i think you need to check on Iron Fist, because he appeared in Shang chi in 78 i think it was so please check, he was in black and white.
Recently discovered conic tropes and IMO it's a fantastic channel, he pulls off the tricky task of being both very informative and highly entertaining,its rapidly become my favourite YT channel. Is there any possibility of another episode covering Dredd and/or 2000ad? I loved the first one but IMO theres enough great stuff from Dredd/2000ad to warrant another episode at least, esp as the tv show "megacity one" is on its way.Once again thanks for the fascinating channel
I just read this issue. It is worth a read. Jo Duffy has quite a good line in buddy-action-hero funny dialog.
Ive read a few issues past this, and they are all quite fun.
"Christmas!"
Check them out if you have not.
The old theme song is fire 🔥
I loved Iron Fist and Power Man at Marvel, as I likewise loved the original Hawk and Dove at DC.
Luke Cage's invulnerable skin has always changed from period to period. Sometimes he's rather invulnerable to everything. One period had him invulnerable to blunt trauma but vulnerable to piercing attacks such as a knife. One period had him turn imba and suddenly as strong as Thor and nigh invulnerable. He's really badly defined to the point where someone ought to make a fourth wall joke about it.
I wonder if Iron Fist and luke Cage met one of the classic doctors from doctor who . Who would it be ?
I think a third doctor team up would have bin cool cause then we could see
Iron fist spar with the third doctor and learn some Venusian akido.
Justin Alphons Gamble? Just a gamble, but I think there's a pun hiding there/
Marvel did do a Dr. Who comic in the 80s: www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=81641
No telling how the whole Iron Fist/Power Man thing might have played into that.
If I recall correctly Marvel did have the Rights to a Doctor Who Comic around this same time. Not sure if they still had them in 82 thou...
I love you xD i also love deadpool issues where this duo appeared y know what? If not check it out xD its fun af
23:03
"AVERTED TROPE - Tropes have exceptions. Sometimes, a writer uses a situation that seems indelibly married to a trope, but the trope never appears. *It's not a Subverted Trope, because the trope is never hinted.* Nor is it a Lampshade Hanging, because the presence of trope is never pointed out. Nor is it a Defied Trope because the trope is never acknowledged and avoided by the characters. The trope just isn't there.
That is the core meaning of "averted". The writer just went past the trope. They ignored it, they forgot it existed, or it wasn't even a trope at all in their culture."
TV Troper detected! Begin emergency tab closing immediately before the browser crashes!
Prof. Gamble's costume looks more like Willy Wonka from the 1970's movie than The Doctor. Then again, maybe Wonka was The Doctor in disguise... 😉
That's not a trenchcoat on Tom Baker. That's a frock coat. Huge difference 😁
On Professor Gamble that's an overcoat. Trenchcoats are what you see on nior detectives: light, thin cotton raincoats.
I wonder when someone would bring this comic up all due to the Doctor Who take-off which no one seems to remember.
I remember reading this as a kid, and Doctor Who was on the local PBS station at the time. I loved it, so I got all of the references and really enjoyed this comic book's nods and winks.
5:17 As a shout-out to another episode in your series, ask me how I INSTANTLY recognized john Byrne's art in this segment!
Antony Drossos it was the best? He was the shiznit on Iron Fist.
Great video! Where did you get that way cool shirt?
But Chris, you did grow up to learn martial arts, and protected the streets for a time as a superhero. So in a way you were right about it being attainable.
5:00 His original catchphrase was:
"Prepare to be FISTED!"
Tbf the tardis is supposed to change to match it's surroundings. The doctors is just broken.
That art is awesome. Carey Gamel (guessing on the spelling) pencils. Who did the inks?
Great review, thanks.
Ricardo Villamonte, usually.
So . . . They were robots in disguise?
We sort of take it for granted today, because with the internet we have complete instant access to other cultures, but this might have just been an homage or a way to introduce American readers to Dr. Who. It was probably far more niche back in 82.
Robots don’t matter like people do as enemies to end.
I’ve read this one, and I was honestly so confused after I read it
I had to click on this video after seeing the title.
He said “best friends”, the same way Charlie Kelly in Always Sunny does
Are going to review some archer and Armstrong comics in the future?
Comic Tropes rules
Did u forget: green lantern/ green arrow ?
So is Dr Who part of the marvel universe?
naw, old fan here, so I like the Claremont/Bryne run & chunks of PM & IF
Didn't marvel had Doctor who comic back in the days
Don't let anybody fool ya; all of us comic book readers were "dumb kids" that at least HOPED that we'd get bitten by a radioactive spider, exposed to some strange chemical, etc. that would give us super powers.
I'd also have to say that the people writing those comics were no different. They just figured out how to get paid for their daydreaming.
Who is this Doctor you speak of?
Never got much into Iron Fist. ☺️💕🇵🇭
If marvel had the nerve they would pick one of these hilarious old comic stories and produce new tires standalone episode per for the re-creating It! Forget continuity with the rest of the show just make something like this happen for no reason other then it would be the most entertaining thing to pop up on Netflix.
He doesnt really do this anymore
Don’t give up! lol