Combo Man is the Snack Powered Super (?) Hero - Comic Tropes (Episode 62)
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Paid promotional comics are always a bit odd. But if it's supporting something like asthma education we get it. But mostly folks just phone things in. Combo Man is no exception.
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With that combo of The Punisher and Cap's emblems, he looks like he should be called Molar Man. :)
LMFAO!!
Den-Teen...
Beat me two years to it. I was going to say, "pissed-off-molar---man."
You need a BUFF
@Dorian Green sweet tooth for justice
OK, hear me out: A snack-powered superhero, but he gets his powers from some brand that got discontinued in the 90s. A powerful hero in his teens, now he must attempt to balance the normal stresses of grown up kid heroes with the added obstacle of needing to order decades-old boxes off eBay and choke down inedibly stale snack food in order to keep fighting crime.
Probably not the best story to attach a brand too but at least it'd be worth reading.
Ecto Cooler: A superhero who gets his powers from Hi-C Ecto Cooler.
Pepsi clear man. If he isn’t killed by 20 year old soda he gets powers for a few hours
Pizzeria chip man. Has the powers of an italian keebler elf. Fudgetaboutit
He named himself after the snack he was eating while being blasted by super energy? Can only imagine if he was eating Ding-Dongs at the time...
Hostess Man! Able to shoot out Hostess Fruit Pies at his enemies with them being unable to control their urges to eat them
Doctor Ding-Dong, who constantly has to clarify what his name means.
Eating meatmeal cream pies...
*CREAMPIE MAN HES HERE TO CREAM CRIME*
Luckily, he wasn't eating spotted dick.
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Only the cream rises to the top!
Oh, I'd give anything to see Combo Man show up in Marvel Legacy.
'Stat' is the artist John Statema, who sadly passed away around 2000. He did a lot of work for Malibu comics.
Dumping a bag of Combos on your face got you an instant thumbs up. The paper plates made me wish I could have given you a second thumbs up.
I love Combos! They are my favorite road food. We need to get Combo Man integrated into the mainstream Marvel universe. How can we do that? Who do we need to call? This guy will be the next Avengers villain.
He'd be better than most of them!
He needs a better costume. An amalgam villain, okay, I mean, the Super-Adaptoid does stuff like that, but that costume...Jesus.
Combo is definitely my favorite depression meal
Oh yeah
@@VorpalDerringerclearly not everyone understand the perfection that is Combo Man's costume.
The way his superhero parts are stacked on top of each other, he should have been Rolo Man.
Remember the "crunch n munch" X-men tie-in. Or "Go to Pizza Hut and get your X-men VHS tapes?"
The character design has to be based on an eight year old's fever dream.
Honestly, I love this gimmicky shit. Comics and comics with adverts like he was talking about were part of what made comics so goofy and fun.
So when can we expect a live action movie from Marvel Studio?
2022.
Dang, that soon? Gonna start plans to camp overnight to be first in line. Gotta remember to pack some Combo snacks.
Combo Man will be set up in the after-credits scene of the Century movie.
IDK...maybe a Netflix series or something. Love to see more, provided he gets a total overhaul to his costume...and of course reorganizing his abilities so he doesn’t have street-level guys like Punisher and Captain America alongside OP characters like Silver Surfer and obviously scrapping a few of them.
They better do Darkhawk and Moon Knight before Combo Man.
I think I heard there was a contest to try and guess all the parts that make up Combo Man.
The thighs were probably a good way to throw anyone off and not have to actually pay out the prize.
Glad I'm not the only one who thought that..guessing Thor and Doctor Strange's body parts would be more recognizable than Gambit and Century
"Combo-Man!". Because they couldn't call him "90's Cluster F*** Man"!
Actually ate a bag of Combos while watching this! ...but I don't anybody that eats a "Combo" one at a time.
theajshow It sounds so unsatisfying.
combo-man teams up with kool-aid man. thus starts the war of or on obesity
The fusion of the Punisher and Cap's logo looks like a really p.o.'d tooth. Too much snacking has it's consequences.
I love how the chest logo, being half Punisher and half Cap, looks like a tooth with two big cavities in it. 😆
I had a few comics where this guy was just in ads. Never in my dumbest dreams did I ever expect even an 8 page comic for Combo Man to exist.
I love the little things you do to add to your videos. The plate masks were a unique touch.
My favorite snack comic is the "What if" series where Galactus tries to make Spiderman his Harald, but instead takes Aunt May. Then she fills his hunger with Twinkies haha
Your version of Combo Man actually sounds pretty cool!
Gorgeous cover and the interior art was ahead of its time.
Oh God, I remember this. Thanks for the walk down memory lane (I think).
Joke is on you, Combo was hoping that reviewers would be reviewing the comic and buy Combos for a gag! Combo was playing the LONG game and you played RIGHT into their plan!
Superman Meets The Nesquik Bunny is a comic I had and recall fondly for some reason.
I love the gambit impression at 5:20!
Some sort of cheese filling.
Best description of Combos.
Him liquifying his bullies would be the Punisher in him.
This episode needs more love. So funny
If I ever gain super powers, I'm gonna name myself after a brand of chips.
DIO
Superman=Sunchips
Spawn=Gushers
Lantern Corp=Statbursts
I picked up on your esoteric Mystery Science Theater 3000 reference at about 7:20 from the episode "Space Mutiny".
(Anyone else?)
Fantastic gag with the Cyclops plate
April, 2001. Philadelphia, Veterans Stadium. Phillies home opening game. I sneak in two bags of Combos. I notice one bag is a bit more thick than the other. Upon opening I discover that a combo(or a dozen) had been over filled to the point that I had a baseball-sized wad of cheese in the bag. After picking out the pretzel bits, I rolled up the cheese into a perfect ball. My friend and I went to the top tier of Veterans Stadium(Yup. "The Link" did not exist yet). We look over the side and see people entering the stadium. I target one individual and lob the ball of cheese over the stadium wall. Perfect timing. It nailed the man dead center on the top of his head. No I didn't keep looking to see if he had looked up...
What power is he getting from The punisher? I like to imagine it's PTSD
With the layers..perhaps they should've been called Big Mac Man.
Their battle cry:
*Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun!!!*
Tiramisu Man? Trifle Man? The layers are so deep...
Bro that “I’ll have the whole thing!” I’m dying
I wish I could write and reinvent this character for modern day, a good back story
A clone created by the jackal from collecting the DNA of different superheroes
Him dealing with trying to make a life even though he knows her just the culmination of different people
Him trying to learn how to live from the people he was cloned from, and each teaching him a contradicting piece of advice.
Thing's elbows, Daredevil's eyes, Prof. X's lower back, Mandarin's feet, Torch's neck/Iceman's jaw, Rogue's crotch, Wolverine's forearms/Cyclops's hands, Blob's rack.
Comboman should have just been a living pretzel dude that leaked cheese blood when the Marvel villains inevitably beat the snot out of him.
What’s funny is that your description of what Combo Man’s powers should be are those of an already existing Marvel character. Her name is Husk (Paige Guthrie). She’s also the brother of X-Men member Cannonball.
Aaaand...the Super-Adaptoid is basically Marvel's version of DC's Amazo!
Dude, they may look like dog snacks, but, those Pepperoni Pizza flavored ones are scrum-diddly-umptious!
I was hoping he was going to win by throwing a Hostess Pie at the Super Adoptiod
His knees are on fire... how is this not a joke? Flaming knees are dumber than thigh strap pouches and giant shoulderpads put together.
His _knees_ are on fire...
There was a contest on the back of the minicomic if I'm remembering right. You had to fill out a form with all the characters that make up Combo Man. I can't remember what the prize was now, but as a kid I remember waiting for weeks to see if I had won. I didn't win....
It would be cooler if his flight was owed to Namor's ankle wings.
Chris, new subscriber here thanks to HoodedCobraCommander788. I enjoy your in-depth analysis and variety of subject matter. You deserve more views. The animated introduction where you are drawn into a comic is neat. Couple suggestions for future episodes: 1) Lobo from the late 80's to mid 90's. Basically classic Main Man Lobo with ridiculous violence. 2) The unmistakable art of Kelly Jones on Batman during the 90's. Remember his exaggerated Batman ears?
lo1bo2 Sure, I read all of both. Definitely potential topics. Thanks for the suggestions.
Eating Combos sounds easier and less painful than getting bit by a radioactive spider, at least!
I really enjoyed "Force Works". But then I'm a fan of Abnett and Lanning. ;) Century actually came back in some "Avengers Annuals" as part of Wonder Man's Revengers-Team. ;-)
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! It's been bugging me for DECADES that I hadn't figured out all of his body parts! Never would've imagined Sentry's thighs, didn't think of Sabretooth in the arms and thought that the feet were Dr. Doom. I can rest easy now...
Actually I have heard of Force Works.
10:44 Your version of Combo Man is a bit like Generation X's Husk. But that sounds like a really good idea - maybe he could have a unique costume but wear a mask that looks like the one of whichever hero's powers he's using (and he seems to take the mask off, revealing another one, every time he switches powers). Even better, his powers could come from heroes who weren't so popular and got killed off, so when Rick gains the powers he vows to finish what these heroes started and carry on their legacy as Combo Man.
Your vids have gotten me through some tough times, thanks man.
The combination of punisher skull and Captain America star looks like a tooth with cavities on Combo Man's chest.
X-Men SpiderMan and Peter David’s Hulk was the stuff of the 90’s
Ok now someone give us the bonkers post-modern Combo Man movie where they've discontinued Combos and he has to tightly ration his power pretzels and hunt down every last remaining bag just to keep his powers and not be murdered by his enemies [because he's definitely flying off to take violent revenge on those bullies right now].
He had all their powers and their weaknesses. Mimic is one of my favorite characters so I really liked combo man he needs a solo run.
It's actually easy to learn about most supers in the MU. There are loads of reference works around for him to access. Concerning his defeating the Super-Adaptoid, strangely enough, Combo-Man is the perfect guy to defeat him: He just needs to overload his adaptive ability. Super-Adaptoid is limited to five power sets at a time, and Combo-Man has more than that. So yes, overloading him is the way to go and always has been. This does not make it a better comic, mind you. It just makes the Adaptoid's defeat legitimate. Combo-Man is still a bad idea, badly executed, with bad artwork, bad pacing, and pretty well bad everything.
You are an angry young man! Lol. That's the way to eat combos. One at a time.
Remember Kool-Aid Man comic?
They call him Rick Wilder, and he couldn't be milder.
Who ever thought to give him hulk's hair was clearly having a laugh you gotta be kidding me
Chris's version of combo man is better than the real combo man! Huh.....
That makes perfect sense.
Late to the video, but I remember hearing that there was a contest to figure out each piece of Combo Man. First one to guess each hero part wins. This implies that the Daredevil costume was not put in two places.
I also heard that no one won the contest so they gave the prize to whoever named the most parts. The guy who recognized the feet won.
When they were at: and he's gonna have Human Torch's knees and Carnage's elbows - who could have still thought this was a good idea? :D
Thank god there wasn't a pupu platter in the room where he hid.
Those flaming knees!
I'll take a combo.... AND EAT IT!
Wow! What a costume! And when your superpowers combine I become Combo-man!
I like to imagine his powers ran out when he flew out the window and he fucking crashed and died
Yes of course I still remember Combo-man and drawing him in 🎨 school! If your hungry Combo-man will come to the rescue!
Carnage's elbows...
I have Tennis Elbow, but I wasn't exposed to a massive round of radiation while attending Wimbledon.
hiya chris! love the channel, keep up the quality entertainment... hope to see you do more shows or guest on The Weekly Pull podcast one day!
Never heard of the Weekly Podcast before but I used to podcast for years. Always up for promoting my channel.
skunkape oh you should check them out then. they're great.
I spent hours staring at that Combo ad, trying to figure out what all the costumes were from.
I did like his look,his chest logo is cool.I loved those combos as a kid
I actually belly laughed at the “super amnesia” line.
Someone should make a comic where we see Combo Man in the modern day, really fat from eating combos to activate his powers because that's what would realistically happen, like imagine if this guy wanted to go on a diet, he'd have to let go of being a super hero and deal with the fact that he could be saving people from danger if he would eat some combos. Idk maybe it's just me but I think a ridiculous character like this could have some interesting stories told about them if a writer applied realism to it without being overly dark
Not going to lie, combos actually sound pretty tasty. Sadly you can't get them here in the Frozen North of Sweden so I can't verify that without jumping through more import hoops than I'd care to for a mere snack.
I bet Victor von Doom never has this problem.
Sentry showing up again would make for a good Deadpool story tbh. He’s confused on what happened since he was gone and Deadpool would be like “hey weren’t you in that iron man cartoon?”
Remember the Every-Man episode in The Simpsons? I wonder if Combo-Man was their inspiration...
5:44 the AVGN aura was strong with that phrase
When a criminal tries to get your money with a gun:
OH CHEESEEEE
but you take a combo's pack:
Im so scared mabye another combo.
The criminal: i'm joke for you?
Fun fact - if you literally do not apply force in any way (not even opening a door or window - those things count), it isn't breaking and entering. It's unlawful trespass, and in this case it was burglary, but it wouldn't be breaking and entering if that window really was just sitting open.
I'd imagine the onomatopoeia for his elbows is "GISH!"
Your impression of Wilder in his origin sounds like Scooby
It feels like Combo Man and 90s Squirrel Girl.should joined Excalibur or X Factor or even Thunderbolts .
Good episode, I lol'd a lot... LOL
Combos...Snausages for people!
Well... now I want combos. Guess it worked.
I actually remember seeing adds for this in X-men, Wizard, Robin, and whatever other comics I was reading at 12 years old. Maggot is still one of my favorite X-men, he had metallic slugs in his belly that ate everything... that was cool.
This is my favorite comic.
Get Rob Liefield to write a new Combo man series to redeem himself
Hahahah the plates!! Lol I died laughing
Random: that's the Awesome Android in the left hand picture when your explaining the Super-Adaptoid
The Silver rectangles could possibly be from Doom's 2099 costume.
I just walked to craft services to get some combos, so the advertisement worked?
Well it worked, you bought a bag
I need to see a ComboMan, Dracula(the Dell comics hero), SuperPro team up!!!