I do think Sideways is pretty cool, but I agree with Tiffany that the single best character DC has that they could use to appeal to a younger audience is Static. If they were willing to put more of an emphasis on Static I actually think he could be one of the most interesting and compelling characters in their universe.
@@greyborg3846 For sure. Static is more of a pillar than Sideways will ever be. I wish they could get a new team with the both of them as well as other potentially popular teen characters.
Sideways was the only one i really cared about, it had a lot of potential. If Sideways was introduced in atleast the 80's it probably would've had its (still) ongoing.
I remember an issue of Sideways where the artist drew him posing in the classic "Secret Wars" Black Suit Spider-Man reveal pose. They were fully aware of what this new DC wave of characters represented. Clear rip-offs aside, Sideways was a fun book.
@@Akkbar21 Maybe. I believe Brimstone and The Terrifics did exist beforehand. Actually, I might be wrong, I think The Terrifics might have existed before the Fantastic 4.
If I were writing at DC and they gave me these characters I'd slap them on a team and see what cool shit I could do. I mean Sideways and Damage would be a dope team, all they'd have to do is have him the ability to 'Damage Out' specific parts of his body then he could team up with Sideways to cover each others weaknesses. Damage about to run out of time, boom Sideways keeps him out of danger. The dynamic writes itself.
The Terrifics was by far the best book to come out of Dark Matter stuff but most if not all the characters were already pretty well established. They just look similar to the Fantastic Four on the surface
I really did enjoy Sideways, I gave a lot of these books a shot, but never really stuck with any. Sideways was cool, great art, and I'm glad I read it all the way.
I just remembered The Silencer also appeared on Arrow the same year she first appeared in the comics. How crazy is it that a character made a live action appearance the same year they were created and was still immediately forgotten about.
Okay but who remembers brimstone. The first couple issues introducing him were very cool and creative in the way they used the deal with the devil trick. But then it got rather stale, boring, and kind of generic after that unfortunately. The writing got quite bad. But that was one of my favourite ones from all of the new series.
Yessss Brimstone was cool! Kinda dug the twist about the source of his powers at the end of the series (even though it kinda changes the book from horror to sci-fi)
This episode filled me with the same hype as the “Justice League and Batman/ Superman Road to Death Metal” Back Issues. One day Scott! Comicpop is coming for you! Love the content as always!
I really enjoyed Sideways for the most part. The annual was a lot of fun. Damage was pretty interesting too. Hoping someone uses Sideways again despite him being a DiDio creation. Would love to see a Back Issues on the full Sideways story someday.
I genuinely enjoyed all 3 of these runs. Damage the least probably, but it was still fun. I still think there is room for them in the modern DC era with Sideways having the most chance to reappear. He could slide in perfectly to the current Teen Titans stuff.
I need to make a best of GBU playlist, as I'm rewatching some since the first time and had forgot just how damn good some are. I know these books/characters didn't go over well, but the episode and roundtable discussion was just really, really good.
You should do a "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" on the first appearances of obscure characters who starred in the Suicide Squad movie * Superman #4, 1987 (Bloodsport's first appearance) * Detective Comics #585, 1987 (Ratcatcher's first appearance) * Superboy #9, 1994 (King Shark's first appearance) * Green Lanter #173, 1984 (Javelin's first appearance) * Dteective Comics #300, 1961 (Mr. Polka Dot's first appearance)
Hey, really entertaining episode! I was feeling like shit this week, but you guys did cheer me up. May I suggest for future episodes tie-in issues to events that you've already covered? Or more forgettable ripoff characters?
Man, SIdeways has such potential and if they wanted to pretend like they cared, they could have had him join the Teen Titans Academy, but they didn’t even do that. I only read Sideways and Curse of Brimstone (which was cool art and not much else)
Honestly, The Terrifics was the best because it was the most fun. Lemire then Gene Luan Yang did a great job. I think it was brought down by Year of the Villan because that arc with Bizarro went on way too long. Sideways was also pretty fun and if u read till the end it was a solid story. I was a new reader at the time and pretty young, so I actually liked Sideways more than Spider-Man.
How about a GBaU on Bloodlines spinoffs? As you already did the Bloodlines event on Back Issues. At least a few got minis or ongoing titles. Or 90's Dc Teen team books, for a while Dc was flooded with them.
I mean, we all know who won out in the Dark Matter Universe books-it was Silencer since she was the only character to end up on a DC tv show within a year of its creation.
I'd love to see you tackle some of the Marvel comic toy adaptations that didn't quite catch on like Transformers or GIJoe; stuff like Crystar, Starriors, or Sectaurs. I would include Rom in this, but that lasted 70+ issues and had major influence on the Marvel universe so it did catch on, and better than the toy. (Also I love Rom, and must live in fear that you might deem it Wrongbox-worthy.)
MY HONEST THOUGHTS ON 2 COMIC STORIES & MY HOPES FOR THEM GETTING REMADE SOMEDAY: I think the ComicBook story of (SIDE-WAYS) & the ComicBook story about the (SILENCER) they both should deserve the right to get another chance, and hopefully the storyline for each one of them could have a better storyline set up written for them both. The reason why I want both of the ComicBooks stories get remade someday, is because I genuinely liked some of the aspects from each of the stories, and I think that if they were each given a second chance, and than there might be a chance that a much better written storyline introduction could be made for each of the characters.
That Romita Jr. art... that style of his makes me think he's trying to make everything a wood carving. Also, does everyone leave the League of Shadows?
I don’t remember the specifics but I know this was also a push to try some dc books with the “marvel method” giving greater control to artists. All of these have the artist listed first
Dark Matter Universe to me always came off to me as a shameless knock off of Marvel's Ultimate Universe... Damage was Hulk, Sideways was Spider-Man, Silencer was Black Widow/Hawkeye and The Terrifics wore its "Not Fantastic Four" nature as a selling point
They should really do a Comic Pop back issues The entire run of SideWays that would really be awesome and they all seem pretty interested in SideWays and I also think it would be a really good back issues
I’m probably one of the five people out there who still remembers, holds out hope for and cares about Sideways.
I am a huge fan of Sideways, I hope he comes back
Same
Same but with damage
I'm the 5th person
I just have the first issue. The premise is pretty cool and I’m a fan of the artist.
Sideways and Damage are a lot of fun. Damage was a fun Hulk pastiche when the Hulk wasn't around and Sideways is just the best.
Same idea for The Terrifics. Marvel is not publishing Fantastic Four and Hulk? DC will!
I do think Sideways is pretty cool, but I agree with Tiffany that the single best character DC has that they could use to appeal to a younger audience is Static. If they were willing to put more of an emphasis on Static I actually think he could be one of the most interesting and compelling characters in their universe.
@@greyborg3846
For sure. Static is more of a pillar than Sideways will ever be. I wish they could get a new team with the both of them as well as other potentially popular teen characters.
Sideways & The Terrifics we’re genuinely slept on. Great books but no publicity
Sideways was the only one i really cared about, it had a lot of potential.
If Sideways was introduced in atleast the 80's it probably would've had its (still) ongoing.
Silencer was such an underrated, fun book...Abnett can pretty much do no wrong, 40K readers already know.
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@@gideonquesenberry6270 eisenhorn series is the GOAT
Yall should do an episode of Back Issues on The Terrifics!
Yes! I loved that book, they can title the video "DC's Fantastic Four!" or something like that
It was so boring.
I remember an issue of Sideways where the artist drew him posing in the classic "Secret Wars" Black Suit Spider-Man reveal pose. They were fully aware of what this new DC wave of characters represented.
Clear rip-offs aside, Sideways was a fun book.
Black Spider in Young Justice will always be the biggest ripoff, he was even voiced by Josh Keaton
@@Akkbar21 Maybe. I believe Brimstone and The Terrifics did exist beforehand. Actually, I might be wrong, I think The Terrifics might have existed before the Fantastic 4.
@@Akkbar21 Damage existed before...he was a member of the JSA. Grant Emerson was his name and he was much more than a cheap hulk knockoff...
@@TupocalypseShakur glad im not the only one who caught that lol but Black Spider is a comic char just not as much of a spidey rip off
@@Akkbar21 yeah but they made damage more like the hulk in dark matter
If I were writing at DC and they gave me these characters I'd slap them on a team and see what cool shit I could do. I mean Sideways and Damage would be a dope team, all they'd have to do is have him the ability to 'Damage Out' specific parts of his body then he could team up with Sideways to cover each others weaknesses.
Damage about to run out of time, boom Sideways keeps him out of danger. The dynamic writes itself.
That's where I thought they were headed.
LOL "a butt" y'all are killing me!
How about the 1st issues of the three Batgirl runs (2000, 2009 & 2011)?
Hell yes! A new GBU is just what I needed. Thanks ComicPOP!
Any excuse to roast Tempus Fuginaut automatically makes it a great episode
I wish these got more attention. I want a Sideways series so bad😩
The Terrifics was by far the best book to come out of Dark Matter stuff but most if not all the characters were already pretty well established. They just look similar to the Fantastic Four on the surface
I enjoy being able to sleep at night, so I greatly appreciate that there were no images of the Jelly Bean child from JRJR's Silencer.
10:29 Lmaooo you can totally tell Sal was a teacher sometimes
Funnily enough the Dark Matter title that ran the longest was The Terrifics which ran for thirty issues plus an annual.
Because it was so good lol but it was made up of established DC characters so it's not a surprise it lasted longer.
I really did enjoy Sideways, I gave a lot of these books a shot, but never really stuck with any. Sideways was cool, great art, and I'm glad I read it all the way.
I just remembered The Silencer also appeared on Arrow the same year she first appeared in the comics. How crazy is it that a character made a live action appearance the same year they were created and was still immediately forgotten about.
They should have put her in one of the animated shows
New cameras? Y'all look so real it's like I can reach out and touch you!
Silencer and Sideways are the best ones for me. The Terrifics was really slept on. The rest were meh.
Funny enough, Damage listed longer than all the other ones besides Terrifics.
That whole dinner section was sofa-king funny😂😂😂
Okay but who remembers brimstone. The first couple issues introducing him were very cool and creative in the way they used the deal with the devil trick. But then it got rather stale, boring, and kind of generic after that unfortunately. The writing got quite bad. But that was one of my favourite ones from all of the new series.
Brimstone was great for like 5 mins 😂
Yessss Brimstone was cool! Kinda dug the twist about the source of his powers at the end of the series (even though it kinda changes the book from horror to sci-fi)
I loved brimstone its my favorite new age character.
This episode filled me with the same hype as the “Justice League and Batman/ Superman Road to Death Metal” Back Issues. One day Scott! Comicpop is coming for you!
Love the content as always!
"WHOOO CAAARES?!"
Fucking lost my shit, 10/10 video as always ComicPop crew!
The Kraft rant is exactly why I watch all your vids!
I really enjoyed Sideways for the most part. The annual was a lot of fun. Damage was pretty interesting too. Hoping someone uses Sideways again despite him being a DiDio creation. Would love to see a Back Issues on the full Sideways story someday.
_Look Who's Talking_ was a backdoor pilot for a Gamma Bomb series
GBU on ComicPOP? That's Tempus Fuginaut's time! (when not polishing the pole, so...yeah)
I LOVE this new mult-icam setup. Its just GREAT!
Personally out of all these characters my favorite were was sideways he was really awesome and tons of fun
This was a pleasant watch
Thanks for the reviews and the timestamps!
Sideways and the Teriffic were my fave
Someone will definitely do something with Sideways one day in the future. No time soon probably. Maybe the 3rd young justice revival
Love a good Firefly reference! "I'll be in my bunk" 😂💀
"Um, excuse me, It's a kigurumi."
"God bless you."
Just saw a thumb nail from 7 years ago and you guys have barely aged
This is a delightful episode. Absolutely hilarious.
I genuinely enjoyed all 3 of these runs. Damage the least probably, but it was still fun. I still think there is room for them in the modern DC era with Sideways having the most chance to reappear. He could slide in perfectly to the current Teen Titans stuff.
They could put them all on their own team too which I think could be money
Thank you ben I'm not the only one but opening something before you pay for it is a dick move lol
I love this show so much, maybe a episode about cosmic characters like Tempist or the watcher? Thanks for the content!
So happy to come home from a long day to find this.
LOLOL, that universe is something
Sideways was my favourite one because he reminded me of Spider-Man. Great video guys.
I actually really liked the damage run. They just put him on a ship to the same warehouse they keep the arc of the covenant though
I need to make a best of GBU playlist, as I'm rewatching some since the first time and had forgot just how damn good some are. I know these books/characters didn't go over well, but the episode and roundtable discussion was just really, really good.
Would love to see GBU on comics based 90s Cartoons. Like THundercat, Heman or Power Ranger
You should do a "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" on the first appearances of obscure characters who starred in the Suicide Squad movie
* Superman #4, 1987 (Bloodsport's first appearance)
* Detective Comics #585, 1987 (Ratcatcher's first appearance)
* Superboy #9, 1994 (King Shark's first appearance)
* Green Lanter #173, 1984 (Javelin's first appearance)
* Dteective Comics #300, 1961 (Mr. Polka Dot's first appearance)
Silencer is pretty cool, I hope she sticks around.
Hey, really entertaining episode! I was feeling like shit this week, but you guys did cheer me up. May I suggest for future episodes tie-in issues to events that you've already covered? Or more forgettable ripoff characters?
Man, SIdeways has such potential and if they wanted to pretend like they cared, they could have had him join the Teen Titans Academy, but they didn’t even do that. I only read Sideways and Curse of Brimstone (which was cool art and not much else)
Surprisingly, Bendis used him in his Young Justice run.
That is surprising, shout out to Bendis lol
Honestly, The Terrifics was the best because it was the most fun. Lemire then Gene Luan Yang did a great job. I think it was brought down by Year of the Villan because that arc with Bizarro went on way too long. Sideways was also pretty fun and if u read till the end it was a solid story. I was a new reader at the time and pretty young, so I actually liked Sideways more than Spider-Man.
Was a fan of Sideways earlier but admit the Kenneth Rocafort art was the ONLY reason I gave it a chance.
Wouldn't mind seeing a gbu about spider-man protagonists. Invincible, Miles Morals, Static etc.
That book should’ve been called “let there be damage”
My favorite stories from the New Age heroes were curse of brimstone, damage, silencer and sideways maybe
How about a GBaU on Bloodlines spinoffs? As you already did the Bloodlines event on Back Issues. At least a few got minis or ongoing titles.
Or 90's Dc Teen team books, for a while Dc was flooded with them.
Much better framing on the B and C cameras this time. Kudos!
39:43 is Amazing 😂
Dc REALLY tried to make Silencer work. She was shoehorned into tons on series's for no reason.
It’s back!
I’ve been waiting for another one of these episodes !!!
It suck that my favorite show on comic pop the good the bad and the ugly doesn't get alot of views
I mean, we all know who won out in the Dark Matter Universe books-it was Silencer since she was the only character to end up on a DC tv show within a year of its creation.
You guys are my Fantastic Four.
I actually was a damage fan lol
Silencer always looked like DC's John Wick to me.
You know it wasn’t a great initiative when the one that everyone liked didn’t even stay in semi relevancy
Nice episode.👍
A new GBU? Heck yeah!
brb got to go drop a gamma bomb.
You guys should cover the young animals imprint on an episode…unless you already have and I just missed it
Great idea!
@@comicpopreturns or just the Gerard way doom patrol run on back issues?
@@damonhargett4284 ruclips.net/video/eXXcDtSjkys/видео.html 😁
I'd love to see you tackle some of the Marvel comic toy adaptations that didn't quite catch on like Transformers or GIJoe; stuff like Crystar, Starriors, or Sectaurs. I would include Rom in this, but that lasted 70+ issues and had major influence on the Marvel universe so it did catch on, and better than the toy. (Also I love Rom, and must live in fear that you might deem it Wrongbox-worthy.)
My face???? -The best iteration of Gambit...period.
I was so sure it was gonna be 90s damage - fun episode
MY HONEST THOUGHTS ON 2 COMIC STORIES & MY HOPES FOR THEM GETTING REMADE SOMEDAY:
I think the ComicBook story of (SIDE-WAYS) & the ComicBook story about the (SILENCER) they both should deserve the right to get another chance, and hopefully the storyline for each one of them could have a better storyline set up written for them both.
The reason why I want both of the ComicBooks stories get remade someday, is because I genuinely liked some of the aspects from each of the stories, and I think that if they were each given a second chance, and than there might be a chance that a much better written storyline introduction could be made for each of the characters.
Silencer was a cool concept (basically John Wick in the Dc comics) but never really found it’s footing
This was fun!
What about 3 era's of Doom Patrol for a GBU? Might work with the show on.
The face Ethan makes in 20:16 to goood!!!!
I actually enjoyed all of these characters.
Have guys done "Failed spinoff" ?
That Romita Jr. art... that style of his makes me think he's trying to make everything a wood carving.
Also, does everyone leave the League of Shadows?
Always willing to pause my day in favor of GBU!
I don’t remember the specifics but I know this was also a push to try some dc books with the “marvel method” giving greater control to artists. All of these have the artist listed first
Silencer is only one who survived, i actually like her book the most out of all them
Same here
Silencer is Amazing, I felt sad that it got cancelled
Did it at least get some sort of conclusion?
@@DavidMartinez-ce3lp I dont know, I got only up to issue #10 in reading it. I think there was only 20 issues but just get the Trade.
@@jaynunya5136 Yeah, I think that's what I'll do. Thanks!
Dark Matter Universe to me always came off to me as a shameless knock off of Marvel's Ultimate Universe... Damage was Hulk, Sideways was Spider-Man, Silencer was Black Widow/Hawkeye and The Terrifics wore its "Not Fantastic Four" nature as a selling point
Sideways I really connected with
They should really do a Comic Pop back issues The entire run of SideWays that would really be awesome and they all seem pretty interested in SideWays and I also think it would be a really good back issues
Most Task Forces only go up to 9 or 10.. This Task Force goes up to 11
This is a really good looking show!
What even is the current state of the DC Universe? Ever since Death Metal I feel like no one is talking about whatever they're doing now.
I actually really enjoyed the terrifics. Mostly cuz … of mr.terrific
Sal say " Gabagool" with the 🤌
"the full access" ---amazing..
7:58 😂😂😂
25:58 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Please do the terrifics, it was a really fun book!
I love silencer I thought she was pretty cool
Actually kind of wishes we saw more from damage. He was an interesting gimmick