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I’m surprised no one brought up the joke of a priest busting through Bruce’s window and him saying “Yes father, I shall be a priest.”

Batman: "I'm gonna call this dead man from beyond the stars....Robin."

Flass: "I never knew! I swear to God-" Holy Terror Batman: "You better!"

We’ll this explains why Robin puts “holy” in front of all his adjectives lol

Tempest Fuginaut is absolutely Comicpop's mascot. Always searching for his dark hero, and never finding anyone.... perfect.

I saw Holy Terror in the title and got really scared for a second

*Batman:* “Blast! These Inquisitors are giving me more trouble than we expected! That’s your cue, Robin!” *Batmobile hatch opens, Robin blasts out* *Robin lands next to Batman* *Batman picks up Robin, uses him to deflect bullets* *Batman chucks Robin at Inquisitors, knocking them all out* *Batman picks Robin back up, puts him in the Batmobile* “Impeccable work as always, old chum!” *valiantly drives off into the night*

I always find it so relatable when Sal talks about those books you look up to as a child solely because the cover is so cool. You grow up and finally get to red them and they never live up to how good you thought they would be. I have a lot of memories of something similar to that with Video Games.

When I head The Green Man I thought it might be A. Martian Manhunter , B. Swamp Thing , C. The Spectre .

"PRAISE THE GODDAMN LORD" *POW* Batman knocks you tf out and then blesses your unconscious body "Repent for your sins or i will break you" I remember you guys talking about doing Holy Terror many years ago. A ways fun to finally see it come to fruition

I like how in your most recent GBU, Tiffany had a real problem with one of the books dealing with its subject matter in a way where it brushed it aside, and then two days later you do a book that does the complete opposite.

What an Easter Surprise!

I'm one of the eight Nightwing fans.😟 You know Nightwing has a year one story too...just saying year one could be its own little back issue series.

This dude said “Joseph Chillard” 😭😭😭

Love the idea of Batman getting his army of Robins and waging war against the church. Batman Holy Terror: The Children's Crusade

Was hoping for one of Frank Miller's worst stories but ended up with a pretty good elseworld instead

"Omg he said BAT, imma hit that thumbs up and subscribe AND always have notifs on" if that's you, you're missing out on ALOT of excellent content. FIX THAT !!

One of your funniest episodes ever. Special mention to Ben for cracking me up the whole video!!

V for Batman. There's something about this that really jibes well with Batman, I'm not sure why. And the art is fantastic.

I remember getting an Alan Brennert Batman collection from my local library. I thought he was great with character interactions that were really emotional. His issues with earth - 2 Batman and Black Canary were great examples of this in my opinion.

I saw the Holy Terror first and was a bit worried it was *that* Holy Terror.

Boy, these old Elseworld stories that really had a concept behind them prove just how versatile an idea Batman is. This was such a cool book!

Imagine if priest Batman teaming up with priest/pirate Nightcrawler

Thank you sal you are a lifesaver! I have a interview in 7 hours Back issues will take my mind off of it for sure!😂

Poor Ben. "Even I thought of that!"

"Terror" really is just as apt as "Holy" here. As I listen to this, with its inquisition themes, I keep forgetting it takes place in modern day with contemporary technology.

Norm... Freaking... Breyfogle !!!

The Origin of THE CONFESSOR & ALTER BOY!

Having just rewatched Linkara's review is the other Holy Terror yesterday, this was refreshing. I'll be shocked if that book makes it to the couch here.

The Bat, the Robin and the Grey Ghost

I'd heard about this comic for years, but screw it, I finally bought a copy off eBay before I even finished watching this video. Thanks, guys!

27:12 call back 👌🏾🤌🏾

Breyfogle probably could have come in when like the Maxx and Pitt dropped but he was doing Prime for Malibus Ultraverse from 93-95

I personally am interested in seeing this universe with our 30 years of irl progress applied, what Signal would be like for this gotham, what Jason's red hood would be like

Norm Breyfogle really is a great Batman artist. I wish I picked up those recent Dark Knight Detective and Caped Crusader collections. Just all around great work.

i'm one of those 8 people he was talking about in the beginning. still waiting for a nightwing back issues 😪

Been watching you guys for a few months now and I just wanna say thank you for getting me back into reading. Keep up the great work.

Oh, man. This is one of those Elseworlds stories that I wish had a sequel. It’s fine as a one and done, but I really like the sci-fi religious angle of this world and I’d love to see more of this Batman. It’s neat. Nice to see you guys talk about it.

I always thought both holy terror's we're the same

How I'd do a "Holy Terror Batman" sequel: (spoilers for this episode/book below) plot hook: It's been nearly two decades since that night Bruce found the green man's body and the secret of the church. In that time he's founded a secret order to fight the world wide corruption of the church. Only real issue is he's getting old and while the church's grip has waned its more dangerous and extreme in its methods with a new scientist who leads the renewed efforts into metahuman experiments. Everything is brought to ahead when reports of a craft from the heavens crash lands in metropolis and a young angel is said to have flown out. Now is a race against time and Metropolis' chief inquisitior, Alexander Luthor, and his guild to find this Angel. I'd need about 8 issues or a 160 pages graphic novel Batman's allies would be: - The "Cardinals" of gotham, Bruce's protégés who operate/operated in Gotham- Richard Grayson, infiltrated the inquisition's deeper elements and covers Bludhaven as the Nightwing behind his fellow inquisitiors back in order to complete the mission of weeding out corruption. Jason Todd, who strayed from the path and killed and now wears a red hood to mark himself a sinner as well as to not bring shame to Bruce's name and mission. Tim Drake, the smartest of the group, outed from the church proper after being discovered to be in a relationship with another man (to tie in recent revelations of Tim's sexual identity), uses the call sign of Robin and is their tech wizard. Duke Thomas, a bright young man who has become a signal of hope for the future of gotham's churches as well as an inquisitior working for Bruce on the sly. - The City, people in the city who help Bruce and his Cardinals: Selena Kyle, a worldly woman who is Bruce's ear to the ground, it's clear she cares for Bruce in romantic sense and is his greatest weakness, though he tries to hide it. Barbara Gordon, the new head inquisitior for gotham, inspired by her father and batman's example to become a new kind of reformer in the inquisition though it's painted a target on her back, knows Duke is tied to Batman but doesn't press the issue (some what replacing the normal Bruce and Gordon dynamic). John C, a traveling blonde British man in a brown coat who has been tied to the occult happenings in the city but never gives Bruce and his allies a straight answer. - The League, a group of heroes who Bruce works with to bring down the church's influence or reform it though they all operate independently enough to ensure all of them won't fall if one is captured. These would include: -Wally West a young red haired man who is "quick as a flash" and uses a red costume to emulate a devil and watches over central city & keystone city. He was discovered Barry's notes for his original experiment after helping his aunt iris move. A "witch" named Jessica Cruz who wields a green light as an extension of herself who fights beast from the stars and is a volunteer worker and poltical activist in coast city . Roy Harper a quick shot who use to have an addiction before finding faith, protects star city after its all but abandoned by the church following a no man's land type of catastrophe. Kaldur'ahm a protector of what remains of Atlantis, distrust the surface world besides Bruce after he returned the remains of Arthur, Laurie and their childern. And by the end Kara, a young woman sent to protect her cousin but after finding he's long dead, buries him in accordance to Rao and assist the league to bring down the church as a symbol of a new path that can't be corrupted or bent by their will. the antagonist Bruce would face : - Owls, a twisted religious Doomsday cult who believe the world should burn. Lincoln March is their leader and its the in media res when we pick up with Bruce and his cardinals in the first issues. - Alexander Luthor, a pragmatic, cold and calculating inquisitior who knows the church is corrupt but is using the corruption to, at least in his opinion, steer the world in the right direction. Is revealed to be the new head scientist who has replicated parts of the meta human gene. - The Guild, a group of metahumans and non humans, who either are brainwashed, tricked or truly believe in Luthor's views of the world. they'd include: Jason Blood, having spent so long with the demon inside him has caused a mental shift towards controlling the corruption in himself and the church for his own means. Cyrus Gold, an intellectual business man who after nearly dying will ask Luthor to keep him alive, knowing he has sins he's not repented for but when he wakes up, he's now the monster who only can remember and recite the words of his favorite nursery rhyme. Leslie Willis, a firebrandt shock jock for the church who believer she was cursed with her abilities after an accident but lex has convinced her they were given to her by God to punish the wicked. William Watt, a young man who after an accident is left without his father or much else, Lex takes him in upon discovering the boy has telekinesis and has shaped him to be not only a weapon but loyal potentially to a fault. Lisa Snart, a career criminal who turned over a new leaf after the death of her brother and their crew during a heist gone bad in Central city, that she saw the red Devil (wally) at, she believes he's responsible and lex helps her get a new Power to help her kill this "evil". I'd would definitely touch on some of the elements of what people do in organized structures when they believe they have power. but I'd end with a hopeful note that "this was the turning point and while it's not always going to be great, it is going to get better." wiht it clear the world is turning towards a less authoritative nature. Though seeing the tone of this I'd probably end with a stinger of sorts where extremist leave a bomb full of experimental tech stolen from Lex's stash being used on a youth center in South Dakota. showing that both the story has more going on, with it setting up the window for a " static : holy terror" and that there are those extremist out there who'd target kids. thanks for reading, what do you think?

YES!!!!! This was the first comic book I ever read. My sister was a goth and let me read her copy of this.

"We might do Holly Terror somday maybe" is soooo different than your prior "We will NOT EVER do that book!"

It's crazy that this is a 1hour episode for a prestige book but wow I really want a copy of this now! How can this create such a world and an interesting take on Batman's origins and be so short in comparison. Thanks Sal for bringing this to my attention and for an incredible episode

“No way!” Sees title. “Yeah figured”

I would love for you guys to cover the Detective Comics 500 story, it is hands down I think one of the best underrated Batman storys

Zatanna's evil nun counterpart feels like she should be a mainstream villain. She'd be a great villain for all the magical heroes.

As a person that works second shift, I absolutely love an early back issues

Just gonna let people know Patreon users got to watch this when it originally came out. On Easter Sunday.

Have this comic, picked it up at a book sale for about 2 dollars. Great read

I just bought Batman The Blue and The Grey!

this elseworld story is great! also, "Batman: The Blue, The grey, and the bat" back issues needs to happen, cause batman protects lincoln?! SOLD! so let's get this video up to probably 2.5k or 3k likes, POPulation! also, congrats on now writing monthly columns for CBR (Comic Book Resources), Sal! :)

Oh, Hell yeah!

It took me way to long to remember that Miller's Holy Terror didn't end up being about Batman.

Can you guys do batman thrillkiller? It looks insane

I don't think Kal's dead. I think he's in his "healing coma". All Batman has to do is take him down, and bring outside, and let the sun touch him. I feel like this world should be in the Dark Multiverse. Everything about it just screams wrong, depressing, fanaticism and death.

24:48 your telling me we almost had a Batman inquisitor?!

Definitely thought this was Crazy Uncle Frank's book. Very happy to quickly realize it wasn't though, LOL!!

I would love to see this story revisited and expanded. This was fantastic world building!

Im suprised by how good this is. was always intrigued by the cover

1:01:00 The Samaritan & Altar Boy from Astro City have entered the chat.

Ah! So it was this Holy Terror you were talking about on Twitter. Thought it the Frank Miller's Holy Terror.

Is it possible for you to one day do a back issues on JSA: ghost stories which are issues 82-87 of JSA by Paul Levitz from 2007? I want to see you guys discuss this story since the gentleman ghost is one of my favorite underrated DC villains.

As it seems with most of the audience, I thought “what?! Sal is covering holy terror!?! Oh it’s a different one”

One of my very favorite Batman stories. Very underrated and AMAZING.

Anyone else ever have what i call a back issues moment? You're listening to the gents banter on the couch Sal working through a story and for a bit it sounds new, and about half way through you realise not only do you know this one you own the book its just you haven't read it in like 20 years so you go find it and read it again. That happens a good bit for me especially with Batman 90's stories. Anyway moving on.

this book was great! this discussion about this book was EVEN BETTER!!!

This episode is so much fun. Thank you ComicPop!

"Holy Terror, Batman!"

Always enjoy a good Batman episode, but in my opinion the best episodes of the show are the ones where Sal or Tiffany bring a book that I haven't and may never have read otherwise and either make me into a fan, or make me sure that I never need to purchase that book but entertain me along the way. Great episode! This book got to be both of Batman episode and a book I may never have picked up on my own, now I may just have to change that. That said, I'll be here no matter what book you pick.

One of my fave Elseworld issue

I don't think Frank Miller's holy terror would make for a good back issues. Sure it's really horrible but not in the fun way. It's deeply upsetting.

This was a fun, dope story thank you for this comic book gem

Oh boy for a second I thought this was "holy terror" by frank Miller and was afraid. But now I'm hyped because it isn't yay!

Saw this at a records store and bought it because of you guys!!! Thanks ComicPop

Hell yes! I found this at a used comic store for $2 and read it about the same time as I played the video game _Blasphemous._ That was a great combination! (Tiffany, if yor looking for video games to play for the stream, _Blasphemous_ is a great choice!)

I would read a book on Mon Senior Joker

You had me at Bat I need no other context lol 🦇

We all know Batman's true religion is justice

I'm on the fence with this story, it's a cool story and I want to know what happens next but I like how what happens next is uncertain

Early morning Back Issues! What a fantastic surprise to wake up to.

I just read this story today, and while I wish it was longer (graphic novels should be more than 50 pages), I like the unique worldbuilding of an America ruled by Puritan oligarchs. Sure there might be a little too much exposition and nothing gets resolved except for the death of a mad scientist, but it's still a fascinating read.

If you thought Batman priest was tough, wait till you face Batman.....rabbi!

Mannnnn I wanna see you guys do a Nightwing book lmao. Always enjoy the Batman stories, keep up the good work guys.

Lmao Ben was wildin in this ep

Man I’d love to see you guys do one of the Astro city runs ether life in the big city or confessions

THE GREY AND THE BLUE!

Gimme that Grey and Blue

I’m here to ask for the grey and the blue recap I love Elseworlds and what ifs keep them coming

Did not expect all those twists and just genuinely great story all the way. Now I'm thinking of finding and reading the book

I thought it was holy terror for a sec 😂

That bat mobile looked sick as hell

Civil war Batman sounds hilarious.

Just shut up and take all my money, you’re doing Batman!

I like this type of Elseworlds story, where you just shift the world laterally by one variable, such as the world being dominated by a theocratic system... until you get to that hallway with the prisoners. Then things go bonkers. Which I guess is okay still, but man what a tonal change.

This was one of the first comics I ever had. I did not understand what was happening but enjoyed it.

Joe chill didn't kill himself lol 18:00

More everything all comics, i really thought this was uncle Franks holy terror.....someday

Top 5 Batman stories for me.

I kinda want to see them expand the world a bit but to be fair thats something alot of the good elseworlds could have