“You see that shield? Shoot where it ain’t!” “That might be a problem- my shield tends to be everywhere.” This anti-drug PSA comic just rendered 75% of people’s criticism of Captain America null and void in two panels.

A man created by super steroids fighting against drugs. Okay.

:::turns chair around and sits down::: So... you did drugs. You got caught. You're probably wondering what you should've done.

“Rock [and roll] is the REAL gateway drug.” Batman approves this message

Gotta say, this comic makes Cap really look like a true hero. When someone is blaming himself for what happened, Cap reassures him it wasn't his fault and that, while there may have been better courses of action, telling *someone* was good on him. When everyone else is arguing over what they might have done to make Mitch do drugs, Cap reminds them Mitch is the one who needs their support right now. And of course in the end, he doesn't give a big speech to Mitch about what a terrible choice he's made and how it could ruin his life, he just lets him know his loved ones are here for him, and when he needs help getting through tough moments, he can turn to them instead of drugs. Really awesome.

I love that it’s not just “strength of 20 men” but “the strength of 20 OLD men”! That’s great!

He's only ONE man! He has NO superpowers!! He's just some old FOSSIL!!! That's AMERICA'S @#$!! I still die laughing after hearing that line!! XD

You know it's funny seeing how Captain America got his Powers basicly from Super Steroids

Cap didn't say he had the strength of twenty men, he said he had the strength of twenty _old_ men. And for some reason I can't stop laughing at that.

I actually really like this one. Caps little speech has a lot of heart and compassion in it. He is calm and tries to talk things out with the boy in a respectable manner. It's genuinely sweet.

That was surprisingly really good for a PSA comic. I half-expected from the beginning part that the aliens would be doing something completely insane like mind control to get people to take the drugs but no - his story of /why/ he ended up taking drugs was surprisingly compelling and believable - he wasn't a bad person, or peer pressured into it, or rebelling stupidly - he was feeling like crap, and drugs offered a way out of that. And the way the adults responded was... well, to try and help him STOP feeling like crap! If they were like this, I'd love MORE PSAs of this nature!!

3:42 To be fair, like 60% of baddies aim for the shield. It's so shiny and has a star bullseye pattern on it!

2:28 When Captain America throws his mighty shield all those who opposed his shield must yield. unless you're a plane or a bomb or some ice or brainwash buddy or a spidermannnnnnn or Tony Stark or a version of yourself or just plain Thanossss then you don't necessarily have to yieldddddd.

"Man, the Skrulls have really lost their touch." Don't tempt them Steve, or they might try another Secret Invasion! And we saw how that worked out for you in Earth's Mightiest Heroes! Also, to everyone wondering about the irony of Steve doing an anti-drug PSA? The Super Soldier Serum was a government project and Doctor Erskine made sure the serum had no negative side effects. Such as making it one time use and adding the Vita-Rays to stabilize it. That being said, William Burnside was definitely a Captain America who should be on the receiving end of the PSA. And maybe Red Skull if you go by his MCU origin...

Drugs can make you pitch better. According to Dock Ellis, he pitched a no hitter while high on LSD. He said, "I started having a crazy idea in the fourth inning that Richard Nixon was the home plate umpire, and once I thought I was pitching a baseball to Jimi Hendrix, who to me was holding a guitar and swinging it over the plate."

Saw this live at ConBravo! Linkara’s schedule has slipped so far that it’s warped the space-time continuum and was shown on Sunday!

"Drugs make you worse at pitching in baseball!" *Laughs in Dock Ellis*

as a wise meme once said "is only a game, why you gotta be mad?" seriously t was an accident that is 100% expected in Baseball & these kids are willing to basically get in jail for revenge... I think they might need some weed to relax also, this was surprisingly tactful for a PSA comic.... the second issue screws it all up doesn't it?

Is it wrong that I want this story to crossover with Mr. T and the T Force and have Captain America and Mr. T fighting alien drug dealers

"So our experiment will use four randomly selected people out of a planetary population of several billion. Test subjects will be from a narrow age band, and all most likely male, of a particular ethnic makeup, and/or from a particular landmass; further, all will be from the urban or suburban population. No control group will be used, nor accounting for other variables such as genetic/social predisposition to addiction or socio-economic background. Damn, we're good alien scientists!" Next week: humminahumminahummina

"Next time, we break away from books with a regular narrative, and instead talk about a silly trend of comic books that's not really done as much anymore: Swimsuit issues." ......................I hate that this is making me want to see next week's episode more-so than usual. XD

SO... Captain America vs Snowflame?

Ah yes, Marvel swimsuit issues where one of them had Namor wearing a golden seashell that only covered his naughty bits.

Cap America: "Take drugs, I did and look at me!" XD

I love the glee Linkara has when we open on aliens for the drug PSA. Comic book insanity can be so delicious.

Guys stop making fun of captain America using the super soldier serum, it's totally different... instead make fun of the Sentry who literally became became Marvel's equivalent to superman because he really wanted to get high on random syringes he found in other people's homes.

In Toy Story 3 mr. Potato Head temporarily turns into mr. Tortilla Head.

In the words of Ultimate Captain America, "You dirty Commies, I didn't fight the Asthma Monster for this..." Edit: Also, he has no super powers...but the strength of twenty men...lines up Cap. XD

Civil War, Secret War, War of the realms, Infinity War.... Those stories are nothing compared to this! Buuuuuut... The Asthma monster is the asthma monster

Drugs don't necessarily make you worse at pitching a baseball. In 1970, Doc Ellis pitched a no-hitter on acid.

The problem with putting aliens here, in the marvel universe? You are probably wondering how that ship is advoiding: Stark satellites, S.W.O.R.D, space faring superheroes, and probably the other BILLIONS of alien invaders.

I got to admit, I watched this episode just now with my two-month-old puppy, and while I was also keeping the little guy from teething on me with a towel, this PSA Hell was rather enjoyable to watch.

An episode on Monday? Joseph joestar: *OH MY GOD!!!!!!*

Love the "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue" reference. I grew up watching that special and still love the humor and some of it is funny, now, because the facts are sooo out dated. But it had good intentions when they made it.

The "nut in a Captain America costume" immediately made me think of Captain Puerto Rico from Angry Joe's latest review

The title is a bit boring, just the fight against drugs. But I like that they actually talk about the issues someone would have. Instead of just the simple just say no.

Whoa, Mandella effect; I'm returning to your videos after a LONG time with no internet, and I actually thought to myself "When did Linkara start wearing glasses?" Forgetting the answer is "since always", I think I have memories of an alternative Earth wear everything is the same, except Linkara's vision

I remember getting this comic as a kid. It was a free hand out at a super market.

The drug dealer gets it from Space Australia. Go Space Broncos.

15:20: Yes, Linkara, there are random gangs of ⚾️ players - like that one gang from 'The Warriors'. ALSO: not gonna lie - Cap's choice to show the kid support rather than condemnation🚫 is a line of thought more PSAs could use. NEXT EP: the old 👙 issues? Really? Just Marvel, or Image, too (I don't recall DC ever printing one)?

It sure is nice to know that the FBI was focusing on comic books instead of actual threats. I feel so safe.

This is probably the best anti-drugs PSA I've ever seen.

Still adjusting to your new glasses Linkara! They look sharp, don't get me wrong. But after years of seeing your face in the old ones, its like your face has changed!

So Falcon will have to do with these PSA stories now that he's the new Captain America

Saw this review Sunday at Conbravo but I still enjoyed the review and the "You're supposed to get high after the game you dumbass" is still hilarious.

Next up: the swimsuit comics not even marvel wants to remember making...this’ll be very interesting!!

Two PSAs in as many weeks, we are blessed

Nothing like taking space drugs while eating a space burger and watching out for Space Ducks.

I do love that Captain America is an in universe USO show bought to life, there legitimately a reason for him to be a walking PSA in-universe. He is the crime fighting version of Sexual Harassment Panda.

I love that Endgame reference. I also love a surprise Monday post.

Whenever you review one of these crazy, off-the-wall older Marvel comics, I'm always reminded of how everything Marvel has ever published, even toy line tie-ins like Rom, are considered part of the overall Marvel Universe, then I remember how popular Marvel has become in recent years thanks to cinema. When are we going to get a movie featuring Ulysses Solomon Archer teaming up with Brute Force to stop the Tzin peddling drugs to kids?

Mr. Mackey: Drugs are bad, mkay. Captain America: Drugs are bad except the one I got in 1941, mkay.

14:08 "Cap sits in a backwards chair" So, you thought you could take me huh?

You should really cover the Green Arrow/Green Lantern storyline where Oliver learns Speedy is a junkie. Now THAT was a powerful drug statement

Roy Harper reading Cap being supportive and thinking, "Dammit, Ollie."

Nah mate, those people are listening to synthwave.

I always like hearing about the historical background of some of the comics as well as the behind the scenes material in HOPR, heck I've probably listened to SF debris' history of the comic industry series a dozen times by now.

I'll have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised with this one. Got some real "Superman: For the Animals" vibes from it. Sturgeon's Law is in full effect here.

To give this comic an additional point of credit, the aliens' plan does at follow some train of logic. It's not perfectly sound, but by PSA standards? There's at least an attempt to explain why villains are pushing drugs that almost makes sense.

Captain America, aliens and drugs. Why’s this only a psa?

9:25 To be fair, I think he might already be able to throw fastballs that... fast, but his impaired cognition probably threw off his aim really bad

Honestly, my favorite segment of AT4W.

It's commonly cited that Captain America got his powers from drugs, but to be fair that ignores that Captain America got his powers from legal drugs administered by a medical expert. He wasn't approached by some seedy guy in a back alley in a trenchcoat offering bootleg superpowers. Admittedly I _would_ read that version of the origin.

A new classic. You still got it.

Glad to have you back, Patton!

Captain America vs drugs this should be interesting.

That was much better than I was worried it would be.

I see everyone else has already gotten to the whole "super serum-empowered solider is a bit of a weird choice for drug PSAs" bit. XD But hey, for a PSA comic, that was pretty solid. As you say, it helps that the comic knows the tropes and prefers to focus on the more human elements -- why a kid would turn to drugs, the stress a young person with a visible talent might suffer, how drug use affects everyone around you, but how the people you really love will be on your side. :) That said, can you imagine the stress poor Mitch would be under if he knew the reason the alien monster gave him the drugs was because he was apparently going to be a super-important baseball player and he was targeted specifically to see if an invasion of Earth would be worth it? Woof. . .no drugs in the world can help you with THAT knowledge.

5:55 Yes! Although the movie was not a success, they could have built a franchise with the sequels as the main problem with the movie was that it had few fights and the rangers clothes + megazord didn't look good (and the fact that they cut certain scenes that helped the story and made it look more coherent), but that could easily be changed in a continuation. I just hope everything goes well from now on.

" Seriously kid if drugs gave you THAT kind of an arm, we can *_WEAPONIZE THAT_* " -captain america in some alternate timeline

To be fair, a 95mph fastball at that distance could conceivably kill someone...even with a helmet

Well Linkara it took 10yrs but you reviewed not only a comic I know very well but this was the very first comic I ever acquired, I got it at a grocery store , and it still has all the coupons and everything

I love the PSA reviews.

I swear I thought Linkara started to wear glasses only to later realize he bought a new set. I got so used to the old set I thought those were his normal eyes.

The return of my favorite gag. You magnificent bastard I read your book.

Oh boy, next week is gonna be lit!

"I have the strength of 20 old men." Which is like the strength of 5 men in the prime of their lives, if the old men are lucky. Admittedly, this is still impressive for a single person, but not quite as good as you think it is.

I mean to be fair depending on which drugs he was taking it could effect his performance in various ways. Like if it was something like weed it could lead to him having less control of his arms which could lead to wild pitches of various speeds but something like PCP could actually cause him to throw harder because he essentially removed the brains limiter temporarily.

11:09 Im gonna guess, based on the lines given when Cap arrived just after the player got pegged in the head, that the baseball players assumed Cap was just some guy in a Captain America costume.

Cannot wait for the next ep-I always thought those issues were hilariously cheesy.

15:14 "Years and tears ago" should become a popular saying. "Many years and tears ago, Rob Liefeld entered the comic book industry..."

It is a nice change of pace to see a PSA actually addressing the root causes of substance abuse and addiction, as an unhealthy coping mechanism for stress, instead of pretending it's a whim that comes out of nowhere aided by mephistophilian drug dealers.

Pff. Captain America only started all these drug PSAs after he took the surem. Hypocrite.

11:10-11:18 And let's not forget that Cap can bitch slap someone with Thor's hammer!

I'm the only one who is still getting used to the new glasses?

Obviously, the Aliens are dealing in China Cat.

Alien's and a Drug, Mullder would be proud. ;3

Kid must had some serious balls if he thought he could beat Captain Frickin America! Seriously only only super villains who love monologuing out loud would be crazy enough to fight him not some dumb kid who calls Cap "Old man", kids these days just don't respect people who punched Hitler.

"Next time, we break away from books with a regular narrative, and instead talk about a silly trend of comic books that's not really done as much anymore: Swimsuit issues." Well, someone's going to get a huge spike in their views next week.......and possibly KZfaq overreacting..

I remember this comic very vividly.

Kid, I once teamed up with living sapient toothpaste. You'd be surprised what I'll believe.

9:00 I love how people just jump to "drugs". My head's been basically messed up since junior year of high school. It's called anxiety and stress!

Ah... "life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.”

To be fair, helmets don't help prevent concussions. Those are caused by the brain getting hit against the inside of skull, which happens when the head is whipped around. He could've given him a concussion without super strength.

Captain America has the strength of a bus stop full of men

"Drug dealin's a good job, mate."

"are there just roving gangs of baseball teams that will go around with bats ready to beat people up if they lose a game?" well maybe the baseball furies from "the warriors" would

Getting hit with a helmet can still give you a concussion

A TF2 refrence, you don't see those that often, I like it!

Longbox and PSA are my favorite ones