Ooh, I’m a big fan of Salan Moore and Grant Morrisal, but I don’t think I’d ever seen Sal’s Gaiman impression before!

I see Aztek. Not sure if he’s forgotten, because HBO Max’s new brilliantly named MAX app….has Aztek from JLU as one of the profile icons. Keep in mind that Flash, Green Lantern, and Hawkgirl aren’t icons, and Aztek spoke in one episode for one scene. So I guess…someone at Max remembers him….?

Greg Rucka had a great run on Checkmate in the mid-2000’s when he brought the series back.

Agent Liberty was doomed for the Wrong Box from the getgo. His cover is literally him crossing his arms in an X in front of him. He's telling you to not read him.

The first time I saw Aztek was as one of the player costumes in Scribblenauts Unmasked so if nothing else, he's definitely a Scribblenauts developer's favourite character

I love your pants Tiffany. In fact, your whole outfit is a sharp and well-crafted ensemble that deserves the Comic KZfaq Cool Duds award this year.

If I could make a suggestion for a GBU episode: Super-villain teams. Whether it's a group of villains have a book, they're the main focus of a book, or some other criteria involving "It has a team made up of super-villains." Because there is a reason nobody remembers the Sinister Syndicate.

Comic Pop on a Tuesday? I’m blessed

I had an Aztek action figure when I was a little kid, had no idea who he was but loved it. When he showed up in one random scene of JL Unlimited I flipped the table (metaphorically)

Fun trivia: Checkmate was a spin-off of from Paul Kupperberg's Vigilante run. After Checkmate ended, Kupperberg wrote a treatment for a potential sequel series about the recurring character Black Thorn. However, those plans did not go forward.

I want a comic where someone from "our reality" goes to the DC universe and realizes that the DC characters perceive the color yellow differently, almost like black and that's why they use it on stuff that should be tactical

Lmao I always like Sal’s reactions when the others are telling stories, just being like “yes!” at the goofiest shit

"I gave at the office" is the action hero's "Check, please!".

I’ve been waiting for an episode with this theme for a while! I love obscure Dc characters! I’ve come close to sending in my floppy of Doom Patrol #45, The Beard Hunter, but that bad boy is staying with me for good, I think. The shows Beard Hunter was cool, and the show is great, but comics Beard Hunter is so much better. He’s such an absurd character that I think the whole crew would enjoy.

Need a GBU, Michael Bendis edition, #1 issues.

Love the random out of nowhere James Cameron avatar reference "What is he? A baby?" " Yeah, making noise, doesn't know what to do"

I love the new set!! So stoked for this GBU!

I've only ever watched Back Issues, just discovered a whole new channel! Love you guys!

For future GBU I would LOVE to see something like comic book adaptations of movies or comic book sequel or even comics of older cartoons

“The Ultimate Man…which was on my dating profile.” Not gonna lie I spit out my water lol.

NEW GBU setup?! Let’s fucking gooooooo!

I want to see Spyral take on Checkmate in a Spy vs Spy thriller event!

Yeah, Black Thorn and Bullock were both supporting characters in the old Vigilante comic series back in the 80's Black Thorn is ex CIA turned Vigilante and was Adrian Chase's lover/partner.

I always love the choices of comics you feature on gbu. A great discussion as always with comics i would not think to read. Thanks for all you guys do!

I'm digging the new set! Man, after all these years of seeing Agent Liberty on the background of many of my 90s comics, I've never knew he was so bland lol

Didn't realize Ben got a haircut till Tiffany started on Aztec.

I kinda like Aztek's design. If he was a bit more grounded he could've been cool. Maybe even a bit like Moon Knight

A new episode of GBU popping up in my feed is always a very welcome surprise!

I missed these and Tiffany hair is fire, like it litterally looks like fire

Agent Liberty deserves a major comeback, DC!!!

Ooooo, I love it when I've read all 3 books! I'll never forget you, Agent Liberty, Aztek and Checkmate...

Best Spin off title of a main book? Like for GREEN LANTERN you'd have GREEN LANTERN MOSAIC, GUY GARDNER-WARRIOR and NEW GUARDIANS? I'd love to see you guys do GREEN LANTERN MOSAIC in anyway shape or form. Such a slept on gem from the 90's.

Loving this set up.

Some glorious 90s talk here

We only had enough super material for the sleeves. It'll be fine Wonder woman only has enough for her wrists.

Dusty Abel ,the artist of that issue of Agent Liberty, later went on to do character designs for various animations including legend of Kora and DC animated films.

Another great GBU! Also, diggin the new set.

DC has so many cities.

Checkmate always sounds like it should be a hoot.

I like this set-up for GBU! Looks really nice!

Checkmate was a fun book.

No wonder Tiffany fell for you The ultimate man

Seeing a new unexpected GBU in my feed, has made my day. Thanks crew! 👍

I loved Agent Liberty back in the early 1990s!!!

That Checkmate story reminded me of a meme SEND DUDES I'm sorry did you mean nud- SEND MEN I'M IN A FIGHT

One of my favorite shows!

36:56 He was assigned Vanity at birth. AVAB if you will lmao

I was reading Wizard magazine when Aztek came out & omfg they constantly pushed it for many issues. I never bought it purely for the fact people acted like he was ment to be the next big thing.

How could anyone forget the Ultimate Man? He was part of Morrison's JLA and then....uh...uh...

This would be a great subject for an Elseworlds Exchange

It's so weird how often Aztek the Ultimate Man has been brought up on Comic Pop

Now this day is truly complete. 🙏

Aw man. I was hoping that Guardian would be in this.

How many patriotic-themed characters can Sal confuse Agent Liberty with? Answer: All of them!

15:36 - Those Pawns really have to do all the degrading jobs. (Phrasing)

You all are awesome. So happy to see some new GBU. Great set. That big blue wall needs an Ultimate Fantastic 4 poster. LOL

These make me so happy, you have no idea 😊

new X-Men teams could be a fun Good Bad and Ugly Introducing The Next Class of X-Men

I remember reading this as a very little kid and I totally thought the guy in the golden mask was named "Checkmate"

Now we know that Ben is really Fighting American...ermm, i mean USAgent...no, wait...Agent Liberty?

Tiff's hair got a power up

Hey! 😀 I remember that guy! 😁 He used to be one of the background heroes in that Justice League Unlimited show 😆 Nice 👍

Was Bloodtype like a mix of Judge Dredd and the Punisher? I could see them redoing Agent Liberty(suit re-design and name change), by having the Hero(?) get killed off in the 3rd issue or so(but nobody knows it yet), and someone else gets in the suit.

Alternate universe spider-men should be a gbu

“Never seen that pipe before in my life”

hey gbu hey tiff sal ben

Sounds like the ‘heroes’ of Agent Liberty are the villains of Checkmate.

Obscure character GBUs are the best GBUs!

Oh shit! I didn't realize this was GBU or it would have been watched right away xD

I have the enitre Aztek run. Really hope he comes back one day!

I totally forgot that Agent Liberty was in the CW Supergirl.

Aztek, a rare misfire from Morrison. Weird and convoluted but not with their usual exciting, iconic style.

Lol love the Fugitive Devlin MacGregor joke

You guys all have a good raport together which is cool. I think Checkmate seems like the best one to propably read. GReat video.

Before watching the set looks dope and I love tiffs shirt

Yes! I love Ben's reference to old school battle chess!! 😂

Man we got a book for the wrong box too

I love GBU so much thank you for uploading (:

I remember when Checkmate popped up in Action #598. They made so little sense, but I figured they had to have been established somewhere else. Nope, that was their first appearance.

Hell fucking yean

Future GBU suggestion , obscure DC super team Xenobrood , S.T.A.R. Crops , Primal Force

Two Fugitive references on one video in 2023... well done

Honestly, CheckMate is the only one of these guys closest to well-known thanks to Infinite Crisis & all that stuff.

Always wondered--was Checkmate inspired by the Charlton backup feature "The Knight?" Technically DC would have owned that, I guess. The Knight was probably the vaguest premise I ever saw in a comic. Some secret organization did... something. And they had chess ranks. And something.

Checkmate snds like a cool idea. Like a shield light. Wait a minute....

Always enjoy a GBU ep

So wait who is Checkmate about??? The Knight or the organization itself...

Now I'm curious. Checkmate was fairly early in both the appearance of Amanda Waller and Harvey Bullick as mainstays in the DCU. I honestly don't remember which came first Checkmate or Suicide squad? I seem to recall Checkmate as one of DC's earlier more premium heavier stock books. From around the same time as that gadawful New Guardian's book best remembered for "Snowflame! He does Cocaine".

That falafel line wasn't Bullock it was from Flass. From Batman year One. Yeah, I know. It doesn't look anything like him.

*Agent Liberty* got quite a boost in popularity back in 2018/2019, because he was the "Big Bad" of season 4, which had a lot of eyes on because we knew Lex Luthors Jon Cryer (who was in only 3 episodes, but they were really good) In *Supergirl* , Ben Lockwood and hi gang, the Sons of Liberty, were the season's Big Bads (with Lex pulling the strings, and showing up in person with just a few episodes left), and his "Agent Liberty" costume was pretty damn cool looking Full disclosure, I haven't watched the 3 seasons of Supergirl before that, nor did I keep watching it afterward, except the season 5 episodes in which Lex Luthor had a big part, since I was so into this new, improved Lex Luthor (last one was the DCEU version that everyone hated, and that I kinda liked for some strange reason)... Which reminds me, I haven't watched the new Superman & Lois episode yet (season 3 episode 10), and I think it's the one in which the new Arrowverse Lex Luthor from Earth-TUD25 finally shows up (played by Michael Cudlitz). Keep up the good work!

A GBU I think could be fun is 3 appearances of the Uni-Power or Captain Universe. Off the top of my head Spider-Man and the Hulk have had it. And maybe the random from Secret Wars 2015.

They also need to clean up and reboot Firestorm. That would be a great film character!

One thing D.C. comics intimately knows...it's thin plots!

I realize this wasn’t the intention of the video (and it’s my first video of your channel) but…I’m going to buy all three of these issues now lol.

College Humor Kumail Nanjiani falafel reference? This is why Ben is super special.

Now I want another Tick episode.

Agent Liberty = Captain Wolverine

Aztek I will always remember because he is a random background League member in Justice League Unlimited. As a kid I thought he was a much bigger figure because of that

41:28 Rubble & Meat: The NSFW Flintstone Film

I bought that Aztek comic when it came out.