I literally said “Your new Empire?” the same time as Ethan.
@Ka_Five3 жыл бұрын
Whenever Ethan quotes Revenge of the Sith on this show it fills me with life
@genghisgalahad84653 жыл бұрын
100%??
@SergeantPancake3 жыл бұрын
"Is Swordsman just a regular guy?" 'He WAS, bu--' "But now he's got swords!" This joke didn't get enough cred, it really got me, nice one Ben. Everyone is great in this episode.
@ItsOver9000Productions3 жыл бұрын
i love that title. I wish it was used on official marketing. "EMYPRE! MARVEL'S MOST OKAYEST EVENT!!!"
@gettingartsywithalobster19493 жыл бұрын
An okayest event always makes for a much more than okayest Back Issues
@patrickwebb73113 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@langleymneely3 жыл бұрын
The irony is going into both events: Empyre & DCs Death Metal, I was excited for Death Metal and thought Empyre was going to suck or be boring.... but it wasn’t! Death Metal was the flop and actually really appreciated Empyre. It didn’t set the world on fire but it seemed to sell quite well especially once it focused on EMPEROR Hulkling! LOL
@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache3 жыл бұрын
43:21 Reminds me of my cousin. Poor guy broke his neck. Poor Walter...
@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache3 жыл бұрын
@Jay Ess Bible truth.
@ItsTheFizz3 жыл бұрын
The sheer irony of this event being pitched as the savior of comic shops during the pandemic... only for the majority of the tie-ins to be scrapped as the pandemic worsened... Big "JUST A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT HAPPENED" Energy
@luis_zuniga3 жыл бұрын
@@Popcultureguy3000 it got rewritten into a King in Black tie-in, it's called 'The Union'
@tyrxian64522 жыл бұрын
@@luis_zuniga what were your thoughts on it, if you've read it?
@thomasezzy3 жыл бұрын
Honestly still my favorite event just cause my favs Hulkling and Wiccan were center stage and got married, nothing made me happier
@eliselianaboyd25473 жыл бұрын
Me also, but the ending was more than a little bit of a let down. The whole the world 🌎ends because two gay people got married is a bit of a kick 😳in the head. They could have just let them and us the fans of Teddy and Billy have their happy ending.
@eliselianaboyd25473 жыл бұрын
@@Popcultureguy3000 thanks so very much for the info. I was really getting tired of the whole no gay person can ever have a happy ending thing.
@accidentalmadness17082 жыл бұрын
@@eliselianaboyd2547 happy ending? This is comics baby everyone’s miserable and no one’s aloud to be happy.
@justinbrantley691418 күн бұрын
@@eliselianaboyd2547they are still married and ruling said empire? How is that not a happy ending? 😂 the world still spins too
@Grievousish3 жыл бұрын
Someday ComicPOP will get a quote on the back of a big Marvel comic, and when they do I hope it's something like this video title.
@crimsonking4403 жыл бұрын
Imagine his Geoff john's rant on the back of doomsday clock. "Hopefully im as good as I say I am and you buy it! You did?? WELL NOW IM GONNA MAKE A SEQUEL TO WATCHMEN"
@Ninjamaster227-3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of cosmic entities in the marvel universe, I just realized something. How the fuck was the Gardener not in this event if the villains are plant based? The man’s cosmic powers are he controls plants and runs the universe’s largest garden...WTF?
@gevdarg3 ай бұрын
Nice catch, and Right.
@alexandrumarin89813 жыл бұрын
Empyre? You mean Pyre finally returns?! Does he forgive Venom?
@karl_alan3 жыл бұрын
I honestly had the same thought
@ChristopherZubin3 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, the Skrull homeworld was destroyed and they all didn't devolve into katana wielding monks, blaming the Federation for not saving them? I don't think that's realistic.
@thewilhelmscream79123 жыл бұрын
Pure $!?#@ hubris!!! :)
@ChristopherZubin3 жыл бұрын
@@Popcultureguy3000 They're currently my bellwether for when I can check back in.
@donb75193 жыл бұрын
@@Popcultureguy3000 now i havent seen like a full episode because im not paying for another streaming service but i've only heard it called cringy and that the comedy falls short which matches the clips i've seen
@priceyyeti40583 жыл бұрын
Everybody hold up! Is Sal wearing a Spider-Man 2099 shirt?
@Realisticmind3073 жыл бұрын
SHOCK!
@ctl69853 жыл бұрын
Surprised that Sal never mentions who Hulkings' dad is. Also, love the art in this. Well the Pepe Laraz art. Anyway love the video as usual
@trmahama64472 жыл бұрын
Who's the papa
@ctl69852 жыл бұрын
@@trmahama6447 The OG Captain Marvel
@mattp80263 жыл бұрын
I haven't read the event, but I am very disappointed Vee wasn't in the book (I assume). In the 2019 Death's Head miniseries, Vee (Death's Head 5 and a teenage version of Death's Head) ends up living in Hulking's apartment at the end of the book. I wish he was there. We need more Death's Head representation dangit!
@Relugus3 жыл бұрын
@@ShatteredTrousers You would think Teddy would be a smart guy and hire Death's Head now.
@carljensen3332 жыл бұрын
Catching up on old stories and I wanted to add that the Cotati also were involved with Kun’lun and bringing Iron Fist back from ridiculous death they had written for him in the original Heroes for Hire. It happened in Jim Lee’s run on the Namor title. Of all places. The Iron Fist that had died ended up being a Cotati duplicate while the real one was in stasis after the aliens conquered Kun’lun. It wasn’t green though. Heck, I was just happy to see Iron Fist back after a long absence.
@thelonious71623 жыл бұрын
35:54 I’ve never laughed so hard in a long time
@patrickwebb73113 жыл бұрын
45:27 I just lost it at that. Their reaction is priceless.
@therealmanos3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this event. It's well written, has great art, nicely paced, and even ends on a upbeat note. It also didn't overstay it's welcome. A lot of events are far too long.
@DM_NPC2 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, this event it’s not that well written. The Kree/Skrull war has been goin on for too long to end just like that. If you apply this situation in the real world, no matter how heroic or noble someone can be, one person alone (or even supported by powerful allies) can’t end centuries, maybe millennia of war, prejudice and blood spilled between two people.
@Omar-wq9dz3 жыл бұрын
As an idea for a good Marvel event story for Back Issues, perhaps do Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars storyline
@Ayrton_Chitwood3 жыл бұрын
They covered it when it was coming out, on Off the Rack and Elseworld Exchange.
@CommandoANG3L03 жыл бұрын
@@Ayrton_Chitwood but it’s funnier when they do it in Back Issues!
@werst93 жыл бұрын
i want hickmans Ultimates
@lavalamp23443 жыл бұрын
Are u guys ever going to do more of those a look back at spawn or the history of the tick episodes. They were pretty cool.
@renttug3 жыл бұрын
The static shock and the maxx episodes were pretty neat too
@lavalamp23443 жыл бұрын
@@renttug those were the ones I forgot but they were pretty neat. Statick shock in particlure
@PhsycoRed3 жыл бұрын
Probably eventually , I wouldn't hold your breath. Seems like those episodes are the extra special nuggies we get
@creed87123 жыл бұрын
Sal has talked about how they do videos and basically if you want more of those videos you needed to have watched them. More views shows what people want to watch
@lavalamp23443 жыл бұрын
@@creed8712 I know both spawn and max got 60k or over and static and tick got 30k which is average.
@Insane-Howl-Cowl3 жыл бұрын
I like to think that Thor is that kind of uncle who headbutts his nephew as a "friendly greeting".
@Kekkersboy3 жыл бұрын
Um... Thor's always had powers over plants and the Earth
@accidentalmadness17083 жыл бұрын
@@Kekkersboy ?
@Kekkersboy3 жыл бұрын
@@accidentalmadness1708 Thor's mother has been the goddes of Earth Gaea since 1966 and he's had the ability to control plants, and the Earth since then. Writers don't use it all the time, but he's always had those powers because his mother is an Earth Goddess.
@rodney2x483 жыл бұрын
@@Kekkersboy I was about to make that comment. I remember he had this power over plants, the ground and nature during the time Asgardians were on Earth and shit, too. Ewing, Slott and whoever else was writing this event just straight up forgot that he already had those powers. lol
@Kekkersboy3 жыл бұрын
@@rodney2x48 which could be part of what happened to the tie in. Lets write a story where Thor gets plant powers! Somebody "He already has plant powers " Well damn there goes the tie in
@PhsycoRed3 жыл бұрын
I was literally planning on buying it RN, glad I can buy it through your link and put some money in ComicPOP's pocket
@antdujar3 жыл бұрын
@19:34 has me rolling. But the episode 3 reference that made Sal laugh, genius.
@HollowGolem3 жыл бұрын
So is it better for the algorithm if we comment early, or wait for the major release?
@flywheelshyster3 жыл бұрын
would like to know this too sal
@comicpop3 жыл бұрын
I honestly have no idea. I think it helps regardless.
@jasonbiggs34643 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait till sal tries to explain “X of some swords some times” to Ethan and Ben
@Joe-jj3fg3 жыл бұрын
That’ll definitely be done by Tiffany
@lavalamp23443 жыл бұрын
@@Joe-jj3fg there probley gonna do it like they did hox and pox.
@Ike_of_pyke3 жыл бұрын
tiff did it
@ShawnWeeded5103 жыл бұрын
This even was cool. Wasn't as good as No Road Home and No Surrender though but waa cool. I like the use of the Kree and Skrull.
@langleymneely3 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@mcpics44483 жыл бұрын
I like the unified uniform they got
@johnangelo55953 жыл бұрын
kinda agree, though I liked Empyre more than No Road Home
@sethh.56013 жыл бұрын
Another top shelf episode. To the moon! You guys so deserve it. Keep grindin you'll get there super soon
@comicpop3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Seth!
@flywheelshyster3 жыл бұрын
AH i hadn't checked the patreon for a few days, its my day off and new back issues for a lazy sunday relaxing
@tinfoiltyrant5 ай бұрын
43:16 Yibambe is a Xhosa word for Hold, like hold strong. "Imperius Rex", "Avengers Assemble", "To Me My X-Men." That stuff just makes sense for a Monarchy. I get wanting to keep the movies and comics separate but that hill was already ridden with bodies back when Nick Fury jr made the scene around the time of Original Sin.
@lukeverrillo20143 жыл бұрын
lol I read this as the Okoye-est event at first- -happy to hear your take on Empyre too. That Copiel art
@Ike_of_pyke3 жыл бұрын
the Ghost Rider'd Quinnjet is exactly why I'd love to see Robbie as the "Man on the Wall" Cosmic Ghost Rider
@radicalraddish62923 жыл бұрын
Welp time to finally find out what this thing i was ignoring for months was all about. Thanks comicpop as usual
@jclombardi84713 жыл бұрын
I'll say this about Empyre: At least it's better than Dark Knights: Death Metal.
@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache3 жыл бұрын
Yooooooooooo! Tough. Tough but fair.
@Vidiocity923 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I stopped reading Death Metal after issue 1.
@r.babylon28853 жыл бұрын
I havent read Death Metal yet. I just know that I fear you're correct
@jclombardi84713 жыл бұрын
@@r.babylon2885 Take it from someone who has read 3 issues of Death Metal and got all my knowledge of Empyre from this video, I'm probably correct.
@anthonywilson23353 жыл бұрын
DC: Lobo makes a million clones to defeat Mega Darkseid Marvel: Plants vs Zombies, let's blow up the GD SUN!
@willcrouch23593 жыл бұрын
The long expositional monologues by Sal in this episode are hilarious
@Insane-Howl-Cowl3 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this episode. Finally someone can sum up Empyre.
@ChristopherZubin3 жыл бұрын
nicely done seeding the Watcher twist in the beginning Sal :o
@crazysnas1813 жыл бұрын
Even Marvel glossed over this event as the only things it's led to is a plot point in Guardians and an even bigger event for Venom.
@vaggelisbaousis17563 жыл бұрын
Yeees! A big event that I have no context about or any idea about what happened. Looking forward to this.
@peacerevolver3 жыл бұрын
Ben’s reaction to “her” death 😂
@99jmaster3 жыл бұрын
About the whole thing about Thor getting new powers he should have already had those because his true mother was already mother Earth and they said that years ago I guess they just forgot when they wrote it or maybe that's why they canceled the tie in because they remembered that was already a thing but still poorly explained it
@themilkman50043 жыл бұрын
Actually Thor’s true mother is a mutant cavewoman who was imbued with the Phoenix force
3 жыл бұрын
Great video guys ✌️
@mexell3 жыл бұрын
He makes it rain... ...HAMMERS!
@dekkitout3 жыл бұрын
My god, it reads like an intentionally bad action movie trailer; "Uatu's back! And you better watch *your* back!"
@anthonyhudak93633 жыл бұрын
Hey Sal I know you said you don't read much Venom but can you guys please cover Venom Rex (Donny Cates first arc) in honor of King in Black happening?
@msiani813 жыл бұрын
hey guys just recently found this channel and i am loving it, you are like Redlettermedia for comics grettings from Paraguay!
@comicpop3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@crimsonking4403 жыл бұрын
It really says a lot when they cover a recent event and I'm just like "huh, never even heard of it". Sometimes I forget marvel even sells comics anymore.
@butchhartman15823 жыл бұрын
This was the first event I bought getting back into comics and it was an event. Things certainly happened and there was a conclusion lol. The last book felt really weird without having read the tie ins.
@pikapal913 жыл бұрын
Life is good, watching Back Issues while eating a McRib after work. Thanks guys, another great video.
@CozmicEmbyrs3 жыл бұрын
It was so nail biting going into this event worrying that they would do the unthinkable and actually break up or kill off one or both members of Marvel’s most popular gay couple, and I was so damn glad that didn’t happen.
@thomaslugaric76723 жыл бұрын
Sal doing the penance stare skull sounds😂😂😂😂 rrrAAUGHHH had to rewind it like 17 times
@mohammedsakandar43273 жыл бұрын
yass. been waiting the whole day for todays back issues
@just4commentsable3 жыл бұрын
Excellent title
@spoonlolol23 жыл бұрын
The guys are on point this episode, every joke he said made me laugh my ass off.
@codystahl59353 жыл бұрын
I thought "Your New Empire?" At the same time hahaha
@rustybuckets21432 жыл бұрын
I appreciate you always drop a link to the trade on Amazon. I love building my trade collection
@Sicod79 Жыл бұрын
So what you are saying is The Kree Accuser's Ultimate Weapons can be corrupted. Shocking that the Kree Accuser's aren't 100% on the up and up, especially with a name like that.
@tonyborris95843 жыл бұрын
Uatu going First Blood would be hilarious even if it was a parody comic
@theguardian6593 жыл бұрын
I like the start of this event but I thought it started to fall apart towards the end and I was really hoping they do more but they only did the thing with Guardians which I enjoyed but I was hoping for more.
@TupocalypseShakur3 жыл бұрын
42:07 Let's just acknowledge that Hulking's sword could have saved his dad from his space cancer
@justanotherbadasswithamust86293 жыл бұрын
Hope you all good
@jonmercano11383 жыл бұрын
35:59 There it is!
@Martin_TheCollector3 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one who cared very little for this event. Sal explaining mediocre tales is always more fun than reading them.
@Go0dTimes4fUnPro3 жыл бұрын
I really like the way Reed Richards looks. Reminds me of Jordan Peterson.
@casteanpreswyn7528 Жыл бұрын
So, I'd love to hear yalls take on Jacques now that he was a prominent character(and the best character) in Hawkeye.
@gregorymaas64693 жыл бұрын
Ok now I want a video about Ethan talking about star wars films/comics
@joezilla66153 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for a "Little Shop of Horrors" joke, and we get a whole aside. Sal, you and the boys are the best. Fun Episode!
@ninja1man4u3 жыл бұрын
Some marvel stories are epic, like xmen days of future past. Some marvel stories are fun like giant size xmen. But the best marvel stories are the ones that are completely nuts and read like a fever dream. Great episode
@Shaff23233 жыл бұрын
With King in Black coming out, now would be prime time to do Absolute Carnage on back issues, right?
@Crazy4Comics983 жыл бұрын
1:23:26 Yes, maybe in early/mid 2022 when a certain She Hulk Disney+ show releases, that would be my bet, can't miss the synergy.
@quentonlyles37992 жыл бұрын
This episode accidentally answered my question as to who the hell Jack was from Hawkeye.
@Archnenmsis_913 жыл бұрын
36:44 ( Taserface voice) Its metaphorical
@deltaprime35093 жыл бұрын
I read immortal she hulk#1 and it spoiled for me that she hulk “died” but because of that it clicked in her head that she is terrify of dying because each time she died it has traumatized her and I thought that was interesting
@kelynandrasko9888 Жыл бұрын
In thors defense, i think he has weird plant powers in norse mythology
@maxwellrauchut79263 жыл бұрын
Loving the more recent books being on the show Especially with ongoings like Daredevil and Immortal Hulk not just events
@chrisdaily20773 жыл бұрын
Why read the comic and be mildly dissatisfied when you can watch Back Issues and watch them suffer and laugh at their pain?
@dekaritheprofessor26313 жыл бұрын
Comic Pop is so funny and helped me get back into Comics😊🧡🧡🔥
@colegerlach67212 жыл бұрын
I read every issue of this on Marvel Unlimited and loved it, but I definitely get the feeling it’s going to be the forgotten event in the future. It’s pretty fun though!
@jeromejoseph25343 жыл бұрын
Love comic pop
@NoahWelday3 жыл бұрын
Razor sharp glass? Ben must be watching Aeon Flux
@nubworthycigars66823 жыл бұрын
Marvels adaptation of Troll 2... a classic lol
@AuthenticApathy3 жыл бұрын
The Profiteer does try to restart the war, though, in the current Guardians of the Galaxy book
@comicpop3 жыл бұрын
So not in this.
@SergeantPancake3 жыл бұрын
THAT'S WHAT I FUCKIN' *DO*, BABY!
@JoshMunroe3 жыл бұрын
I read the entirety of West Coast Avengers to get some backstory on the references from WandaVision, and I'm just now realizing how many things that dumb book was connected to. Doctor Strange vs. Dracula (kinda), Armor Wars, this... weird.
@lukeroberts84733 жыл бұрын
I don't know why but I feel like Super Skrull's name sounds really dirty.
@comixproviderftw_023 жыл бұрын
Better to be okay than bad.
@rahava3 жыл бұрын
When are they going to give Hulkling and Wiccan something cool to do again. They always get caught up in these insane events.
@eliselianaboyd25473 жыл бұрын
Hopefully because the mcu will be using them we will get some kind of better wiccan and Hulking comic book to go along with their TV show and possibly even a movie. They're already here so you'll never know what could happen. Here's hoping.
@eliselianaboyd25473 жыл бұрын
@Zelpharis that would be something to see. Hopefully they'll do it 🙏 right
@ATroknya3 жыл бұрын
The most important thing in this event is the Return of the Black Knight (Dane Whitman) to the Avengers team in the Avengers tie-in. I'm disappointed he didn't fight Swordsman and kick his ass, again.
@timmeyer91913 жыл бұрын
She hulk has a MacGuffin... Sorry hammer. Ghost Rider should not be on the Avengers. Black Panther and giant mech. Omg where's the kitchen sink?!
@user-qp5io5lk3w3 жыл бұрын
I remember it was quite fun reading this event especially the X-men and Fantastic Four tie in
@Depthcharge20303 жыл бұрын
"Your New Empire"
@alexm29303 жыл бұрын
Original Sin was a great story, maybe Marvel's own Watchem. You seemed to like when you reviewed it.
@peacerevolver3 жыл бұрын
I now know Super Skrull’s real name...damn
@halfmettlealchemist80762 жыл бұрын
I liked this video, but I just want to clarify that no, Jen Walters was not permanently killed off in this event. Because Al Ewing is also the author of Immortal Hulk, which established that none of the Hulks can die, ever. So after Thing beats up the Cotato inhabiting She-Hulk’s body, it starts screaming about the Green Door before dying, and then She-Hulk comes back to life again. It’s even addressed in a tie-in that Jen now is frightened of death because of what she saw through the Green Door after that happened.
@comicpop2 жыл бұрын
1:22:19
@halfmettlealchemist80762 жыл бұрын
@@comicpop Damn I got ratio'd by the ComicPop guys, well played
@Ohmargod3 жыл бұрын
Hey guys! What's that Arbo Atro shirt Ben is wearing? It sounds like a great PnP adventure!
@phillanderson4342 жыл бұрын
The thing that ruined this book was that it was boring it was a bunch of cool ideas and images with a paper thin story surrounding it. Cool the quintet is a ghost Ryder vehicle but instead of being a plot point it’s a cool computer background.
@NilFox3 жыл бұрын
Man, poor Wanda can not catch a break.
@Relugus3 жыл бұрын
Yep, where are the WandaVision tie-ins comics and why was Darkhold cancelled?