I love how multiple Marvel characters (Spider-Man, Avengers,) decided on their names by going "yep, it as good as any."

"Dear God, woman, can't you see how much I loathe you?!!" I fell off my chair laughing at that XD

Yeah, Odin's failure to watch Loki is a recurring thing in Journey into Mystery too. Odin is literally more concerned with Thor's romantic life than keeping Loki in check.

HULK THINK PUNY ANT MAN NEED COUNSELLING. HULK KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO CONFRONT PROBLEM BUT HULK KNOW STEP ONE IS ACKNOWLEDGING PROBLEM.

Loki's four children: Hela the goddess of death, Jormungandr the world serpent, Fenrir the wolf, And Sleipnir the eight legged horse.

Honestly though, an Isle of Silence would be a horrific punishment. The longest recorded time a person has been able to withstand complete silence before they start to panic is only about 45 minutes or so.

You know what I just realized about this comic? I think the original intention of the artist was supposed to be that, during the scene where the Hulk helped the train survive a fatal crash, the train operator was supposed to be actually grateful to Hulk (probably specifically noting how he must have been quite strong to hold up train tracks, to let a train cross over safely) and invite him to join the circus. I can only guess that the person who wrote the dialogue either didn't care enough to flip through the book first before writing the dialogue or failed to draw the connection between the Hulk saving the train and then suddenly being an act in the circus.

"...it wouldn't be terribly interesting if everyone just got a letter inviting them to join." Super Smash Bros Ultimate went and proved that wrong.

Linkara hasn't watched Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes?!? Quick, to Patreon!

6:55 Ah yes, the Isle of the Comfy Chair. Darkseid gave it 6 stars on Yelp.

11:15 Huh. so Loki jams the radio transmission by forming an ALMOST Fist like shaped whirlwind. I can't unsee this. Loki is LITERALLY grabbing the Radiowaves with his Huge Whirling Hand!

Those opening 20 seconds with the intro by Nick Fury and the group picture of the Avengers brought me back to when I was a little kid and obsessed with the Avengers.

"Puny God!". That never gets old. Still makes me laugh and chuckle.

The real reason for creating the Avengers was that Bill Everett was late in completing art for Daredevil and as Marvel needed something to fill in the required gap, Lee called on Kirby to produce a story featuring the already existing super-heroes who weren't already in a team (namely the FF) or who Lee decided to keep separate (namely Spider-Man and Dr. Strange). As they weren't introducing any new characters for the story that meant time didn't have to be spent designing any of them so Kirby could go right into drawing the story once they'd figured that out and Kirby was already legendary for being a quick artist. Thus, the Avengers made their debut several months before DD. Initially, Lee had been ordered by his boss, Martin Goodman, to come up with variations of the already successful Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, and the results were the X-Men and Daredevil, originally both scheduled to debut on the same month. As it was, X-Men #1, also drawn by Kirby (he could draw fast!) arrived on the stands in the same month as Avengers #1, along with the latest issues of the FF, Journey Into Mystery featuring Thor and other comics drawn by Kirby, while that first issue of Daredevil finally came out about 6 months later.

Linkara predicted the Infinty war trailer with that opening. The 'there was an idea' speech over the image of avengers. Its totally future vision

"Isle of SILENCE!" aka a cosmic Time Out corner!

in (I think) the cartoon Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes, when loki is banished took the isle of scilence, it's a completely colorless place with no sound and loki finds he can't speak, hence the scilence

If Linkara doesn't have the complete series of the animated Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, I'd be glad to give him that set and show him one of the best and short-lived shows Marvel ever produced.

7:29 Screw dramatic tension, I don't think I would've minded in the least if Tom Hiddleston's Loki had occasionally stopped and spoken directly to the audience a la Deadpool.

4:09 I love the title card artist's representation of Clown Hulk.

oh, how I wish the movie had a subplot where Bruce/hulk was hiding in a circus pretending to be a robot clown, just imagine black widow's face when she went to recruit him:) also, I'd love a scene where someone brings up the thing about loki birthing the 8 legged horse, and Thor goes "gah, we Don't talk about that!!"

The brood of Loki consists of A eight-legged horse, a goddess of death, a giant seasnake, and a KAIJU-SIZED WEREWOLF! And you thought Zeus had an interesting sex life xD

me: *previously only familiar with earth's mightiest heroes Hank Pimm* man why does everyone hate on hank so much? He's the biggest sweetheart on the planet me: *watches this review* oooooooooooooh

It's hard to judge Wasp for powdering her nose before long flights... unless "powdering your nose" didn't start to mean "peeing" until after this was published

20:36 I would pay Chris Hemsworth to say that line as I record it. Any time I'm feeling down, I would just play that on loop.

"They weren't really big on thinking too hard about this stuff back then, were they" - Honestly, that may very well be a strength rather than a flaw.

I dig that Avengers cover. The perspective being just off Loki's shoulder makes it a lot more interesting and dynamic than many of its contemporaries.

20:41 Yeah funny story...Loki, Thor, and Odin ARE Yu-Gi-Oh cards also funny story, these cards were released to promote the Thor movie that came out and were actually part of Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds story where they were actual God Cards

The worlds about to break, Tormented and attacked Lost from when we wake, With no way to go back I've been standing on my own, But now I'm not alone...

6:34-6:41 DUDE! This revenge is gonna be TOTALLY RAD!

Makes me realize how faithful the EMH portrayal of Hulk actually is. He was always decently articulate, just understandably grouchy, and tenuously affiliated with the avengers. I love how he butts into the team formation with “I want in” after fighting them earlier in the issue. It’s such a Hulk thing to do. Hulk doesn’t care about grand ideals or story conventions, he’s here because he decided to be- not that he thinks very highly of you, and he won’t hesitate to tell you plainly. But he’s still as much a hero at the end of the day, he won’t let innocents get hurt. Because as much as the world rolls the green guy, he just can’t forget the old moral compass.

You MUST make a compilation of all the Drunk Tony Stark impressions.

Parallel history between comic Hulk and movie Hulk. Comic Hulk only lasted six issues with some guest stars in other books and was catapulted into popularity by his inclusion in the Avengers. Movie Hulk lasted 2 movies (only one of which is MCU) before vanishing and never getting a solo movie again, but is often sited as the best thing in the Avengers movies.

8:28 The sad reality is that he can't even survive solo movies. Team ups in movies is the only way his character can properly go on.

I find that remark Wasp made about Iron Man hilarious since she Dates Tony Stark for while later

"DEAR GOD WOMAN! CAN'T YOU SEE HOW MUCH I LOATH YOU!" Said Adrian to Chloe after the million-and-one time she threw herself at him... (Miraculous Ladybug reference)

I'd pay to see Mr. T as the Hulk.

Ah, Rick Jones 🤩 - we need him in a movie!

"I am Thor, master of Magnet!!" 😂😂😂

Why is it that Bender as Iron Man amuses me?

When Loki started spewing his diatrive on how no mortal can touch him, I thought you'd use the clip from the film where Hulk flings him around but when you didn't, I thought you missed an opportunity. I'm glad you threw it in at the end after the credits though. Made my NIGHT!

So Loki formed the Avengers. Yeah, I can see why everyone mocks him.

The problems with the plot come from the fact that this comic was made at the last minute. Stan Lee was told to make a new Fantastic Four, which became X-Men, and another Spider-Man, which became Daredevil. Daredevil's artist, who was the creator of Namor, had a drinking problem and Daredevil was extremely late. At the time Marvel had to give the printer a deposit for each comic they had printed, and if they didn't bring in something within a certain period of time they lost the deposit. When it was clear Daredevil was not going to make the deadline, Stan told his fastest artist, Jack Kirby, to do something with their solo heroes, Thor, Iron Man, and Ant-Man and the Wasp, with Hulk tossed in. Avengers made the deadline. Daredevil didn't get published until six months later.

"Hey now, you just don't understand the drama and intrigue of the postal service.." Oh 2016 Linkara, you gloriously innocent sweet summer child. It's almost as if the Universe got bored and took some of your old snarky quips as a challenge.. But at least your theme song can briefly drown out the distant sounds of fiddle music as I go wash my hands for the fiftieth time this evening.

Gotta love how Iron Man gave Linkara a perfect setup for the "Now -----'s Radioactive, That can't be good!" gag inspired from a line from that comic based upon the DOOM video game series he reviewed years ago.

2:00 a few years later, and look how hype Smash fans get seeing an envelope.

Radiactive material droped into the ocean. Namor will be angry.

I realize that the copyright would've been flagged for the movie, but it would've been so much funnier to end on Loki's whimpering cry.

This was a fun one. Oh, and that last italicized note now has "being on KZfaq" as an excuse. Now, to make up for it... AAAAAASSEMBLED WE ARE STRONG, FOREVER FIGHT AS ONE (AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!)

15:03 Well Janet, I think a good first step would be to NOT BE ANT-SIZED ALL THE DAMN TIME! How did that random kid even notice them when Thor and Iron Man suddenly showed up at the same time as them?

Loki can’t go to the Island of the comfy chair. That’s where Darksied is.

I personally hold iron man's gold mark 1 suit as my #1 favorite suit, I just love the art work of it like in this comic (too bad it didn't make it into the mcu)

I laughed more at this episode than others in recent memory. Drunk Tony Stark always make me laugh.

I can’t get enough of Linkara’s voice for The Thing!

"It's not a beehive it's a bee tower!" Bees, my god...

I find the line "everyone getting a letter inviting them to join wouldn't be very interesting" especially funny seeing how the Justice League murderverse unites because of an email.

In time, Linkara, you will know what it's like to lose; to feel so desperately that you're right, and yet to fail all the same. Dread it, run from it, destiny still arrives.

I watched Infinity War around 18 hours ago... I needed to go back and watch this

Sue Richards' hair is done up in a "Bubble Cut". The style was supposedly inspired by First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Barbie dolls were available in Bubble Cut styles from 1961 until 1967. Anyway, I love this video, Linkara hit it out of the park.

6:56 NOT THE ISLAND OF THE COMFY CHAIR! That's an even WORSE punishment!

The Avengers were just made because the fans wanted it, huh? All right, I can believe that. But, I've heard another story, and I'm kind of inclined to believe it:The story goes that Stan Lee was instructed by his bosses to create a team book, but his first idea--the X-Men--was taking too long to put together, so he decided to save time and just throw a bunch of pre-existing characters together. I'm inclined to believe this story because X-Men #1 came out immediately after Avengers #1. This doesn't negate the "fan demand" story; it's totally possible Lee was already playing with the idea of the Avengers (he probably knew about the JSA and Justice League and/or the fans really were demanding Marvel's answer to the teams) or he was just scrambling for an idea and took influence for what the readers wanted.

Y'know Vision actually gave Kamala Khan a pair of goggles that were able to show her any of the Avengers battles from the past that she can use to study, showing their premier battle against Loki from this comic as an example. Despite Kamala being really excited about that, she has since left the Avengers and I still have yet to see her using them or even mentioning them. WHAT WAS EVEN THE POINT except to say that this comic from the sixties is still canon?

10:56 Thankfully, Disney bought almost all of Fox (with the only exceptions being Fox News and Fox Sports), so here's hoping we won't have to worry about such pettiness anymore.

It is pretty ironic that Avengers exist and are super popular now precisely because they weren’t popular in the beginning. The whole Avengers book came about because Lee & co wanted to have a book for all the less popular characters who couldn’t support their own book so he created the Avengers. Then when MCU began, all that Marvel had left to use for it were the various Avengers characters because they weren’t as popular and thus had either not been optioned for other studios to use in films or their rights had reverted back to Marvel because no studio had wanted to make more films about them. I guess this goes to show that even the least popular characters can have potential to become favorites if you just put in the effort.

Hulk as a circus clown does not detract from the comic, it makes it more awesome!

10:56 They're equally as bad. When soulless Corporate Suits are in charge of creative designs, these things happen to screw over everyone else.

"Loki: God of Evil" is alright. Personally, my favorite title is, "Loki: Goddess of Stories."

It is funny how in the original comics, Shield had nothing to do with the forming of the Avengers or the discovery of Captain America in the ice, yet the movie had Shield form them because of Nick Fury being based off the Ultimate Universe.

Dude that drunk iron man impression is hilarious.XD.

0:35 Iron Man 2008 0:36 the Incredible Hulk 2008 0:37 Thor 2011 0:38 ant-man and the wasp 2018

Zordon: Too much pink (bubble) energy is dangerous!

As one who is currently reading All New All Different Avengers, sure is great to see where it all started. Though admittedly the timescale is rather confusing when, in ANADA#7, Vision gives Ms. Marvel a sorta-simulator thing where she can partake in all the major Avengers battles...including the one shown here.

everyone seems to get the wrong reason why Ironmans armor was painted gold, its not because of stupid rich guy reasons, it was his drab grey armor looked less like a hero, and more like some kind of robot villain in a horror movie, he made it gold to make it look more like it says "dont worry, i wont hurt you, just the bad guy" i guess linkara said it as a joke, but i just needed to get it out there

My Gawd, Foster Brooks as drunk Tony Stark made me laugh out loud. Just the funniest.

21:47 "****ing magnets, how do they work?" Thor has your answer.

Man, I just love the Avengers theme in the background in the Cold Open.

You think the 8 legged horse is bad? How do you think Fenris came to be?

Rick Jones is weirdly important to major events in the Marvel universe

Still hard to believe that we're not even done with the 2014 episodes yet...

I love it when you talk in that Stan Lee voice

Hey Linkara I realize that Secrets Origins Month will one day end, but will we at least be able to see the first stories of the Justice Society of America and the justice League?

I LOVE This channel. I really love your All-Star Batman and Robin and the Dark Knight Strikes Again videos. They leave me in hysterics. If we don't educate others how bad ASBAR is, then who will? I have been hating on ASBAR and it's shameful portrayal of batman, who will? I hate on it on Facebook.

This is a number of years before Tony Stark develops a drinking problem.

{Claps respectively} well made intro Linkara.

He jokes, but I would LOVE to hear Ben Grimm's smooth jazz covers.

about the whole them noticing Hulk is super strong but not green: that's apparently not an isolated case in earlier comics. I read an issue of Fantastic Four at the time where the army ends up attacking the Thing after mistaking him for the Hulk, because, I kid you not, the only indications Ross had given them was "Look for someone absurdly strong". And it takes them like 4 pages to realize that no, the orange guy made of rock *isn't* the big green monster they usually search for. I don't know, maybe it wasn't as well-known that Hulk was green back then or something.

Man, with the use of radio waves, you'd expect a Spider-Man cameo, since people can (or used to, I'm not sure if people can still do that) contact him by specific radio waves that his spider sense picked up. The only thing I could think of to keep him away would be different artists/co-creators.

I don’t know why but specifying bread made me lol

That theme song has worked up to number 4 on my top 5

I love how the Avengers leitmotif is playing

The hulk having trouble in comics thing is also funny when you consider the MCU, since we havent had a follow up Hulk movie in 10ish years, & almost all of his movie (including what he actually looked like in that movie) has been totally forgotten beside the expanded MCU where Abomination is briefly mentioned from what I've heard.

19:00 As an internet reviewer, I'm sure you've taken that to heart Sometimes you can't please everyone, sometimes you can't please anyone at all...you sew your heart onto your sleeve and wait for the ax to fall

"There was an idea.....to bring together a group of remarkable people.....to see if we can become something more.......so when they needed us, we could fight the battles..........that they never could." - Nick Fury, Tony Stark, Vision, Thor, and Black Widow "Avengers: Infinity War" releases April 27th, 2018.

I never thought Wasp would be a Yandere back in the 1960's. Hope she'll still try getting Thor to notice her to this very day.

Damn, Linkara's drunk Ironman voice gets annoy quick.

I checked my copy of Marvel 60's collection of origin stories and there colors of those monsters and Lokis's radioactive aura is yellow, not pink.

25:23 Thor's hammer looks relatively tiny in the top left panel, at least compared to other pictures of him holding "Mjolnir" in other comics. BTW I did have to look up how to spell "Mjolnir", which is the name of Thor's hammer.

If there's one thing, I've had to critique about Linkara's Avenger's #1 review is that the Hulk left by issue 2 not 3. I don't know, maybe he was looking at the covers for each issue to determine when he was a member. In issue 3 the Hulk teamed up with Namor the Sub Marinier to attack the Avengers, only for that to fail and the two to part ways. This left Namor to discover a frozen block with a certain star-spangled man inside, which of course led to the revival of Captain America. Otherwise, great review overall, despite my nitpick.

one day for secret orgins month you should review the first 13 issues of the original ultimates

you should do the comic that retconned this issue by adding voyager(i think that was her name) as a founding member.