For a bit I actually dropped to 98 subs but when I woke this morning it was up to 100. I did mess up one thing. When Dr Fate got blasted he actually simply allowed the energy to pass through his body and went invisible giving the impression that he was obliterated but he generally even brags about being entirely invincible. After his change in issue 72, Dr Fate became incredibly vulnerable. I didn't follow what you said. Are you giving the victory to The Spectre?

@@TestChannel-hm8gh well without the ring of life, I'm not so sure. I think it would be a fairly equal fight but if I had to choose I would probably still take the Spectre but I could definitely see Dr. Fate winning as well. They are both ridiculously OP so it's kind of a toss up in my opinion.

I just found that The Spectre struggled quite a bit against just about any non-normal opponent and was constantly getting assistance. He was shown to be straight up weaker than Zor. Of course Jerry Siegel and Gardner Fox are simply different writers and Fox may not have had an issue with his character beating down every opponent in sight and he did have only 6 pages to work with rather than the 10 that Siegel had so maybe he didn't feel there was enough time to have Fate struggle. There are lots of channels doing these comparisons but at the end of the day the winner will be whoever the writer wants to win. If the writer wants Wildcat to punch out Mordru than punch him out he will.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh yeah that's true.

I totally get that and I had the same issue on my other channel and figured out how I could use a fixed camera on a tripod. Unfortunately, it's not so easy going through a comic with a fixed camera. I will attempt to be more aware of keeping my hand steady and see if I can improve the situation. Thank you

@@miked5814 so close

I've completed all the 19 stories in The Spectre Archive edition but haven't yet published them all. I'll soon be creating a Spectre vs Dr Fate video and who I believe would win that battle.

Thanks for the info. I had never heard of an 'old man's home'.

I hadn't really thought of anything for my 100th sub. One thing I am planning on doing in the very near future is a battle between The Spectre and Dr Fate and who would win. The obvious answer is The Spectre in an easy victory but if we limit them to the Golden Age and take away The Spectre's Ring of Life I'm not sure he'd win. This would be prior to both of them essentially becoming joke characters. I only have one more Spectre story to finish (but a bunch left to publish) and I'm about to do the final Fate story before his helmet was truncate and he became ridiculous.

He's definitely one of my favorite members of the Legion. After rereading his origin it did occur to me that it makes no sense to continue to call him Mon-El since that clearly is not his name.

They don't get much more ancient

Action Comics 289 written by Superman creator Jerry Siegel. I don't mean to break any hearts but this is not the only incident of implied incestuous desire between Superman and his much younger cousin in her early appearances although this is probably the worst.

One more thing. This was not the end of the comic but I only had 60 seconds to speak. The next woman she sets him up with is a Supergirl lookalike who is more Superman's age so he clearly wants his cousin but can't because it's against Kryptonian law.

That really means a lot to me. I've read all these stories but often times many years ago so I re-read them and sometimes read a second time. I try to do everything in one take but occasionally I don't like the result so I will do a second take. At times I do stumble over my words but it's often because I'm literally struggling to read them since I'm often reading the text through my phone. I'm really pleased with how this channel is going and I love being able to share these fun stories.

The Silver Age is my all-time favorite era in comics and that also includes Marvel.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh It was full-on kinetic creative energy..wacky concepts introduced month after month. Curt Swan on Legion...I never get tired of that run!

Curt Swan was basically a bridge artist between the Silver and Bronze Age and had a style that fit in both. The Silver Age was when writers finally got a handle on how to manage super heroes. With all due respect to the Golden Age, the stories were often very repetitive and tiresome. The Silver Age clearly didn't give a damn about continuity, logic or gaping plot holes and although I'd generally ding a story for these things the Silver Age was just so much fun that I overlook them.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh indeed!

The Silver Age was insane

One thing to note, this was not a Mad Magazine parody. This was from Superman Comics 126

Underrated

The song or the movie?

@@TestChannel-hm8gh the meme

Was this comic produced into a meme?

@@TestChannel-hm8gh No dude, there's a Social media meme that plays that song. In the videos a bunch of people are recording other people being heroes. The comment was sarcasm because superboy is being a c*nt here but he is a 'hero".

They were definitely geared to pre-teens and I totally recognize the absurdity of an adult analyzing these stories but it's all for fun. The writers were just having a good time and clearly didn't care about logic or continuity.

It's also against Superman's code to lie but he apparently can do anything else to give folks the wrong impression.

I'm really having fun with this channel. I had no idea if anyone would enjoy listening to me go through these old Silver and Golden age stories or if it would be boring. I was born in 1970 so the Silver Age is before my time but I learned to adore it.

@@coleparker it's funny you should say that because I have seven hardcover books of newspaper dailies featuring Superman. I'll do a quick video soon showing them and hopefully someday I can even go through some of the stories

@@miked5814 This was specifically for you. I will release 1 a day for 19 days

@@TestChannel-hm8gh I figured. I haven't been able to watch in a while.

@@miked5814 I keep my videos short so people can binge watch if they'd like. I believe I'm over halfway through the Spectre stories. I haven't published them all yet and I have a couple more videos to produce.

Thanks for the info. I had totally forgotten that it was Brainiac 5 who cured him but that it explains how Mon-El became a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Poor guy was in the Phantom Zone for 1000 years.

I appreciate the thought but don't worry about the algorithm. I'm actually kind of planning on doing a video talking about the algorithm and other things but don't worry about watching videos just to increase the view count.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh I was just wondering if that's how it worked.

I'm going to talk about it in an upcoming video. I'm certainly no expert on gaming the algorithm but I have learned some things.

I've heard that argument before and it makes a lot of sense. I'm just going by what the writers consider his secret identity.

In the early days, Superman didn't necessarily kill people but he often seemed not to care if they died. What I'm amused by is the ridiculous amount of street thugs roaming the streets back in the Golden Age. You could scarcely walk two blocks in a big city without being mugged.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh maybe kill is a strong word for it. Maybe caused the death of is more accurate. And yeah you're right. Reading those comics you would think that crime was so rampant that walking to the next block was taking your life in your hands.

If I was a criminal in the DC Golden Age, the one place I wouldn't ply my trade is whatever city The Spectre operates from.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh true

@@serratededge4154 Yes, they clearly were targeted towards children and I get that. Make no mistake, if it sounds like I'm making fun it these stories it's done our of love and respect. I adore the silliness of the Silver Age.

Thank you very much. I hope these videos can start a dialogue with Golden and Silver Age fans.

It's imperative in most of these stories that Superman forget most of his powers. In particular his ability to move beyond light speed. If he remembered all his powers he'd be unstoppable. I also question whether he TRULY has a more advanced brain.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh He does, but he uses most of his brain power listening for distress calls amid the thousands of chattering voices, while not knocking over buildings by accident.

yeah, I know it's only a small amount but I'm actually happy with the growth

@@TestChannel-hm8ghI'm sure it'll start slow and pick up

@@TestChannel-hm8gh pretty good though for a week or however long it's been.

It's actually growing faster than I expected. My main channel took a long time to get views. I do think if I can do some shorts it will help.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh it probably would because that's what people are into at the moment. Hopefully it keeps growing at this rate. Good luck.

I did some research and they established a backstory decades later but I prefer the mystery

@@TestChannel-hm8gh I do as well. That's what I think ruined Dr Fate as a character as well.

I have The Specter also and I can start going back and forth between the characters. The problem with Dr Fate is that after about a third of the way in Gardner Fox completely changed the character and made him awful so we have that to look forward to.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh yeah that's true.

It's fun and I plan to go through the entire Dr Fate Golden Age series

I'm shooting for one a day. I try to keep them nice and short. Thanks for the support

Good old Alfred E Newman

What a hoot 🤣 Superman & Alfred E. Newman!

@@joannewatts9892 I did think it was pretty awesome

I hadn't thought of that. He actually gave Superman his entire suitcase so I assume he had the exact same suit including cap, monocle and pipe insude. I found it amusing that Superman felt compelled to wear the entire ensemble. What I didn't mention was that Superman presented himself as a doorman despite being in his full Superman suit. Such is the insanity of the Silver Age.

​@@TestChannel-hm8gh I love it. There's nothing else like it anywhere in entertainment.​

It's a fine idea. The only thing I'd say is that I really want to try to keep my videos at or under 10 minutes so I do limit my analysis. From my experience people's attention span is quite short these days and I have to keep things moving fast. I am considering trying to make some 30 second shorts on single crazy elements from a story. I've never done shorts but they are super popular.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh personally, I like longer videos but I know what you mean. You can't get people to pay attention to anything for more than a few minutes at a time.

I have done two Golden Age Dr Fate stories but I wont publish them until I get about 10 and then I'll start doing one a day. I'd also like to do the Golden Age Specter. Those were some trippy stories. The ones that were the most boring to me are actually Superman and Batman.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh Dr. Fate and the Specter are great ones to start with. Personally I also like some of the more obscure heroes from that time period. The stories are insane but in a different way than the silver age was insane. I've been telling some of my friends about this channel but I'm not sure how many of them will watch but maybe you'll get a couple of more subs. Oh, are you going to change the name of the channel?

I will continue to focus on the Silver Age and I can only talk about stuff I actually have. I have Specter, Shazam, Justice Society etc but nothing really obscure. It's all either archive editions or omnibus. I do have Plastic Man, which is fun. Eventually I'd like to do Doom Patrol, which was a brilliant Silver Age series.

kzfaq.info/love/2_4jznY-XmIqGSR7d2JG2Q This channel has a much broader range of topics but is mostly about figures.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh just subbed to it.

It could be interesting. I actually have WAY more Golden Age stuff than Silver Age although I have enough Silver Age to probably last me years. The Golden Age would be more of a challenge because it just isn't nearly as fun and silly. I have mostly Superman and Batman Omnibus but I also have other stuff like Dr Fate and Justice Society that might be more fun to look at. I might give Dr Fate a try soon as a change of pace.

@@TestChannel-hm8ghI watch all videos of silver and golden age stuff I can find so I would definitely watch any of that.

Out of curiousity, have you ever seen another channel doing what I do? Going through story by story?

@@TestChannel-hm8gh not really the way you seem to be doing it. The ones I've watched skip around. There may be some but I haven't come across any yet. I guess the closest one would be a channel called comicman1938. He has many different comics from all eras though.

Hopefully I can get more dialogue going and people can tell me what works in my format and what doesn't work. The goal is to feel like I'm sitting right there with the viewer discussing the story.

Thank you for my very first comment. This is an experimental channel but I'm right there with you. The Silver Age is my all time favorite era in comics and I hope fans can find this channel and give it a try.

@@TestChannel-hm8gh I'm actually watching another of your videos right now. Good work. You have another sub now.

Thank you so much