Batman Becomes Green Lantern! | Batman: In Darkest Knight

Pick up Batman: In Darkest Knight right here: amzn.to/2T3Rwc6 Batman: In Darkest Knight is a one-shot comic book, published in 1994 and written by Mike W. Barr with art by Jerry Bingham. The comic is an Elseworlds story in which Bruce Wayne becomes the Green Lantern instead of Hal Jordan. This one change creates a domino effect which changes many events and characters in the DC Universe. Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #batman
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[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

"Yes, father. I shall become a Lantern...and I shall also put on this blue trash bag on my head. For no reason."

[@dylanlewis5113]

Kal-El has become Batman (Speeding Bullets). Bruce Wayne has become Green Lantern (Darkest Night). Now they have to do a story where Hal Jordan becomes Superman.

[@ninja1man4u]

Ethan singing the Looney toons theme, I'm dead xD

[@EliDEVITTSpeaks]

25:05-25:28 is the funniest twenty five seconds ever filmed on KZbin.

Me the first 10 minutes of the video: this is great book, i'm going to read it 20 minutes later: Oh.... oh no

[@bgajdek]

That look on Sal’s face when he mentions the three Jokers bit...

[@ryaneasby2399]

I love how there’s a dark multiverse version of this character, he was that popular

[@flywheelshyster]

well that went off the rails, then dropped a bomb to blow up the rails so nothing could ever be on the rails ever again

[@dn22pkkdd476]

Which is just awesome. Comics are the best when they get crazy

[@jmail1984]

Sal's eyes closed soundless laugh is iconic and adorable! love it everytime i see it :)

[@JoshMunroe]

DC's approach to this book: DO YOU GET IT YET, SINESTRO IS JOKER AND JOKER IS SINESTRO, NO TWO PEOPLE HAVE EVER BETTER BEEN EACH OTHER.

[@lhakumei1345]

#JUSTICE4UATU

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Who watches The Watcher?

[@tatersalad76]

@@comixproviderftw_02 the reader

[@pickedceasar1216]

@Matthew Concepcion who watchers the watchmen?

[@anothercleverusername992]

_"Oh! You defeated us with our own rings! Is there no end to your disrespect??"_ I love this Universe where every superhero is a Green Lantern and disrespect is the most horrible villain of all.

[@Grievousish]

When back issues covers a green lantern book it becomes an even more special Wednesday then normal!

[@TheForgottenwan]

Ben's line at 4:10 caught me off guard and caused me to spit water all over my desk. After I cleaned it up, nothing was damaged, I had to replay it a couple times and it makes me laugh just as hard every time. In fact the entire episode was great and worth multiple replays. Just another wonderful episode of Back Issues. Thank you ComicPOP! crew for all your hard work!

[@coyotrix]

Ethan your facial expressions are always hilarious to watch

[@dww7094]

I love that this story hits the mid-point and immediately dives off a cliff

[@NewPhoneWhoThis52]

Awesome Backissue, Comic Pop. Can you guys do Geoff Johns : Darkseid War : Justice League new 52 run

[@SpiralSine6]

“Oh my god, this lantern almost blinded me and made me afraid! Wait, I know! I shall become a *lantern!*”

[@panthor109thabest7]

Lanternman and Shadeboy

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@panthor109thabest7 “I’m the Goddamn Lanternman.”

[@dvid22]

so sinestro true power is in his mustache i i knew it.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Damn straight.

[@TheMegaDudeBroski]

Sinestroker, Binary-Face, and Star Safeline are the rouges gallery we truly deserve

[@guymeganmadeekbrown2991]

Omg finger guns got me lmao

[@Odyssey1997]

Can you do a back issue on Unworthy Thor or Thor God of thunder the God butcher and godbomb please and thank you keep up the good work RIP Stan Lee you will be miss true believer

[@kennyryuken]

Big fan of this Elseworlds story...wonder if yall'r ever gonna do "Batman: Houdini" a story that is 100 percent a book that "does" exists

[@Evyscreations]

Does Batman meet Houdini or is he a great illusionist? Sounds cool either way

[@freack3333]

This story started pretty good, and then just careened of a cliff.

[@ToonGal12]

YES! This was one of the books I sent to them through Letters Page! So great to see them featuring it!! This episode was hilarious--- 45:49 made me cry from laughing so hard. XD Also, really nice job on those lights to make the set totally green; I love it! To ComicPOP: thank you so much for talking about this; it made for a great episode. If I can drum up anything else that looks interesting, I'll be sure to send it to you. :)

[@marlonreynolds5422]

They could have easily nailed this. They should have dropped the Joker/Sinestro, Two-face premise completely. I would have had Batman returning to Gotham after dropping off Sinestro and immediately creating a utility belt in the case of his ring running out of charge. Sinestro would come to earth after getting a yellow power ring kill Gordon and figure out Bruce's identity but have Bruce square off against Sinestro only to find his ring weak to the power yellow. Batman would make use of his utility belt to even the field and Sinestro would flee to get allies but he would empower Scarecrow, Clayface and Killer Croc. I would also have Bruce creating defenses for the Batcave and Wayne mansion that utilized the color red such as red laser cannons after figuring out the weakness for Sinestro's ring. The heroes of the Justice League would already be established but Bruce would be the one to call them all together. I could go on but I just imagined a much better story than what they came up with.

[@jeffrosicness]

"Fuck up the Ganthets" - Sal 2018

[@flywheelshyster]

even though they may go off the rails like this, i got all three volumes of batman elseworlds due to loving the episodes you've done. i raise my morning coffee to ye and yours sir!

[@Go0dTimes4fUnPro]

*ALL* the elseworlds stories with Batman are Alfred's fanfics.

[@TupocalypseShakur]

That was an episode of Batman The Brave and the Bold, where Alfred writes fanfiction about Bruce Wayne marrying Selena having Damien then dying.

[@Go0dTimes4fUnPro]

@@TupocalypseShakur yeah I remember.

[@Arkios64]

It is incredibly disappointing that there wasn't a bat-signal in this book, considering there is a physical lantern they could've used for it. Give Gordon the lantern, levelling the apparent power level somewhat and thus establishing trust in Batman being somewhat accountable.

[@ridge825]

Man y'all put way too much effort into these videos, you are very underrated guys

[@brandondaniels1862]

45:41 onward is pure gold

[@Darkgreenfangirl]

Yet another fun episode. Sad to see that this comic ended so badly but heres hoping someone revisites the idea and makes it better.

[@MugenNiFukuzatsuna]

@17:36 "A ruler is always at the mercy of his subjects" ::zip::

[@dertitan4870]

Hopefully you guys will do Superman: Last Son of Earth,too. Keep up the great work.

[@mitchellregan21]

This is quite an interesting story. The Red Hood scene was pretty cool, although the Justice League being Lanterns made it a bit less original. I also appreciate the change of colour in the background to make it green, it looks great. #JUSTICE4UATU

[@TevyaSmolka]

Yay back issues covering one of coolest elseworld stories for Batman

[@ineptgamer3814]

LOL, Sal's usually great at making names up in Elseworlds Exchange. I'd make them Bat Lantern, Binary Face, Cat Sapphire etc. Anyway, absolutely hilarious episode as always, guys..!! Thanks for the time & effort you all put into this and all your others videos..!!

[@sithapprentic03]

seing an elseworld story with wonder woman becoming a green lanterns actually a cool idea

[@jlev1028]

I read this book just earlier today, and I have to say it's pretty interesting, if not batshit crazy. While the art is mundane and the dialogue doesn't stabd out, I love how Bruce taking the ring instead of Hal significantly changes things like preventing Joker's creation and having a harsher relationship with Commissioner Gordon. The two main things that irked me, though, was Sinestro's cleanshaven face and the lazy Green Lanternification of Superman, Flash, and Wonder Woman. They didn't even try, just slapping dorky domino masks and a small emblem on their chest.

[@Sicod79]

The guardians brilliant plan: Make supervillains, that will get that Wayne kid in line.

[@flywheelshyster]

dc just did a hell of a sale on comixology so i bought all three volumes of Batman elseworlds. A LOT of them that i've read so far kinda go off the rails haha. so its not limited to just this one. still they're fun as hell, better than a lot of the older what if books, even though I do love those watcher book ends. this episode deserves so much more views, its a batman elseworld for gods sake!

[@yolanda8563]

Hal Jordan should've been the Joker 😂

[@kofteburger]

06:58 Just work that body, work that body make sure you don't hurt no body

[@dane.2294]

Man, the irony if Infinity Wars resurrects Uatu #justice4Uatu

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

I'd love to see you guys review of the DC Metal Nightmare Batman origins

[@YouCalledForTheDoc]

This is the Elseworld that has a dark universe counterpart in Metal, right?

[@flywheelshyster]

ooooo awesome green lighting my bros. very suspiria, very Nicolas Winding Refn, or those episodes of Half in the Bag where mike and jay get poisoned by toxic waste. and of course, very green lantern.

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

It would be cool if the Guardians knew about Batman from seeing the multiverse and wanted a more efficient Green Lantern at their command but didn't realize Batman wouldn't just follow orders

[@Evyscreations]

Synopsis: What if random things were different? 🤣🤣

[@johnny2003]

It’s LeviOsa, Sal.

[@Lukefer]

Poor Ethan...

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Pre-Dawnbreaker

[@karl_alan]

Love the elseworlds stories. Great video

[@xanderbarrat8039]

Well, now I have a new comic book for the amazon wish list.

[@valekrossner1143]

Should've just called himself Green Bat

[@isabeltfriasg]

mmm... Bruce Wayne could never ba a Green Lantern, he can't overcome the fear of losing his parents.

[@WannabeWryter]

Shouldn't the logical Batman villain to fuse Sinestro with be Scarecrow?

[@smithysforge5309]

The one thing I've never understood..... why does Abin Sur have a spaceship? No other lantern. Does

[@monsterpeanutsparkle5624]

Would you guys be able to do a back issues based off of a book stan lee wrote? Maybe a best of and worst of?

[@samuelpeixoto7960]

Yeah guardians Earth is the gotham city of the galaxy #justice4Uatu.

[@KingAbsoluteVenom]

Amazing Back Issues! Hey I found an Elseworlds tale that seems prime for a Back Issues episode. Can y’all do Batman: The Doom That Came To Gotham? If you like Lovecraft, you’ll have a field day with this story. Love Y’all and Keep up the Great Work!

[@stankyyboi]

Star Catfire

[@SvenTuSventu]

Fng KZbin never notifies me. Missed you. Bomb set. I miss the kitchen.

[@FiguredOutReviews1]

Groovy

[@jaytheartman610]

Could you guys do arkham asylum living hell someday?

[@Go0dTimes4fUnPro]

It would make more sense if sinestros mind got warped when he went to the antimatter universe and have him take Joe chills mind and put it in Harvey dents head.

[@flywheelshyster]

a good elseworld is a great thing

[@OreoBrawl]

I could have sworn they’ve done this story...

[@comicpop]

They didn't.

[@comicpop]

They mentioned it.

[@nikcantsnipe]

So Darkseid war? Anyone else care for it?

[@kr555wizard]

Nice I love this, this is one of the coolest Batman/Green lantern stories, though the forced writing techniques is pretty bad

[@creed8712]

I’m sure by now this kind of comment has been thrown around because of recent events but I would love for y’all to cover some stuff from dc Just Imagine. I think it would be nice 👍

[@andrewogunmokun9309]

What’s the name of the back issues theme song?

[@brianadkins3880]

25:00 Hello,darkness my old friend... kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4q2YXiblqaIg9k

[@wilbertrobinson205]

Is this the universe in which the green lantern batman in dark knights metal came from

[@noreply3717]

Back issues Rock of ages Batman metal I would like joker and riddler war and Thor thunder of god and also the new run with old man Thor and when old man Hawkeye X-men age of apologizes talking about the world and the hope summer being born book and thanos run with cosmic ghost rider

[@Hapokas112]

Nice.

[@chisasa9509]

Always love Lantern Stories. This one though, was not great. Batman don't need the Light of Oa.

[@Go0dTimes4fUnPro]

Utility ring

[@krisj827]

Please review Batman: Broken City.

[@JoJoTalksTooMuch]

#Justice4Uatu

[@matthewrives1340]

#justice4uatu

[@matthewleppard5087]

#Justice4uatu

[@oatmat]

I Do Not like CW, am I wrong?

[@ryebreadreturn1]

no

[@oatmat]

@@ryebreadreturn1 thank you Ethan

[@eqs1782]

wait his name isn't dawnbreaker?!? I'm so confused. JK

[@ChrisYellowHat]

I would like to see more Elseworlds, from both DC and Marvel. For me, it's the possibility of the thing that gets me. As goofy as this one was, at least in the second half, this one was pretty good.

[@QueerComics1994]

Batwoman: Elergy for Elseworlds? or maybe another chapter of Ultimate Spider-man before enter the Spiderverse?

[@Go0dTimes4fUnPro]

I would love to see a story where Alfred either becomes Batman or got the green lantern ring.

[@Go0dTimes4fUnPro]

#LoveforAlfred

[@just4commentsable]

Justice 4 Uatu

[@JokerFan-hj4iv]

It's hilarious that this story is so confusing you don't even know what to call the characters. Bat-ring? Synestjoker?

[@DCReviews4]

This one fell apart real quick

[@joel2687]

Yess am mentally unstable person with a Lantern ring what can go wrong

[@MrFtpforlife]

I never understood why do the Green Lanterns wear masks

[@matthewleppard5087]

#justice4uatu