Batman gets ADDICTED TO DRUGS! | Batman: Venom

[@TheChilorian1234]

Batman needed a suuper cheesy line at the end, something like "the only fix I need is Justice"

[@supernerd5781]

Chill That would have been puuurrrrrfect.

[@jimbored1963]

The only line I’m trying to get is the straight and narrow

[@supaflycomix]

LMAOOO underrated

[@JoshMunroe]

This is a near-perfect encapsulation of Back Issues: Recognizable character, cool moments, dumb moments, weird usage of art (the covers), melodrama ripe for ridicule, great background info about the making of the book... just wonderful.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Back Issues uploaded. ComicPOP gang is still here. You guys are still here. Looks like the world isn't over after all.

[@Grievousish]

I think they're close enough to the border that the fallout damage might not have reached them anyways.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

In the middle of building my boat guys.

[@Grievousish]

It's Over 9000 Productions You and Mustache are welcome to chill up here with me in Canada if shit hits the fan. Should ComicPOP fall we shall tell tales of the daring trio (and occasionally tiffany)

[@SpiralSine6]

Grievousish The epic of Comicpop shall be told down through the ages by the bards Rob and Joel, becoming ever more fantastical and physical.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

Don't forget Danielle guys!!

[@SergeantPancake]

[2008s The Dark Knight, Alternate Take] THUG: What's the big difference between you and me, huh?! BATMAN: I'm not taking penis pills.

[@dragontears]

Oh I loved this! I never realized Venom was a Denny O'Neil invention! He's such an interesting creator. Crazy man. Great intentions, but some of his stuff does not age well. Maybe not his fault, as times were weird. (My Ward is a Junkie makes me want to punch Green Arrow in the teeth... SO SO much. Poor Roy. Though it took reading about three times to decipher the period-appropriate slang dialogue to figure out what the heck was going on.) I've got a love/hate thing with him, like some sort of old uncle who occasionally says weird things I disagree with. He participated in the Telephone to Kill Jason Todd Robin event, MY HEART! But it honestly did great things for the growth of the Batman and Batfamily mythos. Took away Wonder Woman's powers and put her in sexy clothes! But I get what he was going for, and besides I own that "The New Wonder Woman is Here" issue as my only vintage comic... sooo.... :cough: all's well that ends well...? Love you, you crazy old man! You're the best! And you, too, ComicPop dudes!

[@Tamaki742]

I think he also suggested that Jason gets AIDS when DC was planning to make a story about AIDS.

[@spagredo]

I was Hoping for President Lex, but Maybe that's a little too much on the nose...

[@oftheriver_]

*slow clap*

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

joe mcnoe That's like that line from God in Futurama: "You were doing very well until everyone died."

[@kordelshorgar122]

also as a colombian i can honestly say that there is actually not that many palm trees, palm trees exist mostly in the coast but most of the country is hills , mountains, meadows, jungles and rainforest but all beautiful ;)

[@kordelshorgar122]

there is also a lot of cold regions because of the mountains

[@kordelshorgar122]

i would like ethan and Sal discussing the sewer sistem :) (you could call it random chats with ethan and Sal or stll not getting physical with ethan )

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

I love how long they talk about that one guy. This is why I love this channel

[@tomprice2587]

'Alfred, the bad man punted Baxter.'

[@RP-ct2xu]

I half expected a crisis (*cough* future's end *cough*), although this is Batman having a mid-life crisis

[@anothercleverusername992]

Maybe my favorite Non- Canon OR. Canon. Batman/Alfred exchange: *Batman:* _"Alfred! I failed! *Alfred:* _"Well yeah man, that kind of shit happens all the time... If you didn't think you'd ever fail, then your are more arrogant than I ever imagined..."_ *Batman:* _"I don't have to listen to this!"_ *Alfred:* _"Why don't you change your clothes and fuckin'take a bath...?"_ *Batman:* _"Aaaaahhhhhrrrrg!"_ Thank you Sal! 😂😂😂😂

[@jlev1028]

I should've posted my thoughts since I read this comic many months ago, but it's such a striking story. It's difficult to wotness Batman acting like a drug addict, constantly needing fixes from a psychotic doctor to become a "more effective" crimefighter just for failing to save a little girl from drowning. At the same time, I thought the antagonists were too two-dimensional. You have a belligerent general who mind controls his soldiers and doesn't care for his own son's life and you have the doctor who wants to create superstrong rapists for shits and giggles.

[@bconwe6420]

Been hoping you'd do this story for a while, THANKS!

[@D3ADP00LWAD3]

If I remember correctly, Batman's beard didn't actually grow that long in one month. I thought he decided he needed more time, and stayed in the Batcave for a few more months.

[@comicpop]

Nope, just the full month.

[@D3ADP00LWAD3]

Just checked my copy of #18 and you're absolutely right. That makes the issue even better. Not sure why I thought he was there longer; maybe just because that amount of hair growth is absurd for a month. By the way, thanks for replying on a 2 month old video! I'm a new subscriber here and I love that you guys continue the discussion in the comments section, even on older videos.

[@dearlydemented19ify]

I like how I get my notification after I'm already watching the episode lol.

[@Blxckstar]

So, President Lex next week?

[@TommyBaysMusic]

One question: what the heck is GRIZZLY SHARK,sea of fear????

[@EmphaticNod]

In Tiffany's defense, that was my immediate reaction as well. "They crossed over?..."

[@architeuthis3476]

...so there IS such a thing as shark repellent?

[@dariquewarren]

I thought the same thing. *stats adapting zombie apocalypse plans to include great white bat shark repellent. patent pending* lol

[@Farmeryeti]

I read this book at my local library a few years ago. I think the cover was that awesome one, but I can't quite remember.

[@debrafarlow1151]

My cat loves the intro music.

[@raulromerchqncool2511]

i didnt read this story, but excellent oportunity to know about it right now

[@paulmccreery7027]

Great episode as usual. You guys are the best!

[@elliem3205]

Thank u for making the video

[@diego91090]

SPOILER: You forgot to mention what I think is the most controversial event in this book: Batman does kill people. Two people, in fact. After repelling the first shark attack and untying Alfred from the poles, Batman knocks over a raft with two guys on it for the sharks to eat them, thus letting Alfred and him scape. That's completely out of character and, I think, an unforgivable flaw in an otherwise decent book.

[@ineptgamer3814]

Didn't Michael Mann do that with Heat too..? Can't remember the name of the previous film or actors, though. Also, I think they do call the drug Venom in Arkham Asylum..?

[@TevyaSmolka]

thank you guys

[@flywheelshyster]

there's a grizzilyshark comic in the background...i don't know what that is but i am very enticed to find out

[@raulromerchqncool2511]

i laugh a lot with you guys, you Just get so excited that make the same face as batman in the front art jajajaja very funny review

[@superluigiac]

I got this back then just for the cool covers, in hindsigh it was a good investment...

[@LeitoLegito]

Reviewing MADMAN is something you could consider? I really wanna hear your thoughts on it, especially Vol 1, thanks! :D

[@janbennett6511]

24:00

[@_fendiman97]

You guys should do some Inhumans or Deadpool next

[@phillyvoodoo]

wood in water becomes hard as stone because of deprivation of air

[@dru-is-here]

I own this comic. I love this.

[@arthurofold9737]

Are you guys ever going to do Secret Wars (2015)?

[@comicpop]

+Arthur Check Yeah but not in this video. In this video we did Batman Venom.

[@girlhag]

ComicPOP well fucking obviously

[@TheDrPeters08]

can you Batman & robin eternal back issue

[@Seton7588]

Sal is alive... again?

[@noahku1314]

So is Sal still a ghost or...?

[@williamgazca6641]

*children* never use guns *punisher* uses guns even for the most mundane of tasks

[@oftheriver_]

Me

[@nx_01]

I'm so exhausted today, I literally thought this was a Batman / Venom crossover. I was waiting for 17 minutes for Eddie Brock to show up. I didn't even realize you guys were talking about the drug until you showed the cover for the book. Goddamn, I am so out of it right now.

[@blueldrrich84]

Dylan Barrick don't feel bad I thought the same thing. my brain just said "oh, it's another marvel/dc crossover, right?" LOL

[@sebastien-loikntsangou-kan5264]

joe mcnoe lmao

[@merrymclaughlin923]

There is a drug called Venom that Bane, the Batman villain uses, and I rember the first time hearing about this story I thought for a good while Bats was going to get on that. So same but slightly different bout lol

[@FieryFiendJazz]

I thought it was Eddy Brock and Bruce Wayne going to the chiropractor for their back issues

[@MrNewguy456]

"Im NOT gunna take your dick pills" HHAHA I listen to this at work in a quiet office, just randomly started cracking up

[@MikeDo_0]

THWOOOM *inserts Waterworld poster* my new favorite moment from this show

[@dentonfilms8446]

Ethan seems to know a lot about drug dealers... Getting chemical with Ethan?

[@oatmat]

BREAKING ETHAN!!!!!!

[@ashleybeggs3527]

Getting high with Ethan?

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Denton Films Is there something Ethan isn't telling us about.

[@RedJeredactyl]

My Chemical Ethan

[@kanborne]

a breaking bad parody with ethan as walter and ben as jesse

[@skimjab1356]

When they're talking near the end about how they wish Batman would have failed again or something of the like, I think the best thing that could have happened was we see Batman in a tank of water with a boulder in it, and he pulls something out of his belt and it's that thermite Sal talked about near the beginning. Just have Bats melt the rock at the end of the book, "Next time I'll be ready" kinda of deal.

[@Kieransm09]

Haha "Is this where he says I don't have to kill you, but I don't have to save you either?" That's a classic Back Issues line now Ben 😂

[@StanWilks]

I need more of Bruce Wayne donning the facial hair.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

StanWilks Yeah, but then it's gonna be easier for people to figure out who Batman is. They'd be all like "Look at his beard! That's look very Bruce Wayne-ish."

[@Redem10]

Holy Bat-Beard!

[@MrCeratix]

At first i was super excited, i thought you guys were doing another venom book! while i'm disappointed that i wont be seeing my favorite character on todays episode, seeing a new installment of back issues in my sub box is still the highlight of my week, keep it up sal & gang!

[@comicpop]

+Dükkan It's always possible!

[@carlsagan3065]

Dükkan thank god it's not a venom book. That would mean it would of been another terrible crossover.

[@mannyblight6140]

Dükkan I feel the same way

[@brandonnewby178]

Soooo, the word "Batman" (and the logo) somehow did NOT give away that this was not, in fact, a Venom book? To MULTIPLE people? Got it

[@karl_alan]

My copy of Venom actually has the cover you prefer...the one from issue two. It also just has solid white helvetica font saying "Batman Venom" and then the creators. The cover of your trade is really weird.

[@ThatKevinBravo]

Does Batman eats people in this comic?...No wait...

[@mosstown]

Ive been binge watching back issues all week

[@notsosmartguy6254]

I think this is my favorite batman story.

[@akabwb1]

I would love a story where batman is trying to go into a construction zone and a construction worker tells Batman hey you can't go in there it's dangerous and then Batman is like screw you and then Batman fights the construction worker and loses and the construction worker is like hey I should be Batman.

[@mitchmac1235]

Nobody would do that

[@plutotheoverseer4213]

That can only happen if its earth one batman

[@trebot9292266]

It happened once in Earth 616

[@sightseeing7993]

@@trebot9292266 Not to Batman.

[@vavedern8860]

@@mitchmac1235 yeah that's... that's the joke.

[@SmokeysVideos]

Soooo when is the Holy Terror Back Issues coming out? And I'm not talking about the Batman: Holy Terror!

[@keikurono192]

The more I stare at Ethan, the more I see Martin Shkreli

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

Kei Kurono Dude, no.

[@Oaktree0]

Kei I used to think you were cool as a kid too.

[@keikurono192]

Zachary Goodrich Cooler than Kenshiro?

[@Oaktree0]

Realer than Kenshiro.

[@sanjivmohanraj515]

Great episode of back issues. Batman: Venom is one of my favorite Batman stories, because it deals with Bruce's limitations and getting passed his addiction. My paperback copy has that awesome cover you guys mentioned but its missing some parts like the part with Superman turning to Sissy Porter.

[@KingKinzel21]

Sal I'd like to thank you and the rest of the ComicPOP team, I look forward to Back Issues every week and it is one of my favorite shows tv or online. You guys and gals are great.

[@CapnCrutchfield]

As cheesy as this book is, it was the first comics I ever purchased, so this brings back good memories. Thanks Sal!

[@karimzaid9726]

0:26 This is your batman on drugs

[@akap]

This kinda fixes today.

[@chrisd7562]

We just legalized weed in MA this review came out at a perfect time lol

[@ImmortalEmz]

the fact my birthday this year fell on new back issues day, is one of the reasons why its been such a good birthday for me :D

[@mattmancomics6999]

More Batman. MOAR.

[@bergerchicken]

Is that grizzlyshark framed? If so nice

[@evagrius3818]

Nathan Berg I was starring at it behind Ethan all along

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

NICE ONE

[@jconny65]

First The Nostalgia Critic, and now a new comic pop vid perfect. damn. timing! great vid, guys.

[@supernerd5781]

HvnlyDaze I know right?

[@HOTD108_]

What is a Nostalgia Critic?

[@felixnolasco2509]

Finally after all these years AM OFFICIALLY THE FIRST COMMENT!!!!!!!

[@oftheriver_]

To quote President Trump, Wrong!

[@SpiralSine6]

Captain Nerd *mouths word* Wrong.

[@Joe-jj3fg]

Can you guys do another X-Men back issues soon? New x-men, perhaps? Maybe endsong?

[@thomaswolfnburger6478]

New Back Issues on Venom, Yes Please!

[@oftheriver_]

1 Second, 1 fucking second

[@affordablehousing9116]

This intro is HILARIOUS relating to Zack Snyder's work

[@Newarksfinest05]

27:37 lmao 😂

[@thomasagar273]

At first I thought this was a batman vs marvel's venom book the I actually realised what it was

[@dykedyke4935]

Thomas Agar lol me too

[@batnick4433]

31:36 was hilarious

[@XLairX]

I swear I thought exactly the same thing as Tiffany when I started this video. I was like,"DId I miss a Venom/Batman crossover at some point.". Great discussion, as always.

[@RobertNLee]

LOL, commenting on a six year old video... Re: directors redoing the same movie multiple times w different casts etc. this actually happens, great example would be Howard Hawks basically rebooting Rio Bravo twice. Hawks' biggest fan ever, John Carpenter, rebooted his own homage to Rio Bravo, Assault On Precinct 13, as Ghosts of Mars. It's a great story frame, what can you say. Artists redoing the same pieces multiple times are actually fairly common in all fields. Anyway, love your recaps, read a bunch of stuff I'd skipped lately because of them.

[@RobertNLee]

Oh and, LOL: after Waterworld failed, somebody really did have the great idea of putting him in basically the same 300 million dollar postapocalyptic epic, only setting and details tweaked. That movie is called The Postman. It also bombed.

[@batnick7230]

58:45 the story from the past

[@juanandrade9859]

After seeing Batman very curious to see how they take this inspiration for the next movie.

[@Grievousish]

Superhero comics and PSA messages. These always turn out well. I think there's a spider-man comic out there where he comes to my hometown up here in Manitoba.

[@oatmat]

Michael Mann did the same thing with Heat lol, L.A. Takedown was the first one but it was a TV movie with a limited budget and only half the story Mann wanted to tell, and 10 years later a producer said how much he loved LA Takedown, and Mann was like you've only seen half the film and gave Mann the budget he wanted

[@SeelkadoomandJokic00]

You guys should do a Back Issues on Nextwave.

[@taylorsanders4257]

Fantastic show guys! I had some pretty good laughs from this one. Any chance for Batman the Cult, Batman The Black Mirror, or one of my personal favorites Batman Gothic? Again great show!

[@TheTheDontae]

Soooo Sal how about this little independent comic......maybe you Heard about it about a little small hero who's been around for a while he makes a splash every couple of years..........he just got a new ongoing series maybe you read it..........spiderman renew your vows issue one was amazing!!!!!^_^

[@allydrawsthings]

does this book ever make a reference that his friends are all basically gods and maaaaaybe Batman has a slight inferiority complex? i mean Superman would have saved that girl right

[@leventeadamszabo1914]

Just finished the book, instantly one of my favourites staight away. Thanks for talking it through.

[@brianward6291]

LOL - @37:15

[@olivergraham3571]

35:54 look at his face

[@DontrplytoMycomments]

Comicatorian an comicsexplained needs to plug y'all more . FACTS!!!

[@th-xh7ss]

“Muh pills!”

[@comixproviderftw_02]

24:59 I GOT THE FUCKING FRIDGE!

[@juanandrade9859]

Whose here after seeing The Batman!?

[@lukemillican5920]

I love Batman Venom so much, such a great book and story which means a lot to my list of comics I own

[@ianlaue6283]

Just gonna leave this here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Terror

[@haniputani]

man I had to watch this video to get my mind off Donald Trump

[@sightseeing7993]

Dude don't inject politics into literally everything.

[@jakemurphy4832]

F*cking Waterworld references.

[@Sicod79]

Venom is a hell of a drug.

[@IHADTHECAKE]

Dear comic pop crew, next year you should come to Denver comic con! While your here all of you can have a tour of our marijuana facility to ask questions and see what a 100% legal marijuana facility is like!

[@kd7100]

Forget Mad Max, he’s old news- let’s introduce: “Aquatic Arthur!”, and Wild Wayne!”… both set in depressing dystopian futures 😂