Batman's Dumbest Nemesis: Lord Death Man

Batman has had many villains in his rogues gallery, but none compare to his greatest nemesis... Lord Death Man.
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[@comediccenter7233]

Lord Death Man would be a perfect addition to the Suicide Squad, even in a new movie, and having him be a running gag of dying but always coming back and then immediately dying again would have a lot of potential

[@ComicDrake]

Brilliant!

[@AnnHiroCh]

@@ComicDrake Man Waller would have no way to insure Lord Death Man would just leave because the bomb trick won't work, but LDM will just stay for Harley.

[@Chuckbuckem]

@@AnnHiroCh she could always just threaten Harley if he doesn't obey her

[@OhNoBohNo]

LDM calls amanda waller out on some bullshit and walks off the mission and waller detonates the bomb collar and as his head goes flying he just keeps walking away

[@yukiminsan]

he'd be the only volunteer since Waller can't just kill him

[@jordanloux3883]

I'm shocked Lord Death Man isn't one of Red Hood's rogues. Can't break the no killing rule if the guy you're dealing with is immortal.

[@sv32099]

That would be convenient as hell but I also would love to see that cause I expect Jason would get fed up and keep going bigger and bigger to try to kill him

[@SomeGuy-mt4hq]

I think a very entertaining comic could come out of deathstroke being sent to kill the unkillable target

[@qman2061]

*writing that down*

[@driveasandwich6734]

Shit that is a good idea

[@Broomer52]

I love that it was used as a convenient excuse for Batman to do to Lord Death Man what he refuses to do normally. He can’t die so let’s throw him from a building, run him over and stuff him in an airtight box and throw him into space.

[@Glucenaphene]

I love how that ai generated batman comic could have 100% been written by lord death man lol

[@RickReasonnz]

The um.... Two Face and Joker attacking the Batcave one? I still can't listen to that without breaking down laugh-crying.

[@skinlizard2251]

@@RickReasonnz I think you mean Two-Face and One-Face.

[@RickReasonnz]

@@skinlizard2251 Ohh stop it you got me giggling again

[@Broomer52]

The man is every old school hammy super villain from Japan brought to life. Mustache twirling, super exaggerated personality and some of the most incredible lines. The fact he orchestrated a death room from Tentacle Hentai perfectly illustrates who this man is.

[@heszedjim9699]

I mean it sure wasn't written by an AI

[@v.v365]

How did the writers imagine Lord Death Man’s voice after the New 52? Because I don’t think there’s any other way to imagine Lord Death Man’s voice other than Skeletor’s voice

[@evanlight2550]

If the guy has an over-the-top design and a skull head, the only voice you should be hearing is skeletor!

[@v.v365]

@@evanlight2550 I hear a toned down version of Skeletor for Papyrus’s dialogue in Undertale, it literally is the only option for over-the-top skull-headed characters

[@sarafontanini7051]

I actually always read him with a very deep voice, fitting for a japanese supervillain.

[@v.v365]

@@sarafontanini7051 so when he said “I double-dog dare you!” You still heard a serious deep voiced anime villain voice???

[@Draqer]

@@v.v365 In all fairness that is frickin hilarious to imagine. I mean cmon!

[@hedgehogsonic11]

I saw the thumbnail and said to myself "ThePandaRedd's gonna like this one" and then I saw the title and holy cow

[@poppoetry]

Batman's neeeeeeeemesis

[@barocklawrence8744]

I thought the same thing when I saw it too

[@error-err-1016]

"It is I, Lord Death Man! Nyhehehehehe!"

[@azrael6678ify]

You got this larry. You are both a master of yoga and disguise

[@shadow6552]

I can name every single Pokemon and thier evolutions

[@pungoblin9377]

I cant believe there hasn’t been a scene where lord death man has pretended to be dead after being attacked by batman and batman just freaking out thinking he actually killed him

[@Ultradragon16]

Why can I imagine this in an Arkham style game?

[@tomhopper7012]

Shout-out to Batman: The Brave and the Bold for being possibly the only time Lord Death Man was adapted outside of comics or manga.

[@jadenbryant9283]

yeah sucks he hasn't been adapted yet in anything out of comics surprised he didnt get adpated in the gotham series that was on fox i weirdly feel like he would have actually fit really well there with how weird that show got

[@DALEKCHANNELYT]

Wait which season and episode

[@Doodle1678]

@@DALEKCHANNELYT it was the episode Batmite Presents: Batman’s strangest capers

[@bsharpmajorscale]

That's probably where I first heard of him, along with Ambush Bug.

[@r.jclark4641]

I swear that show did EVERYTHING, lol.

[@user-io9hj9ip2d]

Lord Death Man actually has a ton of potential to be a top tier batman villain, honestly you just need a cool design and gimmick and you're pretty much set

[@Broomer52]

Also Batman has an excuse to do things he wouldn’t normally do because he won’t die from it anyways.

[@personman8734]

Pretty much all of his top rogues gallery were originally just gimmicks that became popular. Joker was just a criminal that used primarily gag weapons, killer croc is literally just a crocodile man, bane is just a villain who is also a drug addict, two face is just a guy with chemical burns , the riddler yelled riddles at you and mr.freeze just used ice weapons. I’m pretty sure the only one who came in as a serious threat was Bane.

[@Mech299]

Honestly? I think a really fun idea would be to have Lord Death Man take over the Joker's operations after a comic run where the Joker dies again, which has the potential for some amazing scenes with the clowns dressed up as skeletons like in his original run. And it's set up perfectly so that when the Joker inevitably comes back, we can get this wonderful scene of the Joker trying everything in his power to kill him, including smilex'ing him, to no effect cause his head's a fucking skeleton, can't laugh himself to death like that! So now Joker has another hateboner rival and it cements LDM's place in Batman's rogue's gallery forever, partly because the joker would prioritize LDM over Batman at times because he pisses him off so much xD

[@TJF588]

@@Broomer52, more like an excuse for the writers to explore how Batman approaches otherwise-deadly tactics. Guy's dedicated to non-lethality, so what's his psyche going into putting down LDM as close as possible? How does he adapt his resources for that task? Does this rattle him, those around him, or the people of Gotham who rely on him?

[@Wandasolosurfavs]

And a better name

[@gamemasternintendoo]

Lord Death Man is the epitome of “too stubborn to die”, which I believe makes him a great supervillain. Because he knows he’s unkillable he does the extreme shit his does because he knows that there’s no consequences for his actions. Yeah you can kill him, but it never sticks. I like to imagine that the first time that he died he just annoyed Death so much that he refused to collect his soul and sent him back, and just does it every time he dies just so he doesn’t have to deal with him.

[@l0sts0ul89]

Would love to see him be another aspect of Death Nekron (Emotional?) Death (The Endless) Black Racer (Inevitable) Lord Death Man? Death being annoying

[@sp4391]

@@l0sts0ul89 I would say inconvenience

[@PirateCat822]

@@l0sts0ul89 I can just imagine Lord Death Man annoying everyone down there in the afterlife to the point where they throw him out.

[@theeulysses8792]

I think the fact that he can give facial expressions with a skull for a head, makes him a million times scarier.

[@andrewcabrera505]

Those lord death man quotes cemented him as the greatest character to ever exist in every medium

[@kenlieck7756]

Even funnier if he'd correctly said the sound effect of his size 12 boot as "ga-LOSH!" instead of "gah-loosh!" Cause galoshes are a kind of boot, y'know?

[@pixellord2370]

He knows all 1008 Pokemon. Impressive.

[@KingNedya]

@@pixellord2370 I mean when you can't die you have a lot of time to learn things.

[@deadpoolnerd]

I'd kinda have a morbid idea... what if Batman kept LDM around so that's his murder anger punching bag outlet? Like after years of suppressing all the murderous rage he can have against rhe criminals he just kinda takes it out on LDM as therapy, cause it's fine he'll always come back.

[@personman8734]

To be fair that is effectively his current story purpose. I think I understand sneider fans now. I never thought I’d laugh Watching the most morally staunch and unflinching character throw a otherwise normal human being out of a skyscraper and into an oncoming semi-truck.

[@tinkerermelon6599]

Or what if LDM's constant appearances make Batman lose discipline slightly and put a mortal actually close to death? Like 50/50 chance they'd live or die and Batman has to contemplate this. It'd prolly have to fit earlier Batman continuity; I doubt his discipline can be uprooted as easily nowadays.

[@pandapruitt2542]

That. ..would not be healthy and probably just makes batman's murderous tendencies just worse if he did have them....would be a cool alt universe Batman story tho

[@luigiboi4244]

TOO MUCH ANGST!!!

[@kab6754]

This character is wild. I think comics need more characters like LDM in certain titles. Can you imagine how much fun the creative teams would have???

[@pedrocesarsakihara1853]

Yeah, not all villains need to be serious

[@jadenbryant9283]

@@pedrocesarsakihara1853 agreed

[@Wandasolosurfavs]

How is he wild? His power is not special literally almost every comic character is immortal at this point

[@TheSimpleThief]

It think it would be hilarious if it's revealed LDM gets a DBZ-like zenkai boost every time someone tries to kill him. He's just casually wildly powerful and out there.

[@williamskatespeare9461]

Just to be clear, they may have cannonically moved Gotham City to NJ in the modern DC universe, but that was not always the case. Early Batman stories practically call Gotham New York City, with New York landmarks and icons having direct parallels in Gotham. I would say that in 1966 when Death Man made his debut, Gotham was still squarely situated in Manhattan.

[@ZeroGoofs]

It gets me so mad whenever this part of Gotham is forgotten! New Yorks nickname is literally Gotham

[@supremeio5930]

Gotham has been said to be in NJ since the 70s. It's been in NJ longer than any other location.

[@Satellaview1889]

I’ve always used Metro City rules from Street Fighter. It’s basically in the same universe as New York, so it’s just across the river from it so you can have roughly the same landmarks.

[@captainm8889]

Not Drakes fault but DO NOT buy anything from established titles! Its a company in Hong Kong, you don't own anything, can't legally call yourself lord/lady, and they don't "plant a tree for every plot of land sold" your paying for literally ONLY a piece of paper.

[@WildBluntHickok]

They do get the tree planted (through another company and not in the "conservation" area), but it's 1 dollar per tree so you'd be better off just donating to the tree planting company. Also if you pay the lowest price (50 bucks) you don't even get the piece of paper, you get a virtual version of it. Getting the paper costs another 30 bucks and framing it another 20. And an extra 8 dollar monthly charge is included by default unless you uncheck it in your cart before finishing the transaction. The monthly charge is for 1 more tree planted every month. Yeah it's a scam. A big one.

[@captainm8889]

@@WildBluntHickok they definitely don't actually plant a tree and the actual line is that "they work with" a company who plants trees supposedly, how much they actually give that company I don't know off top the of my head but they certainly don't say and use vague language everywhere possible.

[@isaacpearce4438]

The guy who spred all this gave no proof, plus it's pritty clear that it's similar to a name a star gift. On top of that the charity's established titles work with are well known and trusted. Finally, wtf dose the owner having family in Hong Kong have to do with any thing.

[@Silverwing2112]

So it's NFTs..

[@elijahzilla619]

Yeah now we are beating the crap out of them it’s really sad that we just got scam legit I don’t know why we just got scam with our own money

[@lizardguyNA]

And now you've introduced me to my new favorite Batman villain. An immortal dork with a skull head that can't die and wants nothing more than to be a supervillain sounds like the PERFECT set up for his own series. Give him a Skeletor voice and a deadpan snarky ally who just calls him Larry and you've got something.

[@QueenofBrambles]

If anyone deserves to have faked Moon Knight panels as canon lines and have it make sense, it's going to be the guy who has experienced the trauma of death over and over again in the solitary confinement of a safe launched into the vacuum of outer space.

[@emeraldhillzone1992]

Don't forget that he memorized the names of every Pokémon.

[@emeraldhillzone1992]

AND their evolved forms!

[@mvalentino5650]

And just like that, Lord Death Man is my new favorite Batman villain.

[@MidnightPhantom]

Same

[@matti.8465]

Lord Death Man is the funniest comic character I've ever seen. I say the more over-the-top the better, it helps that his Skeletor-esque design makes him inherently funny.

[@Broomer52]

He’s basically Skeletor a hammy villain that’s nonetheless a threat and his head is a skull and he’s (kind of) magical.

[@2006HondaCivicD]

NYEH!

[@kiddo6393]

I'm so happy for Panda, this is one of the best collabs on the internet

[@colinakersakers44]

“Panda, what the fuck?” Was the highlight of the video for me. Super glad this video exists, this is a really neat character and the type of people I like hearing/learning about

[@ivanivan744]

13:32 I like how you can tell that it's supposed to be a Lord Skeletor impression, but I can't help but wait for Lord Death Man to just go "VENTURE!" and show off his giant flying coffin If Lord Death Man shows up in the Harley Quinn show, I know who I'm pushing to voice him

[@Kaijumafoo]

As somebody who considers the Jiro Kuwata Batman manga to be one of their favorite iterations of the character, this video was really a delight to watch. I had no idea LDM's had such a revival, for lack of a better term, in modern comics! One slight correction though, Lord Death Man was not the first villain that appeared in Kuwata's series. Modern reprints of the Batman manga are collected out of their original publication order, with the LDM storyline usually listed first despite it happening halfway through the series' initial run in Shonen King. The story arcs though are mostly self-contained so it doesn't matter what order they're read in more often than not.

[@yaboymart3237]

One of the reasons Lord Deathman was chosen as the first villian in the Manga adaptation is that he bares a nonsignificant to an already popular Japanese character at the time, Golden bat. In the same year that Deathman first appeared, there was a live action movie based on Goldenbat as well as the first Goldenbat anime being released in the following year in 1967. Interestinl enough, he first appeared in 1930s as a paper theater character, predatting both Superman and Batman and is often refered to as "the first modern superhero"

[@cesarzpontu8886]

there is old unreleased Superman comic from 1933, which predates golden bat. So he isn't really a first modern superhero.

[@brycifer6666]

Careful Established titles has been called out as a scam

[@mateogonzalez5678]

This guy is like a mix between The Golden Bat and Skeletor and I love him

[@kenshirolucario2836]

I'm suprised someone remembers the golden bat

[@mateogonzalez5678]

@@kenshirolucario2836 Kenny Lauderdale makes some good quality videos

[@sheheryarhassan9251]

The fact he is talking about him in a MCR shirt makes this video 10 times better

[@benc.delacruz1813]

Would love to see more videos on the histories of characters widely considered jokes. Maybe one for the Great Lakes Avengers? That could be a fun topic.

[@keithharrissuwignjo2460]

Yeah they could mention that one of the members was killed instantly after joining the team or some guy who thought it was a kink group

[@InnesTahtinen]

D-Man, D-Man

[@Ben10man2]

Oof the Established Titles sponsorship is at the worst time 🤣 Excellent video as always Drake

[@therock238360]

His now deleted community post seemed to imply that the sponsorship was taken before the recent drama. Contracts are a bitch

[@brownjordan0523]

A Comic Drake/Panda Redd Crossover is the team up we needed and deserved.

[@exquisitecorpse__]

I refuse to believe his full name isn't Larry Deathman

[@sarafontanini7051]

who's also japanese for some reason

[@OhNoBohNo]

Sir Larry 'Lord' Deathman... Esquire...

[@mattwo7]

Bat-Manga came out in the 60s, Shotaro Ishinomori's Skull Man came out in 1970 (and would lead to the creation of Kamen Rider, which lead to the creation of Super Sentai, which lead to the creation of Power Rangers and toku Spider-Man) I don't think this is a coincidence.

[@imbrandon3023]

We need a petition to make Lord Death Man the villain of Harley Quinn Season 4

[@prototyped1531]

That or suicide squad movie 3 member

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@prototyped1531 would love to see him in SS3

[@thebengaldragon2010]

I agree

[@Yngvolkayno]

Glad we still got a little bit of Panda's LDM voice! Also, "Not the guy. Stop asking." is a great lower third!

[@owensreviews625]

I love Lord Death Man. I’ve only read his appearances in the Joshua Williamson Robin run, but I loved what I read.

[@Master2552FTW]

Oh no established titles sponsorship just a few days after ☠️ rip drake

[@kdisley]

0:53 I love the fact that the guy with the Tommy Gun in the background of that cover looks like he's saying, "We're in the middle of a tense situation here, and Batman's posing for a _photo op?!?"_ lol

[@kdisley]

If they ever do another "Superman and Spiderman"-style crossover between DC and Marvel (which I know will probably never happen these days...) they should definitely have an issue where Deadpool is hired to kill Lord Deathman. And despite Drake's misgivings, I think it should be full-on crazy LDM, just to compete. Yeah, it's not going to please those who are reading for intricate storytelling and high concept art, but it'll be a riot for anyone who enjoys the slapstick funny-books and can be the fan-service face-off moment in an otherwise more serious and gritty limited run - sort of like DP being involved in "Civil War" where there was an actual serious event going on but there was this little corner of it all with the wacky antics as a comedy break. Also, it'll just be fun to see how they resolve it.

[@Oddmanoutre]

@@kdisley Since DP and LDM would be unable to kill each other, I can only imagine that the issue would end with an anticlimax, and/or a dialogue between the two about the nature of suffering and how being immortal gives a broader perspective on the human condition, and thus their mutual disregard for collateral casualties.

[@gustavolopes5094]

​​@@OddmanoutreOr it turns out the way Lord Deathman got his powers was also by being in love with death, only she was the one to cast him out for not being able to handle him.

[@dotvee]

gotta say, established titles has recently been outed as a scam so you might want to address that soon

[@user-iz7kc4ql7g]

Thats a downer

[@Wanderer3639]

Someone should make a copypasta saying everything about them to start pasting it in every KZbinrs comment section that promotes them. Nothing against KZbinrs that take the sponsorship, mone is money but I little warning from the community is always good.

[@TheBigBadWriterman]

Ya it’s not a scam I got it and it’s fine

[@chapterblaq]

I'm so glad people are finally talking about this. They were so mf sketch off top. And everyone started saying the same shit at once....

[@dotvee]

@@TheBigBadWriterman did you actually like, check the law, you don't actually get the title of lord

[@DabiDavs]

No Drake! Every other KZbinr is speaking out against their established titles ads! Drake you're promoting a scam NO!

[@negative_platuinm3340]

I haven’t seen any KZbinrs say anything against it. Which KZbinrs do so?

[@calvinmann5773]

@@negative_platuinm3340 vailskibum, Scott Schaffer, simply explained

[@negative_platuinm3340]

@@calvinmann5773 ahh ok. I’ll check out their videos. I just wanted to know. He might know that now but he also said this was recorded months ago.

[@DabiDavs]

@@negative_platuinm3340 Yeah that's what I thought so that's why I tried to be funny instead of an asshole. Still some people could lose their money on this :(

[@negative_platuinm3340]

@@DabiDavs ahhh ok. Well good day then. And sorry I can’t read emotions over text.

[@mattdoesntknowwhattodowith5760]

This whole first appearance of Lord Deathman is pretty much adapted beat for beat in the brave and the bold show, in what is supposed to be a speed racer esque Batman show from the 60s

[@pixlv6384]

There better be a live action Lord Death Man debut in the next 10 years

[@Yozzoy]

That established titles sponsership just had the absolute worst timing rip. Otherwise another banger video.

[@GrassyCass]

I was thinking the same

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@GrassyCass what went wrong?

[@hungrycrackpot]

@@l0sts0ul89 long story short, they were recently exposed as a scam. No title, no land, no trees, no value of any kind.

[@l0sts0ul89]

@@hungrycrackpot F

[@jk2766]

You might want to double check on Established Titles, they've had some pretty credible accusations of scamming thrown their way and several other KZbinrs have already cut ties with them and apologized for promoting a scam.

[@PlatinumScales]

5:05 im pretty sure he chose Deadman because he kind of looked like Golden bat, even more so in this manga

[@avoidant560]

Man, talking about Lord Death Man remind me of that scene when he said "I am Lord Death Man! Now you are Dead, man!" Funniest shit I ever made up

[@OhNoBohNo]

i liked the scene where he lorded all over the place

[@TubezThe1]

The DC universe does have their own super lawyer like Daredevil and She-Hulk. Her name is Kate Spencer, AKA Manhunter and she's awesome! She's the one who got Wonder Woman off for snapping Maxwell Lord's neck. Also she's a mother with a very comlex relationship with her ex-husband and kid. Honestly, She should have a show.

[@randallflagg3700]

Thank you! I was honestly surprised he didn't even know about her, it's not like she's an obscure character... she was even in *Arrow* . Does that mean Comic Drake has never read the amazing *Batman: Streets of Gotham* ? Nor Gail Simone's *Birds of Prey* (I know Simone is kinda controversial, but she writes some mean comic books)? Or *Green Arrow: Rebirth* ? Or *Manhunter* 's own title, that ran from 2004 to 2009? Or *Event Leviathan* ? Or *Gotham by Midnight* ? _HOW EMBARRASSING_

[@voltageesq.]

I preferred Kirk DePaul (Power Company), but Kate's top-notch

[@bunceman4613]

Just so you know Established titles has been outed as a scam

[@KrakatonMain]

Dude, the MCR shirt and Cheetos mug reveal was a PERFECT choice for this character 👌 I love themed outfits for videos like this. It's a small touch, but it really does make a difference

[@strombreakr]

1. I thought he made out with Ra's' mom, not grandmother 2. Bruh I feel cheated because I didn't hear one thing about his appearance in Batman: The Brave and the Bold

[@comixproviderftw_02]

8:30 “I won’t kill you… But I don’t have to save you.”

[@Tyulenin]

It would be even better if whenever he dies dies(like disintegration or inescapable imprisonment), he just simply respawns. Somewhere. Anywhere. So you couldn't get rid of him. And whenever someone inside the universe asks how he came back, the answer will always be "idk, I died. I got better tho."

[@sarafontanini7051]

FOOOL! LORD DEATH MAN CAN NEVER DIE! *lord death man then kicks his opponent in the nuts*

[@prototyped1531]

@@sarafontanini7051 DIM MaK technique on some testicles

[@queenofcloves76]

This sponsor didn't age well like Christ that is unfortunate

[@TimAllen624]

My only guess as to why Lord Death Man was chosen for the manga is that he has a striking resemblance to the beloved Japanese superhero Ogon Bat (Golden Bat).

[@ImperialWarrior6490]

Never heard of LDM before and now I am in love with him. Now one of my favorite DC characters ever!

[@thatonepyronoob]

Yeah, Lord Death Man kinda played himself, because now Batman can enact any form of torture he wants with no repercussions because he will never break his no killing rule

[@steelrarebit7387]

Lord Death Man sounds like he's Batman's greatest nemesis, as well as He-Man's nemesis.

[@thelonelykloud7435]

oh my god it’s happening. The colab. Everyone stay calm…. Stay calm… STAY F&$@ CALM

[@Bezaliel13]

FlatlineRobin Also, Batman sounds like the perfect counter for LDM. LDM: "Ha, I cannot be killed!" Batman: "I do not kill." LDM: "CURSES!"

[@x3r073]

That AD didn’t age well

[@dougexists]

LDM's depiction in Morrison's initial Batman Incorporated run is my favourite version of the character. It's like the perfect balance of sheer ridiculousness and keeping LDM a genuine threat.

[@ShyBiiteVT]

I clicked on this video expecting a completely bland, forgettable villain with a really stupid gimmick. I was NOT expecting a character with this wild and crazy history, and now I freakin love him.

[@joshuaingobo1559]

7:06: Mother Soul is Ra’s Al Ghul’s mom (and therefore Talia’s grandma and Damian’s great-grandma).

[@benwasserman8223]

Really liked the portrayal of Lord Death Man in the Batman 66 comic. That series and its crossovers deserve a lot more attention.

[@PakkoT]

Established titles is a scam

[@KainGerc]

DC does kind of have their own lawyer Super Hero - Manhunter (Kate Spencer, she was like the sixth or seventh person with that name) Unfortunately she has only been sporadically used since her debut series from the early 2000s (Bendis used her a little in his latest 'Checkmate' series but it's Bendis so it's not worth talking about) Which is a shame, since she has some interesting aspects, like being a single mom and the fact that she's related to some b-tier Golden Age characters (she's the granddaughter of Iron Munro and the original Phantom Lady)

[@randallflagg3700]

Thank you! I was honestly surprised he didn't even know about her, it's not like she's an obscure character... she was even in Arrow . Does that mean Comic Drake has never read the amazing Batman: Streets of Gotham ? Nor Gail Simone's Birds of Prey (I know Simone is kinda controversial, but she writes some mean comic books)? Or Green Arrow: Rebirth ? Or Manhunter 's own title, that ran from 2004 to 2009? Or Event Leviathan ? Or Gotham by Midnight ? _HOW EMBAAARRASSING_

[@immanueljackson5189]

been waiting for a full collaboration with these 2 . You're some of my favorite creators and this video was really informative and creative :] you 2 are genuinely some of the most entertaining creators i seen keep the amazing content up

[@djalexander7723]

You using Skeletor's voice for Lord Death Man was fricking hilarious 😂

[@ccggenius]

People keep bagging on him, but his sidekick accomplished the impossible: she made Damian interesting.

[@igaming-fm3vd]

hey just warning you established titles was outed as a scam

[@Jorpda]

Lord Death Man is the kind of comic characters I think about, a nobody from old school comics that’s a sudden cult classic outta nowhere, its awesome

[@ItsTripleAGaming]

14:08 this is incredibly chaotic and wild and I love it

[@mitchilldudebre8712]

Lord Death Man in the Robin series has been a very good edition and Flatline I think was a fun sidekick for him.

[@dragonhatcher3]

got to say that Pokemon line had me laughing harder than id like to admit

[@deadpoolnerd]

Ironic he was fleshed out in manga, when another Superhero manga Kinnikuman his villain is essentially a parody of Lord Death Man. Outfit and all.

[@guythatsayshello]

He says that his only power is that he can die, but he's also a master of yoga.

[@guythatsayshello]

He also knows all of the Pokémon and their evolutions.

[@j2terminator]

So he's like a walking dead meme, so also basically he's DC's Deadpool.

[@joshuaingobo1559]

13:47: I like the fact that Drake is sitting on the throne reading an indie comic while Panda Redd is talking about Lord Death Mam.

[@MaxWelton]

12:54 only an immortal would have enough time to learn EVERY POKÉMON NAME as a side hobby to being a mob boss.

[@WarmLillie]

Well… Batman going extra now? Lord Deathman sound like a lot fun and I want see more!!!

[@aidenlittle2021]

Awesome video, keep it up, I do want you to look into your sponsor though. Established Titles is very sketchy

[@thepokekid01]

I think I love this villain. The only thing about him I would want to experiment with in character writing is to make him more and more extreme. Not in a Deadpool kind of way, I think I would make him ironically funny with a good comedic presence (Maybe in like a Deadpool and Cable dynamic, where he would be mostly serious all the time, but funny things happen to him while he stays deadpan serious; not where he goes out and looses his demeanor as he dies or gets hurt, but where he stays serious, but something funny happens to him sort of way... maybe like a less bombastic parody of Dr. Doom)... but make him more extreme as every time he comes back his threat level and insanity kind of rises to the point where now he's the wild card at the worst time. Make him do something insane like potentially Kill Darkseid for some period of time and rule Apocalypse (Because he comes to the understanding that Darkseid is just a Mob boss from the New Gods). I'd also want to make him a Plasticman villain, a lot of Plasticman's rogue gallery are silly or parody based. For Plastic Man, I think he could be fun if you make him kind of like the MCU Antman, mixed with Deadpool, maybe a bit Booster Gold as well, but give him a title like "The Man Who doesn't Break", while you can have Death Man get a cool title as "The Unbreakable Man". (Kind of describing Plastic Man that can be twisted, contorted, chewed up, melted, stretched, spit out and still be fine, while Death Man is described as being able to be chopped up, torn apart, dismembered, decapitated, burned, and blown into pieces and still be fine (So a bit of changes to both of their powers). Plastic Man would kind of be a "Rehabilitated" Criminal, someone who was originally a goon, but worked themselves into being a one time Batman Rogue's gallery villain, but captured, put in Arkham, and then got out for "good" behavior much like some other Batman Rogues getting out of Arkham, maybe played for comedy or laughs, but also organized intentionally by Hugo Strange. Still being like a criminal he would plan to commit a crime, but on the day he executes his plan, another crime is already taking place and Batman is in a Pinch, but because of Plasticman's strange sense of honor and little heart of Gold, he can't leave batman to die and helps Batman take down the criminal, leading Plasticman to a Justice League invitation. From there on, Plasticman would be a conniving conman of a character that somehow fails upward, with the desire to be the greatest underground boss. I think he could even convince an old friend to becoming his fake nemesis to give him a arch rival and rogue gallery villain that he can foil over and over again to look good with the league under the guise of "Dr. Dome" that he uses to con them over and over. It can work, making them both fail upward until now Dr. Dome is a big enough name where now he gets targeted by the mysterious Lord Death Man, and now Plastic Man has to actually be serious for once and rescue his friend before he gets killed, risking everything from his position in the league, to everything he's ever accumulated as this Lord Death Man in contrary is the kind of guy that works really hard to earn his way to the top. Not through cheap schemes to get himself there in the simplest way possible, but through brutality, hard work, and meticulous plots, almost in hopes of out working his sometimes bad luck. Thinking about it, I guess their dynamic would be like Homer Simpson and Frank Grimes from that classic episode, just no friendship or comradery outside of slowly realizing they are becoming each other's arch rival.

[@MaxWelton]

11:06 Panda Redd: Freaking EXPLODING IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE would be the death of any lesser…any *less ridiculous* supervillain. I mean, ask Palpatine. Sheev: Finally, a worthy opponent.

[@brycehitchcock9207]

"Breath deep the flatulence of oblivion" is a quote made for O'Malley from RvB

[@samies34]

Established titles huh? People who don't know: 😃 People who know: 😐

[@The_Wosh]

Maybe they chose him for the manga because he somewhat resembles golden bat in appearance

[@KellyCalKelsey]

“Eventually, Lord Death Man stopped think- Oh wait, he’s all right”

[@MangaMattReviews]

Missed opportunity to tie in your established titles and read into your episode of Lord Death Man. Also DC did have a version of the "lawyer but also superhero" in Manhunter vol. 3 run from 2004 with Kate Spencer who is a federal prosecutor by day and Manhunter when she feels the judicial system has failed to serve justice.

[@austinhaltiner1489]

LDM is my new favorite character. Also great job Panda!

[@Jacobflamecaster]

Let’s just agree that Larry is the best batman villain and bring it up when anyone talks about who’s Batman’s best villain and then we will refuse to elaborate

[@e_knees8816]

Hey man, do further research on Established Titles. It’s not legitimate.

[@rhiannongarl-nabarro2953]

I ABSOLUTELY love that you brought Panda in!!! I was literally going to send your link!! ❤️❤️

[@ProfessorHurt]

Dumbest? HE IS THE MOST AWESOME VILLAIN!!! I like the idea of him locking horns with other members of the Bat-Family). That's where there's even more spark of fun begins with the character. Sure he fought Damian, but I want to see him tango with Red Hood and Batgirl (Cassandra Cain). THEN we're talking some glorious fun!!!

[@prototyped1531]

He did fight batwoman in one issue , she trapped him in concrete

[@theofficial_ryan8820]

I wonder if he is based on the character golden bat. A very early superhero of a similar nature, with the ability to not die and having a skeleton appearance with a cape

[@icetide9411]

"Nyeh heh heh, I'm immortal and am going to rob banks!"

[@daysand123]

Imagine being sentenced to death for robbery right after the Joker gets sent to arkham for bombing a school.

[@flyingfist4203]

Crazy to see Batman in Manga form so early in his career.

[@Nightmster]

I'm only mildly surprised that Grant Morrison had a part in making Lord Death Man cool... They're one of those few authors where you can definitely feel the love they have for the medium and still embrace the weird side of comics.

[@clockhead9023]

I love how he went from a brutal mob boss to being a shitposter

[@nitzanweiner4488]

that's great! didn't know about the Japanese aspect as for looking like a Japanese villain, he actually looks like 'golden bat', a Japanese Super Hero from the 30's. maybe this is the reason from Death Man has been the villain of the Batman manga