Batman turns into a zombie! | DCeased Vol. 1

Buy DCeased right now! amzn.to/2VoqqzF Six hundred million people. That's how many fall victim when a mysterious techno-organic virus is unleased on Earth. Six hundred million infected. Six hundred million (and some of the finest heroes in the DC Universe) turned into mindless, rampaging killers bend on death and destruction. And that's just the beginning. Cities. Nations. Undersea kingdoms and paradise islands. One by one, they fall to the monstrous hordes. Now only Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League stand between Earth and utter annihilation... But for how long? Nothing they're ever faced has prepared them for an onslaught of this magnitude. Nothing they've ever seen can match the scale of the tragedy and terror that have been unleased. As heroes and villains, gods and monsters are wiped out, only one question remains: What happens to the World's Greatest Heroes if the world ends? Never miss an episode by subscribing today! bit.ly/2WYvgkt #justiceleague
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[@MugenNiFukuzatsuna]

Ben's Batman gun idea is freakin' brilliant. Too bad that wasn't the case.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

*Superman:* “With my last breath, I curse... _CYBORG!!!”_

[@RadinV1]

That made me laugh out loud.

[@tjjordan4207]

Is Cyborg deserving of such hate? He never meant for this to happen. Darkseid forced all of this upon him, and it was Desaad who sent him back to Earth. Cyborg didn't know what was going to happen until it was too late. He maybe at fault as he is indirectly the cause but to hate him like as if he was Hilter is undeserving (even if it is understandable).

[@chrisharang8118]

Mr. Terrific fan here, and it’s actually true that his masks prevents certain electromagnetic frequencies from going in and out. It’s usually used for stealth so he doesn’t show up on video cameras, so it being able to filter out the virus is only like half an ass pull in my book. I approved lol

[@TimedRevolver]

Well, he does mention in the tie-in that it was dumb luck, not design that protected him.

[@Ubermensch9240]

Too bad he forgot about his balls.

[@mr.goblin6039]

Yeah, it’s how he was able to escape from OMAC drones during Infinite Crisis. His mask basically makes him invisible to tech based stuff, so it protecting him from the Anti-Life Equation in this story makes sense.

[@rema999p]

"Jesus Christ, Kirkman!" Every time you read any Kirkman book lol.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

>The Walking Dead just ends out of nowhere Jesus Christ, Kirkman!

[@MrSqurk]

@@comixproviderftw_02have you read the blurb about the original ending? It’s super bleak.

[@nicholaskatsikas4904]

DCeassed was so much better than it had any right to be which seems to be a theme with all of Taylor’s work. Give him this project that seems really one dimensional and watch make that into a big overarching storyline with incredible character interactions.

[@tjjordan4207]

Goes to show that it's all in the imagination of creativity and hard work

[@laurensahanna5826]

Comes to show that there are no bad ideas, only bad executions

[@eqs1782]

DCeased is like my favorite story that shows off the friendship between Jon and Damian.

[@stelmaria-mx]

Press F for the super sons

[@seanrutherford728]

Yeah cause it didn't get rid of my Super Sons duo

[@loreaver3882]

f

[@cosmicdream17]

Damian is actually portrayed as a realistic human being in DCeased and not like the regressive, cocky little shit like in the main comics.

[@WDFilms25]

Lol I love how he says “like my wife” like his two best friends don’t know Tiffany

[@therealdude707]

Humble brag. 😆

[@CTR_ALT_MAKIMA]

He got Tiffany. I'd drop that humblebrag too lol

[@jonfrombuckland_3784]

@@CTR_ALT_MAKIMA Same.

[@WannabeWryter]

didn't know they were married

[@TheGreatDevlin]

The Ethan quotes are excellent in this episode: "But what about Power Girl?" "You idiot.. You suck." (To Cyborg)

[@DaddyHutJr]

It's funny because both Power Girl and Supergirl are both drawn in the book.

[@gneiss5302]

@@DaddyHutJr but power girl is from earth 2

[@thomasarcanine]

43:29 "So, we got Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Big Barda, Mister Terrific and Mister Miracle." Yeeeessssiiirrrr, I've hit my "adjectives in single sentence" quota for the day now; thank you very much...

[@Grievousish]

I'll give a point to DC. DCEASED is a much better title then Marvel Zombies

[@OomaGooma]

Grievousish - I think they’re both pretty clever titles. I can’t say which one is better than the other though I did like the story in DCeased more.

[@nm2358]

I hate them both. There's too many characters in Marvel that should end the Zombie plague. I mean, Earth literally has pantheons of reality warping gods that have Godhead meetings, Celestials and so on. DC has a lot of that too - but then also Deathstroke is able to heal out of it (so, Speedforce healing / power that lets you outrun Death < Deathstroke's healing), the Martian is somehow infected, pops up in time to infect the Flash and somehow can't infect people with telepathy and Superman shrugs off Kryptonite Magic Sword cutting his arm off and impaling him - with no sign of being weakened at all as he plows his fist into his opponent holding that sword. Then the core shows up, does nothing and apparently can't pursue Superman into the sun despite all the magic green space rings that can make planet sized constructs. For continuity buffs, both these events are just annoying. Franklin Richards got eaten by a Zombie She Hulk somehow. Galactus became flesh and blood and the Hulk also somehow bites the Silver Surfer's head off despite a million comics where the Hulk can't even hurt Norrin 99% of the time...

[@Deception975]

I just want to add that Marvel copyrighted the word "zombie" for awhile.

[@jmsolano0516]

Marvel zombies is just a dumb book in general

[@bigevil1001]

Grievousish Agreed

[@geekgirl616]

Lol 😂 Luthor: You better listen to me I'm the smartest living per- Batmans dead right? I'm the smartest living person on this planet.

[@albericponcedeleon2696]

Isn't Lex supposed to be smarter than Bruce anyways?

[@geekgirl616]

Alberic Ponce de Leon I honestly don't know it's still funny either way because neither would Lex

[@blacksunrx18]

Lex is the smartest even with Batman alive

[@geekgirl616]

ribaldo furioso did you listen to the episode I'm quoting Sal

[@officerspider7996]

Geekgirl616 Luthor: I’m the Smartest Pe- wait Batman’s dead right? Green Arrow: Uh yeah Luthor: Then I’m the smartest living person on Earth

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

"[Marvel Zombies] What is your favorite heroes were horrible monsters who killed people?" Wouldn't that be The Ultimates?

[@tjjordan4207]

Yeah, that makes sense Only Spider-Man was the true hero in that universe

[@anothercleverusername992]

Especially with _The Maker..._ What a crazy universe. At least we have BOTH *Ultimate Spider-Men.*

[@anothercleverusername992]

I absolutely love the *Anti Life Equation* being this "Zombie" Virus... It's SO fun. Also, it's great that one he finds it... _Darkseid gets EXACTLY what he deserved..._

[@austinmeghu]

Harley Quinn killing the birds of prey is so fittingly poetic

[@TimedRevolver]

...She didn't. Ivy did. They were winning against Harley.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

7:25 Darkseid is a savage

[@tjjordan4207]

I love how DCeased takes an idea that should be bland, generic and unoriginal but yet somehow makes it feel so refreshing and fun. And I love how it never goes too dark or light, it’s just the right balance.

[@comixproviderftw_02]

"Life is fleeting... That is the only truth. Death is forever". -Anti-Life Wonder Woman

[@bensneb360]

I thought the only was truth was (in Arnold Schwarzenegger Mr. Freeze voice) Everything freeeezes

[@TheTheDontae]

Wonder Woman had ONE JOB AND DIDN’T AIM FOR THE HEAD!

[@michaelleeschechter]

I love Superman destroying the sun it's a dark reflection of the ending of all Star Superman

[@jimmysisk4124]

Sal's rant on horror without hope and Kirkman and Ito touched me on a spiritual level. I can't agree more.

[@RealBourne1994]

44:26 Good Shaun of the Dead reference... Constantine is wearing a red tie lol... he has red on him.

[@normansmith9009]

8:54 I was drinking pepsi when he said that

[@comixproviderftw_02]

*X Files theme plays*

[@creed8712]

I like how all the stuff about “why doesn’t Superman...” is brought up in the Black Adam one

[@ArachnoVolt]

I love when they mentioned hopeless horror and they just showed the cover for a Junji Ito book. Because that's exactly where my mind went.

[@priceyyeti4058]

Oh thank God we don't need to wait until Halloween for this. Wait that might mean more Junji Ito.

[@jonfrombuckland_3784]

I am both excited and upset about the prospect about more Junji Ito

[@theadmiral7471]

Look into your heart Sal...you know it to be true...you must do City of Bane.

[@normansmith9009]

War of Jokes and Riddles first

[@emmajanepowell3227]

City of Bane was awful. Bruce lost against his father who shouldn't have existed anyway(Thank you Barry) Gotham was taken over By Bane & Thomas, Bruce spent most of his time recovering and banging Selina on a beach. Alfred was killed by Bane in-front of Damien (which was the worst part) Bruce returns Blah, blah, blah finds Alfred dead tears up the Manner in rage and then the final showdown with Thomas and wins. The whole he isn't The Real Batman is just ridiculous.

[@RANDOMASIANGUY1]

@@emmajanepowell3227 That is why they must do it. The worst comics make the best back issues.

[@emmajanepowell3227]

@@RANDOMASIANGUY1 Very true. When Thomas wrote said you're not the REAL BATMAN, Bruce should have said/quoted. Dude are you serious?! HAHA I Bruce Wayne have been Batman since 1939 all across the Multiverse and you are the result of Time travel gone wrong and a cosmic blue naked guy lol.

[@RadinV1]

No. No tom king books. It would be a waste of Their,yours and my time.

[@cheesecake1543]

I’m glad that just because Damian in the book he isn’t constantly slapping us in the face with the fact he’s Bruce’s biological son. He’s actually a character with depth one of the best dc on going books love Damians character if handled with respect.

[@HollowGolem]

38:45 to be perfectly honest, the worst thing that has happened to Wonder Woman in recent years is giving her that damn sword. the whole point of the character is that she utilized less violent means to solve her problems because she came from an idyllic paradise and was teaching Man's World a better way to resolve conflict. A lot of people seem to have missed the point. Also, I'm getting shades of Taylor's New52 Earth 2 run.

[@killgrave4687]

I agree completely with Sal that apocalyptic stories are fine unless they are completely dark

[@alexandrumarin8981]

2:50 in....I can already tell it's gonna be one of those good episodes. BTW, feels like you've been uploading a bit earlier lately. I love it because I can watch Back Issues before falling asleep.

[@jonathanshaw9704]

This reminds me of the Bloodwork Virus on The Flash and T-Virus from Resident Evil.

[@apostrophemusic9103]

Everybody gangsta till Alfred pulls out the elephant gun

[@FatSnorlax]

Man loving all the recent books lately. Cooooool stuff!

[@Omar-wq9dz]

Hey Sal, Ben, Ethan, Tiffany, would you consider doing Back Issues for John Ostrander's Spectre and Jeff Lemire's Justice League Dark and Animal Man, or something in the Vertigo line like Grant Morrison's Animal Man and Doom Patrol, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, another story from Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Peter Milligan's Shade the Changing Man, and Garth Ennis' Hitman?

[@rjones6127]

Omar 94 Would love to see Ostrander’s Spectre or his run on Martian Manhunter. Both runs were really compelling; great stories for two traditionally underrated characters.

[@eqs1782]

I can't believe Sal just did a Tie-in! Like always enjoy your videos.

[@Depthcharge2030]

The first transport is away. Yay! I got a good laugh about that one.

[@jonathanshaw9704]

That got me too. XD

[@batfreeze56]

There's nothing like Back Issues to make a broken leg and wrist feel just a little bit better. PS: I'm reading Spider-Man Life Story and Marvel Knights Fantastic Four while in recovery. They're both incredible. Thank you guys for the recommendations!

[@benbaragona]

Good luck with recovery!

[@thread6971]

Funny thing about DCeased in hindsight is there was a cure all along. Nobody actually had to die and this could've been a canon event.

[@TheLegend-wz1ye]

46:25 "He's going to the oblivion bar to get fffffff good and wreckt. "

[@bL4zZ3e]

Anti-Life 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@carn9507]

I thought I was tired of zombie superhero stories but I quite enjoyed this series.

[@galvatronus1139]

Awesome! Was worried we'd have to wait for Halloween for a chance of getting this episode.

[@terry10tnj]

Lol I’ll never forget picking up the issue of marvel zombies with Spider-Man on the cover when I was around 9 or 10 and being extremely disturbed with him remembering he ate his family lmao

[@thepanelbiter9915]

1:05:48 Is Cassie complicated? I know Donna is a mess, but Cassie post-Rebirth is just a Demi-Goddess.

[@kevontheoriginal4757]

All 3 Wonder characters are complicated

[@duckpartain9462]

1:10:28 it’s just it’s yellow and we can’t go into the yellow it’s icky -the guardians

[@dlvnmedia]

The scene where Clark meets up w Luthor? Tear jerker for sure

[@xanastarlight4833]

The more I watch back issues the more I feel that ben is my spirit animal

[@idaadler1392]

The last couple Back Issues have been extra awesome! Good job, ComicPOP.

[@kaboose111]

Based on a lot of Taylor's work, I think he's trying to tell DC he wants to write Jason Todd. Look at the new DCeased story.

[@chinyereugwu9431]

Tom Taylor has only written 2 things with Jason. the spin off from dceased which wasn't even planned but only happened because the main title [which didn't have Jason] was a huge seller. Harley, Dinah, Damian and Green arrow are the characters he really wants to write. Harley in particular She's in everything he writes and has a huge part in everything Injustice, Dceased, Batman , Ss and others.

[@kaboose111]

Chinyere Ugwu and he does a great job with Jason.

[@unchartedknight0193]

@@chinyereugwu9431 She's the 4th pillar of DC

[@AJKallas]

No better way to spend a sick day than watching the latest Back Issues.

[@IamKel-gf2ty]

One of my favorite series in recent years

[@kennyryuken]

It's funny how Ethan is the only one who drops Birds of Prey TV show l knowledge. Lol

[@daughterofluthien]

This sounds like it has a ton of amazing character moments, and I didn’t expect much from this tbh. Very cool!

[@alejandrogonzalez00]

Hopefully since you guys are doing some recent books you guys’ll do back issues on Doomsday Clock that I definitely want I want it so bad

[@alejandrogonzalez00]

memento mori oh that’s cool and yea the 2nd half of Doomsday Clock that isn’t coming until May that’s a little a frustrating but still exciting

[@Omar-wq9dz]

It's always a great Wednesday when Back Issues arrives :)

[@S0C0ZY]

Can we get Tiffany exposing Akira

[@S0C0ZY]

Explaining *

[@PastRevivalProductions]

Dude yes! That’d be awesome

[@dertitan4870]

Another great video. Thank you for all the good content.

[@gregtin87]

Ty guys you made my drive to work a breeze

[@flywheelshyster]

That nightmare on elm street variant cover is pretty damn badass

[@carloscarmona1523]

Jeez, 2020 has been real fucking good for Back Issues.

[@princton23]

Proof Sal actually likes the care bear stares!

[@trmahama6447]

It's funny how Sal mentioned it had been 20 minutes into the apocalypse and it was 20 minutes into the video too

[@joshuah5255]

Man thanks for the hard work guys! Your on fire keep it up! Making my work days suck less with every video you put out bahahah

[@galvatron3323]

Im giving this an Ethan Yes! Slightly maniacal overtones

[@batnick7230]

Yay! I absolutely love this series!! I have the horror movie variants. This series has got to be one of my favorite series that came out recently. Love horror!!!

[@SpiralSine6]

There are many amazing moments in this. But the best part about this? Atlantis attacks.

[@nathanielgoldfarb6478]

perfect timing, lunch time!

[@ivansplvd6518]

I didn't read DCeased when it came out but I'm starting to do so right now!

[@kanborne]

I love the fact that you’re covering newer books!!!

[@MYEComics]

KansavProductions me too #myecomics

[@Ricrayn]

I bought all the marvel zombies when they came out, but this seems way better. I always felt that MZ lacked something satisfying.

[@glo3236]

Haven't watched back issues in forever this was beautiful

[@dahakaguardianofthetimelin4780]

Ah, I see this is a story that's taken the Injustice approach to dealing with insanely powerful magicians - making them either over-glorified teleporters or panel models where they're just standing there, looking good and smiling until their one panel of appearance is over

[@MarvJohnny]

I can’t help but laugh at Sal calling Firestorm as Firelord. I can’t tell if he’s being sarcastic or genuinely mixed up

[@sonicathehedgehog7488]

I think he is joking

[@gabrieljimenez9762]

Man, this was an awesome episode. Great story (I had very low expectations of it, to be honest), great recap, great comments by the guys. Finest Comic Pop.

[@PirateJacques79]

The pitch for DCeased was just someone writing 'DC' on a whiteboard. Then adding 'esased'. Then turning the 'S' into a dollar sign. AND THEN turning the 'C' into a cent sign.

[@chilliciouspatrioticmeatlover]

How are you guys liking DCeased: Unkillables

[@jembo2000a464]

Love you guys

[@IamKel-gf2ty]

Ya should do the rest of the series (dead planet and war of the undead gods

[@georgej.2481]

Highlights 26:00 What Superman should have done. 35:28 Destroying them emotionally is faster than explaining what is going on. 51:52 Truce

[@Ayrton_Chitwood]

Oh that Uzamaki reference. Woof.

[@AdamTensei]

Such a great series. I can't wait for the sequel.

[@pats4477]

I would absolutely donate all the money I will ever have just so that I can see these boys do a back issues on Crossed ❤️❤️

[@treyurbach2550]

Please do Avengers: The Korvac Saga

[@OomaGooma]

Trey Urbach - That’s still one of my favorite Avengers stories of all time. It blew my mind when I first read it some 20+ years ago.

[@adamsos]

Love the longer format guys!

[@BigGucciCholo]

Not gunna lie, that might be Green Arrows most bad ass moment taking down Aqua-man.

[@eliteninja23]

Its always nice to see an episode on a book Sal actually likes lol

[@comicpop]

lol We literally did Life Story two weeks ago.

[@eliteninja23]

ComicPOP no yeah, i know. It’s been nice, is what I’m saying

[@Javierm0n0]

definitely need to buy this.

[@Martin_TheCollector]

I almost completely forgot you guys did an episode for Marvel Zombies. Blackest Night was great too. This book may have a very silly title, but I can't wait to read it later!

[@TrackMaster844]

So glad you guys finally reviewed this!!! If you want another series of messed up superhero stories, check out the 12 volumes of The Boys!

[@ComicBookCorner2.0]

I love this story Tom Taylor is a phenomenalwriter he definitely knows how to write elseworld stories I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a sequel here.

[@hiterss]

Great episode guys!!!! Loved it hahaha

[@michaelthethird702]

I loved this series. Great coverage, as usual.

[@Runge_was_here]

So many great moment. Sad and awesome. Hard to go wrong with Taylor on an elseworlds book. ALSO, the little things like Scott and Barta with the veggie plate 😂

[@BNutsTV]

What a damn good story. I might just buy it along with the tie ins.

[@Ib10.]

Well my PTSD from Marvel Zombies came back

[@prindy1429]

I loved this series and spin off series is good so far , i got the hardcover that has superman on the cover. This series as one of the best superman moment of 2019

[@derickpelton3107]

DCeased is so damn good I wish it was the main continuity

[@andrew502]

Amazing episode

[@zetamagnus101]

I love the idea of Black Canary being a Green Lantern

[@sonofhercules195]

This reminded me so much of the Ash vs. Lobo and The DC Dead fan film