CAPTAIN AMERICA Did What?!?

[@Xehanort10]

Funny how Steve was cryogenically frozen in ice for decades and in this story he's high on a drug called Ice.

[@1monki]

So getting Cap high causes him to channel Tommy Wiseau from _The Room?_ "You just chicken! Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep!"

[@amordior3129]

Prolly

[@1monki]

"You're killing me, HYDRA!"

[@wellthatwaswierd4570]

Don't forget that last, strangest part of the original quote : that oddly warbling "chee-eEEE-eeAAAp". The part where he obviously thinks a chicken makes a noise that, frankly, nothing natural OR alive SHOULD make. And yet he does

[@finnalberto1608]

i guess Im kinda randomly asking but do anyone know a good site to watch newly released series online ?

[@hassanalijah8636]

@Finn Alberto Flixportal =)

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

This needs to be a TV miniseries so we can be blessed with Chris Evans clucking like a chicken.

[@doro626]

Maybe What If?

[@unigenius]

Hank Pym and his bag of blood made me laugh for two straight minutes! It was WAY funnier than you intended!

[@DIEGhostfish]

The best part of the Fisk-Skull fight is Skull's in a clone of Cap's full super serum body, and has been training it pretty consistently (Though mostly against Taskmaster's bottom-of-the-class goons) And Fisk STILL beats his ass.

[@thekrakenexperiment280]

Forget Hydra!Cap. In this house we stan Ice!Cap.

[@mithmoonwalker]

random small crime: captain america: this is an avengers level threat

[@WhiteRaven696]

Pre-MCU Peggy Carter, especially 90's Peggy Carter, was such a ride. Please make a history of Peggy Carter video.

[@trublgrl]

I really appreciate that you didn't get snarky and insult Cap's big "American Dream" speech. It would have been so easy, but some of us like things a little simple and cut and dried, even if RL doesn't allow us to be so strident in our own lives. I don't need a Captain America that clutches his pearls and self-debates, and I love those monologues. Thanks for not going the "I'm so smart I'm going to crap on this writer's story" route. I like a fan who actually enjoys the comics for what they are, ones like you, Sasha, are hard to come by these days.

[@Wright805]

Well said.

[@Shamazya]

During the filming of MCU movies they need to have a bunch of super fans get the actors to make outtakes referencing bizarre scenes from the comics. Chris Evans as Capt clucking like a chicken would've been AMAZING!

[@Madbandit77]

LOL

[@rabbit859]

"Tripping the light, fantastic. Forever" I love your one-liners.

[@cristinaacosta8938]

I do like the good old Captain America speech. Priceless I tell you.

[@darthjatarra]

Also Meth Cap = USAgent ( Same Character lol for sure

[@bronzetiger3837]

This was actually one of my favorite Cap arcs. The matchups were quite good(Cap/DD Widow/Diamond Crossbones/Bullseye) Especially Red Skull vs. Kingpin and Artist Ron Lim is adept at drawing Martial Arts type Fights.

[@genghisdon1]

agreed...good stuff leading up to it too

[@gregorymaroda4860]

This is actually my favorite Captain America story. Bullseye's escape from prison, his fight with Cap at the blast site, Crossbow taking out the restaurant, and the final battle between Kinpin and Red Skull! So great! Oh yeah, and a crazy high Cap.

[@DIEGhostfish]

It's funny just how much Kingpin vs Red Skull (In his clone cap body) overshadowed the simultaneous Crossbones vs no-serum cap.

[@2nd3rd1st]

Holy Horcruxes, finally I know what this story was about! I only own this story in a weird pocket book format in german from a vacation we took in Germany in the 90s! And I don't speak a word of German!

[@kingbeauregard]

Nerdy nickpick: the Widow's Bite was not a conventional bullet, it was some some sort of electrical discharge thingie, and as such was non-lethal -- remember that it used to be a given that heroes used non-lethal weaponry. About this comic, it seems to have mostly been a means to an end (as many of Gruenwald's stories were), to try to dismantle the criticisms (and there were some, not necessarily in good faith) that Cap was a drug user / steroid junkie and thus a bad role model. To the best of my knowledge, the official story at the time was that the serum / vita-ray combo pushed Steve to the peak of human capability, but in terms of lasting effects, the only thing the serum granted him was increased stamina. TThis meant that you could take the serum away from Steve and he could still Captain America about as effectively. Also, full credit to Gruenwald for having a pretty good voice for all the characters in this story, especially the Kingpin and the Red Skull -- and I love the Kingpin's flimsy rationalization for why it's a good thing that he sells drugs.

[@lunamalfoy7]

If the Avengers will take anyone, why won't they take Spider-Man? Yes I am playing into this very dated joke.

[@CasuallyComics]

He's a menace!

[@TheEndKing]

@@CasuallyComics It's so funny that they took in Sandman before they took in Spidey.

[@chegorilla1468]

Cap has always been high.. On DEMOCRACY!!1!

[@Xehanort10]

He's addicted to the American dream.

[@DIEGhostfish]

13:22 funnily enough they never actually used the bag of blood for their out. THey just had Cap's bone marrow keep producing fresh Serum boosted blood cells till his powers came back on their own. They used the bag of blood to give Diamondback serum power so she could go after Crossbones who apparently assaulted and possibly raped her, then killed her brothers when they went out to avenge her.

[@unigenius]

"Whose mans is this?!" - Diamondback

[@cookieDaXapper]

Alright Ms Wood, I actually collected Cap during this run, eehhh, it was alright, really just a way to deconstruct the character, most writing teams go through such a period when stories get stale, or they lack vision. Thank you for sharing, and entertaining us. MAD LOVE dear sister, PEACE.

[@aggressivelyrelaxing155]

That was really funny and informative! This channel is great!

[@DIEGhostfish]

Diamonddback and Widow had a standard misunderstanding fight that put them both in the river on Cap' Sky Cycle which is part of why he was "Angry" other than the general "I don't like that you thought I couldn't handle it"

[@freddogrosso9835]

He should do GOBs chicken dance from Arrested Development.

[@tracydale154]

Cap’s “You want a kick?” comment made me think of the Cole Porter Song “I get a kick out of you” It does seem it was slang for a high or buzz. “I get no kick from champagne, Mere alcohol, Doesn't thrill me at all, So tell me, why should it be true, That I get a kick out of you. Some get a kick from cocaine, I'm sure that if, I took even one sniff, It would bore me terrifically, too, Yet I get a kick out of you. I get a kick every time I see you, Standing there before me, I get a kick though it's clear to see, You obviously don't adore me. Some get a kick in a plane, Flying too high, With some gal in the sky, Is my idea of nothing to do, But I get a kick out of you. I get a kick...out of you.” Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Cole Porter

[@jesseperrett3692]

Get your kicks on route 66!

[@TJ52359]

@@jesseperrett3692 i'm Partial to Bart's Version in Blazing Saddles

[@aceshighdueceslow]

considering that Cap is supposed to be "out of touch" it makes sense that he would be using outdated slang, or at least slang that the users he's beating up are probably thinking "oh christ we're getting beaten up by grandpa"

[@d36williams]

IRL prisoners have made knives out of toilet paper. One time my friend drank a whole vile of LSD. He tripped for weeks. But he is actually sane, or at least legally sane. He owns a synthesizer store now. I think the LSD bonded with his blood too. Methamphetamine Psychosis I loved this era of Captain America comics, which IMHO reached its zenith when Steve Rogers was fired as Captain America, and Red Skull was the Secretary of Defense.

[@kajunsblerdeye9325]

I would love to see Bullseye use the cardboard from a tp roll to kill someone.

[@samuelwoodouse4482]

id love if cap was just sercretly permanently high from this point on

[@survival_of_the_sickest4448]

You are an AMAZING storyteller! I haven't read too many comics I confess but I love watching your videos and learning about em. ❤️🥰❤️ thank youuu!

[@josephingramjr3686]

To paraphrase Chris Evans ‘ I recognize that plotline’.

[@leavonfletcher4197]

Wait...So Captain America is Keith Richards now? Damn.

[@PosthumanHeresy]

DARE literally made me interested in trying drugs. There's an experience you can have that's illegal, changes your mental landscape and wears off? That sounds awesome!

[@lylecampbell8288]

I thought the Widow's sting was an electrical shock weapon, so not a bullet to the head but more like a taser.

[@WTSD850]

I'm really glad your doing these more obscure stories most comic channels don't really do this

[@welcometothetroyiverse8864]

I agree RoboCop2. Now all we need is Cap awkwardly riding the back of his foe. Lol

[@doomprojectgaming9259]

Hi. What are your top 5 WTF moments in comic?

[@alexnejako777]

the Red Skull vs Kingpin is worth price of admission

[@craigh5236]

12:30 That scared the bejezus out me for a second. It looked like your eyeball popped out.

[@wolfchief7952]

That was my favorite Capt. America series

[@daviddaniels1487]

Ah, but Boomslang's appearance DOES matter, because it factors into the three-issue "Trial of Diamondback" arc later on--a story I would love for you to review. (As well as the one much, much later where SHE gets Cap's old blood transfused into HER body--and beats up Crossbones. There was more to it than that, but that was basically what happened...) I ❤️ Diamondback. I keep hoping for more of her and Black Widow teaming up... 😊

[@MAZZ0Murder]

I was unaware he'd been serum-less multiple times...

[@BlackJackLopez]

Probably just a few less than those he resigned as Cap and it was all a plot from Red Skull...

[@grantbaugh2773]

Fantastic synopsis and review of one of the weirder stories in cap's history. I always thought the comparison of the serum to drugs was weird, as it was administered to him by a doctor rather than something he did recreationally. In addition to coming around the time of stuff like D.A.R.E, this also was relatively soon after the crack epidemic started, and ICE shared many of the attributes that crack did of being extra potent and addictive. Also, about two years earlier was the largest drug bust in the US (at the time) where something like 21 tons of drugs were seized.

[@TheJohno95]

My favorite part of the whole arc is when Cap beats the hell out of Daredevil and just leaves him laying on a playground. Crossbones shows up, takes off DD's mask, and thinks to himself: "I would never know this guy again if I saw him on the street." DD just doesn't get any respect! Crossbones has a point, though. Taking off a heroes mask doesn't guarantee their identity is blown. I mean, most of the time they're just going to be someone you would bump into on the street.

[@joelnub9547]

cant believe kingpin and redskull almost had a mgs style shirtless final boss fight... only missing was the setting taking place on top of a currently inactive war mech

[@jesseperrett3692]

Villains can have shirtless fights? Let's be villains then! I didn't know when you had the survey! Think we can talk Power Girl into goin'bad?

[@Cdr2002]

Not sure if anyone else noticed but the art seems to draw Cap with a slightly different jawline when he goes crazy that makes him look more thuggish

[@GabePuratekuta]

That's what drugs do to ya. Slightly mutates you to have a rougher jawline.

[@anitanielsen1061]

“Is a *man* or a SERUM?” I LITERALLY CHOKED ON MY WATER THE VERY NEXT SECOND🤣🤣🤣

[@trublgrl]

"I'm not mad, Cap, I'm just disapointed." "Of course you aren't Madcap, he has a different costume and power set!"

[@grantbaugh2773]

I wish I could upvote this multiple times

[@trublgrl]

@@grantbaugh2773 You make all my terrible jokes worthwhile.

[@martinmaenza5513]

I read this run of Cap about a year or so ago (thank you Marvel Unlimited). This was a "whoa...what the #%$@?" moment for me too. Very 90's indeed.

[@Bobbypinker]

Ice Cap is a great nickname.

[@isaiahandjonathandad]

Being a slightly older comic fan I had never seen this arc. Thanks Sasha! Loved finding out something new about Cap. Also can you do a video about the villain Arcade? I loved his Murderworlds.

[@DIEGhostfish]

8:44 I guess like "Is this how you get your kicks" or "You'll get a Kick out of this" maybe.

[@clippedwings0]

Red Skull (at 11:55) with the most awesome '90's pants, vest, and trench coat. 14 year old me only dreamt of looking so chic.

[@barneyrubble736]

This vid came up in my recommended. I guess I needed to see your knockout hair... maybe I needed to see your top/blouse... something just struck my beauty meter. Your beauty constantly blows my mind!!!

[@kyleeartist2829]

I read Streets Of Poison when it was coming out & absolutely loved it (I was 7th grade at the time). I still think it’s a great story from a time period when Cap wasn’t really considered “cool” by a lot of comic fans.

[@blackrazer22]

I got the last issue with the Kingpin vs Red Skull fight. I thought it was so cool. Especially how the Kingpin won.

[@ericleiva]

When you comment on the "kick" term my reaction was "is it not called a kick anymore?"

[@ericmack8021]

That was a really cool story. Thank you for sharing it

[@LordOfSlaughter]

😂 commentary is funny as hell

[@Nick_Nightingale]

I would say Ron Lim's Captain America is probably my favorite version. McFarlane and Jim Lee did awesome versions... but when I think of comic Cap I'll go with Ron Lim.

[@obara7366]

You're killing me with these clickbait titles, Sasha

[@CasuallyComics]

Lol but they're all true

[@leaderstragg]

@@CasuallyComics Actually, Daredevil staying calm while having to deal with a crazed Captain America is rather IN CHARACTER for him! He is "The Man Without Fear" after all!

[@godmagnus]

I would have clicked faster if it said meth in the title.

[@DIEGhostfish]

Seven issues AND 1-3 issues of Daredevil. They were weird ones. Daredevil in his crossover issue actually followed Cap BACK to NYC after they both did an adventure that was even more preachy adventure about a water powered car inventor getting whacked by an oil company* somewhere vaguely Upstate ANd I don;t even think we're talking Westchester upstate but like, Finger Lakes upstate. I don't remember WHY Cap went upstate in the middle of his Meth binge but he did. *and Cap going on a Meth-fueled rant about it being wrong to invade Panama without UN permission because their president was dealing coke(And stopped taking orders from the CIA but that's another issue entirely). I don;t think they quite explained to Ann Nocenti what they meant when they said Cap was "Angry about drugs" so for an issue she had him taking almost the opposite position on the Drug war that he was taking in his own book before and after the crossover.

[@TheUncannyCthulhu]

Bullseye knocking out his own tooth to use as a weapon reminds me of when he was picking his nose in nose in Dark Avengers, and flicks the booger before saying his catchphrase "Bullseye!".

[@David_Gallaher]

This is one of my favorite Cap story arcs

[@Nomad-Rogers]

All Gi's in ww2 did meth during the war of so in the 1950s & 1960s many vets had problems getting off of it.

[@nickelliott1174]

I actually had forgotten this story. Every time I think I am out....you pull me back in. How long will it take me to forget this time? Oh no! Now I am thinking about the clone saga. Sigh.....

[@DIEGhostfish]

3:04 I forget if this arc was foreshadowed with Fabian's weightloss in earlier issues or if it was all started in this issue and he was chubby when we saw him last.

[@RodericPerez]

I had to rewind it a couple of times in not to nitpick but you do say in the beginning couple of lines at 0:50 how this happened during the 1968 run of Captain America, immediately i was, "I am sure she at the very least transposed those numbers because there's no way that version of Captain America with crossbones appeared in 1968"

[@jackawatkins87]

Another great video! Fun, hilarious, great review!

[@genghisdon1]

the widow's bite is an electric blast (more taser than bullet) Hank Pym is pretty much the greatest bio-chemist in the MCU yeah, you are being needlessly salty/off the mark this time out (also: liked diamondback as a love interest)

[@chrisdryer]

you know, I think i have these comics... they came in a bulk bundle from Costco or something when I was a kid.

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

Even without the supersoldier serum steve rogers has ALWAYS been an enabler if the American dream.

[@cetialphav3214]

I turned away before you said Cap kissed Diamond Back and you better believe my head snapped back around! Too bad it wasn't the Luke Cage villain 😆

[@DIEGhostfish]

Unfortunately I think this trade was printed before they made it standard to include the crossover issues from other titles because the part with Cap and Daredevil upstate is missing

[@dannytarver4533]

This was actually a cool story, you are hysterical 😎

[@dreamlandnightmare]

5:42 - he looks like the Noid in that panel.

[@ericleiva]

Anyone else thought of "LRR's: The Panalysts" when you heard the way she said "good news"?

[@nigelflood7074]

Loved that run

[@HankChinaski27]

Mark had planned to do an arc where Cap candy flips and ends up traveling the nation in what is essentially a mobile Burning Man, but that was a bridge too far.

[@echoparkwino7598]

this is amazing im telling all my friends.

[@darthjatarra]

During this time I only read X-Men and Avengers , I remember seeing it in comic shops back then but I was like nah I'll just read about Cap in the Avengers lol

[@countlessgifts]

Right after the clip of robo cop shooting up the wall play it immediately cut to a suicide squad commerical with its shot up logo and I lost my shit. Put Robocop in the Suicide Squad 2021!

[@WTSD850]

speaking of which I have some ideas for some obscure comic series you could cover like how about maximum security, the immortal iron fist, mighty marvel western, superman the last god, marvels project, chaos war, clandestine, exiles, tales form the marvel vault, marvel uk, or captain america theater of war

[@GabePuratekuta]

Ah, so by "obscure" you mean "less infamous."

[@WTSD850]

@@GabePuratekuta I think maximum security was considered infamous

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@WTSD850 But is it also well-known?

[@BlackJackLopez]

This one made me think, Sasha... Have you done a video about the 1985, New Teen Titans comic books supporting Nancy Reagan's anti-drugs campaign, that came free in cereal boxes? If you're going to make a series about comic books and drugs, it would be great, as well as Spider-Man's CCA non-approved issues!

[@DIEGhostfish]

Oh Nancy Reagan that reminds me of the time under this very same Captain America author that Viper turned all of DC who drank water into snake hybrids including Ronald and Nancy Reagan and Cap had to give the president a motivating speech while also having him work up a sweat like like a personal trainer-meets-lion-tamer so he could get the transformation poison out.

[@gregorycroff7443]

What is with the Batteries Not Included on the Sky Cycle? LOL This is the second story arch you did a review using the comment. Of course, I first heard you use it in the Cap Wolf story, so they are related. LOL Loving the review of the comics from my younger days.

[@Vexling]

I just took it as a reference joke/meme in regards that so many heroes back in the day got a motorcycle of some sort to help sell toys and the classic "batteries not included" being prominent on each box. not sure if that is her intent but makes sense to me lol

[@zardox78]

If steroids didn't have all the negative side-effects that they have, and you only had to take them once to turn you into the best physical version of yourself - kind of like the fantasy super-serum - then what would be so fundamentally "wrong" with taking them? I mean, yeah. If you're gonna compete in sports, you should only be able to compete in a league with others who've taken the super-serum, but they're not really having the unfair advantage debate there. The point of the comic seems to be that all drugs are inherently "bad" simply by virtue of being a drug. That is such a simple-minded way of looking at it.

[@GabePuratekuta]

I remember this from Endgame!

[@CountOrlok22]

"RoboCop 2" is so underrated.

[@wraithstrongopark]

ok, i'm subscribed. the batman venom video and this one sealed the deal, but i've watched a few of your video and had some good laughs. are you familiar with love and rockets? it was my favorite indy comic back in the day. maybe people would be interested to hear a little something about one of the granddaddy's of indy comics.

[@Lucasrockon]

Have every issue....................thank you

[@ps1mrlee]

4:55 Did Sasha just say “I think when we do her next comic I’ll floss?” Sarcasm be damned, I’d be here for that!

[@deelystanonfightcade2]

"im not Madcap..." noice

[@welcometothetroyiverse8864]

I remember that crossover

[@BlackLotusFlame]

Beautiful

[@ThisisalGOOGLESCHANNEL]

Drugs are bad, m'kay? .....................................unless they create a supersoldier

[@VeryUsMumblings]

Q:What did the Austrian Bodybuilding Chicken say just before he crossed the road? A: I'll be bock, bock, bock, bock! 7:37

[@TheStevenk475]

I loved this ark.

[@Andulvar]

I don't remember any drug PSA's in school, but I do remember the sex ed tapes we had...Those were...enlightening.

[@mindo1899]

diamond back is kinda hot

[@RobertWilkinsonJKekMaloy]

6:55 why can’t i have supersoldier serum thc exposure?