Cancelling Kang! | Avengers: Citizen Kang

[@comicpop]

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[@chubbyakajc]

"Cancel Kang", how prophetic

[@MrZomBie775]

For real, I didn't catch the episode when it came out, so I was super confused that they didn't mention Johnathan Majors, until I realized the upload date lol

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

It was a genius move for Reed to write “Rosebud III” on the Time Sled. His enemies would be too busy wondering what happened to the real Rosebud II.

[@galoespejo2814]

"There will be future opportunities to cancel Kang" *a finger on the monkey's paw curls inwards*

[@Jaimethepanda]

Kree: “Dude, is that blueface?!” Kang: “No, no this is just a mask!”

[@goodpeople25]

And knowing the complex history of the Kree, Kang probably had to check what time it was/is/will be to know what the current social-political climate of the Kree (not an) Empire is.

[@SpiralSine6]

#KancelKang

[@priceyyeti4058]

I'm just glad Earth's Mightiest Heroes introduced Kang to me by making him cool, sympathetic, and an inevitable threat.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

The fact that Ben caught the reference and blew the guys' minds. A rare subversion on the couch. I think Ben altered time to make it happen.

[@hamzadawud]

What was the reference? I think I missed it.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

@@hamzadawud The fact that the book is a play on Citizen Kane. Sal and Ethan don't realize it until the end.

[@hamzadawud]

@@TheGreatDevlin Oh, lol. I'm surprised they didn't catch that.

[@valiantorion5815]

This episode has convinced me Kang is just sober Rick Sanchez with Time travel

[@XaikoThePsycho]

"There's opportunities for us to Cancel Kang in the future" Little did he know....

[@batfreeze56]

I am blown away that Sal, that ANYONE, has the patience to learn about Kang. Such a headache of a character

[@Volvagia1927]

Everybody's Kang the Conqueror or: Marvel's Version of The Hawk Snarl. I have to assume Feige isn't going to duplicate THAT mess.

[@gregcourtney751]

This is why I thought kang wouldn't appear in th mcu. Loki always is why the avengers form so he makes sense. Ultron was possibe with current effects so he made sense too. But kang, as importznt as heim is could have been skiped.

[@derrickhenderson1510]

Kang was in one of the first Marvel comics I ever read, I thought he was cool until he spoke

[@AceOfPhanatic]

Kangs Mini series 5 issues kinda fixed all that tbh The loop is explained clearly And it makes you fully understand his character Then after that Just read timeless

[@Dave175]

Wow, “Kancel Kang” sure came back around, lol

[@codydraving8184]

Sal is a psychic, confirmed 😂

[@Mattkeyz1]

Sal starting a back issues with instant regret only makes me all the more eager to listen.

[@jonathanshaw9704]

The most badass version of Kang is from Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The Kang Dynasty three-parter is so awesome. And he has the most badass line in that too: “Time to show the 21st Century, how I earned the title of CONQUERER.”

[@sajallday]

"You are not apart of the solution, Captain. You are the problem, and the answer is CONQUEST"

[@loganthomas2421]

“I’ll save our entire timeline, even if I have to conquer this time to do it.”

[@sangera]

"Gilgamesh, a king, at Uruk," has been a quote stuck in my mind for almost two years now. Last night, I watched the second episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation's fifth season, "Darmok." For years this quote has plagued me. Any time I thought of Gilgamesh I thought of this quote. Learning that it was a Star Trek reference makes me so jubilant. When I watched "Darmok," it reminded me so much of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and I was rewarded by being a nerd!

[@kassandra_sae4563]

Honestly I love Kang as a walking paradox of a character. Like he doesnt even know his origins and everything.

[@Nuked519]

I just imagine the people working on the MCU looking at Kang's backstory and letting out a long sigh

[@comixproviderftw_02]

“How the hell do we streamline this?!”

[@Crijoe]

I love how Sal stumbles into the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis at 27:50.

[@ianbruno237]

Can’t forgot the Scarlet Centurion that rules for a time in the Squadron Supreme universe. HE IS ALSO KANG…KANG THROUGH UNIVERSES AND ALSO DC ANALOGS

[@soupkid8268]

Kancel Kang aged like a fine wine

[@Grievousish]

I'll admit that Kang made for a decent villain in Lego Marvel 2. Plus the game's version of Chronopolis was a pretty fun hub world.

[@amazingspidermew]

Who would’ve guessed this video title predicted the future of the MCU 😂

[@SkylightCiel]

I coincidentally watched Citizen Kane like 3 days ago and I spend this entire back issues trying to figure out how it tied into that at all

[@kaleremmers7894]

I think Gilgamesh was an Avenger for like a second. The roster was him, Cap, Thor, Invisible Woman, and Mister Fantastic. Maybe during Inferno?

[@HaussmannComics]

Correct. He joined in Avengers #300

[@tster]

Wasn't Steve also going as the captain at the time?

[@HaussmannComics]

@@tster he was

[@daelen.cclark]

@@dn22pkkdd476 NEXTWAVE!

[@SomeGuyFromAustria]

Damn the "cancel Kang" thing from this episode aged very well...

[@sevensvn5391]

Ethan asking about the Bootstrap Paradox was great, always love their questions. 6:12

[@florgenhorgen3124]

1:30 they predicted kang getting booted

[@ImmortalEmz]

after watching this i have this mental image of kang celebrating his great win, slipping on a banana peel and dying then a second kang appears from outta no were yelling about how the first kang was stupid and hes the real kang not seeing the banana peel and slipping on it as well

[@mrpink99]

I’d rather see Kang stepping on a bunch of rakes like Sideshow Bob, and he goes back in time to stop himself from stepping on the rakes but fails and eventually there are an infinite number of Kangs stepping on an infinite number of rakes

[@YouCalledForTheDoc]

Avengers Forever has to be done if only for the scene of Kang with the guns

[@danielferguson5971]

My only exposure to kang was earths mightiest heroes and from what I remember he was imposing

[@lindangobese8705]

"Kang sucks. But! He is also boring." Well, I'm sold!

[@bensneb360]

I don’t know why were doing this… Well that’s the best opening to a back issues episode ever.

[@seand7042]

My personal favorite is something like well it's Summertime ratings are in the toilet

[@owenleal]

You know what they say: Too many kangs spoil the broth. A kang in the hand is worth two in the bush. The early Kang gets the other Kang. A Kang a day keeps the Kang away. Never count your Kangs before they hatch. And of course the old classic. The best laid Kangs of Mice and Men shall often go astray.

[@lebeaumuni6247]

1:29 That kang the conqueror mini series is REALLY good and I hope it is talked about on back issues one day cause I think it might result in a lot of hilarity

[@jclombardi8471]

I know Sal already mentioned it in the video, but the recent Kang mini by Kelly and Lanzing is really great and probably the best way to get introduced to the character.

[@99jmaster]

A Kang episode? I wonder if Joel is going to show up somewhere and talk about the time baby lol. 27:50 that is something I did not expect I kind of just assumed you wouldn't have any interest in that

[@jtverland7224]

Marcus from Avengers 200?

[@Crijoe]

Younger Dryas impact!

[@simonstoten4819]

The Thor at the gas station with the map is one of my favourite scenes in all of comic dom

[@Bubblegob]

The life of Kang the Conqueror is literrally the plot of Dark.

[@Vidiocity92]

"Kang is stupid, BUT... he's also REALLY boring."

[@loganthomas2421]

I was hoping someone would make comparisons between the council of Ricks when Sal brought up the council of Kangs. Sure enough, they did lol

[@KiramidHead]

Well the title of the video aged well. 🤣

[@MWhaleK]

Kang isn't just Kang, he is Immortus, Kid Immortus, Pharaoh Rama-Tut who ruled over Egypt when En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse was young, the Scarlet Centurion, Victor Timely and Mister Gryphon.

[@comicpop]

Yeah

[@rudedude7874]

You forgot The Sphinx who fought Nova when he started out

[@mrpink99]

And also Iron Lad, and Marcus Immortus, the “son” of Carol Danvers

[@Justice4Skye]

Annnnnnd he who remains

[@MrZomBie775]

The first few minutes of this episode aged like a fine wine lol

[@PurpleColonel]

Kang has officially been cancelled

[@ClemRusty1940]

Kancelled. Thank you.

[@megaultradamn]

He got canned (Kanged?)

[@skiwlkr9928]

I love listening to these high, thanks for the great conversations

[@marcushamner5994]

1:02:54 That’s what Sylvie did in the season finale of Loki too. I have Avengers Terminatrix and I got the reference🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NilFox]

I would kill for a story about a time traveler war between Kang & Reverse Flash.

[@bradwatkins7564]

I love when you guys do these older runs.

[@jbw042300]

"i dont know why we're doing this" one of those lines that tells you its gonna be a good episode

[@TheBechtloff]

Kang was the main villain in the Spider-man/X-men: Time's Arrow trilogy of novels. So actually he has been involved in some X-men time travel shenanigans. Which I mention not to be an "Actually...." nerd but because those novels are actually worth a read.

[@mrpink99]

Cap recognizes Gilgamesh because they were on the Avengers together

[@bZman]

I want a story arc called “The Kulling of the Kanceled Kouncil of Kangs”

[@alma3884052]

Editor's note: DO NOT ABBREVIATE UNDER ANY CISCUMSTANCES

[@TupocalypseShakur]

@@alma3884052 there is an extra k, so i think that's good

[@gregcourtney751]

Unfortunalty the main kang or someone elsr kulled the kang concucil. This was decades ago. I think theyre gone?

[@johnny2003]

I was 30 minutes in and completely forgot that we hadn’t started the book yet. Lmao

[@josephjanisch5396]

The Black Sea was a fresh water lake. The “Great Flood” raised water levels enough to overflow the Bosporus (then land bridge) and made it into a salt water sea. That’s why there is a clear divide between salt and freshwater at a specific depth of the Black Sea.

[@bartfourqurean1109]

There is a series by Rick Remender uncanny avengers. In it, kang and the apocalypse twins fight a unity squad of avengers (avengers and mutants). Not trying to "um actually" just wanted to highlight a good book. Thanks for everything you guys do.

[@flywheelshyster]

The council of kangs! This is a best of the worst style book and I love it! Yall the best!

[@Ridley882]

And when he was Immortus, he orchestrated a bunch of stuff using the Space Phantom to mess with Thor, Madame Hydra, Captain America, Vision, and Scarlet Witch, among others. No idea if you're ever gonna be able to go over any of that, but I'd love to see it. And the related X-Men arc about Number 2, the sentinel flew too close to the sun. And the Captain America arc where Madame Hydra was introduced, that retroactively became involved with the convoluted Space Phantom thing. And the arc right after that where Falcon is introduced. Really, there are a lot of things I want you guys to cover because of how weird they get, but don't really have specific titles, so I don't know if they'd really work for videos.

[@MrEnKaye]

That deep fried Kang at 8:43 scared the shit out of me, I thought my phone broke 😂

[@HaussmannComics]

Gilgamesh was a Brief Avenger under Captain America alongside Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Of course Cap knows him

[@RichMalicious_86]

ComicPop never fails to cover (somewhat🤣) great stories with even greater laughs, you don't know how much I really needed this. You guys are amazing!... but please... for the love of god!🙏🏽... COVER MORE INJUSTICE!! I'M BEGGING YOU!😭 *Also...* ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN!!! 😂

[@captaincomics3626]

This was a really fun episode and I immediately thought this was gonna be a marvelized citizen Kane about Kang but. I was still surprised by the story.

[@bZman]

My favorite part was when the council of Kangs all unanimously said “its Kangin time” and then Kanged all over the place

[@owenleal]

This joke stopped being funny ages ago and now it is actively annoying.

[@megaultradamn]

@@owenleal such is the life cycle of a meme.

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

@@owenleal its still funny☆

[@BalmierLotus]

I wonder how many times they each said "kang" in this episode

[@DavidPeoplesTV]

Well… the title of this episode aged well

[@DavidPeoplesTV]

Or badly, depending on your perspective lol

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

Ben spent all day waxing the fantasticar, they had to go slowly so everyone could see that wax job.😂

[@viewersupreme]

it’s official i fucks with y’all! comic knowledge and well explanations aside. i like the chemistry man. just sum regular ass friends talkin comics

[@WhelmedButReady]

As soon as I knew my birthday would fall on a Wednesday, I knew apart of my festivities would be sitting down and enjoying a new Back Issues. And now the day has finally come.😁👌🏾

[@coreycrumbcake]

Thanks for the new episode! 😊

[@ninja1man4u]

Heck yeah a Kang episode... oh it's just me..ok I'll see myself out

[@calebmershimer6482]

“I don’t know why we’re doing this…” Strap in y’all this is gonna be rough.

[@JohnClark-tt2bl]

I love that Sal didn't out together the sled name and citizen Kane/g

[@michaelwood9012]

At about 1hr 03mins in, I thought to myself: "ah, of course, he used a Dopple-Kanger"

[@778899mike]

Captain America used to date the eternal Sersi.

[@ShawnWeeded510]

Captain America dates Sersi. That's how he knows who Gilgamesh.

[@comicjourney]

Hey Professor, Gilgamesh was a freakn Avenger with Captain America . That's how he knows him. Otherwise you're right, nobody else would know any of tue Freakn Eternals

[@MisterKetch]

Ah sweet, about to take a walk and this pops up! Thought this was Kang dynasty for a second lol, but I'm sure that'll come with the movie haha

[@Ducaso]

I love how these old runs can get real nonsensical, at the turn of a page, and the folks on the couch just embrace it (or not lol).

[@thesolarengineer]

It's all the more ironic now that the Soviet rewrite of Kang's backstory literally makes him a 'Kang'. 'Kang of Kangs' as it were 🤨😳🤣

[@ozzyalbor8292]

This ep was fucking great! Thank you so much, you bois are hilarious!

[@TevyaSmolka]

This Kang conquer story just seems so super confusing and frankly doesn’t feel like a avengers story but a complete and utter mess.

[@Ashguy733]

Sal calling Reed a "Gossiping Bitch" is hilarious

[@cameochris]

Thanks for a great video guys!

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Kang was cool in Avengers Forever, if I remember correctly.

[@CasualClassroom]

Im sure I'm the 1000000000th person to make this joke by now, but man, what if Kang got cancelled? wouldn't that be crazy...

[@seand7042]

Boy after the first 4 minutes of this I could go for some Tang.....

[@gartrellwhite7504]

So, is the Terminatrix Objective the sequel to this story and will there be a future Back Issues on it?

[@Justice4Skye]

Gilgamesh, a king, at Uruk!

[@jonathon862]

Gilgamesh was briefly an Avenger before this book.

[@danzigvssartre]

Is there explanation as to why Dr Druid used to be bald but now has hair in this comic? Did he use magic to get hair or is it a hair piece?

[@gtarrant2000]

Do I finally smell a chance for ComicPOP to do Avengers Forever

[@christophermarkham2771]

Jesus Christ, I love Comic Pop so damn much.

[@adrianvelante8014]

18:20 same

[@cullenn2100]

1:03 the "Kancel Kang" bit would be a great short

[@dedbatt8869]

“When I was a religious scholar” ?!?!?! New Comicpop lore just dropped

[@BrandonPaul]

Kang is handled very awkwardly in the comics, but I like how the MCU is handling him so far. If done well it could be better than the comics themselves. Excited for the next ant-man film to see where it goes. Also wanted to mention that as far as I know the one time Kang messed with X-men stuff was when they combined with the avengers (uncanny avengers), which makes a lot of sense since he's primarily an avengers villain (and sometimes FF).

[@marcushamner5994]

@Brandon Paul I agree, B.P! Thanos was handled really well in the MCU, so I think Lang will be handled too. If the Beyonder shows up in the MCU, they should have in a important role for Secret Wars given it started with him anyway. But, don’t make him the focal point because his story is wild AF!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BrandonPaul]

@@marcushamner5994 Now that you mention it, the only thing i'm thinking now is we somehow get black suit spider-man during secret wars like in the comics. That'd be neat.

[@marcushamner5994]

@@BrandonPaul with the rumors going around from Cosmic Wonder and Comic Pop Official, we could get it, bro! We saw a piece of the Symbiote in Spider-Man No Way Home! That would be EPIC!! I’ve been following Comic Pop since day one. Sal, Ben, Ethan and Tiffany (Sal’s wife) are hilarious! What do you think of the phase 4 so far, Brandon?

[@BrandonPaul]

@@marcushamner5994 I didn't see the first three movies or black panther, but I liked spider-man and doctor strange for this phase. Thor was alright but I thought it was a bit too whacky. Wandavision and Loki were great. I didn't really love hawkeye or falcon outside of the action scenes. She-Hulk really made me angry in a bad way and I haven't seen moon knight or what if yet.

[@marcushamner5994]

@@BrandonPaul Moon Knight is awesome, bro! I have the comics, and Marc Spector is my favorite hero! He’s Marvel’s answer to Batman LOL. You’re not the only one who had iffy thoughts about Thor Love and Thunder. People said Thor 4 was too jokey lol. Your comment on She-Hulk had me rolling LOL! I thought She -Hulk Attorney At Law was awesome! I know some people were not fans of She-Hulk, but what was your disdain for it?

[@MisterKetch]

So it's not a time travel story but Kang (Rama tut) is part of apocaypses back story. Or was at least since arakoa time-line probably undid that

[@JoshMunroe]

Late-80s to Late-90s Avengers always reminded me of He-Man characters (as I remember from childhood): Massive muscles and clashing colors.

[@the_rose_garden01]

"Its not the snap that makes it work--" I want to hear this rant, because I myself have been saying it since Endgame

[@comixproviderftw_02]

The MCU has moved from purple boy to blue boy

[@colinvalentine]

#KangcelCulture 😂

[@seankensing]

The Herb Trimpe art in this is kind of cool in my opinion. It’s like Leifeld’s style combined with better anatomy and just better basic illustration skills. I don’t feel the same second hand embarrassment looking at it as I feel with most Leifeld art.

[@hopekeeley2122]

Yeah my thoughts exactly. It’s like if an actual seasoned professional did one of those “draw this thing in multiple peoples styles” thing from the internet for an entire comic book chapter.

[@cousinmarcus216]

The bad ones are always so good