Supergirl and Her Weird Seat Belt Safety Comic

[@Jezee213]

That truck driver was actually Dynamite Thor in disguise.

[@hyenaedits3460]

Slipping into a coma every time I do something I regret is tempting though.

[@DasKame]

"The Drunk Driver survived the Crash without a scratch...now the Story is starting to get Weird"

[@AesculapiusPiranha]

@@nknighton70 Drunk driving saves lives!

[@kenlieck7756]

@@AesculapiusPiranha COMA!

[@lindaeasley4336]

@@nknighton70 yep . One of the most morally unjust things in life is drunk driving accidents .The drunken shitters kill but often times survive the crash and get away with bearly a scratch and spend little time in jail

[@TheManCalledDrHorse]

Fun fact: being really drunk actually loosens your muscles to the point where it lessens the damage of being thrown around a car like a ragdoll. There have been several documented cases of drunk people coming out relatively unscathed after car crashes because they don't anticipate the impact and tense up. Don't drink and drive, yo

[@frankiejamsmusic2646]

I cannot believe you got THE VIN DIESEL! The channel is blowing up!!!

[@kenlieck7756]

I never knew he was the guy behind diesel trucks! You live, you learn... but still, I feel bad about my willful ignorance on this subject... COMA!!!

[@soumen_pradhan]

Initially, I thought so too, but if you look closely, it is actually a cardboard cutout with a thin slit on the mouth. Some guy is mimicking Vin from behind, then quickly runs off screen.

[@frankiejamsmusic2646]

@@soumen_pradhan that's like the 5th time I've fallen for that

[@aikisteven0616]

Those GIANT faces!! I guess you can take the artist out of MAD, but you can't take the MAD out of the artist!

[@-Teague-]

Once you start drawing things only one way you can't stop lol

[@yehudadavis3235]

"Americans were fiercely resistant..." You're going to have to be more specific, Chris. We're been very historically stupid. "...to a simple thing that can make them safer." Oh, I think I know where this is going. "They argued it infringed on their freedom and was needlessly inconvenient, despite statistics showing us that doing this simple thing would save a lot of lives." Yep, yep. It's crazy how its already September and we still -- "I'm talking about seatbelts." _Surprised pikachu face_

[@wells5150]

Nobody said anything about masks... yet?😲

[@Zilegil]

27 writers. But a plot that makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t even support its own message. Wtf

[@mayssm]

Remember that scene in Robocop 2 where a whole committee gets together to give Robocop prime directives and they make him go crazy?

[@dlee827]

There's an old saying: "a camel is a horse designed by a committee".

[@singaporesammy]

She used a variation of super-ventriloquism to direct her voice directly into the phone. The cops never heard a thing.

[@violagreene4643]

In the film noir scene Supergirl could be wearing her seatbelt. Rear seats at the time generally only had lap belts, not shoulder straps.

[@lakrids-pibe]

And seatbelts for the rear seat was considered less important. In my country it became mandatory to wear seatbelts in 1976, but only for those sitting in the front. It took until 1990 before the back seat passengers were included. Many cars didn't have seatbelts in the back at all.

[@WildBluntHickok]

They had to change the back seat belts to shoulder ones too when they belatedly figured out that a lap-only belt has a chance of snapping your spine in a crash.

[@lakrids-pibe]

@@WildBluntHickok It must be like quite the punch in the gut under the best of circumstances.

[@mayssm]

The comic I remember most as a kid was a Teen Titans that was against drug use. We received it in elementary school, and I was just getting into comics, so I was blown away. "FREE COMIC!!!" It was really kind of dark and a bit too mature for my little brain at the time.

[@dylanmahaffey8920]

I got that one in school as well.

[@kevinsterner9104]

Yeah I can't forget that one, it was really dark.

[@-Teague-]

Dang I wish my school handed out free teen titans

[@captaintwitch340]

That one was my favorite.

[@Bowen_Landry]

@@captaintwitch340 If I recall correctly. That one was really well done. Good issue...oddly lol

[@lhfirex]

If only that Steve guy had eaten a Hostess Fruit Pie. Then he would've been receptive to putting on a seat belt!

[@Xehanort10]

But unlike Lex Luthor Steve never stole 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens and that's terrible.

[@-Teague-]

Literally half the reason to be a vintage comic collector is to read the hostess fruit pie ads they are genuinely hilarious sometimes

[@ianfinrir8724]

​@@Xehanort10 But Steve washes his hands...cuz he's not evil.

[@GoatHeadWalletProdt]

One of the Craziest PSA’s I’ve heard about was actually from Daredevil when he told people about the dangers of gasoline vapors I’d DAREDEVIL VS. VAPORA especially since it shocked me to learn that people used gasoline as a CLEANING SOLVENT.

[@ScreamingScallop]

No problem, it dries quickl*WHOOOOOMMM!!*

[@GoatHeadWalletProdt]

ScreamingScallop Whew, cleaning this stained carpet with gasoline is exhausting *checks the time* oooo it’s time for my coffee and cigarette break. *WHOOOOSH*

[@Takeshi357]

It actually is a pretty good cleaning solvent, but I'm guessing we're not talking about the same thing here. I know zippo fuel is way better at removing something like sticker residue than goo gone.

[@christhestampeder]

Hey, look man, I think we're all willing to cut you some slack about putting out less episodes when you're able to book big-name stars like Vin Diesel. Dealing with publicists and celebrity schedules takes time, and we all understand that.

[@DungeonMasterMike]

Wow. The timing of this video is incredible. I just got contacted to do a PSA job for a local bus company, and create a 10 page comic to "educated the public" about their safety measures dealing with COVID. Needless to say I'm going to be paying careful attention to this video. Luckily there are only 2 writers ;)

[@theguardian8317]

I don't know today but in the 2000's when I started driving where I lived there was some social disease among teens and young adults in that they believed that wearing a seatbelt was somehow embarrasing. There were 2 comments that always made me want to punch my friends: One was people asking me why was I putting my seatbelt on if we were only driving to the store/friend's house/coffee place and the other was people telling me "It's fine. I trust you" whenever I asked them to put their seatbelts on.

[@Jesse__H]

The snake-throw counter to the lion-throw had me laughing out loud 🤣

[@byrine]

love these public service episodes. And thank you for not stuffing your videos full of ads

[@kevinbergman3784]

I remember a TV commercial with Supergirl and the storybook characters. It played late at night and I only saw it once.

[@aidenwade3891]

This is one of the first comics I ever owned, my mom gave it to me when I was very young. The cover was torn and is missing for years now, but I still have the comic itself.

[@bsabruzzo]

If you remember the 80s, seatbelts were only required in the front seats. You weren't required to wear them in the rear.

[@callumsparrow4379]

Supergirl’s not flying there, she’s falling with style.

[@ArticulatedDoom]

Wow!!!! Chris, you are coming up! Vin Diesel?! So glad he realized this is the channel celebrities need. I think you just made his career!

[@LARKXHIN]

Fast and the Furious WHO??? ComicTropes is where it's at.

[@alejoparedes2388]

So glad to see you again, Chris

[@LARKXHIN]

Totally expected the intro to be "Oh hi! You caught me following the rules of the road!"

[@stevenkreft4326]

The very first time I put on a seatbelt was due to the Michigan Seatbelt Law. About 35 minutes later I was involved in a collision, the cop came out and asked where the dead guy was. Seatbelt absolutely saved my life.

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

The colors and compositions are actually really pretty here, especially the car wreck stuff.

[@reprintranch]

Angelo Torres was a latecomer to EC, back in the '50s. He did a few solo stories and assisted Al Williamson a bit. I can't help but think of Angelo's EC colleague, Bernard Krigstein, with the three-panel accident depictions beginning at 8:03.

[@1956wood]

I remember this comic. Got for free in school for seat belt awareness!

[@justicierodelaliga]

The Spanish artist Jorge Jiménez is AMAZING. My favorite artist right now.

[@neilpower60]

The truck driver applies the same logic as Homer Simpson avoiding an asteroid strike by driving away from it

[@AesculapiusPiranha]

Whoever cuts Chris's hair is probably in a corner crying about now.

[@TimothyMReynolds]

I love the animated Kirby Krackle behind the comic panels

[@christianmartinez774]

Thanks on the advice to get my friend completely drunk, taking an Uber, and charging it to their account.

[@chibichan6421]

asphalt and other road materials don't melt (they have high melting point) but expand and deform, so is plausible, at least in comic world. Also, usually drunk drivers survive "fatal" accidents because the body under the effects of alcohol relaxes, like a lot, so in a crash or falling etc. normal working brains and bodies contracts and gets rigid causing more damage than just relaxing.

[@DevinParker]

Lots of laugh out loud moments in this one, but for some reason your voice acting on the drunk guy amused me to no end.

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

Seems like the production value of these videos just gets higher and higher every week, the camera cuts at 9:38 made the joke all that much funnier

[@Robocopnik]

The REAL S3 has been "Supergirl on Seatbelt Safety" all along!

[@dannyni4671]

These were the original Karen's and anti maskers. 🤣😂

[@AesculapiusPiranha]

Masks and seatbelts save lives, so it is closer to an innept attempt to get people to wear masks.

[@nerdbot37]

Are you sure that wasn't the *most* flattering photo of Elizabeth Dole that DC could obtain?

[@TheJMuise87]

I liked, followed, and subscribed... COMA! Great video Chris!

[@torch-bearer9129]

You know it’s a great public service announcement when you walk away not quite sure what you learned.

[@vshazam]

2:10 I love those moving Kirby dots in the background while showing a page

[@juanrorschach]

Can't help to notice how the artist's caricature style makes their heads huge. Man, the 80's were weird. Thanks for the content, man! Always fun.

[@almightytallestred]

It's so weird seeing a superhero comic drawn in the classic MAD parody style. I love it.

[@jonathana7202]

I wear my seatbelt. I have never had a coma. Supergirl saved my life. Thanks Supergirl...

[@mandelabutterfly9162]

Aye. I remember when you tweeted you were gonna do this. Unfortunately we still have to deal with people not wearing seatbelts. If you ever seen those click it or ticket commercials. That's always the first thing you should do when in a car. Any 1st grader can tell you that. Anyway I'm in an 80's kick now. And 1984 seemed to be a big year. Like WW84. Keep up the good work.

[@kenlieck7756]

Hmmm... FYI, Here's the Wikipedia overview for 1984: + Antarctic Press, Continuity Comics, Deluxe Comics, Matrix Graphic Series, and Renegade Press all enter the arena. + Terry Nantier teams up with Chris Beall and Marc Minoustchine to form Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine (NBM Publishing). + Gold Key (also known as Whitman Comics), Capital Comics, JC Comics, Pacific Comics, and Spectrum Comics all cease publishing. + Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics releases four new limited series (Six from Sirius, Timespirits, Crash Ryan, Sisterhood of Steel). + Marvel Comics introduces Star Comics, licensed titles for young readers, with the limited series The Muppets Take Manhattan.

[@euansmith3699]

Comic Tropes is "Carsalesman"!? I'm looking forward to the Darwyn Cooke episode; he was one of my favourite artists and writers, and he is sorely missed.

[@mdjans35]

I had the second Supergirl comic with the fantasy characters. They actually animated a couple of the sequences into PSAs that aired on television.

[@rodneybowie8087]

Oh my god, I've got this comic. I gotta go find it and read it again. I knew it was a PSA, and that's why I didn't read it. I never viewed it through my MST3K goggles, so it should be great.

[@ComicCollectionComplete]

Yes! Let’s go! I haven’t paid the water bill in 2020... Coma. That hot book really wasn’t on my pull list, but I am not saying anything... Coma.

[@dustygood4298]

I laughed at this comment and forgot to give it a thumbs up... Coma.

[@someonewhocommentsonyoutub3779]

I forgot to put on pants when taking my dog for a walk... Coma.

[@kronemerj]

I was confused by this comment because I looked at it before watching the video.... Coma

[@RickReasonnz]

You know, I gotta appreciate your polite version of scathing commentary on cheesy comics

[@sharpsonmusic]

Wow! I can't believe you got Vin Diesel from 2006!

[@joshpinchuk7061]

The way you shot the coma montage was great! When I was in China 10 years ago, I saw multiple drivers use a device that fits into the seatbelt female slot just like the regular male piece attached to the belt, but this one was not attached to anything and could be used to disable the seatbelt alarm.

[@SuperDrunkdragon]

Boy, it must've cost you a fortune to get Vin Diesel on the show. You're really moving up in the world, Chris!

[@wrensart1335]

I appreciate the more dynamic format Chris has been doing haha.

[@lordbob1364]

When I was little, my Nana encouraged me to not wear a seatbelt because her best friend's son had died in a car fire because he couldn't undo his seatbelt. Well one time, we were coming home from Domino's and she spotted a double rainbow and we were looking at it while she gently rear ended the person in front of her. I hit the dash super hard and just crumpled onto the floor, my personal pizza sliding out of its carton next to me. Always wore my seatbelt after that.

[@supercyc10]

I give praise to any old school artist that can draw cars (without the references and resources we have today). That shit’s hard.

[@Puerco-Potter]

Heat bend metal, that's why bridges have gaps to account for sunny days... Then again, to curb the metal in that way super girl should apply heat to the bottom of the rails and not the top, so the bottom will expand... Comic's logic

[@900milesfromnormal3]

Question about the cover art: Why does Steve's seatbelt have pockets? Also, at 9:30 you missed the sign on the wall. Look at point #4

[@kinginthenorth1437]

As a former welder, you can absolutely bend metal with heat and even control the direction by applying focused heat. I'd at least say bending the road is plausible in a world where people can fly and have heat vision cause why not.

[@KingClovis]

You can really see the Mad Magazine influence on some of Angelo Torres' panels. It's like he can't help drawing oversized heads and making people look like celebrities.

[@Theduckwebcomics]

The multiple choice at the end was the best part 🤣

[@MrEdWeirdoShow]

Yes, good old Super... I mean Safetygirl. Loved it. And another classic was in the late '60s and early '70s, when she was Upskirtgirl.

[@MutedMamba]

People refusing to wear something that's proven to keep you safe? Sounds familiar.

[@thehaip]

It's so great we've progressed beyond choosing personal idiocy over the safety of ourselves and others...

[@solidkingcobra]

and according to Chris it only took a generation to make it acceptable. yay!

[@KameronJ7]

Condoms

[@KameronJ7]

@@GuyFierisShirt Plus they make it impossible to breathe. Clearly way worse than impact trauma!

[@thevlaka]

Breathing in carbon dioxide, drastically lowering the amount of oxygen you intake, surroundung your face with more germs is safe?

[@CRUCIFi777]

5:39 Buddy Rich was always the one driving the dynamite and laying it down, only usually it was behind the drums.

[@VulpesHilarianus]

I could totally believe someone thinking Steve's accident was a fatality back then. In the U.S. we didn't start engineering cars with crumple zones en masse until around this time or later, with cars like the Saab 9000 in 1984, the Chevrolet Celebrity and Cavalier in 1982, and the Ford Taurus in 1986. Getting T-boned by a '77 Malibu in a '76 Pinto like Steve was driving would've been a fatal accident for Steve for sure. Also, the biggest issue with getting people to wear seatbelts in the '70s and early '80s was the designs were incredibly annoying. GM concocted these tragic contraptions where the anchor point of the belt was on the ceiling and would slide forward towards the windshield when you opened the door, and then when you got in you had to put your seatbelt on, then slide the anchor point back behind your head. Not to mention the seatbelt tensioners were garbage back then. You could just readjust yourself in your seat and it would trigger the tensioner, requiring you to undo the seatbelt and lock it back in again or else just about get choked.

[@ZorValachan]

I remember getting this at a Ford exhibition in St. Louis i had forgotten about it until today.

[@florinivan6907]

Ah yes those guilt induced comas. They were a common problem back in the 80s.

[@binkysphinx]

Lol, what a surprise to see you focus on this book... For some reason, I'm sitting on dozens of NM/NM+ copies of it.

[@toonman361]

This comic is an example of why many people think all comics are for kids. Were the four writers in a coma when they penned this?

[@lo1bo2]

Another entertaining episode, Chris! I received this comic in elementary school, and kept it all these years. Those dream sequences fascinated me as a kid. Also received a couple anti smoking comics, one of them in partnership with Marvel.

[@lucasbachmann]

As I recall this was also notable for the supergirl costume being the first time this variant appeared - even though it is what a modern audience assumes is the standard version and what is in the movie (red skirt, no headband). I remember getting this in elementary school and my Dad being unconvinced exactly as Steve. It was the eventual law changes that changed the culture.

[@msol8966]

I love watching you talk about great comics and legendary creators. But I apparently ALSO love you shredding crappy comics apart. One of your best episodes yet.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

My parents always wore seatbelts and made sure we wore ours. The only times we didn't wear seatbelts was on the school bus, which didn't even HAVE them. Then every once in a while one of the busses would have ONE seat that had a seat belt. The kid that sat in that seat HAD to wear the seatbelt even though the rest of the seats on the bus didn't have them. I don't know what the deal with that was.

[@biffenheimer]

Drinking probably DID make him invulnerable. Studies have shown that in drunk driving accidents the drunk people usually fare better. Something about being more relaxed.

[@Nocturne22]

Alcohol is a sedative, so your body isn't tense, which allows you to withstand impact better. The people that you hit though - probably not so much.

[@Dabeef64]

One of my all-time favorites is Batman, death of innocents for landmine awareness in other countries. The cover alone just sends chills down my spine.

[@gabriels9919]

Damn, idk why i stopped watching this comics, i love the energy and the content even if i disagree on some things, also the channel brings me memories XD

[@kenlieck7756]

Hey, Torres was also part of the legendary "Fleagle Gang" along with Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson & Roy Krenkel, a team of legendary artists who... also had bupkis connection to superhero comics at the time... Anyway, PSA comics are one thing, but I'm truly horrified at the number of product shilling Marvel & DC comics are out there nowadays, with a recent DCU/KFCU series being just the finger-licking tip of the iceberg. Someone at the Big Two should feel awful about these... (COMA!)

[@darkranger_7769]

This was hilarious, that coma part had me going. Haven't laughed that hard for a minute, so thanks for that. Always look forward to your content man, hopefully it's more then twice the next month. 😁

[@thomastanker0257]

In all seriousness, it’s a real treat to have to episodes in a month. Your content is always well researched and well made!

[@ALbertoDoriguzzi]

Daniel Warren Johnson kicks ass, the quality of his work is extremely high. Love him

[@Lord0x]

Great another video! don't overwork yourself and I hope you'll have a good rest.

[@TheDukeofMadness]

Mental image of Ralph Nader in a Supergirl costume. I shall now go and pour bleach in my mind's eye.

[@Isaac-vq9gw]

So many things that happened during this video threw me for a loop

[@seand7042]

See what you don't realize is right after Linda exposed her identity to the policeman she gave him one of those memory wiping kisses only kryptonians can do

[@TheArchersTungsten]

Everyone knows that alcohol loosens you up and makes you practically invincible behind the wheel of a car, and if you happen to hit some kids the cops will still make sure to escort you home quick .

[@ericovalle8737]

You're questioning how Clark and Kara use the mind device IN A PSA ABOUT SAFETY BELTS?! Come on, now! Lol

[@welch_inc6532]

DC has some of the darkest PSC. The Superman one about land mines in Bosnia where he shows little compassion for a child that’s blown his leg off, keeps going on about how they should let a dog die, and ends the comic saying he refuses to remove land mines in a field because he’s too busy

[@keybyss98]

Kinda reminds me of those old Crash Test Dummies PSAs that had the same message starting around the same time. They also had a toyline, as well!

[@13down13]

You remember excuses people had for not putting on seatbelts, but then you forget that awhile ago, seat belt buzzers did turn off on their own after a short time... don't want to annoy those careless people for too long.

[@Globox2004]

Oh God, we need to see this van Damme comic.

[@notlikely4955]

Another great episode as always! Loved all the little tangents like that bit with the rock, or the coma joke. I hope you're doing okay!

[@LXhSh]

This is the only show on KZbin I watch without delay when it shows up in my feed. Thanks for another great one! Also, those animated Kirby dots are fantastic!

[@miro_trendafilov]

Yes! Finally, a new episode! EDIT: Love the Kirtby Crackle background!

[@Chandasouk]

Cool! Reminds me of the spiderman PSA comic you made a video on

[@thetubomagico]

Of course Supergirl has to be strapped down to the machine! it´s a comic about safety belts!!

[@JasonMarshMusic]

There should be a Wolverine public service comic about only killing when it's absolutely necessary. 😜

[@kenlieck7756]

But also being the best at what you do!

[@billtree52]

Which is always

[@kenlieck7756]

@@billtree52 Being the best or killing people?

[@theswampus670]

@@kenlieck7756 Both is good.

[@kenlieck7756]

@@theswampus670 I'm reminded of the line in What The...! #2: "I'm the best at what I do and what I do isn't nice... cuz what I do is dress up in women's underwear!"

[@ruby8ball55]

Thanks for another great video Your show + a hot cup of coffee = a great morning :)

[@lucaspeacock6525]

Thank you, for everything. I needed to do that lest a coma be my only repreve from guilt of not expressing my appreciation.