Dark Nights Metal goes to the DARK MULTIVERSE!

[@landonny]

Haha love that the couch is still present.

[@bradenhogan2]

Like Superman’s trunks. Wouldn’t be Back Issues without it!

[@irishboy_pa]

It is biggest star of the show

[@lifemattersnot]

The couch

[@irishboy_pa]

@@lifemattersnot yes

[@lifemattersnot]

@@irishboy_pa you know what fair enough.

[@osad1aye]

“The Batman who laughs..his life sucked so hard - he became a cenobite”.

[@landonny]

5:40

[@iangraham1138]

The man ain't wrong though.

[@PairaDemons]

Drinking Game: Take a shot every time someone says “Dark Multiverse”

[@spoonlolol2]

Think you’d die by 10:00

[@Yungtacosss]

That's a one way trip to heaven/hell LOL

[@PairaDemons]

@@Yungtacosss or to a dark multiverse 😂

[@grangisjefe2564]

The humanity

[@Aliaskitfisto]

And I'm dead

[@TheGreatDevlin]

"We're doing this" 😂. Sal immediately giving up.

[@Peecamarke]

😂😂 I love it! Like he was saying what was on everyone's minds

[@aucarter]

When he said “COVID edition” I busted up!!!

[@catlawyerwilldefendfortrea6038]

"Don't think about it" - Comic Pop. Put that on the hard cover

[@dane.2294]

The multiverse discussion at the beginning is absolute gold

[@codybryner2122]

Oh yeah the best part of this episode was them trying to understand the dark multiverse

[@bertanosomething9246]

I love how Ben has some booze with him. He was already ready.

[@Chactemal]

Ethan too was drinking something

[@TheBradlexSale]

"We're not on the couch? We can drink?!?"

[@elderrusty541]

I know sal said no more dark multiverse, but a dark multiverse drinking episode would be hilarious

[@bornsinner8653]

“He calls it his PARALL-AX!” Damn you Sal, that had no right to be as funny as it was

[@crimsonking440]

"See you take the map and flip it and that's the dark multiverse. Then you flip it again and it's the darker multiverse. - Some editor at DC, probably.

[@reallysourpinecone]

It’s funny to me how much Sal, Ethan, and Ben spend in this episode complaining about and trying to rationalize how these dark multiverse worlds can have their own multiverses within them.

[@sombrashadow0013]

I was worried at first because of sound quality, but honestly the quality is still top notch. Awesome

[@carloscarmona1523]

This totally felt like a regular episode. The quality was not diminished even in the slightest.

[@Depthcharge2030]

15 straight minutes of ripping on the dark multiverse. I live for this content

[@spheremode3271]

I like how this series basically has turned into a comic fan keeping up with the monthlies explaining to two more causal comic fans how ridiculously insane Marvel and DC Comics are, and how nothing makes any sense and everything is bizarre and weird.

[@dropdeadbeatz]

ikr

[@WannabeWryter]

Comic Pop has many purposes.

[@uncannyhumantorch3704]

It was always that

[@dead0ntime]

@@uncannyhumantorch3704 well in the beginning they didn’t really know much.

[@jmsolano0516]

That’s literally what they advertise the show as

[@chrisdaily2077]

Although it would be more expensive, wouldn't be hilarious to watch this with the heads of this recording edited onto a still of them on the couch.

[@greencapps]

I had the same thought lmao

[@WhelmedButReady]

I really cherished how Comic Pop's Back Issues was an escape from reality with them still being in person. Helped maintain my sanity. However, whatever it takes to stay safe these days.

[@williamcrouch7564]

The opening conversations of the dark multiverse alone made me feel like I was taking crazy pills

[@akap]

"Let's write a what-if story-that takes place on an alternate, disposable Earth, of course-where the events of our multiverse-spanning, all-encompassing event go differently, but those multiversal events go differently... only... on that... one Earth... that make sense to everyone?"

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

Sounds clear.

[@akap]

@@mikhaelgribkov4117 “great, then we’re gonna cross over that paradox clusterfuck of a story with the previously existing characters in that multiverse, and then-wait where are you going?!”

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

@@akap going to make everythinh canon so no one would ask us.

[@tanyaharmon6739]

Separated by fate. United by couch

[@SouthernRam]

Imagine Ethan being able to correct Sal on something. I'm so proud of the progress lmao

[@JoshMunroe]

I gotta say, this remote-version of Back Issues is the best "remote" format I've seen among any other podcasts/KZbin videos I've seen in the last year. Testament to the quality of this channel and the comfort of the co-hosts in carrying a conversation.

[@YouYubeUser228]

The was great, to you guys really managed to capture the backissues energy while not being together. Having Ethan rip into Dark Multiverse cosmology was a treat. I wouldn't mind more medium quality events in Backissues: CoVID edition.

[@FatSnorlax]

It's a real testament to you guys that even though you're physically distant you can still provide great insight. Great that Ethan and Ben were able to follow along. Ethan's exasperation is brilliant as always.

[@adrianvelante8014]

I always saw Earth 3 as just an alignment swap Earth. People who are normally good are bad and people who are normally bad are good.

[@MrCeratix]

Damn, That Doom 2 reference was underappreciated on the "couch" good pull Sal!

[@the_rose_garden01]

I love how on this 76 minute video, 24 of them are dedicated to trying to understand what the hell the Dark Multiverse even is or how it can function. That's just under a third of the video. Love to see it

[@flywheelshyster]

Hope all is well health wise. Love the show, you guys did magnificent with a zoom back issues. Now you know if emergencies come up you know you can work with it!

[@BoulderPunchPodcast1]

I think I almost had a stroke following the logic behind the Dark Multiverse and the Multiverse that exists in every universe that is within the actual Dark Universe

[@ryanmadej6694]

Here's an idea > tales of the dark multiverse : tales of the dark multiverse

[@OUTLAWS9000]

Funded.

[@Jeremo-FD]

I like it but can we make it revisit some Crisis events while we're at it?

[@mrboykins4619]

my first thought was " well shit some one got sick " but that doesnt seem like the case now that im watching this so thats good news ... love the ep!

[@Dorkyboi-1218]

The fact that I can break someone’s mind with the discussions about how this story can remotely exist and not the story itself tells a lot about the thought put into it. An amazing episode and I cannot wait for the next one!

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

So did it completely slip Tempus Fuginaut's mind to just gather a bunch of Alfred's with shotguns and call it a day? Or did he determine that was too much power for even himself to wield? Pulling on that thread further, the Dark Multiverse wouldn't exist if every dark universe had an Alfred with a shotgun, I guess.

[@trilobitose]

kkkkkkk

[@tt-qw2xq]

You should do a GBU with The Judas Contract, Hush, and Flashpoint.

[@Byrnn4293]

I appreciate so much that you included the secret co star, the couch.

[@JoN8hanL33]

Sal started with the sigh & that made my bust out laughing!!! I'm a Duke fan Sal, so thank you so much for doing this & suffering through it!

[@yfullman]

I want to see tipsy Ethan break down all the timey wimey stuff involving Moira in X-Men. That's nearly as confusing as the dark multiverse stuff.Only with Hickman it will make sense eventually.

[@ComicJuggalo398]

19:20, Yes Sal that is the only way with chronology that the Dark Multiverse could work. 👏👏👏 Agreed.

[@martinbaird1211]

If they know that i know that they know... they're in a dark universe.

[@nicksheier4548]

The second(?) instance of the classic Ben line "this sucks!" 🤣

[@TheTheDontae]

I just love the idea that they’re doing back issues with booze

[@deedav98]

So Barbatos should’ve known he would never win when he entered the multiverse. Because there is a reality in the dark multiverse, which he lords over, where he wins. That is an outcome that can’t happen on the other side. So what was the point?

[@KingChrobar]

could be this earth didnt exsist until after metal happened after on earth-0, since the dark earths comes from nightmares. someone couldve had a nightmare where the heroes lost in metal and then the dark earth was made. still a dumb explanation but its the best we got.

[@spencerchuong1510]

Let me explain: How universes are created is that it is forged from the hopes and fears of every living being in the Multiverse, not from possibly where if choose this in another universe you chose the other. So really the idea that you lost cause the universe you’re in is the possibility where you did lose while there is another universe born from the possibility where you won is out of the question. And idk if you know this, but in the Dark Multiverse every dark universe is unstable and will destroy itself no matter what

[@gray_mckay]

@@spencerchuong1510 if I’m not wrong (and after all this dark multiverse craziness I might be). Barbatos in his position as the ‘dragon’ was the one who actually destroyed the worlds created in the dark multiverse once they kind of hit their ‘points of no return’ , not that the worlds actually eventually died on their own. For example in the Tales of the Multiverse Blackest Night the universe ends up becoming populated entirely with Lobo-like creatures, and Sinestro begs Tempus Fuginaut to free him from that hellish universe, not to free him from a dying one. And Carter Hall (Hawkman) does actually take up the mantle of the ‘dragon’ but instead of being tasked to destroy the worlds like Barabatos originally did, he is meant to stop anyone from messing with the Dark Multiverse. Basically, Barbatos was the one destroying the worlds before he rebelled and ‘created’ the dark multiverse by not destroying these worlds and allowing them to live on and create these evil main character (aka Batman Who Laughs, The Final Knight, etc.) Gotta love modern DC and the mental gymnastics required to understand it!

[@johnnytt5233]

58:25 aaaaaand it was just announced today. Sal, I hope you're happy.

[@alexm2930]

Duke Thomas as the Monitor going from Tale to Tale makes so much more sense now. Didio kind of F'ed up with Sideways.

[@undead923]

Unlike the traditional Monitors, he is gonna do something instead of pondering if he should do something.

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

I think of the Dark Multiverse as a piece of metalwork that had a flaw, and when pressure was applied that was where it cracked. In the regular universe it did not shatter.

[@Ducaso]

“Doesn’t that sound so cool, but don’t think about it!” the book

[@galvatronus1139]

I can't tell what hurts more: my head from the story or my sides from laughing at the guys tearing it apart. Loved it!

[@vanjeorgen]

For your consideration; As a Greek i want to explain that Barbatos literally translates to really manly man and more specifically it's a sexual thing... Sth between virile and butch, but also a stud...

[@vanjeorgen]

@@Akkbar21 Well if they advertise themselves as such, they probably aren't.

[@radiumtheatre]

13:53 "It's a disaster of an idea"

[@dirtyDan5311]

It's funny coming back to this video because I got Thomas's final knight figure and he's not even called the final night he's just referred to as duke Thomas Batman

[@batfreeze56]

Did... did Ethan just break out the wine at 3:56? This is going to be quite the episode.

[@servantofka]

I have been a fan for over three years and somehow the sheer metal in this episode has made it one of my favorite episodes ever.

[@dennisssmith430]

I greatly appreciate Ethan’s LOTR knowledge 👍👍👍

[@bradwatkins7564]

I cannot tell, which I enjoy more, the ones where Sal is going over runs he enjoyed vs runs that he thinks were dumb. Either way good times as always guys.

[@FacelessPorcelain]

My understanding of the Dark Multiverse, at least from you Dark Knights Metal episode, was that the worlds in the Dark Multiverse weren't necessarily defined by being dark or evil or whatever, but rather it was more like they were worlds that weren't supposed to exist. Basically like the cosmic comic book writers pitched these worlds to the cosmic comic book editor and the editor said "no, that is stupid", but then that editor died so now these worlds are a thing, or something like that.

[@Tamaki742]

Those editors could've really helped us.

[@gray_mckay]

You pretty much hit the nail on the head. In your analogy Barbatos was the ‘editor’ originally who was supposed to take these crappy worlds, destroy them, so their energies could be used to make new world for the main multiverse. But he said “Fuck this, Fuck my job, Fuck my boss” then killed his boss (The World Forger AKA The Moniter and Antimonitors brother) and stopped destroying the worlds and they were just left to keep on existing and getting worse (Kinda like TFTDM Blackest Night were not only do most of the people die, then the entirety of life becomes Lobo people), and this new universe of rejects became known as The Dark Multiverse.

[@Doddser]

God the whole discussion about the Multiverses within the Dark Multiverse makes my nerd brain so happy. It's such intricate bullshit that clearly wasn't thought about for more than five seconds by the creators, but you can talk about for hours on end. I think the whole thing wouldn't even be that confusing if the word "Multiverse" wasn't used to designate the Dark Multiverse. It's more of a Dark Omniverse, or a realm of Dark Stories that don't necessarily stay bound to a universe or multiverse etc.

[@NoBody-lj5xh]

They could've just called it The Nightmare Dimension or whatever.

[@loganthomas2421]

Even with a covid edition, this is still another great backissues. I hope you guys are doing well and staying safe with all the spiking cases. If you guys do decide to do another dark multiverse tale, I'd love to see the Hush and Flashpoint ones

[@LangstonLaments]

"He calls it his paralax". This is the highlight of my day

[@DCPatrol]

This worked out well. I had a ton of fun with this book. I turned off any and all logic and just went with it, as I did for all of them, and had a blast. The art was awesome the colours great and I laughed a lot. I appreciate that you guys spent so much time thinking about the details. I couldn't be arsed but you all made it a riot.

[@FREEkdaman]

So wait, does that mean their is a "Tales of the Dark Multiverse" for the "Tales of the Dark Multiverse"...what?

[@ToonGal12]

Interesting to see Ben and Ethan's houses. :)

[@Chactemal]

Is it me or is Ethan using a background or something?

[@Spyder7223]

I'm happy that you guys are keeping this going even with this new temporary change. Stay safe you guys! That goes for Tiffany and Danielle and whoever else works with you guys as well!

[@jonathanshaw9704]

Giant Size ComicPOP!- COVID Edition

[@christianndukwe8994]

Could you imagine Eradicator Superwoman talking to Batman the Broken

[@Runge_was_here]

I love the episodes like this. They entertain me while saving me from spending the money on a book that I definitely have no interest in now 😂

[@mylesgaddy8867]

Sad to see the virus even affecting my favorite show. I hope you all are feeling and staying well and safe!

[@Peecamarke]

God, GREAT job guys! Different setup but the convo and rapor between you all doesn't skip a beat! If I hadn't seen the screen i wouldn't have known it was different. Probly cause of great editing, good software, and the fact you three are like, actually friends who don't need a script to follow so it always feels natural and immersive. Cheers! 😁👍🏿

[@ivansplvd6518]

The last 20 min when they are just tearing apart the book are one of the best in all ComicPop history

[@geekimusprime1984.]

the real dark crisis was the friends we made along the way

[@davidedelstein6600]

Wow, the mental gymnastics here...woof.

[@TheInfoYouNeed]

I've always thought back issues would be awesome as a podcast, also love how the couch is still there

[@brendanobrien8198]

this video turned out really great thanks Comicpop team for still putting this out

[@mitchellregan21]

In person or not, Back Issues is great.

[@gamingidiots7495]

Ethan seems likes the dominant force lol

[@Dusty_B]

I think my brain fried a few times trying to wrap my head around the dark multiverse's multiverses and the dark multiverse's multiverses' dark multiverses, but man that was a fun episode. Kudos guys!

[@darraghmcconn]

5 members of Comic Pop universe. Sal, Ben, Ethan, Tiffany and couch

[@8bitandfit]

I believe the fusion of Red Tornado and Detective Chimp Bobo is 'Red Bonobo'

[@hellmaker51]

Maybe the darkest crises was the friends we made along the way.

[@FifthHorseman23]

I really hope everyone and their families are okay. Your dedication to keep making episodes in light of all we've been through is admirable. Also, keeping the couch was brilliant.

[@novus3985]

Oh my god I LOVED this! It’s great seeing you all keep up the astonishing work ❤️

[@Volvagia1927]

31:34: Mancubus!

[@nathanielgoldfarb6478]

lets get #comicPOP to 91K by the end of the month. They are so close.

[@miken.1705]

20:19 think thats they make a solid point by the end of death metal all the universes were destroyed but they say its an infinite multiverse now and they arent the center i think the dark multiverse is just the multiverse now

[@sebastianmundell1655]

This episode hurts my puny singular universe brain

[@evanfeldman-boshes4912]

Ok, THEIR version of Dark Metal is the saga I WANT to read. Imagine Superman having to convince another Superman that he’s not real and what does that mean

[@redhood4730]

Thanks for still putting out an episode this week guys! Hope you can all stay safe and hopefully we can get back to normal soon!

[@martinbaird1211]

"This concept of 'luv'(dark universes) both enrages and confuses me."

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

Does this title make it "Darkest Dark Metally Metal?" Like Dark Metal squared?

[@Vamroc]

I can't begin to tell you how eagerly I've waited for this moment

[@notbrandon8840]

The episode was as good as it was going to get for this comic. If this is what you guys have to do for the time being, do it! Sounded just like a normal episode minus some of the audio quality

[@CDRT09]

This is the most confusing back issues ever and I love it!

[@Iwoply]

I loved the interrogation on the dark multiverse to understand how deep the Dark Multiverse's Dark Multiverse goes... The location might have changed (not really) but I really enjoyed this episode. Favorite part for sure was Ethan's correction of Barad-dûr/tangent on Tolkien

[@dominichoward7497]

This might be one of the best videos yet!!!

[@jesselion915]

I was a bit concerned at first, but happy to see my favorite highlight of the week is being safe as well while being as great as usual!

[@toxsun9709]

In the opening to the crisis on infinite earth's tales, Tempus says he a watcher of tragedies. So I guess that's what he is now technically? Whatever that means lol. Love the show! 💜💜💜

[@freack3333]

This dark multiverse stuff is like a Matryoshka doll, every one has its own multiverse attached to it. Good lord talk about a concept spinning out of control.🤣

[@vidalruiziii1245]

This is probably one of my favorite episodes ever lol from everyone trying to figure out dcs logic lol to Ethan's"well actually 🤓" moment this was fun

[@DCReviews4]

Hey guess what? He was absolutely right my LCS did have a copy waiting for me, when I went to go pay my buddy the manager went "You can have it" and after reading it I can safely say I hated it!

[@anapatriciafloresangeles1786]

Thank you very much guys for that discussion-kind of clarification of this.. thing... I still don't get it.

[@KingsNJenssons]

Maybe the point of the dark muitverse is each story is a pocket muitverse (yes it's stupid)

[@TheClitCommander530]

I think my brain just got a little smoother. This episode made HoX/PoX look pretty straightforward.