Heroes in Crisis Explained - The Comic Panel

Heroes in Crisis sure was a book, but if you didn't read it, let's break it down.
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[@ComicDrake]

For anyone wanting to see the full version of the show, it's available on my Patreon. Patreon.com/TrailerDrake There were plenty of fun tangents, but I cut those out of the finished video for the sake of making it coherent.

[@idkmyusername9986]

Do the og Infinity war

[@idkmyusername9986]

Sorry infinity gontlet

[@Ando1428]

Oh i agree that wally could be the killer. Thats not the problem. Him hiding it all and blaming it on others was bull shit.

[@talkingidk7212]

Do you think that Roy is Leviathan?

[@suisui7481]

I dont know if you know about comicstorian but the tangents are amazing I really watch an 1 30 of it and I would love to get that from you

[@InoMercy]

The worse thing about this story, in my opinion, is that Sanctuary was introduced and destroyed all at the same time. Sanctuary is a really interesting idea, and could possibly be an on-going series in and of itself.

[@traxthetrashwizard]

"Ivy's a Digimon now." That's a sentence that I was never expecting to hear...

[@Elitistangkevs]

I want it Printed on a Shirt^^

[@mattwo7]

@@Elitistangkevs Ok then Puppetmon.

[@taiga738]

I don't really understand why Lois would _have_ to publish the video confessions. Wouldn't that be a violation of patient confidentiality? Aren't there laws requiring the consent of the people in the videos? Wouldn't they be under police jurisdiction? Journalists may have a duty to keep the public informed about things that are happening and affect them but it's not their job to dispense confidential information that's crucial evidence to an ongoing investigation. This whole thing feels like a really dumb excuse to kill off a bunch of people just to make a murder mystery. Very much not my kind of story.

[@TheAntiSanta]

Lois publishes an article about Sanctuary. She doesn't post any of the actual videos or what was talked about in them. It's only about what Sanctuary is and what they do there (and also where it is, which is kind of fucked up and shouldn't be included, I don't know what they were thinking when they put that part in there). She does this, because she's sure if she doesn't at least acknowledge the existence of the facility, whoever is sending her this stuff, will send it to some other Reporter, and that person will just post all of the Videos Online and ruin/reveal the identities of all these heroes.

[@shelinam]

Yes, it would have been a violation of patient confidentiality. There are only four legally allowed reasons to break confidentiality: suspicions of 1) child or 2) adult dependent abuse, 3) suicidal or 4) homicidal concerns.

[@NerdyQueen1234]

Will N Lina or Iris might be considered a bias and would probably talk him out of doing this plus Linda doesn’t remember him period

[@pedrohonesto2361]

As a superhero fan that don't read comics but love that universe, I loved this show pls do more of this

You should check comicpop

[@Never_heart]

Please do more of this. It is amazing and perfectly embodies "because comics". Also I do have one time turning story down right. Higurashi No Nako Koro Ni. Though that anime is about a time loop not active time travelling.

[@rabl3535]

“This” is what a channel called ComicPOP does, give that a look.

[@amagicalduck155]

This storyline has the two things that I hate the most in main universe comics, heroes turned bad and major character death. They never last meaning they have no real impact and they just mean that people who love those characters are stuck waiting around for ages until they come back.

[@WarmLillie]

Heroes in crisis sounds something interesting. Looking at the psychological side at the hero and villains.

[@adamdesalle6338]

Warm Lillie sounds interesting... but it didn’t necessarily work.

[@JackNapier-pl2hv]

Thats what it was pitched as. But its not that at all. Which us why people were mad

[@KidSnivy69]

It really isn't

[@RagnarokMic]

It could have been interesting, but the actual plot of it had characters acting wildly out of their own personas. It literally doesn't happen the way it happens if the central character acts the way the character's history says he would.

[@the_well-known_stranger2275]

It’s not, it’s very bad, save yourself and don’t read it

[@conradlecroy5821]

This feels like a version of Back Issues from comic pop where Sal talks about a comic to 2 people who don’t read comics

[@FifthHorseman23]

This is very much like Back Issues from ComicPOP. If they like this, people should check them out. They are hilarious too.

[@AkiDave]

When they said their intro I got extreme comic pop back issues vibes

[@conradlecroy5821]

FifthHorseman23 yeah they are.

[@EnvoyOfTheBlackAbyss]

I have a question: If Lois Lane had a videotape of Wally West’s confession to murder, why wouldn’t she tell Superman, her Husband?

[@srsymon]

she kind of doesn't listen to her husband in this story.

[@tobigrantlbart]

@@srsymon And now they are seperated thanks Bendis

[@TheAntiSanta]

Wally was sending the videos one at a time, over the course of those 5 days. He doesn't send the final confession until like right before he goes to Sanctuary to meet himself from 5 days ago.

[@ricardorios2355]

You listen to rumors apparently the first issue was going to reveal Wally did it but it was asked to be rewritten to be made a murder mystery.

[@NerdyQueen1234]

Tobi Grantlbart they aren’t separated as of now

[@AlastorD]

Maybe they pull out another Parallax and say that Wally was infected by an evil Speed Force Entity or something like that.

[@TevyaSmolka]

i can see that being the case

[@munjee2]

Zoom was living in the speed force the whole time

[@fictionarch]

Nothing short of a retcon can save the character.

[@TevyaSmolka]

@@fictionarch even if a retcon can save wally west character we still have a ton of characters who are still dead.

[@sketch-eee4165]

@@munjee2 *Thousand year door battle theme*

[@WarmLillie]

Hero in Crisis- Super Hero Confession and a murder mystery.

[@tomosaneenjoyer8553]

wth you're like everywhere

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

Well, a bad murder mystery. The actual solution is basically impossible to figure out before it's revealed. You can probably piece together who but no one could ever have naturally pieced together how before the end.

[@ArtsyTLF]

Did you guys break into Contrapoints house to record this?

[@JetZV]

A few problems with the analysis that I want to bring up: 1. A lot of people agree with your notions regarding Wally and hope, but that is on a meta sense and is NOT something that would be brought up in the fiction itself, which happens during a flashback. 2. Speedsters have the ability to process information much faster than an ordinary person and an overload shouldn't have happened. It's how Speedsters can run around without hitting things and read books really quick, AND it's how Reverse Flash was able to temporarily survive a bullet to the head after the Flashpoint movie. 3. Wally might be the strongest Flash, but the comic argues this by stating that Speedsters restrain the Speed Force in their bodies and that slipping up causes the SF to lash out. That is not how Speedsters work; Wally's outburst is built on bullshit. 4. Some of the confessionals are played up as jokes and based on their subject matter, they REALLY shouldn't be. 5. They explicitly chose characters to kill so that most were minor enough that people wouldn't demand their return. There's a real possibility that Roy's death will be the only one that gets reversed.

[@AnalyticalApex]

I personally love Time Travel being a big thing in comics. I love how both DC and Marvel tackle heavy metaphysical concepts such as the multiverse and the very aspects of the divine

[@KidSnivy69]

This comic kind of fucked it up

[@indiiedreamer]

"not himself...HIMSLEF" I lost it

[@KryshaSyrin]

Took me awhile to sit down & watch this but I absolutely love it! The idea of taking a complicated comic plotline & breaking it down & trying to explain it to a non-comic reader or avid reader of all things DC/Marvel/etc. is great. More please!

[@javierpena52]

K Woods watch comic pop’s back issues. They have hundreds of episodes doing that

[@iout]

I think Drake and Dylan made the timeline a little more confusing than it needed to be when they said there were two timelines. Although, it's still pretty complicated and I hate that they saved the wrap up until the last couple of panels. The way I see it, after rereading a bit, is that it isn't separate timelines so much as it is the same timeline intersecting itself. The only paradox that exists is the bootstrap paradox, in which one event creates itself in a never ending loop so it can never be determined where the loop originated. ---------Truncated version of events to make the list that follows easier to understand: Wally jumps forward five days where he meets an older version of himself > Wally jumps back 5 days > Wally waits 5 days where he becomes the older version of himself and greets the younger version after that version jumped five days > After younger Wally jumps back five days, Wally continues in the normal timeline as the only Wally. ---------So the events are as follows: 1) Wally kills everyone then sets up the chambers to trick Harley and Booster in a panic. 2) Wally jumps forward in time, seemingly at random. He pops out to see another Wally (henceforth referred to as "Old Wally"). Wally then has the intent to kill Old Wally and use his body to decorate the crime scene then taking his place waiting to get killed by a younger Wally. 3) Before he can do any of this however, he gets interrupted by Blue and Gold and the Dynamicer Duo. It is at this point that Old Wally reveals that he knew all of this would happen. Old Wally knew they'd be interrupted and that Booster Gold would give the speech. And so rather than killing Old Wally, the plan becomes confusing the trail enough for Wally to get the word out on Sanctuary. 4) Following Booster Gold's suggestion, they jump forward several centuries, clone Old Wally using future tech, then take that lifeless clone and drop him off as the dead Wally from the beginning of the story. 5) Wally then does that and waits five days as he slowly leaks information about Sanctuary to Lois and finds that rose. Five days pass and Wally is now Old Wally where he greets Young Wally fresh from having just killed people and panic jumping forward by five days where Old Wally tells young Wally everything that just happened above. 5+) And now a lot of the stuff, like forging the crime scene is where the bootstrap paradox comes in. Because while they explain the forging was to buy Wally time, he also does it because the Old Wally did it and he needs to keep the time stream constant, hence bootstrap paradox, because the idea seemingly has no origin, it just exists because of itself.

[@shelinam]

I really loved the premise but was so disappointed in the execution. I wish it focused on the psychological trauma involved in being heroes. It could have been an excellent way to delve into (and demystify) the therapeutic process and the heroes’ responses to the “treatment.” Instead, the convoluted resolution took away the true potential of the story. I personally would have preferred focusing on just the Justice Leaguers and the Trinity pitching the idea of the Sanctuary to the rest of the team, with the JL serving as guinea pigs in a sense to determine the efficacy of the endeavor. As with any intervention (or product, for that matter), there needs to be evidence that it works before it is disseminated to the public. As it was, it was a wasted opportunity to explore the concerns about confidentiality and privacy while also addressing the need for social support. The system as it was presented was horribly set up. An AI may know or have the data to say the right things but there’s immense value to the human interaction in therapy, individual or in group. Furthermore, the simulations are just another way to re-traumatize the heroes without appropriate processing of the experience. All things considered, I think the focus on Wally was a good idea. I just wish it was for the right reasons (i.e., dealing with loss of his family and tragedy of being erased from people’s memories.) There was so much to explore there but was merely glossed over, and that is the greatest shame of all.

[@prophet1390]

I think it is going to be hard to find the hidden Booster Gold reference in this video tbh Edit: I can’t find him, can anyone else find the hidden Booster Gold reference?

[@driveasandwich6734]

Booster Gold is from the future, wouldn't he have heard that in 2018-2019, a lot of heroes died in an explosion?

[@justas423]

Timelines and shit.

[@fad23]

Even without timelines, he might not have remembered or heard of it. He's not famous for attentiveness.

[@DrPluton]

No. Skeets (his robot companion) has trouble figuring out the timeline considering it keeps changing.

[@TheAntiSanta]

Also, a lot of heroes die in explosions all the time.

[@driveasandwich6734]

@@DrPluton Maked sense. I am not the most addept at Booster Gold lore.

[@fernandoreyes9737]

So this is a Back Issues but a bit different

[@AkiDave]

Fernando Reyes ^^^^^^

[@barrelracer12]

TFW you get bored and decide to help our Drake by cleaning up the subtitles. :) They are a little better than before. :)

[@JudahDeNose]

I read the first 7 all in one sitting, then had to wait for the remaining two, and I think that's what really screwed me over, because the last two are basically a whole nother story style than the first 7, and so I kinda just forgot everything

[@GrimDrago]

Yes, a true hit! A hit to the face to anyone who expected characters that had died to return anytime soon like Arsenal.

[@stupendoushorrendous8258]

The story Bilal described actually did happen, it was a Young Justice event called Sins of Youth.

[@maplebear5183]

Is there any chance we’ll be getting more of this series? Not Heroes in Crisis, but this show. It’s an amazingly fun time, and your banter together is hilarious

[@blackphoenix77]

Heroes in Crisis was one of the worst "events" that DC ever made. All it did was ruin Wally West.

[@TevyaSmolka]

I personally hated heroes in crisis because it ruined everything with Wally west my flash for bullshit and makes him a killer for no reason just for bullshit.

[@megatron111184]

This reminds me of Back issues from comic pop.

[@maevedoyle2634]

Please make more of these! It was extremely entertaining to watch

[@garzafd]

the way I understood it is that future wally went back 5 days so his past self could kill him. then that past self goes through the motions, five days later he travels back and loops again. booster just avoided killing the wally that went back by substituting it with a clone made by boostergold.

[@TheAntiSanta]

Past Wally goes to the Future, to kill Future Wally. And then he goes right back to the Past, to put the Future Wally's Body in the crime scene. Then he goes through the motions. That's Past Wally's Crazy Murder Plan, though. Booster's is replacing the the Future Wally's Body with a Future Double, and the real Future Wally goes to Jail. Past Wally still goes back to the past and does everything after the massacre all over again.

[@spacepenguins8939]

I think the use of “timelines” broke him

[@betterlatethannever4529]

You should do a podcast discussing all the members of the batfamily Or explaining the Superior Ironman story

[@JohnWilsonComicsGuy]

Heroes in Crisis treated the legacy of Wally West's character like garbage. Wally has been a hero since he was a pre-teen. Under no circumstance, would he ever lose control of his powers to the point of killing people. He was is one with the Speed Force. He reacts in incriminates of time that are one millionth of a second. He would also never fake a murder, even his own. This story simply shows a complete misunderstanding of the character and feels like an attempt to just wipe Wally from the board.

[@ConnorBailey]

When this series was announced I was really excited. Seeing powered people in therapy really peaked my interest since I'm a psych major that wants to be a therapist. I was on bored. Then before I picked up any issues I saw all the divisiveness online and that EVERYONE WAS DEAD and just said nope. This premises is so good and should be done right, but this just doesn't sound like it at all. Really loved this format and you guys should definitely do more like this.

[@brodyman30]

I'm just pissed about arsenal.

[@Vamroc]

Forgot to mention that the Wally who "dies" is a clone created by Booster in the future and that how the loop is broken

[@QuietKnightt]

When it’s this hard to explain a story, IT’S NOT A GOOD STORY. Heroes in Crisis could’ve ended on a high note, but that ending is just SO CONFUSING

[@caidenhanson4440]

They do realize it isn’t a paradox that it’s just a perfect loop because the 5 day old Wally knows that they are going to make a clone thing with booster in the future to give the past Wally to put the body there and the five day older Wally then goes to jail and then that past Wally then becomes the 5 day old Wally and then the cycle just continues

[@jalenikezeue4114]

I still love wally he will always be my Hero Tom King Ruined his reputation and messed up everything Eventually this will blow over quickly And he will be back in the Spot light ⚡️

[@jojochaves4570]

I've never laughed so much, jaw dropped so many times, this was amazing. 5 stars guys. Loved it....and nert. Demand history of.

[@mrcuccob6386]

That DK mug looks really cool.

[@msfthe1st117]

How to explain Heroes In Crisis: It sucks.

[@10nepiece]

can you guys do more of this! its freaking amazing !! I am more inclined to give this a read now that i know whats going to happen.

[@theosmotinshow565]

This really reminds me of back issues (a similar show) and i really love that show so i this will be fun.

[@alexalicea5481]

Heroes in Crisis or "Do actual therapists actually exist in the DC Universe?"

[@snootch2nootch]

Nobody has said anything more real than the fact that Marvel and DC have driven 'event crossover stories' into the ground so hard by releasing a big EVENT comic every...what, 2-3 months. None of it means anything anymore.

[@flyingspaghettimonster8736]

I think this storyline is a rare event fluke from DC. Other events like Metal or New Justice (if you can call that an event) are pretty good. But Marvel’s events are pretty inexcusable.

[@isaacanimates]

This hurt my head. Ow

[@ericrobins5188]

Wally West, the best Flash loses control of his powers and murder everyone makes no sense? Btw, any Dan J run of Booster Gold all good time travel story. Love you guys.

[@Nightshade_98]

Wait... If he was gonna turn himself in anyway and seems to feel guilty about it why did he set two innocent people up for murder and also murder(/suicide?) another person?

[@dramonmaster222]

I mean I give the writers credit for trying to handle such serious topics like depression but the way the way it was executed was TERRIBLE!

[@justas423]

Back to the Future Back to the Future 2 Back to the Future 3 Hot tub Time machine Best time travel stories (and technically Harry Potter because time turner)

[@TheAntiSanta]

Bill and Ted

[@tobigrantlbart]

Think he means time travel stuff in comics

[@munjee2]

@@tobigrantlbart jojo part 4 did a pretty good job with it

[@fictionarch]

@@tobigrantlbart wait hot tub time machine's was a comic and back to the future were comics?

[@flyingspaghettimonster8736]

fiction Arch -Not originally from comics though

[@ShadowWingTronix]

Every problem I have with this story goes back to every problem I've had at least since Flashpoint/the New 52, if not Infinite Crisis onward, with DiDio and crew's darkening of the DC Universe and taking all of the fun out of the DC Universe that drew me to it as a kid (as fun as a story where Batman hunts down a killer of the homeless with gold coins can be mind you) and kept me invested in the DCU for most of my life. Killing beloved characters because DiDio doesn't like them, trying to be more like Marvel instead of doing what makes DC great, and finding all the writers to push his vision and undo Rebirth' s attempt to fix what he did wrong.

[@esteban5628]

bro I am so happy this is a thing. I needed this so bad

[@reason316]

Please more because this helps me understand more about the comics events that I'm sometimes thinking "why did we have this?"

[@sabryryadabdoun1767]

A month ago i saw a picture of Barry holding Wally's cropse and i was like "please no, please no, please no..."... So i guess i'm from the time line where Wally doesn't kill HIS-self

[@Kopaka808]

Death was preferable than this character assasination.

[@MrFtpforlife]

I hated this event from the time Harley Quinn beat the Trinity. How did she accomplish such an a amazing feat......because comics.

[@IanCharles]

I did read it I have one important question if you going to bring in time traveling why not have him go back into the past and stop himself that's why time travel doesn't work in this story

[@Ando1428]

Same question i had when i picked up the book.

[@anthonyjohnson7482]

The begging prediction might be what dark crisis is

[@TevyaSmolka]

Great panel guys on heroes in crisis

[@RagnarokMic]

Imagine if a thing you were watching suddenly completely mis-characterized pretty much everyone involved. Easy explanation.

[@ConsueloHigdon]

This was absolutely hilarious to listen to and I am excited to hear future iterations of this with different storylines. There were many moments that cracked me up

[@MsMaydayGoingDown]

Alright, so, I read mostly Marvel comics, and I haven't gotten into DC because it feels too complicated for me. I know, it's kinda hypocritical seeing as Marvel's continuity history is also complex, but still I least have nostalgic attachment to them. I know a base level of DC though, I've grown up with Batman and Superman, seen a lot of the shows and movies and have read Flashpoint. Now, watching this video without having read much DC comics left me surprised; the way this was explained still made me feel like the continuity was confusing, BUT I actually want to go out of my way to understand it better now. You've made me quite interested in the stories of how Wally West returned, and what's been happening in the past few years to the Trinity, Booster Gold, Harley Quinn and so on. So I might be going more out my way to experience more DC stuff, as it's been recommended by others to me. Thanks guys, looking forward to hopefully more of this series.

[@theunholysmirk]

Not himself... *himself* is the most COMICS THING EVER OMG

[@austinsetser6081]

Rewatching this one to prep for Young Justice Season 5, apparently. Top notch review, very curious how they’re gonna adapt this one

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

I would love to see Booster Gold in the leading role but not in a plot like this HEROES IN CRISIS. Booster is so much fun to see in the episode "The Greatest Story Never Told" from the Justice League Unlimited and his involvement in the Justice League in the '90s.

[@Skipntosh]

Bilal’s face when they describe the premise for Heroes In Crisis pretty much sums up Heroes In Crisis...🤨

[@RKM_770]

I have read better fan fiction than Heroes in Crisis and thank god Tom King is leaving Batman.

[@KidSnivy69]

And Tom King seems to only write the same stories in recent runs.

[@JackNapier-pl2hv]

I love wally west< I like heroes in crisis< Pick ONE

[@cassiethecasserolecain8220]

JackNapier0801 I love Wally West, I hate HiC

[@KidSnivy69]

Wally. No ifs ands or buts!

[@VAArrow]

Wally west

[@oswaldosanchez8938]

I love Wally West and I loved Heroes in Crisis. I think HiC is a critique of the manner other authors have been writing these characters.

[@KidSnivy69]

@@oswaldosanchez8938 No it isn't

[@Bro-ne5uu]

I legit forgot Ted cord was alive again, still thought he was dead from when maxwell lord shot him What if he exploded and then his molecules came back together because speedforce like doctor mathattan

[@novarevenant3908]

Omg I love this format Please do one on Avengers Dissembled

[@Draybolt4]

He could have went back in time and stopped himself from killing everyone by taking everyone else away from the area, then finish the loop by having him kill himself.

[@ClintOrWhatever]

I'm pretty interested in reading it, honestly. I want to see the more psychological parts of the characters and hear more from Lagoon Boy and others.

[@cassiethecasserolecain8220]

TopHatBat, don’t, most of the phycological confessionals are out of character, sure there’s Laggon boy, but he’s really just talking about what happened at the beginning at Titans (2009)

[@Nightwing1933]

This is amazing I'd Absolutely love to see more of this show

[@QuillanWilson]

Wow, my only other exposure to this story line was my friend who was one of the people angry that wally killed every body. So I was led to believe that was a bad thing, that being said listening to this i think the major fault of this was wally killing his other timeline hisself and framing Booster and Harley. I think i will try and read the trade when it comes out in libraries.

[@Ando1428]

Honestly that was the only problem and that wally and booster not going back in time to stop themselves.

[@starslayer4338]

I know a good time travel story BACK TO THE FUTURE

[@DaveMania01]

I binge-read all issues before the last one released, and wow, what a way to drive so many nice ideas against a wall at 300 mach. Biggest problem definitely was that whole time travel crap, and Wally framing Harley and Booster for seemingly no reason. If it weren't for that, and he would have simply killed those heroes accidentally because he had a mental breakdown it would have been fine imo I am excited for Flash Forward though and hope that King fixes the problem this whole series had. DC really should stop butchering stories because reasons.

[@badreddinekasmi8919]

Basically what I'm getting from this is that your therapists needs therapy

[@gavinbrown216]

Good story involving time-travel: flashpoint and the presumed dead Batman one

[@flyingspaghettimonster8736]

Flashpoint does involve time travel, but in the story (the original, not the CW version or anything), time travel is only revealed as the creation of the Flashpoint universe at *the end* of the story. So it’s more of a “what if” or “elseworlds” story than a time travel story.

[@shinkaiatsuya950]

Ivymon evolves into Thicc Ivymon.

[@silvercomet6782]

"Should've been 4" It should've been 0

[@ryancharles6483]

DOOOO MOREEEEE this was really good and it even cleared some things for me, I need another ep asap lol

[@javierfernandezfavieres2816]

I have a question. Isn’t publishing the recordings of a person’s psychological sessions one of the most unethical things a journalist can do?

[@paulavidal5991]

Totally, for me most of character aren't written very well in character...lois usually is a very morally character...I hate this comic but for other reasons that doesn't have any to do with your question

[@langleymneely]

The only quality Heroes In Crisis maintains is the art, its blindingly gorgeous. The writing is atrocious. Its everything that is wrong with Tom Kings Batman run, mischaracterization of established characters & continuity to fit a morose, nihilistic contemplation on what ultimately is Kings own fascination with suicide, death, & mental illness. His heart is in the right place, and Sanctuary as an idea is novel and interesting but its all ruined in service of a half baked plot that makes no sense emotionally or narratively. Between this & him getting “removed” from his 100 issue Batman run on issue 75 it is apparent that King is not good at dealing with continuity and ongoing storytelling. The man is a brilliant writer of contained mini-series like Mister Miracle & Vision, but I for one think HiC is the final nail in the coffin when it comes to King and ongoing comics work. I stopped buying Batman after issue 50 because I couldn’t entertain some of the bad ideas being put forth in a story that jerked its audience around for terrible narrative reasons. Theres a reason the Hulk book outsold Batman this year & frankly its because of Kings writing.

[@Spllyn]

Ill watch this when I get home Drake! Im pretty stoked

[@awikafilms4432]

Loved this new format!

[@jasonams9565]

This was fantastic, and a great show premise. Awesome!

[@solid2redfield]

I read heroes in crisis issue by issue and it was horrible, but reading it now like a binge watch is much better, but yeah, the self contains bits of sanctuary are the best parts of the book.

[@KidSnivy69]

Binge reading doesn't make it that much better

[@leemuleemu7915]

New podcast on my listening list?NICE

[@EdslilNeko]

I had an idea of the events of Heros in Crisis through fandom osmosis (I'm a Robins gal, I don't pay much attention when there's no Nightwing or Red Hood to keep me interested). Though I feel like the impression I got was a bit skewed, since I thought that the plotline was more that Wally had, like, gone crazy and killed everyone ON PURPOSE, which from this explanation doesn't seem to be the case? I suppose this way it's less of a character assassination. Once again, the impressions I got from other fans was that this had butchered Wally's character and, while the "I went crazy and did a bad thing even though I'm a good guy" plotline is a bit meh overall and overused in order to make hero character do bad things for drama, it's at least satisfactorily built up to here. I would probably go a bit loony toons too if I was stuck in an alternate timeline where everything was different... Also, how dare you remind me of the three Jokers, you bastards.

[@EdslilNeko]

ALSO, also, I would KILL for a series based entirely around, like, the Justice League in therapy sessions talking through their issues. Just me?? It could be so awesome! Like, have it run concurrently to the other comics, so characters can discuss things happening in their lives in "real time". Batman talking about being heartbroken after Selina left him at the altar, Superman discussing the troubles with being a father and the usual loneliness with being one of the last of his species, Wonder Woman complaining about the others being big whiny babies *cough*. There's a lot of potential there, I feel like.

[@langleymneely]

I like the idea of this format but it needs more structure to set itself apart from ComicPop’s Back Issues. Maybe establish the premise for the book first then a round of back & forth questions followed by a retelling of the book & a response from the non reader? Turn it into almost a survey to see if the person likes or dislikes the book. Also I think you should have 1 person that likes the book & 1 that doesn’t explain why they feel that way to represent both sides cause you were both quite positive in comparison to others that had serious issues with HiC. In all great ideas, cant wait to see more. Cheers.

[@AngusJo]

I was really very excited about the story and the way Tom King writes. However, only up to and including issue seven... After that it was only half-hearted time travel bull#%! For usually I like time travel stories. But here it was just confusing and illogical. And Wally definitely deserved better. And Booster and Harley too...

[@Ando1428]

Whole time i was wondering why wally or booster gold could go back in time to see wally killing everybody.

[@Archon3960]

In four words : mental health handled poorly... x/

[@aznsketcher]

I bought all 9 issues over the wknd, my lcs had the bundle on sale....I tried to read them but *I COULD NOT GET INTO KING'S DIALOG IN THE BOOKS* ---had to come here to get it explain to me.....

[@SpinyskyStudio]

I want more of this kinda if video

[@saurabhdhabeknight]

17:50 mind fuck begins

[@munjee2]

31:24 *36 KARZ ON MARS*

[@KojinMacJorn]

WAIT! THOSE WERE THE KENTS WHO DIED?! THEY KILLED THEM AGAIN?! Didn't they literally JUST bring them back?!

[@Shadowonshadows]

I really dig this style of video. Keep me coming :)