Holy Terror, Part 3 - Atop the Fourth Wall

Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara celebrates his 300th episode by looking at Frank Miller's Holy Terror!
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Originally uploaded June 30th, 2014.
ORIGINAL INFO: The 300th episode is here! What is so horrible to deserve the spot? Well, it’s Miller Time…
RUMINATIONS: While Blip would remain around for another year, this was the final nail in the coffin as far as I was concerned about it being my primary revenue source. What happened was that the episodes came out on June 30th. Advertising campaigns usually run for one month - from the beginning to the end of that month. Sometimes campaigns run out early, though, by a week or a few days. In this case, the 300th episode was released between ad campaigns during a time when Blip’s revenue was starting to decrease (the buyout by Maker had happened, though I don’t know if Disney had bought Maker yet). So here I am, having released an hour and a half of material - three episodes’ worth of content on a video that netted more views than usual (labelling it the 300th episode instead of the actual review name tends to attract people) and each one of those parts going up that amount. Each video also had a midroll in it, which we had started doing to help offset the problems we were having with Blip’s decreasing revenue. And how much money did I make during that day, during that grand 300th episode celebration?
Twenty bucks. On what would normally net me several hundred dollars. Admittedly, I made a decent enough profit on it over time, but most of the views come in when it’s first released, so losing that momentum hurt bad. That was one of the reasons the year had such a bad reputation for me - investing a lot of time, energy, and effort into something that got nearly NOTHING in return.
Patreon had only recently come about and most of us were skeptical, wanting to see it develop more before we threw our lot into it, let others test the waters and figure out the benefits and downsides of it… but after such a horrible showing for it, I started it up and began promoting it. It was pretty successful, actually, hence why midrolls disappeared shortly after this episode and I still haven’t added any to the videos that have midroll bumpers.
The 200th episode had been a cameofest, mostly because I was trying to emulate what I thought was a really successful 200th episode - the Cinema Snob’s. Brad had brought in a crapton of cameos for his 200th and it had been a fun and entertaining video, so I did the same there. However, I was the first to reach the 300th episode on Channel Awesome, so I needed to come up with something on my own. The review was obviously going to be big, but it needed something else to celebrate what had come before. I enjoy doing battle sequences if I can make them fun, so I figured a battle with Mirrorkara would be good. I had established the Megaforce morpher earlier in the storyline and decided to use it to cycle through various outfits worn over the years. The only ones that really don’t make any sense are the Pokémon and Obelisk Blue coats, which really are more for the commercial bumpers. Still, I got use out of them later in reviews (the Pokémon one, at least - the Obelisk Blue coat will come into play at some point, though). So in the end, just a fun little battle that hopefully people enjoyed. Also: Iron Liz cameo!

[@samuelbarber6177]

DC’s Big Three, and what they represent: Superman - Hope Batman - Justice Wonder Woman - Truth These qualities work key to how Superheroes, and good heroes in general, work. None of these qualities come in THIS. It’s a story of murderers killing terrorists because why not.

[@billymccrary2246]

#AgreedWithYou

[@neoforrester4401]

And then there's what they represent according to Frank Miller: Superman -- Absolute Power Batman -- Absolute Vengeance Wonder Woman -- Absolute Rage

[@Ale-mv3gr]

As much as Frank Miller warns people about the media, he seems to never turn off fox news. This is the work of a very scared man, it is very sad.

[@Sonichero151]

A scared man that let his fear and hatred take over

[@JaelinBezel]

"We call ourselves Al Quieda, the Cell, and you don't even stop to consider what that means." That you are a tiny fraction of your people that does not resemble or represent the whole in any way, shape, or form?

[@GalenNight]

Actually it translates to the base or the foundation. Like they’re gonna be the foundation of building a better Islamic world or some folderol

[@thepixelman4776]

No you see if it was then it might actually be a good line and we can’t have that.

[@johnvinals7423]

From the root ق ع د‎ (q-ʿ-d), pertaining to the base of the human body - i.e. the buttocks.

[@Tareltonlives]

It's more like the base: it refers to the small bases used to run operations, small and stealthy enough to avoid notice or significant damage. So the organization is a collective of operatives. Nothing to do about the size of the base.

[@ilopominecrafter]

(Im using the comic definition for this joke) Ohh i know what it actually means: They and frank worship PERFECT CELL! Of course, IT EXPLAINS ALL THE DOTS

[@BobLogical]

The nails are on a journey of self-discovery. Their intended purpose was to be pounded into wood, immovable and unchanging. They were used for violence. Now they travel aimlessly through the sky trying to find what they were truly meant to do.

[@MegaAnimazing]

To be used as objects for construction.

[@DalekTheSupreme]

To poke Frank Miller's eyes out.

[@trickyricky4731]

Apparently they were meant to give someone tetanus.

[@lilaniloxi]

Get stuck in any muslims eyes. Well, from Frank's perspective. We should probably ignore it since his eyes are gone because the nails. Btw, i dont wish getting blinded by nails to anyone really. If you're muslim, well, i dont really care. In the "i respect your religion and dont have any problems with it" kind of way.

[@MicrowavedAlastair5390]

I laughed for so long at this comment and its replies. Seriously. I'm still laughing at this comment a week later.

[@iceoriental123]

"The burning of a book is a sad, sad sight, for even though a book is nothing but ink and paper, it feels as if the ideas contained in the book are disappearing as the pages turn to ashes and the cover and binding blacken and curl as the flames do their wicked work. When someone is burning a book, they are showing utter contempt for all of the thinking that produced its ideas, all of the labor that went into its words and sentences, and all the trouble that befell the author." -Lemony Snicket. With that, I am glad you burnt the book, because the author deserves nothing but utter contempt for his creation.

[@crimsondynamo615]

Omega of Gallifrey i think mr. snicket would make an exception with Frank Miller “stories”

[@crimsondynamo615]

Omega of Gallifrey hell if anyone can make Count Olaf look like a nice kindly old man ala Mr. Rodgers, it’s miller

[@crimsondynamo615]

Samuel Barber at least Olaf wasn’t some huge ass racist and his plots were almost cool to see how they turn out and his disguises and acts were hilarious sometimes like with stephano. Meanwhile Miller here makes my colon ache.

[@ElFreakinCid]

And know what makes it hurt even more that Miller ended up this way? He used to be alright and make cool stories. What the hell happened to him?

[@adonis7626]

ElFreakinCid His friend dies in 9/11, and as a patriot, he was traumatized by the attack and lost every faith in the ideals of peace or justice.

[@ramirezthesilvite]

lol on the fridge "Snowflame grocery list: Cocaine, Cocaine, MARSHMALLOWS!"

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

Those little details that make life worth living. Thanks for pointing that one out.

[@CodeNameX001]

Explaining the weirdness with David and the twins: There's something of a stereotype of Jewish-Men and Asian-Women. So go ahead and add that to the list of Frank's sins...

[@Vesperitis]

I know this is a couple of years too late, but speaking as an Chinese man living outside of the US... WHAT?!

[@CodeNameX001]

@@Vesperitis Yeah, as a Jewish guy in the U.S., it's something I hear an odd amount. Like... it's weird.

[@brigidmadden5577]

I assumed it was Natalie assuming he was a Vietnam vet as post war a lot of soldiers married Vietnamese women

[@dukespubber741]

BTW, for those KZbin-only viewers, somebody on the main site made an excellent point. Nobody would have found out about the biological bomb if not for the jet fighters and suicide bombers. Said bomb was apparently powerful enough to wipe out Empire City by itself. As Linkara put it, the comic keeps finding ways to be stupid.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

+Duke Spubber As Linkara pointed out with the jets, if they had something like THAT they wouldn't use suicide bombers if they weren't being written as a bunch of terrorism tropes!

[@AlSidre]

+Duke Spubber Yup to quote SF Debris: Evil is Stupid

[@buchiklop110]

Given the Star of David guy smokes and has two sexy Asian guards in skintight leather with heavy connections, I wonder if he was supposed to be The Penguin back when this was a Batman story.

[@jamesmallone]

"Killer Geishas" definitely seems to be the smoking gun. Those familiar with the Penguin's henchwomen in the "The Batman" cartoon will know what that refers to (and if you aren't a quick google search will show you)

[@lucarioboy4775]

I tought he was supposed to be The Question but Penguin is also a possibility.

[@GBGdevotie]

I'm grateful, and kind of impressed, that Miller was able to stop himself from naming his character "Natalie Stacked." Because you know he was thinking it.

[@AlexFyrehartDGAFCave]

"The hell does that even-you know what I don't care" That snippet would be a pretty good reaction clip.

[@datanotfoundpleasetryagain3559]

Jeez, I forgot how horrific Miller's later artwork was... This isn't art, this is fucking doodling! I don't wanna be more invested in something as good as what I drew on my desk in high school! Oh, wait...

[@Canadamus_Prime]

@Sparten 117 I was just thinking that Rob Liefeld could draw better than this, and I HATE Rob Liefeld's art.

[@cockroachcharlie5619]

Doodling sounds about right. The disproportional musculature as poorly defined features really do look like he got to the rough sketch phase, erased any guide lines and called it a day.

[@horaspeher3368]

Even the lines are uneven and squiggly. It's embarrassing. If it was drawn by an amateur, I would clap them on the shoulder and tell them to keep practising. With Frank Miller, I'd advise him to change careers. Maybe accounting?

[@OwlEye2010]

To call Miller's later crappier art "doodling" is an insult to doodling.

[@ECL28E]

Heh heh, Critic callback

[@dukespubber741]

At age 6, The Fixer was born without a face.

[@guillermoherrera9860]

he was born at age 6

[@dukespubber741]

Yea, that doesn't make any sense. Arin isn't anything like The Fixer. He's not an actual racist, he just likes to make racist jokes.

[@THEGREATMAX]

+Duke Spubber Who the fuck is Arin?

[@dukespubber741]

THEGREATMAX Arin Hanson, aka Egoraptor. One of the Game Grumps. He gave his life story as "At age 6, I was born without a face."

[@kingofthegundam7974]

The Fixer, Age 6.

[@ehanviles7498]

So if Evil Linkara is Linkara's opposite does that mean he worships Frank Miller as some kind of god, like 90's kid and Rob Liefeld?

[@DarthBigBen]

Yes.

[@DeathGodRiku]

Trite makes sense

[@dracocrusher]

Does that mean Evil-kara always gives up but had a few arcs where he wanted to actually put in effort and learned it was pointless or something? Like he just goes through the opposite of Linkara's arcs, lol.

[@demonkujo]

Worshiping Frank Miller as a god, now that's scary.

[@dracocrusher]

"Marville was one of the most insightful social commentaries of our time! I never considered how rough those poor, innocent, microbes must have had it... god's a dick for making them eat eachother, you know. And Wolverine being the first human... that's just a fact, you can't deny it! Look it up, it's on the 12th page of google!"

[@robinisomaa]

Holy Terror is like a gritty reboot of a silly propaganda comic wherein Al-Qaeda is run by Cobra Commander.

[@user-mf8oy4xd8i]

Robin Ludvig Isomaa so basically Man of Steel

[@LordPiccolo]

That would be an awesome comic if you also add a flying Bin Laden head that is ripping Mars Attacks :D

[@feralchangeling97]

COBRA!

[@deadaccountlol9189]

how dare you take CC's name in vain!

[@DaveMiller6042]

I could take Al Qaeda being led to by Cobra Commander more seriously than the actual leader in the comic

[@sesfilmsllc]

This like the birth of a nation in comic book form set in modern times.

[@verbulent_flow6229]

More like The Turner Diaries

[@CineMasterDamian]

Except without all the redeeming qualities that make Birth of a Nation legitimately good and important

[@DiaboTatuado]

@@CineMasterDamian I don't know if we're talking about the same Birth of a Nation...

[@Erinya558]

@@DiaboTatuado I think he means cinematically, obviously it’s a horrible propaganda rag, but it’s an extremely well written and shot propaganda rag.

[@davidspring4003]

@@DiaboTatuado from what I understand, Birth of a Nation is mostly good until the last few minutes where the KKK kills a black man who actually did something wrong in tbe context of the movie, but that's not the point as they basically lynched him.

[@WobblesandBean]

I know it's been said countless times, but I really do adore Linkara. He's passionate, geeky, funny, devoted, and a hard worker. He knows his puns are cheesy, but he delivers them with absolutely no remorse, and the joke hits every time. The "pluman onion" gag still has me giggle, and I don't even know which episode it's from!

[@davidcolby167]

That's the thing that intimidates me, really. Linkara's work ethic. I literally can only think of...ONE episode that was late? And it wasn't even delayed a day! It was delayed ten hours! HOURS! He was late by HOURS and that was remarkable! THIS GUY IS SCARY, WE CANNOT HOPE TO MATCH HIS PRODUCTIVITY!

[@samuelbarber4154]

Of course, don't you anything about Science.

[@AlSidre]

I have a new headcanon: The Fixer is Stan Smith from American Dad. His family all left him, because his militarism, racism and paranoia have gotten completely out of hand, well even more so than usual. It would explain the training, equipment and access to a freaking lazor in space or whatever it was. However that doesn't explain Not!Catwoman, but honestly I can't be bothered to come up with a headcanon for her, I need some alcohol.

[@dnmstarsi]

+AlSidre Not Catwoman is just some cat burgular who somehow got drugged and imagined The Fixer.

[@daelen.cclark]

I never thought I’d say this: Seth Mcfarlane would be preferred. At least he isn’t racist.

[@matthancox7608]

You fool, Linkara! Of course Terrorists don’t have fighter jets. That would be idiotic. That’s Starscream and the seekers! This was a Decepticon plot all along!

[@ryandooley2589]

Just so everyone knows Al-Qaida doesn't mean cell, it means base or foundation. Now I may be wrong, but I am willing to bet that even if I am, I am still closer than Franky boy.

[@BoisegangGaming]

Do you think he even cared? I mean, its not like its something you can look up through translation apps... /s

[@michaelwhovian3963]

23:11 I want this time imprinted because this shows you the anger Linkara has for the book in one action. He hit it against his knee so hard to bend it that it made an audible noise that loud. That one action says so many words in that silence.

[@POLE7645]

Holy Terror. So many things to say. First, for a book that supposedly took five years to write and draw (even taking into account the projects Miller took (mainly directing The Spirit)), not only it looks lazy (both in the writing and the art), I'd even say it looks unfinished. I know that Linkara pointed out the lack of backgrounds, but on top of that, the comic looks like it got five different art-styles. There's the Sin City style that we see toward the last half, there's the highly detailed splash pages (probably the only art that I find decent) from the beginning, there's the weird cartoony caricatures from the so-called 'satire' pages, there's the weird 'modern art' pages (the tons of tiny rectangles and the one with the red show and the green card) and there's the under-detailed simple (and sometime copy-pasted) style of the pages with a lot of panels. Not only the artwork is inconsistent, but the tone is as well. It seems to try to be dramatic and heavy (well, as heavy as a Sin City comic can be. SC's attempt at drama always felt kinda ridiculous considering how the whole thing is basically action shlock with overblown machismo), and yet the terrorists are depicted as cartoony and over the top silly (especially that leader with his bead chainmail). It looks like that comic doesn't know what it wants to be. That terrorist leader with the beads is pretty much the only part that actually made me laugh. He's the only part that wouldn't feel out of place in an old-school propaganda comic due to his costume and his dialogue. Why couldn't the rest of the book be like this? Oh...yeah. Frank Miller. To sumup Miller's fall from grace, The Dark Knight Strikes Again showed that he can't write satire anymore (although Tales to Offend might be a contender for some), All-Star Batman and Robin showed that he can't write superheroes anymore, The Spirit showed that he can't even write crime stories (his favorite genre) anymore and Holy Terror showed that he can't write human beings anymore. Show of hands, who wants to read a trade of Ms. Marvel to wash off the taste of this piece of trash?

[@williamhowe1]

+POLE7645 Khamalla Khan or Carol Danvers?

[@POLE7645]

+williamhowe1 Normally, I'd say both since they're both awesome characters, but since Kamala Kahn is pretty much the anti-thesis of Holy Terror, I vote for Kamala.

[@alucardyoici]

+POLE7645 time in production means nothing if half of it is due to having to restart from scratch because producer changed, character had to be redesigned and side project had to be run

[@williamhowe1]

POLE7645 Indeed!

[@POLE7645]

***** I know, but judging from the fact that Nathalie Stack still has some Catwoman traits (even in the script) and in some panels (not shown in the review) you could still see the bat ears on the Fixer, I don't think that it was ever re-started from scratch.

[@JMDarkly1]

Linkara: Wait, is your beard painted on? Evil Linkara: Ugh, its a long story involving Snowflame and some ice cream cake. But that's not important right now. Me: ...i kind of want to know what happened.

[@meganpayette5181]

If there's one good thing that I could say about Holy Terror, is that the title of the comic is quite accurate. It really IS a Holy Terror!

[@whatevr99]

A Holy Terror and an Unholy Mess.

[@soapibubblesthestrange9972]

Megan Payette it's quite _terror_ -ble

[@AnimatedIdiotGuide]

I think besides the Marville reviews this has been my favorite of your reviews. It's not that you got angry at a bad comic: you exposed a truly barbaric piece of material that's not only horrendous creatively, but morally it's completely bankrupt. Free speech is one thing but it frightens me that something like this can get published. Also, "DUH END" I laughed so hard at that for no discernible reason XDD

[@Zinervawyrm]

You've got a magic gun, where did you even get that? (Cuts to Timmy Tuner) Timmy: Uh…I bought it off the internet?

[@ill_hex8103]

I know I’m late to this, but for any later viewers out there that want a little levity from this, allow me to do the honor. The 2003-2005 CGI Straight-to-DVD Hot Wheels movies all had diverse racial representation. For example: Kadeem and Monkey are implied to be Arabic, Tork is African American, Nolo is Latino, Shirako is implied to be Japanese, and Taro is a first gen Japanese-American. Lani, Karma, and Esmeralda were notable female drivers. Other background characters, most notably in Highway 35, were also diverse. If Frank handled that series, the white characters would be “manlier”, the characters of a different race would be incompetent or incapable, and all the females would be sexy mechanics. Or he’d reboot the 60s cartoon (the same where the first episode portrayed a prominent female mechanic to be incompetent) and use it as a justification to be sexist and the like. It’s good to know that even a franchise like fucking Hot Wheels can portray diverse characters in the 2000s better than an acclaimed writer nearly a decade after. Edit: Yes, higher-ups were hesitant on Kadeem having Mid-Eastern roots so soon after 9/11, but they did ultimately let it go through, showing the amount of balls Mattel and others on the project had to show-off such a character without much stereotyping or character assassination.

[@anjetto1]

I'm from Ireland. I remember some talk of IRA vets doing some middle East training but that was pub talk

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

Sad part is, Linkara used changing into past powers better than Super Megaforce.

[@NarukoCosplay15]

you're not wrong

[@shadowlinkbds]

Hell yeah he did.

[@autobotstarscream765]

TheHeroOfTomorrow "Pyramid Head, I choose you!"

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

Blame Tzachor for fucking up what was pretty much written itself as an awesome anniversary season (even if they were contractually forced to use the Goseiger suits they could have used them in flashback sequences and sy only few past rangers come because the other rangers are fightning off the armada in the rest of the galaxy and the armada in return s as a petty bully sending its main forces to earth)

[@justinesun7270]

TheHeroOfTomorrow Linkara sure made the Gokaigers and Tommy Oliver proud.

[@ZannyAisling]

Ok... So far we've got Islamaphobia, racism, sexism, hypersexuality, general xenophobia, antisemitism (objectification and tokenization of Jews as being Israeli is antisemitic), (i honestly cant remember the word for objectification if asian women), sadism, justifications for torture, bad writing, ... Its offensive: the comic!

[@alucardyoici]

+103rdWhatever yellow fever and hating on the irish

[@Pixxeria]

Rainbow Prophet fuck off your bigoted moron. Signed: a gay atheist.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

The True Tales to Offend.

[@stakefr0mjatefarmvods534]

'At this rate, Lord Vyce is going to be revealed as an alternate me or something.' I have a feeling, that this is foreshadowing.

[@AquaLantern]

it's just a reference to how popular of a theory it was, to a point where every video Vyce appeared in had a bunch of comments discussing it.

[@florenceb1031]

Or it could be both.

[@mattjones6578]

@@florenceb1031 louise has its not true in comment sections

[@islamroks11]

8:16 The last time I've heard about orbiting space cannons actually being a thing, it was in a episode of Yu-Gi-Oh GX! Why is a show about a school for children's card games more grounded in reality then this comic!?

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

Because get your game on

[@Mochitachi70]

Well, if Miller wrote Captain America right now it wouldn't be much different.

[@hannahgreen5797]

Wait.. When he says he was fighting for tonight? That sounds like they could've made him a terrorist! Hell, It seems more likely with the way he says it!

[@heavenlyderpfowl1180]

The car with COPS written on the side at 7:02 really cracked me up

[@TPrower]

Well, Frank, I hope you're proud of yourself for giving us...that. As for you, Linkara, never stop being awesome. =)

[@tronlives1004]

TPrower I agree with you on the fact that Linkara is cool and did any one noticed the fact that he what I assume to the Wing gundam hanging from the ceiling!?!?!?

[@CarlSlime]

So when does Frank Miller become a villain on the show

[@EionBlue]

Probably never, nobody'll be willing to play him.

[@goodenoughright5433]

He's always been, silently, from the Shadows

[@nathanthompson4613]

Considering that he makes these comics, I’d say he’s one of those villains who passively antagonizes the hero while being just clever enough to avoid active confrontation, but not smart enough to do anything truly devastating

[@sesfilmsllc]

Doug did when he reviewed the spirit.

[@TheBonkleFox]

@@duncananderson2113 You mean doug himself isn't the villain?

[@donaldpetkus1637]

David could not have been an effective Mossad agent with a giant Star of David tattooed on his face.

[@stefanreid949]

Some say that the nails and razor blades are still traveling through space and will continue traveling after the heat death of the universe.

[@KTChamberlain]

I don't know why but I actually feel a great deal of pity for Frank Miller's mentor (whoever he is, I forget), because as the old saying goes: "There are no bad students, only bad teachers," that being said he must be so bad as a teacher to allow this schlock from one of his pupils. By this time after 300, he must be so embarrassed of Frank and himself that he took such a man under his wing and failed miserably with him that he'll now avoid mentioning that in public, especially at conventions, assuming he's been invited.

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

"Part of an organism so large that it can't be comprehended"? ...so, Cthulhu? Would it surprise anyone if that was the angle Frank was going for?

[@TOTTO9508]

5:17 Im having a hard time figuring out how a Police Department can stop or even prevent a terrorist attack performed with Jets and Missiles to a Statue

[@seans.8803]

Calling this the final nail in the coffin for Frank Miller's mainstream comic work was wishful thinking. *glares at Superman Year One*

[@SpyHunter89]

And Linkara wound up hammering down that nail for his 700th episode. I should know. I'm from the future.

[@tonyjoestar2632]

They say those nails are still traveling to this day

[@samuelbarber4154]

Is that the entire catchphrase of the show, Where bad comics burn, good comics are praised and ignorance and hatred are unwelcome.

[@daelen.cclark]

It’s certainly similar to that.

[@kapsi]

The bad guys are basically Persians from 300

[@whoisyouranime]

17:42 I just wanted to mark Linkara's final thoughts on the comic.

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

Pepto Bismol lake. I thought it was tinted pink and I was expecting a giant Pink Panther doing a Jaws parody again.

[@Skyknight12]

This guy really is awesome. Linkara I mean, not the Fixer, or Miller.

[@Gat720Dua]

With KZbin comments being so infamous you would think there's someone calling out on you and even trying to counteract your opinions and belief's but so far I haven't seen one yet.

[@AT4W]

+Gat the Man The day is young. XD

[@Gat720Dua]

Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall True, so true.

[@AlSidre]

+Gat the Man aww man now you jinxed it

[@Gat720Dua]

AlSidre Whether I did or didn't, it's going to happen.

[@SmartassX1]

+Gat the Man I've been around all along. I'm just too busy.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

23:00 Time to make a funeral for all the trees who were made into paper to print this thing

[@a.dennis4835]

"They're giving with a mitzvah" doesn't make grammatical sense.

[@Gozokukolat]

Miller must think that Al-Qaeda is G.I. Joe's Cobra. Also on that note, you should Review G..I. Joe #21: Silent Interlude.

[@feralchangeling97]

COBRA!

[@Sonichero151]

At least Cobra was enjoyable and cartoony and hilarious........

[@KamenKnight]

One thing I just realized, where did those Jet fighters come from? I doubt they could fly from the terrorists' homeland, did they come from an Aircraft Carrier? Or does that underground base the terrorists have also double as a underg air base?!

[@RichardWatt]

They're also drawn to look like F5E Tigershark IIs, as used by the US military to play the role of MiGs in air combat training.

[@nicholasraharjo6731]

Here’s a theory: what if frank miller wants us the readers to go out, wear dumb costumes and fight against criminals to “practice, staying in shape getting ready for tonight, ive spent my whole life getting ready for tonight

[@Rgoid]

27:47 “ ‘Cause I’ve got a brand new Combine Harvester and I’ll give you the key! (da-da-da-da-dah!) C’mon, girl, let’s get together in perfect harmony! I’ve got 20 acres and you’ve got 43! ‘Cause I’ve got a brand new Combine Harvester and I’ll give you the key!”

[@daelen.cclark]

Yeah, pretty funny.

[@NTA247]

To Frank Miller’s credit, at least in 2018 he finally admitted to how utterly messed up Holy Terror was (if only to an extent). SOURCE: www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/frank-miller-xerxes-cursed-sin-city-the-dark-knight-returns “My stuff always represents what I’m going through, ... Whenever I look at any of my work I can feel what my mindset was and I remember who I was with at the time. When I look at Holy Terror, which I really don’t do all that often, I can really feel the anger ripple out of the pages. There are places where it is bloodthirsty beyond belief. ... I don’t want to go back and start erasing books I did, ... I don’t want to wipe out chapters of my own biography. But I’m not capable of that book again.” I can’t say for sure whether or not Mr. Miller was being sincere in this statement, but at least it’s something.

[@daelen.cclark]

Linkara recognised that statement in his dark knight 3 review.

[@NTA247]

captain Rockatron Ah, I see. I missed that part earlier, but that’s good to know. 🙂

[@Rgoid]

Whatever.

[@Ultimus31]

Well. As someone who hasn't been following the show for too long, that last portion was just as confusing as it was awesome. Such as the BFG I assume only works when singing that song about a brand new combine harvester. But I digress. This show is great, even from the short time I've been watching it. Comic books are an intriguing subject to me, having never really read that many comics beside a Simpson's comic I got back in primary school and these videos are really entertaining and interesting. I've even developed my own comic book idea that I hope to actually get into print somewhere once I become established as a writer. I can't wait to see more of these videos and learn more about this world that's become permeated within pop-culture, and yet the original sources are largely obscure. Thanks Linkara, I can't wait to see more great videos from you!

[@Chrisy45054]

Wow. You know you failed _really_ miserably when you make Linkara say "sucks" 11 times.

[@DeathofInk]

F&%k Frank Miller, seriously. Also, LOVED the call back to Kickassia! One of my favorite crossover specials. :)

[@theeternalchronicler3072]

DeathofInk why are you censoring fuck?

[@Jygerthe2nd]

Was SO happy to see Liz make a cameo in this episode. I've always prided myself as her #1 fanboy. lol

[@TheRealGaucelm]

+Jeffery Phillips Is her Pen & Paper Corner still around?

[@Jygerthe2nd]

+Gaucelm de Villaret Unfortunately, no. Her show, as well as "You're Such A Card...Game", was exclusive to Blip, and now that Blip is gone, so is the show. You MIGHT be able to find copies of the episodes on KZbin or other sites, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[@TheRealGaucelm]

There doesn't seem to be any, except for some footage in the "Critiquing the Critics" show.

[@Jygerthe2nd]

***** She HAS talked about doing a new show of some kind, but I don't think she has any interest in re-uploading her older material.

[@SpawnRevenge92]

Even if the reader had been engaged in this awful story, the ending would still be a huge let down. The Fixer arrives and kills the nameless villains who we know nothing about. Riveting.

[@imaadshahrukh4829]

Holy Terror = Homeland feat Crazy Steve (Fixer) and Catty Mathison (Natalie Stack)

[@PolarPhantom]

Linkara, Thanks for everything. All the work you do. All the effort you put into what you produce. I may occasionally snark at some things I disagree with you on, but I honestly appreciate what you do. Hell, you don't have to re edit and re record stuff for HOPR to put on YT, but you do it anyway, and I eat that up because it's just so fun. And you don't have to do that. So thank you, Lewis. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Where's my comic book career? The repetition worked for Miller...

[@redrasegarden]

I love that last "sucks" he say's. I think if it had a physical form it'd be a little teddy bear

[@iankopeski2831]

Oh shit, I have a refrigerator full of Pink Energy, I must dispose of it.

[@aaa1e2r3]

Loved the finale, but I'm surprised Snow Flame didn't make a cameo

[@KingCanada]

In a way, he kinda did. Check the whiteboard on Linkara's fridge.

[@butterbeans7339]

And people say Frank Miller is the best batman writer

[@johnathonhaney8291]

The actual holder of that title: Denny O'Neill, who got three decades of good Batman stories to Miller's one. And had a brilliant series called The Question, which went places Miller never could have managed on every level.

[@Lord.Mind_Flayer]

He was

[@Legacy2530]

22:39 this is why I respect Linkara. He makes a clear distinction that he values freedom of speech and his burning of the "book" (read trash) is of him destroying his own property. I honestly hope that people listen to what he said. Frank Miller has a right to publish a bigoted book and people have the right to buy it. But people also have the right to critique and laugh at it. Linkara isn't trying to destroy and erase this travesty of a comic book from history he's simply getting rid of his own property.

[@godzillavkk]

I just hope his fans don't follow en suite. Lewis is a mixed bag for me.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

@@godzillavkk Most of his fans are unlikely to own copies of this book and certainly won't buy it.

[@godzillavkk]

@@llewelynshingler2173 I hope you are right.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

@@godzillavkk So do I. Attempts at denegrating a work that support the creator are annoying

[@1Costello11]

Frank Miller thinks 'al-Qaida' means 'the cell'? I thought it meant 'the base' or 'the foundation'...

[@ArcherBro]

I place this book lower than the crap you find in a septic tank. This sums up everything wrong with Frank Miller's work these days. Worthy of being one of the few comics you've actually burned. And just think of what this idea could look like if it was in better hands? We've had good stories with heroes fighting Nazis, Communists, etc. Just imagine the kind of good stories we could have with the likes of Captain America fought ISIS or something. Anyone know any good stories like that?

[@worstspytf2824]

I have been up for over 24 hours, I'm 90% sure this is/was a fever dream,

[@michaelawalton6579]

Thumbs up for the way Linkara said "thing" at the end

[@whatevr99]

Thank goodness there was never a continuation of this comic. One could only imagine what it would be like... The second comic would be about The Fixer resurrecting Vlad the Impaler for advice on how to torture terrorists in a more gruesome manner. The third comic would have The Fixer releasing a virus into the atmosphere that kills anyone of Middle Eastern descent. The fourth comic wouldn't be a comic at all; it would just be a bunch of crude drawings on a padded cell of an insane asylum of The Fixer maiming ISIS members... I think I'll stop... I don't want to give Frank any ideas...

[@Merit2397]

Forgot to mention. It was nice to see Iron Liz one last time (even if it was a cameo).

[@JackArcherX]

The sad thing, even when Miller has actually come out and said he's embarrassed for making something like Holy Terror, he STILL doesn't understand how this whole comic is an excercise in racism and paranoid fantasy.

[@justwannabehappy6735]

This comic was hilarious.

[@SorowFame]

Linkara makes a good point, why are alternate versions of him always trying to kill him? I want to see that meeting!

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

...WHY WAS THAT ENDING SKIT SO FUCKING AWESOME. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER ANY OF THOSE TRANSFORMATIONS OTHER THAN THE WHITE RANGER POWER, BUT IT WAS STILL EPIC AS HELL! I didn't know you once cosplayed as Calem...

[@LukeOConnorable]

I was having a really bad night, and that "My friends, you have been the most important of all." really hit me. I needed that, thank you Linkara.

[@joe95883]

You did the right thing Linkara, Burning that Racist book, Lets hope that Frank Miller has learned his lesson from all this.

[@oobndroobw]

Not likely

[@exceedcharge1]

Crazy people dont learn lessons

[@MaxBennie]

That's the difference between stupid people in TV shows and stupid people in real life. Stupid people in TV shows can be made to do the right thing in the end. Real life stupid people cannot.

[@johnalogue9832]

People change over their lifetimes in real life, rather than over a season.

[@magnamon2099]

it's frank miller so... no.

[@ChristianNeihart]

You have no idea how long I've waited to see this on KZbin. Thanks Linkara.

[@silverthorn9759]

References to the Wurzels and Blakes 7. I'm impressed.

[@thomascollins5622]

I'm going to go reread Persepolis right now, to get the awful taste of this comic out of my mouth.

[@islamroks11]

7:22 Around this point, I've started gagging. That's what this comic is doing to me. It is literally making me physically sick.

[@JaelinBezel]

No wonder, with that username.

[@artistwithouttalent]

4:26 If this were any other situation, I would ask how in the hell is someone "too intense" for _Mossad?_ But it's not any other situation. It's Miller time.

[@MaxBennie]

Now I shall refer to Miller's work on Daredevil as "Frank Miller... *before he went insane*."

[@padairua8129]

Ah, that's why the comic is shaped like that - so you could crack it in half like so

[@MistsMagic]

Beads... My God...

[@Cdr2002]

The exchange student and the emo girl at the beginning had more chemistry than Batma-Fixer and Catwo-Natalie And one of them is a suicide bomber.

[@SiRenfield]

Also....in the movie theater one of the speech bubbles is *seriously spelled “Kewl”*....just wow

[@noahweathers4408]

At last you found a GOOD use for Frank Miller’s Holy Terror...as firewood. I am glad to have taken a number of good things to heart thanks to Atop the Fourth Wall, but I have taken nothing of value from Holy Terror, except not to waste a second of considering buying it. After all, it’s as you say, Frank Miller has the right to sell it, you have the right to convey how ridiculous and offensive it is, and I have the right to refuse to buy a single copy of or recommend to anyone I know this INSULT TO COMICS AS A MEDIUM. I thank you Lewis Lovhaug for having taught that valuable lesson. I enjoyed the fight with Mirror Linkara at the end. A nice way to celebrate three hundred episodes. Congrats.

[@DetectorCliche]

5:22 But wait if the commissioner is corrupt then why was the fixer talking with him on his communicator watch as if he's his ally.

[@CosmoShidan]

One has to wonder if Frank Miller developed his racist views after reading the over-rated, over-bloated and over-written plotted novels of Ayn Rand. In addition to that, he used the plot of Atlas Shrugged in his Give Me Liberty series. I mean, there is no way one could believe in Randianism or at least adapt aspects of Randian egoism, (I will not call it by what is the name for moral realism here) and not be a racist at all.

[@CosmoShidan]

darkrage6 Though a Randian would most likely endorse retaliation in an event such as 9/11, and the use of military force to invade another country insofar as the enemy of reason and freedom must be punished severely. Especially if the enemy combatant is suspected of attacking home soil. This is outlined in the Virtue of Selfishness and is most likely that Miller read it, as he cited Atlas Shrugged as an influence on Martha Washington at one point.

[@jamesadamsfl]

Ironically, Rand herself rejected racism, viewing it as nothing more than untalented people trying to take credit for what their ancestors and/or neighbors did.

[@jamesadamsfl]

Yeah, in hindsight, I have heard that Rand's philosophy was whatever she said it was at a given time.I've never read Rand's books. My best friend seems to think Atlas Shrugged was well-written at the very least. The Fountainhead on the other hand . . . an all-powerful architectural critic seeks to ruin a gifted designer to ensure the masses remain complacent and the status quo is preserved . . . Yeah, that is the most self-indulgent and self-righteous thing I had ever heard until I saw Moviebob's review of Glass and realized Shayamalan was pretty much exactly the same. Heck, even Dante wasn't that self-indulgent, and he sent his enemies to literal Hell!

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

The battle with Nazikara is similar to MMPR Season 1 Episode 40: Doomsday Part 2 where the Rangers had to switch MegaZord modes ever so often to overload Cyclopsis

[@RaphBlade7]

So, my theory is the FIXER is actually CRAZY STEVE (the hobo who Linkara suggested stole BATMAN's identity & became the GD BATMAN of ASBAR) of an alternate universe where BATMAN doesn't exist & CRAZY STEVE became the FIXER! Also, NATALIE STACK is this universe's BONKERs BETTY (ASBAR's WONDER WOMAN), Black Canary, & Catwoman all rolled up into one character!" Also, they aren't fighting Islamic terrorists, just hallucinations produced by their paint fume damaged minds from huffing paint & brain damage from the explosion, which was the result of a faulty gas main, with it being viewed as a terrorist attack being just another delusion of FIXER & NATALIE STACK! Also, I imagine DC would pass on it if Frank intended for BATMAN to use guns like the Fixer!

[@toddthesweatynerdguy1450]

They listen to the cops radio "They're not saying much, a lot of talk of a stolen cop car though" lol

[@andreworders7305]

This is probably my favorite fight scene you’ve done

[@snakes3425]

Frank Miller writing Captain America...Joe Simon and Jack Kirby would've been spinning in their graves if that had come to past

[@copman007]

Linkara, Louis, I've only started watching some of your reviews and some of your rather intriguing and equally entertaining story segments back around early December (I think), and on the slightest chance you get this I'll simply say this; you have a subscriber. Don't stop being so damn awesome!

[@Alevamltd]

@ 2:27 The comic was so bad it briefly gave him a Latin accent.