How Did Spider-Man, Superman and Wonder Woman Fight Real Crime? | QI

[@ThatScootFanboy]

I just love Jonathan Ross' comic book knowledge on display here.

[@orcmcc]

I feel slightly bad for him. His amazing knowledge got passed over.

[@002DrEvil]

He has one of the largest comic book memorabilia collections in the world. This round could have been designed for him.

[@JacknVictor]

And he got to sit next to the real life actual inspiration for Moe Syzlak, his friend, Rich Hall.

[@daddymuggle]

Just as it was getting interesting, too.

[@JHaven-lg7lj]

He’s amazing! It does feel like got cut off on the Hell’s Kitchen comment. Thanks for mentioning his name, didn’t they used to put the names in the title card?

[@HerbertAckermans]

Hilarious to see Stephen attempt to outsmart Jonathan Ross on comic facts :D

[@ferretyluv]

Jonathan is right. I didn’t even know Kingpin is a spiderman villain. I know him as Daredevil’s enemy.

[@litigioussociety4249]

He was prevalent in the 90s cartoon.

[@vegladex]

I know they've fought, but he's definitely not been anywhere near Spidey's "A-List" in a long time. Though we should remember that this episode is itself probably very old too! So perhaps it wasn't such an anachronism at that point.

[@hecticscone]

i would say he's the most prominent villain in NYC, it makes sense he would be the enemy of the two most prominent NYC based heroes

[@acoupleofschoes]

Kingpin had a sniper target Mary Jane, but they ended up hitting Aunt May. Peter's subsequent beat-down on Kingpin is one of his most iconic and violent moments, showing just how strong and capable he actually is. Everything Kingpin did eventually led to One More Day.

[@youremakingprogress144]

Kingpin originally used more science-fiction gadgets, like a ring that would shoot sleeping gas, so he was more Spider-Man's type of villain. Then Daredevil developed and became more popular and Kingpin became more realistic, so Daredevil was the better fit to take him on in terms of power levels (and arguably in tone).

[@HoneyMike]

Great joke from Rich there, very quick too

[@NewMessage]

Apt... Ross looks like Kingpin's top goon in that outfit.

[@mamanowatum]

The only one of these I already knew was the Superman one. Thank you, Drunk History!

[@devlinburgess2463]

Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese among other books, wrote a modern version of the Superklan storyline called Superman Smashes the Klan a few years back. Pretty good too!

[@CarlosBenjamin]

I think there are a host of villains who had more dealings with Spider-Man than Kingpin, who was much more prominent in Daredevil books. I never disliked Johnathan Ross, but now his star has greatly brightened for me.

[@Aye-McHunt]

Electronic tagging bracelets are also known as Chav Navs.

[@denisepurcell4031]

😂😂😂😂

[@Dribbleondo]

0:24 - BVVVV

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@deeliciousplum]

I did not know the fact of a Superman storyline where he fought America's domestic terrorists, the KKK, and that the storyline brought real life recruitment to zero. Wonderful! If only a new storyline of Superman fighting all forms of white supremacy/nationalism can be written and drawn. If that brought current recruitment to zero, then that would be a "blessing". 🌸

[@leeshajoi]

Gene Luen Yang adapted that story into a 3-part comic series called "Superman Smashes the Klan." I recommend seeking out the TPB.

[@SimonMoon5]

Well, the reaction to a comic involving "Superman versus MAGA" would be rather extreme, I think. There would be outrage across the country, I'm pretty sure. We live in a different time.

[@sudanemamimikiki1527]

​@@SimonMoon5maga is a different thing entirely to kkk. Far more subtle and less goofy in its organization. Can't really make a hitting criticism of a movement that operates in such a vague way.

[@Gogoglovitch]

@@SimonMoon5 Comic books have stirred up outrage from the right for a very long time now. When Captain America was created, and specifically fought Nazis in his early issues (even punching out Hitler on the cover of his first issue), the American right was incensed. Simon and Kirby received death threats, and even people coming to their workplace to harass them. (Kirby gave back as good as he got, of course, always willing to punch a Nazi - that's the kind of guy he was.)

[@deeliciousplum]

@@Gogoglovitch Oh? Thank you for sharing that. I am more of the original Hulk and an early Doctor Strange comic book fan. So, it is heartening to hear of the empowering ethics/morals of Simon and Kirby.

[@macsnafu]

I think we know who the REAL comic book fan is here!

[@tendnotto]

lovely clip but subtitles would be nice someday

[@jenniferkonstant5920]

Why? It's very clear what they're saying

[@blaQI_roch]

@@jenniferkonstant5920 , English is not everybody's first language, some people have hearing disabilities, different English speaking parts of the world have different accents and may have difficulty especially if someone on the panel has a minor speech impediment, causing further difficulties, some people may have neurodiverse auditory disconnect. There are many reasons.

[@jenniferkonstant5920]

@@blaQI_roch fair enough

[@tendnotto]

@@jenniferkonstant5920 not for everyone. i have auditory processing issues; there are plenty of people who struggle with panellists’ accents; there are HOH people who deserve to enjoy these clips just as much as anyone else. or simply people in noisy environments, people whose speakers are broken, etc etc

[@rosiefay7283]

@@blaQI_roch Well said. The same is true --- and the part about accents for the most part even more true --- for videos where people are speaking in American accents.

[@oliverohnemus5791]

Guess what? The cell phone everyone carries does the exact same thing, the government and many corporations track and monitor every single thing you do.

[@jmorse8921]

what happens if i forget to charge it ?

[@peterclarke7240]

Gosh. Given my usual routine, I wonder what they'll do with that information?! Nothing. That's what. Absolutely nothing. Just as they'll do absolutely nothing with whatever tedious, mind-numbing information they might get by bothering to monitor *your* phone. The reality is, they may have the ability to track your phone, but nobody outside of work or your loved ones cares what you do or where you go.

[@ferretyluv]

Government less so. If the government were as good as corporations as tracking you, we wouldn’t have mass shootings, gangs would be arrested en masse, and drug dealers wouldn’t be able to operate. If you’ve ever done any work with the government, you’d see that it’s so inefficient, overworked and understaffed (by design, thanks GOP), they can’t really do much unless you’re really stupid and brazen about committing crimes. Basically, if you’re not making regular trips to Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan, or Syria, the government doesn’t care about you. You’re much more likely to get bumped off by corpos as a whistleblower.

[@highlandoutsider]

​@@peterclarke7240You don't no much about ad tracking then? Your data is incredibly valuable, bought and sold multiple times, making some people mind bogglingly rich.

[@KarlBunker]

Just keep your tinfoil undies hitched up tight and you'll be safe from all those mean gu'mints and corporations. 🙄

[@20x20]

Why would superman fight the good guys?

[@JJONNYREPP]

How Did Spider-Man, Superman and Wonder Woman Fight Real Crime? | QI. 1314pm. 9.9.24. I suppose one could say, vis a vis catching the bus, the tactile nature of not getting any as opposed to getting some, that Lynda Carter, in her day, would have been top notch. as against top shelf. in short, yes she is too tall, you or one would just give up... or give in. call it quits.....sexism is, though I am gratuitously assured, the last vestige of the eternally bored.......................................................... as I say, you are the people with the problems.....

[@mepatton]

Back in the day when QI was actually I, entertaining, and funny.

[@peterclarke7240]

"I remember when all this were nowt but trees, beer were tuppence ha'penny, and women knew their place." Yes, yes, we know, Grandad. You tell us every single day when we visit to change your pad and make sure you haven't set fire to your kitchen again while getting yourself a biscuit. Isn't it time for your nap?

[@mepatton]

@@peterclarke7240 👈 Asinine troll.

[@marcussantiago]

You commented this on a clip about comic book trivia.

[@AfterTheRains]

It’s actually ‘Quite Interesting’.

[@mepatton]

@@AfterTheRains It was, when Stephen Fry was host. Now it's Quite Unwatchable.