I found the worst comic book.

[@AdequateEmily]

I would click on this video but you’re not wearing a joker suit, crying, and holding a bunch of money in the thumbnail…for shame.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

I have learned nothing!!!

[@AdequateEmily]

@@NerdSyncProductions The funniest part of that is you say it tanked but that was literally the first video of yours I saw like a month ago lol.

[@pacosoentken303]

@@AdequateEmily go watch em all ;)

[@ne3856]

@@pacosoentken303 Challenge accepted

[@adamnaameeazim6365]

*violently shakes a stack of Jimmy Olsen issues* This really rustles my Jimmies

[@NerdSyncProductions]

I gotta use that joke in a video someday haha

[@NerdSyncProductions]

this video might be silly and bad, but the fact that I was able to make it and post it is proof that my new anxiety medication is working haha

[@barryfraser831]

That's awesome, I've been on anxiety medication for 3 years now, and it really has changed my life. Without it I was barely able to function, with it I didn't have panic attacks more than a couple times a year. As compared to ones about once a week. I'm so glad you were able to find one that works for you.

[@Genevieve1023]

I have a form of psychosis and I just lowered my medication dosage. It's working for me too.

[@ramblinentertainment1922]

That genuinely awesome! Also I thought the video was great lol

[@waynestudios]

1. I know that feel dude. 2. This video is awesome.

[@mrgreatbigmoose]

No...this video might be silly and bad.

[@SambRussell94]

The way Jack Kirby started working on Jimmy Olsen is way cooler than the apocryphal story.

[@RobertJW]

Right? Explicitly not wanting to push other creators off their books, instead taking the reigns of a book without an artist assigned? That’s RAD.

[@rayvenkman2087]

@@RobertJW Brian Michael Bendis: “I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that.”

[@HollowGolem]

@@RobertJW The more I learn about King Kirby the more I love him. Class act all the way around.

[@Bluecho4]

@@HollowGolem One could even say Jack Kirby was Based.

[@BlueCanary7]

"Sparta is allergic to bad storytelling" That cat has got amazing comic timing 😹

[@andywhite6078]

The dramatic reading of fans hitting on Don Rickles was one of the greatest things I've seen/listened to in a while haha

[@amrys_argent]

After I watched this video, my spouse, who was watching by osmosis, said "I seem to remember Don Rickles being in a Scooby-Doo episode." But I reminded them that this is NerdSync, and if such a thing had happened, it would not have gone unremarked on.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

I can't remember a Don Rickles Scooby episode. Are they thinking of Don Knotts?

[@amrys_argent]

@@NerdSyncProductions They said that's probably it.

[@barkingmonkee]

As soon as I read this comment I seemed to remember the same thing - Mandela effect maybe?

[@illwill1991]

My favorite hollywood story I've ever heard is Don Rickles walks into this restaurant with this girl he's dating and he sees that Frank Sinatra is in the restaurant as well. So Don tells the girl he's going to the bathroom and he goes up to Sinatras table and says "hey Frank I'm here with this girl I really like and I want to impress her. Could you do me a favor? In about 5 minutes could you come up to my table and say hi to me so that she can see that we're friends?" So Frank says "yeah sure. No problem." So Don goes back to his table and about 5 minutes later Frank walks up to Don's table sticks his hand out for a hand shake and says "hey Don! It's good to see you! How have you been?" And Rickles looks at his hand and then looks up at Frank with this disgusted annoyed look on his face and says "come on Frank! What are you doing? We're trying to eat here! Can't you just leave us alone?!" And Frank Sinatra is stuck there with his hand out and all he can do is just pull his hand back and walk away embarrassed! Lmao it's my favorite story I've ever heard!

[@marccolten9801]

Expected a different ending where Rickles returns to his table and Sinatra is already gone to bang his girlfriend,

[@illwill1991]

@@marccolten9801 nah there's no way! Do you know the type of high quality cooze Sinatra was getting? There's no way Frank Sinatra would ever slum it with the type of girls Don has to settle for.

[@marccolten9801]

@@illwill1991 Yeah but she gets extra points for snatching her from another guy.

[@Bluecho4]

That...sounds awful and mean-spirited.

[@ianfinrir8724]

​@@Bluecho4Don Rickles _was_ an insult comic

[@andrewjeisenman]

“it’s not even the worst comic book in this apartment!” I felt that deep in my heart where I didn’t know feelings could go.

[@amyschildgamerlive4519]

*worst selling

[@hannahallie1121]

And what did we learn from this video? 1. Comics are weird and always have been 2. Sparta’s sneezes are adorable 🥰 Great video as always Scott! 😁

[@Fluffypro]

I found Adventure Comics # 389. It features Supergirl turning all her ex boyfriends into stone and creating a mass stone ex boyfriend graveyard. I thought of you when bought it. Just thought I’d thank you for reminding me how wonderful this covers are. I’ve collected silver age covers before, but your Jimmy video made me love them even more.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@SimonBuchanNz]

Woo! Girl power! That's how that works, right? (Why does supergirl have so many ex-s, anyways? That sounds like a story)

[@TMSokoya]

That is dark as heck.

[@marccolten9801]

Wouldn’t all of Supergirl’s ex- boyfriends have been punished automatically by having their dicks crushed in the equivalent of a hydraulic press?

[@Neil070]

One ex was a merman (which raises a whole host of questions that would alarm the Comics Code Authority 🍆🐟), another was a horse / centaur. Which raises wholly different questions. We were innocent kids back then....

[@Eli_Guy]

"-like a book report at gunpoint... Im the one with a gun, youre not allowed to leave-" Immediate Like, your humor is a blessing, Scott

[@beretperson]

I was 100% expecting the context to be "some editor got the idea in their head, they did the thing where someone designs the cover and then the poor artists have to come up with the content of the comic for that cover", was surprised to find that nope, Kirby really wanted to do this, two Rickles and all.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Kirby wanted this so bad!!!

[@ciarannihill]

Halfway through the video and already worth it just for now understanding that joke from Toy Story. Always love the videos, but that is a revelation I didn't even realize I needed.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

As soon as I figured it out I knew I needed to share it with the world haha

[@miriamrosemary9110]

Yeah! Suddenly that joke makes way more sense!

[@miau384]

The cat sneezing at that moment is really good comedic timing.

[@__Luke__]

When it came to Kirby, there was a lot of "revenge" moves made on all sides. When Marvel got him back, I've heard they purposely tried to embarrass him and set him up for failure. It sounds to me that this issue of JO was Kirby's way of taking a slap at DC for how they'd tied his hands after hiring him.

[@simplyemely3926]

Another NerdSync video so soon? It’s a Christmas miracle!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

it's a miracle the sponsor approved it haha

[@Torlik11]

@@NerdSyncProductions you could say there is magic in the air

[@michael.471]

The idea Jack Kirby has a shame kink just gave me psychic damage

[@ThundrKnight]

Conspiracy theory: this is nerdsync seeing if he can get away with less editing and have us watch... Yes , yes i will

[@Maniac4Bricks]

Of course, editing does not compare to heart!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

sorry about this one too, gang.

[@PharaohofAtlantis]

I'm sure I will love it!

[@markvelvis1176]

No need to apologize! This reminded me of your older videos where you go in depth about weird niche comic things. Love all your stuff!

[@Strunmahmah]

"Jack Kirby introduced Darkeid the unvierse altering threat in fun children's comic 😀" I'm sorry, he what?

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Gotta start somewhere

[@bobbuethe1477]

Yep. Darkseid's very first appearance ever was on the last page of Jimmy Olsen #134.

[@harrisonjenkins4243]

Yo Scott, I was so so so confused when I came across this story while reading through Kirby's Fourth World stuff a few months ago and I think I was secretly praying for you to make a video about it so that I wouldn't have to do a lot of research on weird early 70s pop culture myself. Anyway, this video is dope and your channel is dope and your work has inspired me to focus some of college essays on comic books as something worth seriously investigating. The work you do has value!

[@candlemovies4180]

As a Jimmy Olsen enthusiast, I'm asking that you PLEASE make a video on Matt Fraction's Jimmy Olsen series.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

watch until the very end of the video...

[@candlemovies4180]

@@NerdSyncProductions I know but Scott now you got me itchin to know what a Nerdsync analysis of that series would be... (Also it's so cool that Steve Lieber sent you that, had you read it before?)

[@candlemovies4180]

@@NerdSyncProductions oh and btw this one was super fun to watch, the man just can’t miss :)

[@anone.mousse674]

Two videos in as many weeks? You are on a ROLL, Scotty-boy!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

it's the holiday season! gotta crank out videos!

[@jedisalamander2457]

@@NerdSyncProductions just dont burn yourself out! We arent worth that!

[@TMSokoya]

@@jedisalamander2457 This!

[@SteveLieber]

This was great. And thanks for the shoutout! (Also, for the real aficionados, we snuck a Goody & Don cameo into the 2019 Jimmy Olsen miniseries.)

[@SaintNicholasOfficial]

Can’t wait for the reboot of this series: A Rickle in Time

[@escher10000]

This deserves more attention.

[@munjee2]

10:22 Every single time I saw toy story that joke drove me nuts, he just looks at a hockey puck and calls it a hockey puck, THANK YOU

[@dylansthomson]

I'm commenting this before watching the video (sorry) but I've read this comic, and I remember just thinking to myself after reading every Don Rickles line "What? What is happening?"

[@_thomas1031]

I'm sure that's an expected reaction 🤣

[@Neil070]

Jimmy Olsen was always wacky, he turned into a turtle man (twice), porcupine man, you get the idea....but this was so far 'out there' you needed to read it through a telescope. I think that's why S v B hurt so much - turning the goofy but innocent and loyal JO into a tough undercover CIA operative who gets shot in the head after a few minutes on screen. I didn't like James Olsen on Supergirl (great character, but why that name? New character, new name) but this wasn't 'Superman's Pal', just a random....

[@BlueDavrial]

Im loving Sparta showing up in videos more now that they're set at home. Good cats

[@NerdSyncProductions]

He does it all on his own haha

[@bentoth9555]

This was a weird one, speaking as someone who mostly knew Rickles from his cameo work on old sitcoms, like they had his likeness but didn't know what to do with it (and couldn't write insults). Also, Sparta is adorable.

[@cristobal_rubilar07]

3 NerdSync videos in a month?? what an amazing time to be subscribed

[@LillaPugliesi]

Loved the video!💕 Just started my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They offer a huge variety of digital comics for every genre, and lifetime updates too!😍

[@QuasarSniffer]

The moral of the story is that Steve Lieber is a wonderful artist and human being and the Jimmy Olsen series he did with Matt Fraction is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. Everyone should read it! Another great video Scott! Thank you!

[@morlath4767]

Love the videos, Scott, and I hope you're doing okay over the holiday period....but can I just say, we need more background cat escapades!

[@DanielleA2023]

Don't forget: this wasn't just a comic but Kirby applying political commentary about the comics industry vis a vis Stan Lee, Martin Goodman, Marvel vs DC, work for hire, editors, and Lee overstating his contribution to the Marvel Universe. For example e.g. Morgan Edge is Lee and Goidman, the 2 Rickles are Marvel Kirby & DC Kirby

[@kjeason6508]

I just re-discovered nerdsync yesterday with all the scooby-doo content and then a new video drops the very next day! This is a great week!!! Loving this channel! Makes me proud to be a nerd

[@juliiju0484]

Jimmy olsen is one of the weirdest and best characters in fiction

[@NerdSyncProductions]

I love him so much!

[@juliiju0484]

@@NerdSyncProductions We all really do. Too bad it seems like Jimmy has disappeared from the status quo

[@ianfinrir8724]

​@@juliiju0484Jimmy's fairly prominent in My Adventures With Superman.

[@lenorabrown4702]

I always forgot how enjoyable your videos are!! I missed the last couple but rest assured i will be binging them now :)

[@CaptainArthanos]

I clicked as soon as I got the notification and I gotta say I love this video and the fact that you're always doing something different. For me personally, I think it's part of what keeps me watching! Although at this point I would stick around for anything as your persona/personality is very entertaining :)

[@PhantomLantern2814]

Of all the takeaways I thought I’d get from this video, the thought that Jack Kirby might’ve had a secret humiliation kink was *NOT* something I expected to have. Kudos, Scott!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

I didn't mean for that to be the takeaway, but here we are

[@uneek35]

The man created Big Barda. Of course he's a freak.

[@PhantomLantern2814]

@@uneek35 oh god, and he based her appearance off a playboy model, *its all coming together*

[@PhantomBugler]

Considering these comics were published roughly around the time (or not long after) DC had been putting out Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis comic books, this Jimmy Olsen story may been a "back door pilot" to see if a Don Rickles comic would sell.

[@Dalenthas]

A NerdSync video on my birthday? Oh joy! Thanks for the gift Scott!

[@MADKapo]

2:58 Please say "Hello Peter" with those glasses I beg of you! They look so good on you.

[@mikaylaeager7942]

I’m glad those anxiety meds are working because I missed these laidback conversational comic book videos.

[@nemothenobody7859]

Orange tabby cats are awesome! The orange tabby cats I have met are full of personality, and the orange 'm' marking on their foreheads is super cute!

[@McFazzer]

I’m surprised how happy I was to finally get that Toy Story joke.

[@shebjess]

11:01 okay, I have to admit that Sparda was adorably distracting.

[@fabriciodossantos7755]

Haha I used that bit from ur Jommy Olsen video as a part for my comicbook club presentation. We read Superman up in the sky and most of the members didn't know Jimmy so I used your video to explain who whe really is :D

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Haha my video didn't even explain who he is

[@fabriciodossantos7755]

@@NerdSyncProductions You know: Supermans pal, crazy whacky andventures, thats enough :D They understood.

[@yerrboi6842]

Scott I just want to tell you thank you so much for years of entertainment. I’m a fighter and I have a fight this Friday December 3 and I love looking back at your videos when I need a nice inspiration. My favorite is the Spider-Man no more video. RIP Stan the Man

[@Starcat5]

I give up. I have skimmed eight years of NerdSync thumbnails, and I can't find the Jimmy Olson video he's talking about. Was it taken down?

[@lukp6964]

Hey Scott, you should make a series covering weird stories in comics. My first suggestion is to read the golden-age Human-torch number three, it is a funny story about Toro haha

[@VE_s]

Your quality has gotten better and better. Also been loving these 20min+ vids! Keep it up artist

[@inzanemonkey0510]

Your cat was trying to pull off the heist of the century

[@jayvbspdx]

The one supporter named, and I quote, “Jack Kirby is great _(but also has faults, like anyone)”_

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Haha they keep getting their money's worth

[@4rtie]

Jimmy vid sequel? Rad. (Or more accurately "followup" I guess maybe?)

[@NerdSyncProductions]

follow-up is probably more like it haha

[@KougajiCalling]

Well... That comic was on the edge of madness... But at least we got a dramatic reading and an entire episode with you in glasses.

[@WarmLillie]

Hey Scott, Lillie here after clickbait test after Jimmy comic . It mysteriously actually work. I took comic page recolor page with Giganta to match Lillie. People were actually hooked and give me bit inspiration.

[@TheJohno95]

Don Rickles would actually be happy to know that you used the line "His name sounds like a disease." I'm sure he would respond: "And what do you call NerdSyc, hockey puck?" A funny guy, but dang, having him in a comic was weird! Maybe they were wanting to give him his own book, like Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope. Which would have been terrible, since Don like to work on the "blue" side. Or at least on the savage level.

[@kingofnerds7693]

I’m honestly disappointed that the Jimmy video tanked as it is one of my absolute favourite of your videos

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Probably didn't help that I had to re-upload it. But thanks! I had fun making it!

[@thebliboshow4279]

Dude I just love your videos every single one is a masterpiece that I hope lives on for hundreds of generations

[@Ironhide97]

Loved this video! Gave super interesting insight on a unique story I would’ve never known about otherwise. Let’s get more of these!

[@bazingsgozar5836]

TWO VIDEOS IN THE SAME WEEK. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED!!! #NerdsyncRevival

[@BestBoyPatrick]

But... how could there POSSIBLY be TWO RICKLES???

[@NerdSyncProductions]

We'll never know...

[@kpfettstyle9188]

I know you have a history of struggling to get content out in the way you want and I wanted to just point out that I like this easy going format. I'd watch a million more of these where you just talk about weird comics

[@perrisavallon5170]

It's always a good day when you get to learn more about the weird world of Jimmies

[@Samantha_yyz]

OK this title is some great click bait, but I'm so hear for it XD Very excited to learn about this comic I've never heard of!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@Samantha_yyz]

Oh I very much did lol. I can't believe these comics were made XD

[@mikestevers26]

We love you Scott!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

thanks!

[@CavemanBatman]

Damn dude. I’ve seen hundreds of 90s extreme comics that are FAAAAR worse than this. No need to shit on The King 💔

[@Nick_sensei]

"don't ask, just buy it!"

[@NerdSyncProductions]

exactly right!

[@theriffwriter2194]

(Thought bubble over cat) "why don't I get opposable thumbs? Nobody suffers like me."

[@denman2991]

chapter: the actual content of the video 11:45 into a 25 min. video... classic only context NerdSync

[@GleeChan]

I'm watching this thinking Sasha from Casually Comics would think this is the best thing ever.

[@petrelli231]

Scott: Makes a Superman video, a Jack Kirby video and a Jimmies video in preparation Also Scott: I wonder if I've given enough context No content only context indeed

[@ScuubaSteefe]

You mean to tell me that the big bad of the DCEU, headlined by Mr Edgelord Himself Zack Snyder, made his debut in a Jimmy Olsen comic?? Scott??? Could you not brute force this fact into my head to live rent free?

[@mechtech220]

you addressed the folding over at exactly the moment that I was internally screaming about it. thank you, very much. crisis averted.

[@RobRVA]

David Letterman (I believe it was Letterman possibly Conan?) whipped out one of these comics on the show when Rickles was a guest and asked about it. There's a clip on KZbin somewhere.

[@DevlinDomini]

I knew all about Don Rickles. It was the fact that Kirby ever did the Jimmy Olsen title that came as a surprise to me.

[@risperdude]

Love your unique takes on the weird and wild. But hey there was a lot of content here... nt what I subscribe for! ;-) Love ya, and your good work!!

[@starclone4]

This video actually had me in stitches.... It was an insane J. Kirby idea..... Lol. Much love to you Scott, and thanks !!!! Gernard Howell

[@sonataonmymind]

I know that nowadays it's almost forbidden to say anything negative about Kirby but I confess that I don't think writing was one of his strong points. Even the New Gods I think have better concepts than good writing.

[@EAKugler]

Wait? Content? I'm confused, I was promised only context, no content.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

I stuffed in as much context as I could!!!

[@jaap7624]

First time in very long i visit your channel again. Great video! Keep on the good work!!

[@_thomas1031]

TWO RICKLES!? We would never be prepared🤣🤙

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Too many Rickles perhaps?

[@erikholmysti]

Just subscribed. More Kirby related content please!

[@VaneHartless473]

I feel like Darkseid really fits these kind of books have you heard about his love of couches?

[@dragon1130]

Scott, I just want to say... keep being a wonderful nerd. I've been a fan of yours for a few years now. Some of my favorite videos on youtube are, no joke, your "Why the Skrulls had to change", "Why Captain America has always been political", and your D&D video (it's what actually got me to watch dimension 20 and pay for a dropout account). No joke, you are one of the few youtubers whose content I regularly go back and rewatch, that wasn't someone from back on the blip.tv days (and even then I've been going back to those less and less as time goes on). I just love your passion and willingness to be real and vulnerable while at the same time entertain and teach us about such wonderful nerdy stuff like Scooby-Doo, Comic books, and Dungeons and Dragons.

[@miriamrosemary9110]

❤️

[@devriasst.9717]

NerdSync is both the most adorable and unexpectedly chaotic human, because why would he introduce us to a comic about Don Rickles? 💀

[@aaronbourque5494]

Jack Kirby was brilliant, bursting with creativity and ideas and stuff, but he wasn't the greatest writer. Occasionally, his writing overlapped with the brilliance of his art, but usually, the art was all that carried an issue. But "insult comedy," an almost purely verbal medium, doesn't translate into comic book art.

[@d-manthecaptain1382]

I get the feeling that Rickles didn't care about this at all, since there's that clip where Letterman brings it up to him, and shows him the cover, and Rickles glosses over it to talk about something else. If Rickles was more passionate about the crossover, it would've been funny if he wrote up some insults and mailed them over for Kirby to use in the story.

[@sky5642]

I loved this long form rougher around the edges type of video!

[@maplebob23]

I love Don Rickles! The comedy channel was much, much better when they ran repeats of CPO Sharkey and had Penn Gillette as an announcer.

[@lemonl80]

sleep: three jokers woke: two rickles

[@Madbmberwhatbmbsatmidnight]

Definitely can’t wait for the inevitable NerdSync deep dive into Lieber and Fraction Jimmy Olsen. That book was awesome!

[@RingsideRebel-g5t]

There's also that Ultimate Warrior comic with the Destrucity...

[@kylecarter1599]

So is the SHIELD video still gonna be a thing? Cause that sounds like a dope video.

[@Narutotaku93]

This might be the wrong place to ask but are you still working on the super carlin brothers channel, I'm missing the half way half point questions

[@bebecranney8740]

Scott's got one of those faces where he can point out that he's wearing glasses and my mind'll be like "wait you don't always wear those?"

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Haha I don't know if this is a compliment, but I'll take it

[@bebecranney8740]

@@NerdSyncProductions I guess it means that they suit u

[@hongkongcantonese501]

Kirby's vision is legendary. His scripts, on the other hand, were demented! Jimmy Olsen pre and post Kirby were night and day different but while his Fourth World super-narrative was truly epic, Jack was not really a great writer.

[@nathanieldaiken1064]

You sir, are dissing the King!

[@thebatpig8424]

I didn’t know that Jimmy Olsen series was by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber. It just got bumped up on my to read list

[@JordanLeeBrailsford]

Hey Scott, I used to be a huge fan of your podcast! Any chance of it coming back ??