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 😹

[@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

[@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

[@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....

[@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!😍

[@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! 😁

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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!!!

[@miau384]

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

[@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

[@abigailblackmon1144]

"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.

[@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 :)

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@SaintNicholasOfficial]

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

[@escher10000]

This deserves more attention.

[@__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.

[@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.)

[@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.

[@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!

[@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 🤣

[@clacker5799]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@lenorabrown4702]

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

[@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

[@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 :)

[@4rtie]

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

[@NerdSyncProductions]

follow-up is probably more like it haha

[@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*

[@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

[@Dalenthas]

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

[@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!

[@mikaylaeager7942]

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

[@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.

[@BestBoyPatrick]

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

[@NerdSyncProductions]

We'll never know...

[@Nick_sensei]

"don't ask, just buy it!"

[@NerdSyncProductions]

exactly right!

[@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....

[@McFazzer]

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

[@thebliboshow4279]

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

[@inzanemonkey0510]

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

[@VE_s]

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

[@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.

[@shebjess]

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

[@sky5642]

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

[@MADKapo]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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?

[@mechtech220]

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

[@perrisavallon5170]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@_thomas1031]

TWO RICKLES!? We would never be prepared🤣🤙

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Too many Rickles perhaps?

[@bazingsgozar5836]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@mikestevers26]

We love you Scott!

[@NerdSyncProductions]

thanks!

[@bsabruzzo]

Love this video. too bad Rickles didn't play at one of Lois' many weddings That's a cross over I'd not like to see... unlike a cross over with you and Sasha from Casually Comics.

[@NerdSyncProductions]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@user-nf6hm2bl3p]

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

[@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!!

[@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

[@Madbmberwhatbmbsatmidnight]

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

[@jaap7624]

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

[@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

[@Skaramine]

He had his variety show AND a sitcom CPO Sharkey which was a more comedic version of R Lee Ermy in Full Metal Jacket.

[@VaneHartless473]

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

[@erikholmysti]

Just subscribed. More Kirby related content please!

[@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

[@kylecarter1599]

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

[@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]

❤️

[@marvelite2354]

Can’t wait to start watching! (Also out of curiosity, hav u ever read Sandman and what are ur opinions on the upcoming show?)

[@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

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

2:55 Omg is that Hugo Strange?!

[@denman2991]

OMG now i can't unsee it

[@keithhightower646]

I heard once that animals laugh by sneezing, so your cats timing was actually perfect 🤣

[@theriffwriter2194]

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

[@misteraskman3668]

19:44 That is basically the meme of the explosion behind aunt May

[@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.

[@GleeChan]

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

[@JordanLeeBrailsford]

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

[@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

[@populaarikuriositeetti4306]

In Finnish dub of Toy Story movie the joke was little bit different, and easier to understand if you know the language. Basically he says "What are you staring at? Are you in hockey?" to understand than the joke, you need to know that Ice Hockey is "Lätkä" in slang term and it means "in love" too. So he says "What are you staring? Are you in love?".

[@epocalypsefilms]

This is a solid more low-key video format that you should let yourself do more often :)

[@EAKugler]

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

[@NerdSyncProductions]

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

[@Phoenixifyable]

Scott I like your beard

[@NerdSyncProductions]

thank you! I just trimmed it for this video!