Marvel's most SUCCESSFUL event! | Civil War

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

*Sal:* _verbally assaults Penance about how stupid he is_ *Penance:* _moans_

[@jerinphilip3953]

Did you comment on an fma English cover before because I keep on seeing you in the comments of the videos I watch

[@azathoththeprimalchaos2289]

Luckily speedball is back to normal now.

[@gideonquesenberry6270]

However, he is still Speedball. I had his first 4 issues. I am ashamed.

[@apostrophemusic9103]

I love to see how far this show has come, humble beginnings man. And the fact that they still respond to comments despite there large following is amazing. Back Issues definitely is one of the best shows on the internet

[@TickleMyNonos]

They still respond even now two years later and it's dope. They've responded or liked my comments a few times and it's almost like getting a tweet from a celebrity for me

[@javierpena52]

See spider-man actually quit because he found out about "Clor" and he didn't want to deal with clones again

[@comicpop]

lol

[@AVC-qd8lr]

javierpena52 that's so funny and I think that everyone else doesn't want to deal with the clones so mo Ben Reilly or kaine nor ultimate universe Jessica drew

[@AVC-qd8lr]

Sorry typo meant to say no

[@batnick7230]

javierpena52 😂😂😂

[@The_High_SeAs]

JESUS, you guy stood there talking for 45 minutes!?!? How happy were you guys when you finally got the couch?

[@themediumcheese]

The happiest

[@merinoteflon1128]

It just occurred to me that this would've been the perfect opportunity to outlaw reality television in the Marvel universe.

[@MWhaleK]

One Dick move that Tony pulled at this time that wasn't covered here is that the "Iron Spider" Armor that he made for Peter spied on him and was part of a attempt by Tony to copy Peter's spider sense.

[@chrisbeard8467]

+MWhaleK So true.

[@rodney2x48]

Cornholio174 Tony was trying to prepare for everything during the Civil War era. The guy built Adamantium Sentinels just in case mutants and other heroes became a problem. The guy also built a machine that would approximate possible future events based on statistics and studies that he had gathered from researching heroes and villains (ironically he's against this kind of method in Civil War 2). He imprisoned people in the Negative Zone. Tony was basically a super villain at that point.

[@matthewrascoe8690]

MWhaleK Don't forget about what he did to She-Hulk and Bruce Banner, he slept with and injected nanites into She-Hulk. Also he launched Bruce into space, preventing any interference from the hulk.

[@jonryder7269]

Surprised Robot Or batman. same thing sometimes.

[@michaelmurray8134]

Dick move Tony. DICK. MOVE!

[@TheSpeedMason]

This has been my 20th back issue video that I've watched (not in order, I just jump around and select what I'd like to watch) and damn, you guys are underrated as hell. Y'all deserve more than 96k subs.

[@papajayrod]

literally doing the same!!! they’re the fucking best i feel like im geeking out with them lmao

[@TheShitsux1337]

This is the oldest episode I've watched so far, seeing how little Ethan and Ben know is so wholesome

[@rna151]

8:00 I remember a bit where Squirrel Girl pointed out that Nitro was hopped up on some power-enhancing drug so even a team that came in thinking they knew what to expect from him would have been blindsided by the blast he put out. Worth tracking down just for the version of that edgelord suit they made for his cat.

[@brockenglish7602]

Obviously, Cap and Co. should have just laid low in Wakanda for a while and waited for the next alien invasion or whatever and then saw how strongly the US felt about the Registration Act.

[@Kosm92]

love coming back to to the "garage days" episodes

[@JasonToddB]

also i am in Montana and i am doing like a marathon of this show...

[@comicpop]

Eff yes! Congratulations!

[@justniquol8972]

+peloqin peloquin Same here

[@undeaderick077]

Back issues has had such a glow up from this to now. Absolutely fantastic. I commend you lovable bunch. Cant wait for what the future holds for the comic pop team!

[@davidreyna7410]

You know you're doing well when the only thing that's changed about your channel is production quality and subscriber count

[@aaronwalley3077]

I’m from Montana and I listen to this show every day

[@LtDragonfruit]

"There's only about 100 people watching us".... and im watching this nearly 5000 subscribers later...

[@metalman3093]

Daniel Pettit I'm watching this at 50,000 subs 😁

[@accidentalmadness1708]

@@metalman3093 75k

[@TheWazzoGames]

80k 😂

[@alexsilva28]

So glad they've grown so much

[@thatnovoguy1378]

Almost 90k now. Long live ComicPOP

[@mattm5322]

Whoever the guy in blue is ~ both your attire, facial hair, & tone of voice all remind me of Mac from Always Sunny. & for the record, I mean that with the most respect possible.

[@charlesmayes5534]

Come on guys, everyone knows Squirrel Girl is overpowered.

[@tjjordan4207]

Overpowered of the underrated

[@r.babylon2885]

Worst super power I've ever heard of was featured in Spiderman & Black Cat: Evil That Men Do. In that story, a guy's parents were experimented on during WW2, in an attempt to transplant mutant powers into humans. Something like that, it's been a while. This guy's resulting power is the ability to teleport small amounts of liquid. Of course, he uses this power to become the ultimate drug dealer by teleporting acid directly into people's bloodstreams...

[@comicpop]

Mr. Brownstone. Ugh.

[@r.babylon2885]

TV Little House Comics OMG you replied to something I said! I peed a little! Will you talk about the revised Clone Saga? I think it was called Real or True Clone Saga, rewritten the way it was supposed to be, before its writer was fired.

[@r.babylon2885]

TV Little House Comics Also... "Mr. Brownstone" Ha ha... poo.

[@ksng767]

Allen Babylon Actually that ability doesn't sound that bad, teleporting anything into anything can mess up anyone. Imagine teleporting small amounts of, mercury, sulphuric acid, uranium hexafluoride or any super potent comic poison in general, he can kill anyone without them noticing in the first place. What's stopping him from spamming chemicals? He can put every single type of conceivable poison into someone and kill him with absolutely no chance of recovery. This is far from being useless compared to characters like Dogwelder.

[@r.babylon2885]

KS Ng Well yeah after you think about it it sounds cool. But even the character said himself that he found it worthless until thinking about it. Teleport small spoonfuls of liquids, or shoot lasers out of your eyes? Or constantly heal? Or make anything explode?

[@rosshall6475]

It's amazing seeing how far this channel has come. And Ben, I'm pretty sure somebody from Montana has seen this video by now

[@arianasof]

I really love your show, and I really appreciate you putting in the time to make it. In any case I have some thoughts on civil war. I think you hit upon one of the major issues with this comic without actually addressing it. It`s difficult to tell what the superhuman registration act actually says or does because it`s inconsistent. For example Sal says, I think correctly, that it`s implied that the act will compel all super powered people to work for shield, and as such they can`t just live their lives. However, in Loki: agent of Asgard we see a super powered person register, and then be sent on her way, without being compelled to receive any shield training or participate in any hero work. It`s noted that she`s allowed to avoid the shield training because her powers are so innocuous that she`s not really a threat, and as such it could be assumed that she`s dismissed from hero work for the same reason, but no one even mentions compelled hero work as a possibility. Furthermore, the character shown in that comic has powers so innocuous she could easily have gone unnoticed, and she did everything in her power to avoid having to interact with the world outside her apartment. As such, if being forced to do government work were really a possibility I don`t think she would have registered at all. These inconsistencies wouldn`t really matter if it were just normal comic book fun, because, let`s face it continuity between different books isn`t always great, and for the most part the world has learned to forgive some issues for the sake of good stories. Unfortunately, the act is different because fans were meant to debate on this issue, and marvel made it so that fans who read different books received different information on what the act actually did. This cheapens the potential political debates that could have been had, as fans had to argue about what the legislation actually said instead of the practical and moral implications of that legislation.

[@gedeonnunes5626]

It would be funny if someone in a current comic threw shade on it saying something like "guys, what was that registration act about anyways? How come was it even aproved? I read it tons of times and it was so vague and inconsistent I kept asking myself if I was dumb or just missing something."

[@gedeonnunes5626]

Btw, what's with the popular opinion polls Tony Stark is always pulling up? He's literally turning the US in a super-hero police state and the people almost fully support it? I wonder if Tony actually financed those researches himlself and manipulated the questions to turn the people's answers on his favor.

[@Ashguy733]

I been bouncing between videos lately and exploring the earlier episodes and how far you have come, like the 100k mark to me anyways feels like you got to a 1M in my book just by the set changes alone. Im really looking forward to where this journey continues to go.

[@grawlicksshmalicks7672]

Benjamin, frankly I'm shocked you doubt your sphere of influence. I'm...from Montana. I've been watching you guys' stuff for over a year now and am only now discovering this allegation, if the deal still stands I demand more content not based around the big 2. My suggestions are Skullkickers, Mice Templar, Chew(or just about any Image title) or some Vertigo titles.

[@jeremyjohnson9053]

I know this is old but i wish the nonexistent MT people suggested a parody episode where ben describes a nonexistent baristo comic to sal and ethan who have never read it.

[@BforceFilms]

These are really good, keep them coming.

[@dragonmares59110]

French comic book reader here, civil war hard covers were my first us comics too.

[@comicpop]

That's cool! I wonder if it translated well.

[@ericpleasant7225]

Ever since it was first published, every comic has been following THE WATCHMAN right up to this year.

[@brayavolovalentine5409]

The three of you guys are really awesome! i mean i only found out about you guys a couple months ago cause of the weekly pull with Rob but i find myself more on this place than anywhere else. I love all your back issues and Sal, i dont think you look like you have eye shadow.

[@comicpop]

Bigby Wolf Thanks, Bigby!

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

When Ben said his super power would be to make coffee out of nothing, would you also create a mug for it or would you just really badly burn your hand because there was nothing to hold the coffee?

[@akap]

Why is that EXACTLY what I thought lol?

[@robertt9342]

Marionic90 they said Baristo in the video

[@alexsilva28]

I don't need sleep, I need answers

[@tjjordan4207]

Let’s be honest, the main super power we would all want is to be rich

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

@@tjjordan4207 ehh not me, when you can get anything you want you'd get bored of it pretty fast and you'd stop feeling purpose in a lot of things you do... Also there's that hyper real side where Taxes and all that would ruin you.

[@barryallen2569]

19:25 "Don't you DARE finish that sentence! Don't do it! I'm sick of it!"

[@seancostelloe9201]

This show, I like it.... ANOTHER!

[@seancostelloe9201]

TVLittleHouse Subscribed and happy about it!

[@LimboInside]

Greetings from Dubai, your show is amazing and deserve more views. Keep 'em coming.

[@comicpop]

Thanks for watching!

[@dieboyandy5150]

I always feel so bad for Ben when they downplay Night Thrasher, "Night Thrasher's cool...", the look on his face!!!

[@joshuaharrison1633]

Hehe going through all your vids right now and loving it!! 10 years and your doing great!

[@blankbitofpaper]

I watch alot of this kind of stuff. This is a cool format, good job - new subscriber for you.

[@comicpop]

Thanks, Craig!

[@VideoShogun]

Watching this show in almost June 2022, I found you guys through Sal on Absolutely Marvel & DC, and I'm addicted to Back Issues.

[@JoshMunroe]

36:00 I too would feel terrible if 9/11 tackled me. Just a brutal heavy-handed scene. Books I've bought since I started watching Back Issues: 3

[@darklights045]

After going through the comments, I'm pretty sure I'm Montanan commenter number six. Looking forward to reaching the goal in 2025-6!

[@vinbdias]

Hey fellas, not from Montana, but I can tell ya that you have reached one particular geek from Brazil. heh. Love the show. Keep up the good work.

[@danilo9498]

Yo 2023 and I’m watching. I love your content bros

[@TheGoauldApophis]

It's ironic that Civil War got people to read comics, because Civil War II made me stop reading comics several months after I started again for the first time since the 90s.

[@thomasmelluish2862]

Perfect summation of Penance. When I first read the transcript for his origins I thought it was awesome...but then I read the actual issue. The art and dialogue literally made me laugh. Bald Robbie Baldwin. Looks like a baby 🤣

[@gedeonnunes5626]

Worst of all is I was actually enjoying the read until the actual Penance thing

[@LaurenTheorist]

There were some "The Iniative" comics and yes they mostly focused on one team, but we got to see quite a few other teams too. I actually really enjoyed those comics. Then again, I am just not too picky. I love pretty much all comics. I don't even hate One More Day like how everyone else seems to.

[@gedeonnunes5626]

I feel you, I actually enjoy The Other

[@1337snake888]

Sal is a true wordsmith for that "Captain America gets tackled by 9/11"

[@CasualClassroom]

Watching this in 2022, having started my own KZbin channel, hearing some of my KZbin role models talks about getting their first dislike is crazy

[@IamKel-gf2ty]

Sal 😂😂😂”that’s ur superpower? That’s the one u went to😂😂😂😂

[@crunson2000]

Ben Baragona "Coffee Man is here to stop you, evildoers! With ... coffee power? Oh nevermind..."

[@fbaez7132]

OMG!!!! You guys are amazing!!!

[@comicpop]

Thank you!

[@RenegadeFreeThinker]

Good stuff with the throwback vids! Didn't see if anyone said it but Black Bolt is short for Blackagar Boltagon

[@LuigiEatsPopcorn]

I'm binging this series right now. I can't tell why it's so good. But it's funny.

[@reaction_translated]

Hey! I'm from Japan, not Montana though. I have been watching your chnannel. I love your show. Keep doing this.

[@comicpop]

内尾由生弥 Thank you!

[@jmail1984]

Sal's pet peeves of writing: HEAVY HANDEDNESS! LOL

[@nicksmyth4050]

I love the reaction in 35:55

[@AlexanderLewis15]

Thanks for the video, it's great

[@comicpop]

Thank YOU!

[@JasonToddB]

this i slate but prison 42 is like hotel California.

[@TheRainbowThief]

12:30 Ethan checking his mark and shuffling a couple of inches is magnificent here!

[@roberthooks5439]

my cousin and i are big fans guys were running through these videos thanks guys

[@albertovazquez1617]

love the invisibles on the background

[@joaopescusa]

This is so good, such a fun show

[@comicpop]

Thanks man!

[@nattychamps9098]

I almost quit comics after this as well. I just thought everybody was out of character in this book it was done so terrible. Great ideas gone to waist.

[@Scandal262]

Wait, Sal wrote comic books? Awesome.

[@draxdrexler9009]

I recently read civil war again, honestly a redux would be necessary and just topical now

[@javiercortes1057]

I'm from Costa Rica, and I love your work, thanks.

[@marth354]

New Jersey had the defenders and Hawaii had the Point Men. Rhode Island and Maine didn't have announced teams. I agree, I would have liked to have seen more. The Initiative comic only touched on like half at most.

[@legendkillaer]

I saw planet hulk and got bored . I gave up for a while but you guys made me want to read the comic

[@comicpop]

Comic's way better

[@mikeb112093]

"He probably shits bricks"...LOL! Nice Sal

[@leoneljasso7826]

Well Im not from Montana, but you got a Fan in México! Keep up the great content! Any teen titans or Robins recomendation?

[@javierobregon2081]

I love this video, and love this channel! BTW how often do you post Back Issues?

[@rcluff86]

Jobregon300 MarvelFan Back Issues is once a week. Usually Thursdays

[@SawdEndymon]

18:43 this tangent made me laugh my ass off😂

[@NickAndrewsJamacian]

Im from england and i gotta say i love this channel...and this is the first episode i watched and have loved it ever since...p.s.if iron man beats cao in the movie ill crt

[@zactar]

Montana native, here. Bam! Here's a comic by my friend and fellow MT native: snakeratweasel.tumblr.com How about if Ben eats some Rocky Mountain oysters when the quota has been met?

[@IamKel-gf2ty]

Never get rid of Ben😂😂😂I’ve been watching old and new videos back to back all week to find some new comics to get and Ben😂😂😂is a whole character

[@superluigiac]

This was epic back then, very new, but now every crossover is about infighting between superheroes, so the charm ir lost...

[@kyleruby2027]

Hi, I do in fact live in Billings.

[@comicpop]

WE GOT ONE!

[@tjjordan4207]

Billings?! As in Billings, Montana?! My home state!

[@geekgirl616]

As an Iowan I can concur that no one would indeed attack Iowa we are full of nothing but corn, soybeans, and livestock 😂😂 I wonder what the Iowan avengers team would look like 😂

[@loreaver3882]

well at least ya'll don't have to worry about coronavirus

[@geekgirl616]

Loreaver we kinda do unfortunately folks where I live simply don't get social distancing they don't want to a bunch of stubborn Dutch people live here 😂 (I can say this cuz I'm Dutch but I am practicing social distancing)

[@gedeonnunes5626]

You guys do have your Avengers on Slipknot, don't you? XD

[@nathanmitchell3079]

I know this video came out 8 years ago but what you said about planet hulk film FUCKING OUCH that was one of my favourite animated film and still damn right in my heart man 😲😂

[@BatFan1]

since when did Jason Lee and Ryan Reynolds have a love child?

[@anthonygregori7058]

Montanan #7 checking in!

[@tjjordan4207]

It doesn’t help that the writer of the comic is Mark Miller, the writer of the Ultimates. And it really doesn’t help that what I didn’t like from those comics is in this.

[@tristanbastille8554]

As someone who isn't from Montana, I'm very disappointed with Ben's lack of /Penance/!

[@flywheelshyster]

man i miss comicsfix. i actually got comicsfix because of this episode a long time ago. Probably the only one to get it. not just from the ad but the only person period haha as short as it lasted. read all sorts of indie books i had never heard of, guess that was its problem though, the big 2 / big 3 are where most readers go for. it was pretty cool while it lasted. user interface was better than DC Universe's comics UI. i read Sals' comics on it if memory serves [i would later buy them on comixology]

[@comicpop]

What a blast from the past!

[@TrackMaster844]

So, is anyone gonna bring up the fact that the sole victim of a book called “Civil War” was a black guy?

[@draiseg6178]

"Medusalith Amaquelin Boltagon" "Blackagar Amakingalin Boltagon" 🤔🤔🤔🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ckirkes2427]

I want to know more about that list with 100 things on it.

[@omargranados7641]

Remeber when Aunt may died during this event cause of kingpin and there was an alternate story where Mary Jane died instead and he lost it and killed king pin and then turned himself in

[@ramblinman07]

I remember. Aunt May was ashamed of him and Iron Man arrested him.

[@DemonMage]

NJ's team was a new Defenders 4 part mini series... right?

[@FloorTankMain]

What a great way to summarize such a... clusterfuck, for luck of a better word

[@supersi1980]

Great show

[@comicpop]

Thanks!

[@architeuthis3476]

I wouldn't mind seeing the outtakes discussing Squirrel-Girl in _Tangents_

[@jamesnesbitt2941]

It’s funny how it’s easy to clown on Rhode Island and probably a ton of other states because they aren’t typically used in comics so there’s no expectation of super crime there. What’s as the inciting incident though? An explosion in Stamford CT at a d-list villain safe house. It really could have been a cool idea if they didn’t focus on the extremes of each side so that everyone looked bad.

[@TheGreatDevlin]

I want this version of Ethan, Sal, and Ben to be brought to the future and see the channel now... And the Montana viewers will have their vengeance.

[@thomasgladwell435]

Has Bill Foster/Goliath been brought back to life yet?

[@comicpop]

+Thomas Gladwell Nope.

[@thomasgladwell435]

oh... ok then... fair enough... I guess... also the whole idea of Penance is the dumbest thing I have ever heard of aswell

[@olliemad]

I'm English and have no idea where Montana is. So who other than Venom are in the Thunderbolts?

[@comicpop]

Used to be Swordsman, Bullseye, Moonstone, and a few others.

[@ericstaples7220]

The strange thing is that Cap used to work for the army and comes from a time when the government used to draft people. but he has a problem with the Superhero Registration Act.

[@r.babylon2885]

He explains it in the book that he stands for American ideals, not the government. The government is overstepping their bounds and betraying the ideals America was based on, so he's against that. Look at the Pro-Registration's actions, they're similar to the Nazis Cap fought.

[@ericstaples7220]

Allen Babylon It's actually nothing like what the Nazi's did and exactly like what the U.S. gov did during WW2. How come we didn't see Cap fighting against gov drafting during WW2? Dressing up as a superhero and being a vigilante isn't an American Ideal, either. That term is a smoke screen designed to defend whatever decisions Cap makes.

[@r.babylon2885]

Eric Staples For the Pro-Registration, any superhero who was not a mutant was required to register their identities and powers and then were forced to work for the government. If they didn't register, they were hunted down and put into camps and prisons until they agreed to register. And yeah, the American government placed Asians in camps too, but remember Captain America is from the 40s and a patriot. He's probably blinded to that fact or may not even be aware of it.

[@lukedalton]

Yes, but draft was a temporary thing for a certain emergency, the registration is for life whatever you want or not, plus the US goverment in Marvel has been infiltrated so many time at so many level that i will not trust them with a water gun. Red Skull posed for months as the Secretary of Defense (using an anagram of his villain name) and just before civil war, there was this miniarc on fantastic four, were child service tried to get the custody of the Richards children as they live in a dangerous enviroment, as an experiment the Richards give up custody but only if the children were put in a supersecret location know only to less than an half dozen of people...naturally less than 20 minute later the supposed safe house was destroyed by multiple missiles, luckyly the children were still in the BB and the house was a decoy to demonstrate that get them out was even more dangerous. S

[@LaEspana2010]

Anybody from Montana?

[@Its_a_Phaze]

i always wondered if u guys made a comic superhero who would it be xD

[@jcastrowhite08]

100 people watch? Lol sitting at 65,000 views here, not bad progress. You guys rock as always

[@MrAicex3000]

Good videos guys .

[@comicpop]

Thanks, Alex!

[@MrAicex3000]

😁

[@daoust26]

The Thor clone is called ragnarok the prison is known as the raft which punisher infiltrated and rescued heroes in there

[@OreoBrawl]

Wait, so did Lobo invent the whole "Hell doesn't want him thing" or did Wolverine do that?