The Thing: The Northman Nightmare - Atop the Fourth Wall

[@IceRogueHunter3DS]

Clone Linkara was screaming at the end because he remembered Spider-Man: One More Day exists.

[@Anthintendo]

IceRogueHunter3DS or Countdown. Which one do you think would make him scream more?

[@IceRogueHunter3DS]

Linkara hates One More Day with a passion. So im guessing One More Day.

[@Anthintendo]

IceRogueHunter3DS, I thought of the one thing he “hates” more than One More Day. Holy Terror.

[@IceRogueHunter3DS]

He remembered all of of this Crap existed. Countdown, One More Day, Holy Terror, Etc. I would not wish that on my enemies.

[@Trismegustis]

One of us! ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

[@mutterboutasaurus235]

17:22 Clonekara: "Look at this stuff-" Me, physically singing: "Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?" I feel both ashamed and proud to know that that was my instinctive reaction.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

honestly, this is what The Thing should be, an anthology series with different people dealing with The Thing in different isolated settings also yeah like other people are guessing, im also on the train that the "Clone" was the Flesh covering Mechakara that used to be the Linkara of that universe before Pollo went full Skynett on him

[@samanderson5774]

(I'd read that)

[@guilhermehank4938]

I wish there was a The Thing story set in WW1 or something and maybe we see enemies turning into hesitant allies as their own allies are revealing to be The Thing

[@christopherb501]

MovieBob came to a similar conclusion with Predator. In both cases, I agree. ...to an extent; given what The Thing IS, it's hard to see how many settings could even be viable less it spread with ease.

[@starwarsnerd100]

I'm reminded of "Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks". Both stories show characters in historical eras dealing with potentially world ending threats, and despite their lack of modern technology they are able to get victories through intelligence and improvisation.

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

oh god World war Z but its the Thing is a nightmare scenario im not ready to face

[@GeneralKenobi75]

For Transformers vs. The Thing I would bet on the Transformers since the Thing cannot absorb inorganic material, and that's really its best weapon.

[@Wright805]

Agreed. Someone make this a crossover comic, it would be awesome!

[@GeneralKenobi75]

Be pretty one-sided though.

[@Avigorus]

Except that the Autobots would want to save the humans, and the Thing, if it escaped Antarctica, would absorb all of humanity too fast for them to save us, allowing at best a Pyrrhic victory, at least in their eyes. The Decepticons wouldn't give two shits about our extinction though.

[@Wright805]

+Joseph Torres Good point.

[@dekuthetechpriestoflondon6791]

@@GeneralKenobi75 the transformers do have some human allies

[@samuelmeyer1024]

Thing Tucker is precious.

[@FuugaNatsu]

I want ALL OF THE MERCH of him. Plushies, bed sheets, towels, t-shirts, ALL OF IT! :D

[@tuckerodonnell9269]

Samuel Meyer wait so the things name is tucker?

[@Emperor_Oshron]

gotta say, i love the concept of Vikings running into the Thing--aliens in historical and especially medieval settings is criminally underused in media

[@CaptainJZH]

Putting this out there now: Clonekara is Mecakara.

[@JTeenmining]

@@defender2222 tis what I'm thinking too

[@Trismegustis]

I proposed the mechakara thing- as in, I thought he was regenerated from the skinsuit Mechakara was wearing- a few videos ago . I still think it's a good fit for the facts, but... Now I'm not so sure it's what's going on. Again, adding some space to avoid spoiling anyone if this turns out to be accurate. Which I encourage you all to DO, by the way. So... The hand that Ben Reilly here is holding and contemplating? That came off the clockwork soldier plastic robot "twin" of Harvey Finevoice, made to serve the King of Worms. The one nobody, at the time, identified as a duplicate. And we know from the time with the King of Worms that putting a platinum mask on Linkara was ATTEMPTED... But it did not work. Everyone else who got a platinum mask got replaced with a clockwork soldier. Did Linkara? Does the King of Worms have the ability to create automatons that can pass as human beings? Is his memory trouble being caused by the fact he wasn't activated fully? Or because of the death of the King of Worms? Of course, I don't THINK that's what's going on, because, well... He's in the wrong outfit. Linkara was already a Badass Longcoat by that point. But it is an interesting question to answer nonetheless. Also, as an aside, Lewis: Your acting is exemplary. It has been for years and that's really no surprise, but... Seriously, kudos. It's easy to forget- until you make an utterly sidesplitting remark poking at it- that you are literally the only person onscreen for a large segment of this show. All of the characters you portray are nuanced and strong and very easy to believe. Also, your writing is fantastic, but then, I've thought that for ages now.

[@KubatheChangeling]

Or is it?... Hey, we could be wrong.

[@damkylan3]

The "losing a hand" memory makes me think that's very likely. Then again, I've been way off before about things that seemed obvious.

[@KenshiImmortalWolf]

It was one theory i had, the other is that he's linkara's shadow (not in persona terms but in some kind of magical reality terms) or some magical creature made to look like linkara for one reason or another. It would explain the comments whatley gave.

[@ramirezthesilvite]

Theory one: He's really some biological recreation of Mechakara. Theory two: He's the resurrected Linkara from Mechakara's original universe. They focused on the "To Boldly Flee" and "AT4W the Movie" posters, and he mentioned losing his hand, so it's something to do with Mechakara, obvs.

[@mikesworld6064]

Wow, Clone-kara's scream at the end of the episode was...actually kinda unnerving. Jeez! 😱

[@richardthorndike6608]

Not Mechakara, but rather the Linkara that died and was worn as a suit, which by the sounds of screaming meant he was fully aware the whole time....Linkara, I hope you're good at counseling

[@ramirezthesilvite]

I had the same thought! He's either a biological duplicate of Mechakara, or he's the original resurrected Linkara from the other universe, possibly with some of Mecha's memories as well. Those converging memories are likely what filled him with such horror.

[@richardthorndike6608]

Another alternate theory I had is that if this is the mechakara from To boldly flee, then maybe he's remembering "that scene" and possibly realizes some of the horrors he truly committed...but that's more drama than horror so I'm going with my first theory

[@Vixen92]

...does..does that make him the skin suit that Mechakara had on during the movie?

[@Xel963]

I like your theory... It a good idea that I hope ends up to be the real answer. :3

[@Merit2397]

The acting by Lewis as the "clone" is nothing short of amazing, and the tension leading up to the big reveal is nice too. The AT4W "Clone Saga" really has me hooked so far. Good job!👍

[@c.w.simpsonproductions1230]

Wait... losing his hand... a copy in Linkara's image... the poster of Atop the 4th Wall The Movie... is this Mechakara????!!!!! After all, he always survives.

[@hend260]

Yeah that's what I though but could it be that easy?

[@Fanatic_Foremem]

At this point it's either mechakara or some part of Linkara's other universe self that mechakara was the polo to.

[@pokejoseph]

It is

[@pauldecker4630]

I really like the "It's not like you have a bunch of copies of yourself running around" line.

[@Mask0fFate]

Okay, I’m gonna see if I can get this right. This is the Linkara from Mechakara’s universe. The original. How he managed to come back was through Malachite’s Hand the same way Mechakara came back, or Europa. After all, Mechakara was wearing the skin of his universe’s Linkara, so perhaps through whichever means, his skin managed to regenerate the original, albeit with memory issues because... Well, he’s been dead for a while.

[@sephirothii13]

Samuel Johnson ok wow yes I can see this now... and dude that is creepy

[@Outrider85]

I think you got it. Hence the screaming when he remembered what happened to him.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

It was my thought as well to start with, but they mentioned a lack of residual dimensional energy and I was thrown off for a bit. It does make sense that it would be Linkara Conner here, so to speak. It's just this Linkara is now 'acclimated' to this universe, due to being Mechakara's skinsuit for so long. Just no memory or residual downside because, well, he was basically Leatherface's new suit at that point.

[@sephirothii13]

But what about the clone? We still have a clone to think about. Where is the clone?

[@Nightwing9597]

Europa was healing people and redirecting them. Odds are he didn’t even need Malachite’s hand.

[@RaphBlade7]

Transformers vs The Thing does sound like a interesting concept, like the Autobots discover The Thing's existence is a threat to humanity, but since the Autobots are mechanical lifeforms the Thing can't infect them! Add the Decepticons trying to turn The Thing into a bio-weapon to eliminate the Autobots human allies and you've got yourself an interesting premise for a story!

[@BaronSengir1008]

"Attack the darkness with your swords!" I think Magic Missile would be more effective...

[@LaNoLaCola]

Speaking of nightmares... one, two, Freddy's coming next week.

[@naotatheendlessesper]

Three, four activate the bell....

[@crascet]

Five, six, get your boomsticks

[@Trismegustis]

Seven, eight... It's torture to wait.

[@KubatheChangeling]

@@Trismegustis Nine, Ten........... I got nothing. *Shrugs*

[@cinemagraphic6324]

Eleven, Twelve...Deez N-

[@adeadphish7931]

So reveal/implications aside, can we take a moment to just talk about how creepy the sequence of clonekara remembering what he remembers was? Good acting!

[@135mikerules23]

So I’m theorizing this is the Linkara that Mechakara killed taking his body for himself and he just remembered how he died and well everything that mechakara did with it... EVERYTHING. “Staring out your eyes while someone moves your body around like a puppet covering your hands with blood that you do not wish to spill, but the screams you shout are met with crystal clear silence until it is too late.” Edit: Also no TWANG effect for the end?

[@wakawakatakeover]

I just had a terrifying thought. Maybe the entire time Mechakara was wearing Linkara as a skin suit, that Linkara's soul was trapped inside of Mechakara. We know that human souls can be used for magic hand in hand with technology, hence the magic gun having Margret inside of it. It would be a bit of irony that the entire time Mechakara was trying to understand magic so that he could defeat Linkara... That in reality he was imbued with magic the entire time. If that is the case... Maybe Mechakara would like to have him back.

[@NoRegs30]

I'm going to say that Clonekara here is actually the skin Mechakara used to look like Linkara since the final battle, if I remember correctly, was in the place with the healing field so after Mechakara was killed since he took the skin off said skin could have reformed even after being dead for a long time. But I have no idea where this could actually be going if it is not that. also Kudos on the good acting and story, it really has kept me guessing the entire time

[@Gojiragon]

Yep, mechakara. In fact, I’m going to make a bold claim and say that the last time we saw him (the movie/boldly flee) was just a copy. After all, if it WAS the linkara of that universe, then why wouldn’t he like his own face? He’s egotistical! Why would the references to machines and “made in his own image” pop up? But why say it was the original Mechakara? Because he first appeared in that outfit. The last few didn’t.

[@briandurio6479]

Someone above made a solid theory that this is not mechakara but the Linkara of Mechakara's timeline that got gutted and worn as a skinsuit. They hypothesized that he could have been reborn from residual energies from the plot hole. It would explain why he started screaming as the memories came back.

[@nonspiderweb]

yeah, remembering being gutted and worn like a suit must not have been pleasant

[@BlackKnightOfTheWind]

Brian Durio But if he is Mechakara's skin suit, how did he get back from Jupiter where all of the Plot Hole stuff happened? Both of Mechakara's previous appearances, To Boldly Flee and the AT4W movie, both occurred out near Jupiter and that's where he was destroyed both times. It could be argued that the skin suit came back to life after Mechakara tore it off to upgrade himself but would the residual Plot Hole energy work on skin fragments? It worked on Allen but his body was still in one piece, he wasn't hollowed out and torn up flesh.

[@artsman412]

Not to mention that in the AT4W movie, they said at the end that the energy field created by the plot hole, the one that kept an atmosphere on Europa so they could have their final fight, was fading rapidly. That means that even if the flesh bits reformed into alternate universe Linkara, he would have died due to lack of ozygen/atmosphere. I still think this theory is correct (and that is Terrifying!), but I wonder how they'll handle that detail.

[@briandurio6479]

@@BlackKnightOfTheWind don't know, That's what we are gonna have to find out lol.....but its still not the most outlandish thing to have ever come from something comic related.

[@TheFreshcorn1]

.....Anyone else remember that the Entity has possessed Linkara & before it “died”, Linkara told it that there’s other challenges, it “can make itself human” & “change one form for another”?

[@redjirachi1]

I have a crazy theory that when the Entity dies for real, it was reincarnated through time and space into the original Linkara. Which is why so many weird things happen to him in the first place-he's the fulcrum of a massive ontological paradox

[@widdershins3785]

Darn. I was really hoping we'd have this long storyline of the Elder God that trapped itself in a mortal frame akin to Linkara's, due to his body being its last known contact. Marooned on a mortal planet and stripped of its powers, yet memories of its godhood.... and trying to be a good, decent human for once. Hijinks could ensue!

[@HalfTangible]

Your reviews of the Thing comics are what ultimately got me to watch John Carpenter's the Thing. I now watch it every year for Halloween. It's the ONLY horror movie I actually enjoy.

[@SpeedyEric1]

2:28- Thankfully, nowadays, filmmakers do an awesome and seamless job on mixing CG with practical effects; the newer Star Wars movies being a good example. 5:51- Because they confused Greenland with Iceland. 8:16- And I already made a Transformers joke to myself with the guy falling in the ice by saying he found a frozen Megatron, ala the first live action movie. I've seen a Predator fan film that takes place in Medieval times, and it's more plausible thank this official prequel. I hate being a theorist, but I think Clonekara is really Mechakara.

[@mimkyodar]

I forgot how good an actor Lewis was in that last scene. Chilling.

[@Pseudowolf]

*Clonekara walks to shelf*: "Look at this stuff." Me (singing): "Isn't it neat?" Literally could not stop myself.

[@alexmalcolm6309]

But Lord Vyce, Is a thing of the past, And it seems Mechakara's been finally trashed! ...Right?

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

better watch this before it gets taken down due to copyright

[@pokemaster123ism]

Comics aren’t usually taken down since they have still images and not footage

[@KenshiImmortalWolf]

This is usually not an issue unless someone false flags it which people like you give them reason to act.

[@BlackGoldSaya]

There was no audio from the movie clips and they were only a few seconds each. That's within fair use to my knowledge

[@timafterdark3759]

That’s why we can download reviews and copy till the original is restored

[@TheMountyPresents]

Yep, it might be Mechakara after all

[@ShroudedStriker]

Yeah, based on the fact that he starts remembering after looking at the Mechakara hand, remembers losing the hand, the machine duplication talk, and remembers everything (and immediately freaks out) after looking at the movie posters for AT4W/Channel Awesome, he's probably either Mechakara OR the Linkara of Mechakara's reality who got gutted and worn like a puppet (revived by the remaining power of the plot hole). Though, still means we gotta wonder what exactly happened to Mechakara...

[@MegaManDBZX]

ShroudedStriker That wasn’t Mechakara’s hand. Mechakara’s hand was fully metal. The hand that Link Reilly was holding was from one of the robot duplicates made by the King of Worms.

[@bloodstoneore4630]

I was way off

[@ShroudedStriker]

Oh, I see! Hm... In that case, another possibility arises in that he's one of the robot duplicates given life somehow?

[@bloodstoneore4630]

if it is the original one and not mechakara, alt. pollo is probably still dead on europa

[@CobaltTheCrusader]

I read the Northman Nightmare(since it is free) and I was like "Huh...that wasn't half bad". Glad to see that Linkara shares my sentiments. It's not the greatest story but it would've been better if they had more than one 24 page comic to really flesh it out. Like maybe they could have done a 6 issue mini-series for it and everything could have tied together a little better.

[@CalliopePony]

On the one hand, this definitely seems to be indicating Mechakara. On the other hand, Linksano's analysis definitely indicated that he's a full human.

[@katecastreviews4639]

If it is Mechakara (which is looking to be the case) my working theory right now is he's back and human now due to the healing properties of Europa. He only looked like Linkara in the first place because he was wearing a "suit of flesh", and maybe in the planet's attempt to heal him after their last encounter, it used the human bits to do it. We don't really know that fields full capacity, so if this is Mechakara, and he doesn't register as a machine under any kind of scan, that's the best explanation I can think of.

[@CalliopePony]

Sounds as likely as anything else I can think of.

[@Jygerthe2nd]

8:14 I just had a great idea: Basically, a scenario that has The Thing trying to destroy all Transformers by assimilating enough biomass to grow powerful enough, the Decepticons trying to burn away anything and everything on a planet that The Thing is on that it could become, and the Autobots trying to stop The Thing while also trying to stop the Decepticons from killing innocent lifeforms caught in the crossfire.

[@DavidKeymer]

17:23 "Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collections complete?" XD

[@researchotaku]

Oh my God! That was my exact thought!

[@supersonicxz1]

Man where was this in the Ragnarok prophecy.

[@the4thwallkid132]

He remembers! He remembers!! HE REMEMBERS!!! AHHHHHH!!!!

[@Trismegustis]

HE STILL OWES SPOCK TEN BUUUUUUUCKS!

[@Anthintendo]

That old intro. I wasn’t a regular watcher when those were originally made, but I still feel a sort of nostalgia for it. I wanted to ask: Lewis, which alternative version of your intro is your favorite?

[@rodrolliv]

It was around October 2012 when I started to watch AT4W regularly, so I enjoy it a lot every time we have a Thing comic in the show.

[@RabblesTheBinx]

2:22 I... actually have to defend the studio on this, and I feel dirty for doing so. Blending CGI with practical effects has been used quite effectively in film. Hell, Jurassic Park is *still* considered to be a masterpiece of VFX and that was *exactly* what they did. And that was in 1993, when CGI was barely starting to be used in film, so imagine what they could have done in 2011! Unfortunately, nobody seems to have bothered *studying* films that did it successfully, so we got what we got.

[@battleaxe18]

Lost is hand...I know! Clonekara is Luke Skywalker!

[@BaronSengir1008]

No, he's Ash Williams!

[@aaa1e2r3]

17:19 How oddly appropriate with the Mimikyu, was that intentional?

[@MSTe98]

That has got to be some of the best acting I've seen from the storyline bits so far. I felt tension and fear!

[@Paul9022]

That is some of the most nuanced and greatest acting I have seen in a while really impressed you managed to pull off something so hard without it coming across as cheesy.

[@MrSonicHedgehog]

Just arrived!!! Love your stuff as usual Linkara. Mechakara has returned. I FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!

[@LupineShadowOmega]

90's Kid: "Also, try to go easy on him, he truly is sorry about it."

[@AT4W]

=)

[@Anthintendo]

Okay, so, let’s talk story. Storyline spoilers. A lot of people have been throwing around the Mechakara theory since basically the first few episodes of this storyline, I personally never put too much stock into it, but if that’s what Lewis had planned, I’m okay with that. I trust Lewis’s direction and vision and I’ll be happy either way. So, let’s talk theories; who took Linksano’s Linkara clone and why? Does that have anything to do with Erin’s mysterious boss? Who is Erin’s boss and what do they want? How did alternate Linkara get back to Earth from Europa and why are his clothes damaged? Who disabled Pollo and why? Was it alternate Linkara, since his version of Pollo is the one who originally killed him? Was it Erin as part of her job? And what about Linksano’s Linkara clone: where is he and what is he doing?

[@BaronSengir1008]

And where is the real Linkara?

[@Anthintendo]

Our Linkara is the real Linkara.

[@retrospectre2658]

Every time I hear that music queuing up, it’s a slow creeping tension. That memory of being 6 and watching the single most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen.

[@michaelrhett4958]

Twinkara is just screaming because he left his refrigerator open

[@shadeknight6537]

I like how the hand next to Mimikyu looks like it's giving the finger even when it's missing all four of them.

[@alicedarhk9790]

Lewis, some memories should stay burried.

[@TheFormidibleDan]

Funny that I'm watching this on Lief Erikson Day. Hinga Denga Dergan!

[@FanaticSpirit]

Hmm... Mechakara used the Magic Coin during the battle that resulted in his destruction during the Lord Vyce storyline, and later on Linkara made a comment about how it may have changed him... I think that Mechakara transferred his programming into another body like Pollo did after his "death" (They are alternate versions of the other after all) but the Coin may have affected things by also making a human version as well as the artificial one we see in future storylines. Maybe because Mechakara wanted to understand and use magic so as to win the war on his earth and the magic of the coin decided being human would be the best path to this?

[@glowstickofdestiny1290]

It is scientifically proven that inserting vikings into a given scenario makes it ×375 more awesome. Granted, 375×0 is still 0, but let's hope this comic is better off than that.

[@MeliesCinemagician]

Now I really want to see Vikings vs. Uzumaki.

[@glowstickofdestiny1290]

"Cooler than Vikings" HERESY

[@shadowlinkbds]

Yupp. It has to be meckakara now like I first thought. So many hints of it in the end.

[@Marcell2aG]

During the final assault against the Thing, Hord is shown swinging his axe with 2 hands. I agree that it infected him in the beginning when he reached his hand in the ice.

[@mattsgrayzone]

Welcome back mechakara, nice flash suit........we missed you

[@ItsARandomEncounter]

The chopping of the hand is to prevent frostbite from eating away at the body. Fun fact: in norse mythology the North star is a frostbitten toe that Thor ripped of a guy and threw into the heaven. (It's not his most famous adventure)

[@BionicleGio22210]

I knew you couldn't keep a good psychotic robot duplicate down

[@Wanderingsage7]

...it could be the reserected Linkara from another universe that Mechakara skinned... how is a bit iffy though.

[@RothurThePaladin]

These are always my fav reviews of the year. More so for the "The Thing"

[@rhymebeat1142]

Given that the issue of the fate of the REAL clone is still unresolved, I do feel the natural reveal is that the copy is Mechakara. Would certainly explain the screaming. That's a hell of an amnesiac dissonance. Keep in mind, whatever force revived Mechakara made him a legitimately good person. He was able to use magic at the end of the last episode, which is only possible for good people in the reviewniverse. I'm just really on edge on what's going to happen with him. Being the bad guy for this years Halloween arc would be a natural anniversary thing, but Mechakara or no, he's clearly not happy about his past. Meanwhile we have no idea who attacked Pollo. I don't think the copy would have done that, as it had nothing to do with his goals and, as I previously said, the copy is/was a good person at that point of time. I feel introducing the real clone now and have him do the "kill Linkara and take over his life" schtick would be a bit cliche. I ironically see that working better if the current Linkara is the clone, as it's far more understandable for someone who never went through this Linkara's character development to try to take back his life by force. Maybe I'm overthinking this and the obvious villain is obvious.

[@billygreci9739]

1. Regarding prequel movie Thing being less subtle and more traditional horror, that could easily be written off as an early attempt at spreading. It didn't work, so the thing adapted by changing tactics before going up against station 41. One thing I liked about the "Climate of Fear" comics was the idea to boost the terror by making the thing smarter. It hid from the blood test. It framed Junkie. It recognized the flamethrowers as a threat and went after them. Even the seemingly stupid case of having Raptor Dude draw lots of attention with the flamethrower served a purpose. It distracted everyone who would otherwise track down the other thing creatures trying to escape. 2. Come to think of it, we never did follow up the scene with the King of Worms voice coming out of the scythe hand grim reaper. And we never saw the real face of the King of Worms under the mask. And unlike Pollo, Mechakara never got a refit to protect him from its influence.

[@Courageous91]

Bold theory. The lost hand when it was exposed to the bio field in the movie ended up like the Tenth Doctor's hand in Journey's End, creating a copy with all the memories of the Tenth Doctor.

[@MrRadar]

So you're saying the clone now has the 10th Doctor's memories? :P Waking up with the memories of any incarnation of the Doctor would be horribly traumatic, especially for someone as continuity-sensitive as Linkara (The Two Doctors alone would probably be enough to put him in a coma).

[@Courageous91]

@@MrRadar Why do you think Clonekara...Twokara...I dunno whatever, started screaming? His brain was collapsing in on itself.

[@renegadedjinn5325]

Do a crossover with Doctor Wolfula

[@MountC]

So the Linkara copy lost his hand, just like the guy in this comic about an alien that mimics people. Seems too uncanny to be a coincidence!

[@krystlvines]

The fun thing is, Viking women actually DID have relatively high standing.

[@flyingfist4203]

Man I really need to watch the Thing sometime...along with all the other movie classics that I haven't seen.

[@sirrliv]

Welcome back, Mechakara.

[@forge4119]

I have a theory, and I don't think it's Mechakara, my theory is that it's an Android, created by the King of Worms, that was kept in stasis and never used because the Platinum mask never worked on Linkara.

[@TaylorOnyx123]

Unless it was a techno organic organism (like Cell from DBZ) they'd be able to tell if it was a robot or not. Heck even then they'd likely be able to pick up on him being an android.

[@TravelingArrow]

Oh god... Guys, it's physically impossible to cloan a robot, so I don't think he's MechaKara... but MechaKara was an evil Poyo who took the body of Linkara and wore it as his own. What if that's the Linkara that was killed and worn like a suit? ...Oh God, what if he remembers everything MechaKara did! Like he was seeing everything he couldn't control as the robot inside him made him do it. Uh-oh...

[@davidhelmer9124]

Clonekara theory. He’s the Linkara from before Too Boldly Flee. The Plot Hole really destroyed the universe, creating a new one in its wake, which is the one we have now. Clonekara is the lone survivor of the pre-plot hole universe. (Kinda like Superboy Prime)

[@AAWinnerMichaelCaine]

If anyone is interested, the guys at the "slowmutants" KZbin channel made decent motion comics of all The Thing stories, complete with voice acting and music.

[@starbird3939]

Considering October is 5 weeks this month, I figured he was gonna look back on FreddyvsJasonvsAsh2, a Ghostbuster comic, and a Simpson comic. Or, I guess, the first one and with Ghostbuster or Simpsons and a Clone Wars saga comic

[@ryanrobotham7696]

That's not Mechakara's hand though, that's from a copy from the King of Worms, I'm actually scared of where this is going.

[@VerdantRange]

Oooohhh. Interesting to see that it's likely this clone is Mechakara. Now the big question is why does he have an organic body.

[@ZBot316]

Theory time: L2 is the flesh that Mechakara used to disguise himself, regenerated after he tore it off on Europa and the L2 has the memories from Mechakara's world's Linkara. As for the clone Linksano created, Mechakara is using that for his new body.

[@dvass7253]

7:46 - Bjorn? I didn't know the 1100s also had ABBA! Unless ABBA are secretly time-travelers...? 8:14 - Yes, please! Just keep Michael Bay as far away as possible.

[@bendewalt5560]

Hey linkara. It seems the fans really like this clone saga arc...what do yah say we drag it out a bit, like 20 years or so...lol

[@Tareltonlives]

I really do enjoy putting these monsters in different temporal. It doesn't happen often, but Godzilla Minus One did a good job fitting him into Postwar Japan and I only wish it happened during the war itself, while Prey is definitely my favorite Predator movie. Now imagine, say, Freddy Kreuger vs Carl Jung, or Jason Vorhees in the 17th century, or the Xenomorphs in ancient Rome, etc. Historical horror is underdone and usually restricted to colonial witches. which is still improvement over trying to tell witch horror stories in modern day. I had a lot of hope for Dracula Untold for that very reason given the really dramatic, Shakespearian life of Vlad Dracula.

[@FezFindie]

"Decent if not living up to the potential and the set-up with too little page count." is still much better said than most of everything else in these comics that seem to be aggressively bent on punishing the readers (and then kick'em in the shin) for having seen the movie or kept reading these by inconsistencies or questionable writing.

[@theponydalek7923]

Reading 'The Northman Nightmare,' it actually makes an interesting elseworlds, alternate universe The Thing where everything is reversed

[@roberth.9664]

Well the monster the Autobots fight in the first episode of Animated is kind of like a low grade much easier to defeat version the thing. So you kind of already got that crossover.

[@armiproductions5680]

Thanks for introducing me to this movie again.

[@YugnatZero]

"It's not like you've got a bunch of copies of yourself running around." Yeah. Definitely nothing like that.

[@SsnakeBite]

Guys, I think Clonekara is gonna be A-okay! :D

[@Rocketboy1313]

The not-Pikachu Pokemon featured prominently is good theming. Very on point.

[@Nightwing9597]

Weeeeell this is going to drive me nuts for about a week!!

[@brokeneye4078]

Would the Thing be able to assimilate a Transformer? I know they're alive, but they're not exactly "organic tissue". If not, they'd probably actually be the perfect characters to deal with the Thing. If not... well, it wouldn't work out quite as well, but I bet it'd look pretty awesome.

[@troin3925]

2:21-2:28 THANK! FUCKING! YOU! That’s so cathartic to hear! Executive meddling in and of itself is one of the biggest reasons why I have such a big grudge against Hollywood.

[@fnglert]

Very nice work on the Thingtro.

[@akhannar9368]

"Loosing my hand..." - HOLY COW it is Mechakara!

[@LaurianeG.]

Happy Halloween to you and Vega Lewis ^^ Also I finally know what thing tucker is and where it comes from (yeah I'm still kinda new to the show so I late on some episode, very sorry)

[@LaurianeG.]

By the way, on a totally unrelated note, I can't help but frown a little when you act as if it was an inherently bad thing to use CGI instead of practical effects, since in the end, it's really a question of how well you use a toll, and not the tool itself. (heck, I'm not that big of a fan of the effects from the Jonh Carpenter film that well... have a rubbery feel and move like puppets a bit too often.) Though I guess that combining CG and practical could have been a very effective thing. FOr example, At the end of the third indiana jones film, they used various forms of digital models, practical models, makup and morphing to make the ageing of the villain, so going with a similar approach could have been smart.

[@MrAlman8]

That's a great idea Transformers Vs The Thing. The fact that the thing effects organic matter, it would have a hard time infecting if at all a cybertronian. Megatron would use it for his plan to turn earth into a new cybertron and Optimus and the autoboots would try and remove the thing to save the earth.

[@abrakadabra6364]

It really does feel like that Linkara, is the one Mechakara killed in his dimension, brought to life.

[@docette2015]

Okay, the theme for this year's Halloween comics seems to be "better than some of what came before in these franchises, but there's still some wasted potential." The Northman Nightmare is enjoyable as an AU take on the Thing's landing point, but I think your idea for the ending twist would have been better. The current one is good, but it does ape the end of Carpenter's, doesn't it? (Although admittedly, Carpenter's didn't give us a solid answer about if his last two characters were infected. . .) As for the storyline -- oooooh boy. So, I think most everybody agrees that Twokara is related to Mechakara, either being an amnesiac version or a restored version of the Linkara he killed to use as his meat components. I'd go with the latter, as it suggests the reason the Clonekara is missing is that Mechakara is looking for a fresh suit of flesh. . . MAN, that's creepy. Wow. But hey, I'm bracing myself for another surprise twist along the line. Hmmmm. . .

[@_NIKOS9_NIKOS]

My boy Mechakara is back!

[@Bobsheaux]

Transformers VS. The Thing Oh, that's an easy out. All they have to do is throw Predacon Inferno at it. "Inferno! Destroy that abomination." "At once, my queen! FOR THE ROYALTY!!!!" 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@topazlynx2228]

Aw that poor Clonekara, if I were there I'd be giving him hugs. :(

[@deltaprime3509]

Very enjoyable episode looking forward to the next episode

[@kitestar]

The little green dood who keeps showing up in the title cards, should be introduced as a character in your stories, mostly giving it an arc and showing why it hangs around linkara

[@AT4W]

A plushie of it appeared in the first Nightmare on Elm Street reviews and did stuff. =)