WWF BattleMania - A Glorious 1991 WWF Comic

[@jacobbeyer1800]

You are doing great man! Pace yourself to avoid burnout, or take a break to do more fun videos like this. History is not going anywhere. :)

[@MrBlx4life]

As a comic artist, that loves wrestling, and has followed wrestling bios for years. This is officially my favorite episode. More please!

[@Niklarus2010]

Nobody let him see the Ultimate Warrior Christmas comic.

[@typhonviserys8288]

::Skronk::

[@MrBlx4life]

That was the first thing on my mind when I saw the upload 😅😂😅

[@kidgruesome407]

This comment might not be the best strategy.

[@dasdeke]

No! I want to see this!

[@VIGLounge]

Considering what happened to Kerry Von Erich, him being depicted with 1 foot has to be a rib LOL.

[@FigFinder78]

Definitely is 😂 He messed that foot up in 86..💯

[@conormacpicks]

😂

[@haileyshannon7548]

Didn’t they try to keep the fact he didn’t have a foot a secret

[@justinmartin1831]

​@@haileyshannon7548yes, they thought it would kill his whole gimmick.

[@VIGLounge]

@@haileyshannon7548 He did yeah. He would wear boots when he showered to hide that he had a prosthetic.

[@PeterJensen-p2l]

Valiant only published five issues of WWF Battlemania. They were written by Jim Shooter (the former editor of Marvel Comics, who also started Valiant comics) and art by Steve Ditko (who co-created Spiderman and Dr. Strange). Valiant also published licensed comics based on Nintendo video games like Super Mario. Before they launched their own line of superhero comics and left the licensed comics behind. Another company called Chaos Comics publised a series of WWF based comics during late 1990s with the Undertaker, Mankind, Kane and Steve Austin.

[@zlinedavid]

Jim Shooter….as opposed to Jim Worker?

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Kevin nash had one too.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Choas comics took over after that then boom studios.

[@DasNordlicht91]

Those Undertaker comics I remember being just downright insane.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

@DasNordlicht91 they made him look Like a bonafide badass. Think it also had clevage showing Hotties as well.

[@themadtripper]

I still have this comic from when I was a youngster.

[@ramonestrada1503]

More please! This is great lol

[@kimberlysghost]

So excited for this! No one talks about these comics. And Steve Ditko did the art on the Sid vs Jake comic!

[@tysoncarpenter8628]

Hell yeah brother!!! Let's do comic books!!! That would be really awesome. I'll be here for those 💯%!!!!

[@maximpact24]

Hell yeah bring on issue 2! Also, I'm sure other have pointed this out but there's some WCW comic books from around that time too, hopefully you can cover those ones too!

[@mattguy85]

That board game utterly ruled. Playing that, next to WWF Hasbro figures and battlemania while watching Survivor Series 1990 was the absolute doggies danglies

[@kamenanew9867]

The..the what?! Lol

[@Keverything79]

I had these comics. Awesome that you're covering them.

[@JuiceTV87]

2:24 😂😂😂😂"Kerry Von Erich only has one foot" made me choke 🤣 IYKYK...He legit did round this time have 1 foot 🤦🏿‍♂️🫢🤭

[@CalrissianSteele]

I don't blame you on getting burned out by watching matches. These days, the novelty of wrestling is more fun than most matches and events are.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

I would absolutely love to see an episode for every issue of this comic if you make them. 😄👍

[@JasonSNoel]

Please do more of these!!! I loved the WWF comics

[@RandyBandana]

80s kid here, never knew about these comics!! and that merch was AWESOME!! Going straight to Ebay 😂 THANKS WB!!

[@jerrymarshall5965]

Never heard of this comic thanks wrestling bios for covering this

[@MrBeardsley]

Valiant Comics was founded in 1989 by former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter and published titles like X-O Manowar, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Shadow Man, H.A.R.D. Corps, Bloodshot and Magnus: Robot Fighter. Shooter left amidst controversies in 1992, then in 1994 it was purchased by Acclaim Entertainment (yes, that Acclaim Entertainment) and renamed Acclaim Comics until that company’s 2004 bankruptcy. The Acclaim era is easily the brand’s most notable as they adapted video games from several Valiant titles, the most successful being the Turok franchise.

[@BlueMageWithSoulEdge]

Wait, so am I thinking about "Malibu Comics" then-- about the two brothers taking over the company and the one that oversaw the deals, and money went missing for 4 years and was found in Louisiana on two yachts with hookers doing cocaine? Didn't Jim get muscled out of the company?

[@jakebohannan990]

This is my favorite wrestling related channel on KZbin. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, I'm always amused by the nostalgia your videos bring back. By the way, the Thunder in Paradise videos are some of my favorites on this channel. Entertaining from beginning to end 😂

[@18t32]

Literally right as my dinner is done, you are actually the 🐐

[@Leloup6760]

I know, right? I'm usually the same way. Dinner time with Wrestling Bios, can't ask for better weekly entertainment than that.

[@timhickey80]

Two of my fav things ever, WrestleBios and comics

[@alexanderperez5636]

The way you worked the onomatopoetics into the script is truly inspired. Good on ya

[@michaellattanzio8965]

The undertaker’s line in suburban commando is amazing. Can’t wait to see your reaction lol

[@vashstarwind36]

Heck yea! "I was FROZEN todaayy!!" Lmmfao 😂🤣 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

[@QueenJosephineOfTheNorth]

Wrestling Bios: "Vit-amins." Comment section: "That doesn't work for me, brother." Wrestling Bios: (sighs) "Vi-tamins."

[@th3gr81]

I’m shocked that I haven’t heard of these.

[@mermaidman1985]

I love the changes of pace with these different style vids WB and nothing is worth burning yourself out for even your high quality content mate, when you get to Christmas and the New Year mate you can reflect on another years hard work well done .

[@TikiMike2023]

Yes please to the second issue. Really enjoyed this one.

[@stevenwilliams6602]

0:54 Ted Dibiase does his impression of Scrooge McDuck from 'Ducktales'. 😜

[@ArcaneAnarchy]

"Curt kicks the bucket.." I mean... yeah, he did. 😢 All jokes aside, this was a fun idea for an episode!

[@welshantman1978]

@Wrestling Bios will you be covering the other WWF Battlemania comics ? Plus any chance of covering the WCW comics that came out in the early 90’s as well ?

[@indianastones6032]

Dibiase was that stoned, he was tripping out thinking virgil was a ginger guy with an eye patch!

[@Gannooch]

At 13:37, the AVGN would absolutely agree. He did a video about them and said that Tiger games were horrible.

[@EMSWK]

Can't wait for wrestling bios to look into wwf/e raw deal. It was an amazing TCG "trading card game"

[@indianastones6032]

Do more like this please mate!!!

[@samalbaugh9321]

That was a lot of fun to watch the catalog was the best part keep it coming brother 👍❤️👍

[@djderivative]

I had this and many of these when I was like 6 years old. I loved them so much and read em all the time. This was so nostalgic!!

[@suntanironman]

Characters with no feet? Was this comic drawn by Rob Liefeld? (Old comic book joke.)

[@Phildo8]

Mate this was AWESOME! I actually have the WHOLE set of these old comics. There’s only 5 issues but if you can find them for cheap nowadays then it’s worth the read. I’m sure their available online for digital copies like the one you did here. The way you read this was hilarious and since you did this first one. Does this mean we can expect a new series of you narrating the old WWF comic book series!?!?

[@jbBehemoth]

This is great! You should do the warrior comic series next!

[@hairball178]

My cousins had these. If you haven't read it yet, one of the stories is about Big Bossman trying to convince a woman that the Undertaker is trying to kill her & Paul Bearer's all "Naw man, you got it all wrong"

[@A-Man79]

I had the full set of these comics but the only one I remember had the Nasty Boys fighting the Bushwhackers in a department store.

[@AdamWilson-q8g]

Definitely read more of these comics! You are my go to guy for the hilarity of our great sport.

[@saucers79]

This is good stuff. More of this please.

[@Michael_aka_Psycho]

When you showed the panel of the Texas Tornado slipping on water, an image of his fake foot flying off and hitting a child in the face flashed in my mind and I couldn’t stop myself from laughing. More please.

[@BlackburnBigdragon]

Okay. I know damn well that at least ONE of you viewers is a crazy millionaire with crazy millionaire money who would be willing to throw money at making this comic series into a TV series or movie franchise! WWF BATTLEMANIA could be the next "Thunder in Paradise"!!! I know you're out there, crazy millionaire viewer! Do this for us! Please!!! Make this TV show or movie franchise happen!!!

[@MidnightRambler602]

23:23 - Ted DiBiase looks like a gremlin with that pose lmao, it's killing me

[@JonathanFournier]

Yes, more of this please!

[@joshua2814]

Fun stuff. You gotta cover Warrior's comic some day. My local comic store has 4 out of 5 of the issues and I keep debating picking those up.

[@HartOFHarts]

Issue 2 is a must, love this kind of content

[@frank_fick]

Bah gawd, that eyepatch man is Phil Ken Sebben! Call Harvey Birdman!

[@michaelreich4827]

Last time I was this early, no one was above the law.

[@carybeweary7209]

That's cuz the Big Boss Man was still around to diss out Hard Times!

[@GentileGentleman]

You're antiWhite

[@Danelectro_56-U2]

This was great! More please!

[@slothjohnson4724]

I love when you do these type of videos

[@TroyDraws]

I did not think I would enjoy this as much as I did

[@buckyhate7695]

How dare you besmirch the good name of Jack Tunney? Sensei Blackman will hear about this!!!

[@danmurray8820]

*whispered* "man you never shut up"... Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful!

[@jankarieben1071]

Nice, 8 mins on the shelf, still hot n fresh Bios! 😋

[@andydavies27]

I literally spit my coffee out when Perfect got ‘Fumped’

[@enterthehat]

Sorry to hear the main series has worn you down. Seems like stuff like this gives you a blast though, and I'm here for it. Sometimes I enjoy the side stuff even more.

[@brodogg1313]

I was a huge Valiant and wwf fan back then and I've never heard of this before but would have loved it. WWF board game video would be amazing. Be funny if you voiced the comic with eleven labs.

[@AaronDolan-s9z]

Loved it, do some more please!

[@pathkeepers]

I love when my interests collide on youtube.

[@trooper9249]

Apparently, someone at Valiant was convinced that these licensed WWF comics (alongside some licensed Nintendo comics) would put the then-fledgling company on the map and make them a front runner in the industry. Needless to say, that didn't happen and Valiant only really started making a name for themselves once they ditched the licensed stuff and moved onto superheroes. (For more information about the rise of Valiant as well as a ton of information about the comic book industry during that time period, I'd recommend watching SFDebris' excellent "Rise and Fall of the Comic Empire" series.)

[@tgon5153]

One of your funniest videos 😂

[@johntammaro]

I have this merch catalogue still. I ordered it and it arrived by post. I just loved flicking through this as a kid to see what I could never afford 😂

[@michaelpeacock4228]

Please provide more comics! Also... better watch that Macho King patch on the official WWF blanket. That's going to be action central!

[@jasonmaclean719]

17:54 Hold on now.. Don't forget we hear Taker speak in the film😎👍

[@tnadrg1982]

I had the lod foam shoulder pads and the ultimate warrior backpack when I was in 4 grade

[@mbk907]

Oh my god I had these comics as a kid and totally forgot about them. Talk about a trip down memory lane!

[@Realriggs09]

So glad you are doing this ! If you think this is something, check out Marvel's WCW comic series..imagine Micl Foley planting a bomb on a cruise ship..I won't say anymore..😉

[@SentinelBayReviews]

I still own that Board Game and regularly play it with my boy. It's a pretty basic dice battling game, but the character cards are glorious, and back in the day my brother and I had a blast inventing new rules and match types, like tag team matches and battle royals.

[@JeremyBosco-u7d]

My brother and I had a few things that came out of one of the WWF's catalogs. He had one of the the Hulk Hogan teddy bears and one of the Hulk Hogan Wrestling Buddies. We both had a set of the Legion Of Doom shoulder pads, and I had one of the "Rowdy" Roddy Piper t-shirts shown at 15:44.

[@TonySpike]

Hell yeah im down for more like this, seeing the merch part of the mag made me remember that one issue of WWF magazine i ended up with as a kid back in 91 (Im British so it felt like a rareity to me even if it wasnt 😂)

[@chaosgreyblood]

Well, since you asked us.... Give WWF BattleMania #2 a go! Also, you could definitely submit that to Linkara sometime. Reviewing comics is kinda his gig. :3

[@robertmurray]

I had the ultimate warrior slippers, wrestling buddy, and his comic back in the day. It was crazy seeing that stuff again.

[@TheSBleeder]

I was a WWF Fan Club member. I got a cassette tape that was supposed to have my " Favorite Superstars' entrance themes". It featured such bangers as the Nasty Boys theme and "The Dragon" theme (Ricky Steamboat b except they never acknowledged that he was Ricky Steamboat).

[@petecopland7499]

I remember some of these there was one with the ultimate warrior and lod teaming up was great, the board game was fantastic as well

[@TroyCunningham-t7y]

Mr Nanny and No Holds Barred

[@brianandrews5084]

If you do this again, could you show the writing and pencils/inks/colors credits?

[@TheJaguar1983]

6:28 Ah, typical American defaultism. "All other pronunciations are invalid"

[@thegill1982]

I’ll be down for issue 2 👍

[@jim1242]

I would love you to see cover suburban commando or no holds barred one day. Both Classic Wood from the Hood movies!

[@zlinedavid]

Is the Hulkster banging Bubba The Love Sponge’s wife considered a Wood From The Hood movie?

[@wolfee2754]

Would love to get those LOD shoulder pads

[@sp0nge1337]

Goddamn. I'd have been just a few months old when this came out. I'm 33 now!

[@lucyhoelscher273]

OMG, do the Nash comic! I didn't even know it existed, and know I must learn more!

[@jaysuschristmas4909]

This was an amazing adventure!

[@dathoepopdookie]

I had these!!😂

[@destructionfun2]

Please God do more of this. Absolutely top tier wrestlenonsense.

[@GeorgeStLouis]

Goddamn i love this channel after xmas im gonna reup my sub

[@mycabbages3538]

Suburban commando is legit one of my favorite movies. I was the right age when it came out.

[@TheBarrymanfan]

The board game and card games were an absolute blast as far as I was concerned and as far as the comic itself I love that Perfect match story, always thought it was odd Perfect had white kneepads and no different colour segment in the back of his singlet.

[@terrynighman4465]

This was a really good episode

[@matthewurban7031]

wow, I had a few of these. Core memory unlocked.

[@trannigan3349]

Yes look at more of the comics 😁 especially if you enjoy doing it.

[@haileyshannon7548]

That make up kit was made by Paas who are famous for their egg dying kits which they are sold every Easter. I didn’t know they made anything else

[@MrPicklecopter]

I had some comics with undertaker fighting million dollar man and Virgil

[@davidtrainor9569]

I would love videos about wrestling comics! WCW had them too, and WWE has a great run with Boom Studios, the actually made their worst stories make sense

[@roccojamison89gooker51]

Need to release a comic book on the podcasters such as Conrad Thompson, Brian Last, Sean Oliver, Chris Van Vliet, Brian Last, James Romero and others.

[@joeru9208]

I specifically remember buying this on vacation in the upper peninsula of Michigan at my grandparents house