True Like Why I Mean If He's A Lawyer Get Him On Parole Or At Least Get Them To Allow Him To See His Wife And Newborn Before Going To Prison In A Legal Way Like Come On Dan Be Smart
Too bad he wasn't a hero instead of a villain. He could have trick bricks to throw. His secret identity would be Mason Stone His trick bricks would include a knock out gas brick. A spy camera brick, A boomerang brick (Called of course the Brick A Rang) And his side kick would be Mortar Boy.
you left out the best part, how the strip ends. #711 is mysteriously murdered in an alley, and the man who finds his remains takes his costume and calls himself 'Destiny', and heads out to solve the crime with a sudden strange ability to be teleported to where a crime is being committed. his strip naturally succeeds #711 but is even less successful ironically. #711's killer never brought to justice but instead confronted by #711's ghost which prompts his leaping out a window to assumed death. always wanted a Roy Thomas or Grant Morrison follow up to this. there's so much potential for genius to be spun out of this insanity
Better still, the story detailing #711's demise is narrated by his killer, a big dumb goon who makes Brick Bat look like Lex Luthor. (However, IIRC Destiny doesn't actually take up #711's costume, but sticks to everyday suit-and-tie duds.) While today superheroes frequently get slain the moment they don't bring in readers and can even get killed off at their first appearance, #711 was one of the very first in the business to get whacked in the line of duty. (Archie Comics' The Comet would be *the* first, after a brief run that was just as embarrassing as #711's.)
This was fun! Several laugh-out-loud moments. I know videos like this may not be as popular as the ones that cover big name creators and popular characters, but I love these oddities.
Gotta admit, no one's gonna suspect the masked hero is actually a guy in prison. Though using his own prison number as his superhero name reveals him as a first rate moron.
Love that you edit in 711 logo lol Used to live right near one on the beach and would always get cold ones 🍺 there in the Summer good times. Great channel. 😀
Crime-fighting Chris didn't bring up the fact that his lifelong friend would have had hundreds of get togethers with both Dan (711) and the (now) widowed wife. So surely that same wife could now vouch for Dan, having known him for ages. (Meanwhile, the warden of that local prison would have known Dan, as Chris mentioned, since he would have dealt with the DA and his assistant on a regular basis for years.)
@@ComicTropes Would love to see more 711 one of these days. Your Golden Age videos are my favorites. I've made a special playlist of Golden Age CT episodes. 😁
You know how Dan Dyce and Jake Horn look exactly alike? I bet the warden also has an identical friend who sometimes steps in while the warden is off at the race tracks. And as members of the "identical friends" club, Dan Dyce and Fake Warden know each other's secrets. Fake Warden comes up with random assignments for Dan -- "Dan, I'd like to see a flaming bag of dog poo appear on my ex-wife's doorstep" -- and Dan is simply delighted to screw with people's lives without having to do any paperwork.
HahA! Comic book stories of yesteryears never fail to amuse me. The level of sophistication (or lack thereof), sketchy logic, and a total departure from any kind of "reality" always remind me of simpler times. What passed for good comic book stories could never get made today. Your vids show the evolution of comics in the most entertaining ways possible. Thanks as always for the trips down memory lane.
Some hilarious stuff. Whether you’re covering this or the more legitimate, well-known, or serious comics fanfare yours is my new favorite UA-cam channel. Keep up the great work.
The clock's first appearance was cover-dated Nov 1936. Even if we estimate a publishing date of September 1936 (because cover dates were usually 2 months off), the Phantom's comic debuted in February 17 1936. And the Phantom is definitely a comic hero with a mask. I mean I get it... the old 'comic book' technicality. But the Phantom was being published in comic BOOKS too, as early as 1938. --Andrew S. (Everyone always forgets the Phantom.)
Sure. And the Scarlet Pimpernel was a masked hero before that. I get the influences. But I was trying to narrow in on a statistic that's generally accepted. First comic book original character with a mask.
Wait, so... he wanted untraceable poison on a brick... that he'd then throw at people... and those people would die... I'm guessing the crime would still be traced to whomever threw the brick...
I'm honestly now imagining a 7-Eleven themed superhero existing, but it'd be like those old hostess ads but instead the superhero saves the day using slurpees, big gulps, and big bite hot dogs.
Everyone knows that Prisoner #711 and the superhero #711 are not the same person because obviously Prisoner #711 is stuck in prison and not going anywhere. And if he could escape, he'd never come back. So the secret identity is safe... in a dumb, glue-snorting 5 year old sort of way.
Nobody ever mentions this, but Quality really _was_ a quality publisher. Jack Cole, Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Reed Crandall, Chuck Cuidera, Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson - that's close to the '27 Yankees of comics art. Sorry to bang this drum (I do it pretty constantly), but besides their high standard of artwork, Quality opened up the comics page like none of their competitors had come close to doing....essentially inventing the splash page as early as 1943. For as long as they published comics after that, Quality provided readers with dramatic splash pages that practically thrust you into the action; this sort of immediacy helped modernize comics which had begun as pretty hidebound versions of entertainment that had been presented far better in the daily and Sunday newspapers. In fact, it's almost impossible to read a few years of Quality Comics from the early/mid-1940s without watching an actual comic-book aesthetic being formed in front of you. I'm still trying to work out the technical details of a Quality splash-page as compared to every other comics publisher of the era; it's as if the Quality artists had a wider canvas to work on. PS: all of the above has very little to do with a Quality title from 1941, when every comic book looked like every other comic book..... but how often do you get a chance to discuss mostly-forgotten comic publishers who went kablooey 63 years ago?
Contrary to what some comments are suggesting, obviously Dan _didn't_ confess as himself, but took Jake Horn's identity. Apart from the judge calling him Horn, _Dan_ wouldn't have been sentenced to life - because unlike Jake, Dan wasn't already two strikes down.
You are 100% correct. This is implicitly stated in the comic and video at 5:25. I think some people are so baffled by the bad writing their brains refuse to accept what is in front of them.
Loving your content! I came across one of your videos by chance, (one of your videos for Jack Kirby), and was happy I did, your videos are all informative and fun to watch. Have subscribed and am in the process of binge watching! Cheers!
You trope videos are great! Most every one I learn about some new artist or author or character (or all three) I haven't heard of before. I love that you went back and looked at some Golden Age stuff. I thought the idea of #731 had some promise, but also some logical flaws as a long term premise. Ibis the Invincible has some pretty cool issues, and I like the Golden Age Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett (my brothers name ;) ) too. Definitely keep doing them!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a great way to tell stories. Great comedy. And at the same time you keep a distant part of comics history alive for generations.
This super hero makes me think about terrible hot dogs and overdosed coffee. On a side note, Im starting to see why batman is the best detective in comics, everyone else is a idiot. Maybe I should start a business selling glasses there.
Great video, but I think that you are missing out on the real Tropes here! I have no doubt that George Brenner created the character, but if you look at the artwork and panel layouts it looks like it was drawn by a young Will Eisner! At this time Eisner did have his own studio ( Eisner/Iger Studio ) that produced comic pages for different publishers including Quality Comics. You might enjoy looking over the 711 comic again and then compare it to early Spirit stories and see if the page layouts and storytelling are similar.
I can come up with something better about a vigilante hiding in prison off the top of my head: A man is framed for murder. So, He goes to prison. But, he tunnels out to hunt down the person who framed him. So that he can clear his name. So He finds the person who framed him. But in the process, he accidentally kills the person who framed him. So now, there is no one left who can clear his name. So he can either be a fugitive for the rest of his life, or go back to prison. So, he elects to go back to prison. But he keeps the vigilante thing up, so that what happens to him won't happen to anyone else.
It's quite clear that 711 is a predecessor to Moon Knight, in the sense that he suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder. He only thinks that Jacob Horn is a different person, whereas in reality Horn and Dyce are one and the same man.
12:50 "They can analyse the brick and get clues" But wouldn't those clues lead them to the lab they found the body in? Or was the brick made with slightly more sulphur mixed in, which (somehow) indicates it was constructed on the east side of town? I assumed Brick Bat was buying his bricks not making them himself, so I can't see how the bricks would lead back to him. Maybe they could figure out that he buys his bricks from one of the stores run by the biggest hardware store chain in town. Knowing the writer though Brick Bat just might buy them while in costume. "Now we just need to wait here until he buys more!" (3 months and 18 dead bodies later...)
The Golden Age is generally considered to have stared with the first appearance of Superman (1938) to the Senate hearings and creation of the Comics Code (1954)
Way to fix this story: All they had to do was say was that after Jack Horn was killed, the Warden and DA found out what Dan had done, and in exchange for a pardon and reinstatment as an assisstant DA, after X-number of years Dan agrees to remain in prison as a spy amongst the prisoners.
This could be greatly imrpoved and even revived as a modern comic with a bit of simple logic. What if the main character IS guilty, serving a life sentence in a max security prison, but his particular skills are so valued, he is tagged and released on a fairly nightly basis in a costume and mask, as almost something of a government controlled bounty hunter / operative, then returned to his cell. Similar to the suicide squad. Promised freedom and a new identity if he meets X amount of work.
It wouldn't be hard to tweak this to make it make sense. And for once you wouldn't have fanboys complaining that you didn't stick closely enough to the original. "They changed it a lot? Oh thank god!"
Just found your channel a couple of weeks ago. Love it.. and loved this episode! I love the old a Golden Age stuff. Where ever did you find the comics for this.. reprints? Keep up the good work!
The character falsely convicted and escapes wand is searched for by the police is time honored "("see Jean Valjean of Les Miserables and the Count of Monte Christo) but the "711" story sounds like it was rushed onto the presses without much thought. Will Eisner wrote a memoir in graphic novel form. It's a good intro and it reads like "Pilgrims Progress,
Do you think you might do a video about Airmale and Stampy, a Golden Age crime fighting duo who were so lame they were revived in the 1980s by AC Comics just to be killed off?
"The first decent thing" he can do is SEND HIS INNOCENT FRIEND TO PRISON. I question 711's choice in lifelong friends.
True Like Why I Mean If He's A Lawyer Get Him On Parole Or At Least Get Them To Allow Him To See His Wife And Newborn Before Going To Prison In A Legal Way Like Come On Dan Be Smart
Underneath a lot of stupidity, there’s a cool idea about a vigilante who hides in prison.
Basically Law Abiding Citizen
PuriPuri Prisoner.😅😂
Poison Brick = Best weapon in comic book history
Far more deadly than the Nail-Bat.
It's rediculously effective
Ultimate Nullifier? Nah, just throw a poison brick! Galactus won't know what hit him. And let's end that Infinity War before it starts!
Too bad he wasn't a hero instead of a villain. He could have trick bricks to throw. His secret identity would be Mason Stone His trick bricks would include a knock out gas brick. A spy camera brick, A boomerang brick (Called of course the Brick A Rang) And his side kick would be Mortar Boy.
@@900milesfromnormal3 Please, by all means necessary, make this happen!
you left out the best part, how the strip ends. #711 is mysteriously murdered in an alley, and the man who finds his remains takes his costume and calls himself 'Destiny', and heads out to solve the crime with a sudden strange ability to be teleported to where a crime is being committed. his strip naturally succeeds #711 but is even less successful ironically. #711's killer never brought to justice but instead confronted by #711's ghost which prompts his leaping out a window to assumed death.
always wanted a Roy Thomas or Grant Morrison follow up to this. there's so much potential for genius to be spun out of this insanity
Better still, the story detailing #711's demise is narrated by his killer, a big dumb goon who makes Brick Bat look like Lex Luthor. (However, IIRC Destiny doesn't actually take up #711's costume, but sticks to everyday suit-and-tie duds.) While today superheroes frequently get slain the moment they don't bring in readers and can even get killed off at their first appearance, #711 was one of the very first in the business to get whacked in the line of duty. (Archie Comics' The Comet would be *the* first, after a brief run that was just as embarrassing as #711's.)
Ultimately,, the spirit of #711 should join up with Sargent Spook and the ghost grandpa from Capt.Fearless.
Wtf xD
This was fun! Several laugh-out-loud moments. I know videos like this may not be as popular as the ones that cover big name creators and popular characters, but I love these oddities.
Thank you! It helps keep me interested doing the weirder, lesser known stuff.
I found that whole he must get back to prison before he's caught part hilarious. He already has life in prison lol I guess he fears the electric chair
Gotta admit, no one's gonna suspect the masked hero is actually a guy in prison.
Though using his own prison number as his superhero name reveals him as a first rate moron.
@@jamesoblivion I thought going to jail for someone else did that
Yeah why wouldn't he want a free ride back to the crib?
Brick Bat's costume a cross of Batman, and Green Hornet.
Now how the hell would I know about the classic timeless golden age hero 7/11 without this guy. Godspeed.
I like how despite the brick leaving no trace everyone knew who killed the guy
How did they know that?
Love that you edit in 711 logo lol Used to live right near one on the beach and would always get cold ones 🍺 there in the Summer good times. Great channel. 😀
I would love to see people try and reboot this character. It's too bizarre and hilarious to leave alone.
This could actually be very interesting
He would need to be renamed I would choose "812"
Crime-fighting Chris didn't bring up the fact that his lifelong friend would have had hundreds of get togethers with both Dan (711) and the (now) widowed wife. So surely that same wife could now vouch for Dan, having known him for ages. (Meanwhile, the warden of that local prison would have known Dan, as Chris mentioned, since he would have dealt with the DA and his assistant on a regular basis for years.)
711 has to be the nuttiest hero ever, can we have more of you' reading' the comics, it was fun.
I may throw in an extra episode here and there covering more of 711. I want to.
It doesn't just have to be 711, anything funny/weird would do, you have comedic talent. Thanks man.
Yes, more please. This is fast becoming my favourite channel.
@@ComicTropes Would love to see more 711 one of these days. Your Golden Age videos are my favorites. I've made a special playlist of Golden Age CT episodes. 😁
You know how Dan Dyce and Jake Horn look exactly alike? I bet the warden also has an identical friend who sometimes steps in while the warden is off at the race tracks. And as members of the "identical friends" club, Dan Dyce and Fake Warden know each other's secrets. Fake Warden comes up with random assignments for Dan -- "Dan, I'd like to see a flaming bag of dog poo appear on my ex-wife's doorstep" -- and Dan is simply delighted to screw with people's lives without having to do any paperwork.
This... is actually pretty creative
That mirror calling card is absolutely dope. I love it.
HahA! Comic book stories of yesteryears never fail to amuse me. The level of sophistication (or lack thereof), sketchy logic, and a total departure from any kind of "reality" always remind me of simpler times. What passed for good comic book stories could never get made today. Your vids show the evolution of comics in the most entertaining ways possible. Thanks as always for the trips down memory lane.
Still better than modern marvel
@@Gambit771 and DC.,
Reminds me of Merdock from the A-team. Every week he escaped from the asylum and went back at the end of the show
Some hilarious stuff. Whether you’re covering this or the more legitimate, well-known, or serious comics fanfare yours is my new favorite UA-cam channel. Keep up the great work.
I like that Brick Bat must be monumentally strong to run around the city, wearing a coat full of bricks.
The clock's first appearance was cover-dated Nov 1936. Even if we estimate a publishing date of September 1936 (because cover dates were usually 2 months off), the Phantom's comic debuted in February 17 1936. And the Phantom is definitely a comic hero with a mask.
I mean I get it... the old 'comic book' technicality. But the Phantom was being published in comic BOOKS too, as early as 1938.
--Andrew S.
(Everyone always forgets the Phantom.)
Sure. And the Scarlet Pimpernel was a masked hero before that. I get the influences. But I was trying to narrow in on a statistic that's generally accepted. First comic book original character with a mask.
The Phantom had a huge fan following here in India. Most of us indian comic nerds know more about him than most american fans.
I never understood the attraction of The Phantom comics. All the stories were contrived and poorly written.
My mother used to buy Quality Comics in reprint form when l was a kid, so l remember this. They also had a character named Lucky Coyne. Lololol
This is to me the most hilarious comic trope ever💯🤣🤣🤣🤣I wish you would do some more old school comics with your narrative’s
I had to watch this one again. So good.
HoodedCobraCommander788 It's one of my favorite discoveries. If I ever have extra time I want to break down some more issues of this.
Wait, so... he wanted untraceable poison on a brick... that he'd then throw at people... and those people would die... I'm guessing the crime would still be traced to whomever threw the brick...
Ignez Mouse gone wrong?
He's there for the social activities and the showers 🚿.
I'm honestly now imagining a 7-Eleven themed superhero existing, but it'd be like those old hostess ads but instead the superhero saves the day using slurpees, big gulps, and big bite hot dogs.
Everyone knows that Prisoner #711 and the superhero #711 are not the same person because obviously Prisoner #711 is stuck in prison and not going anywhere. And if he could escape, he'd never come back. So the secret identity is safe... in a dumb, glue-snorting 5 year old sort of way.
I love the simplicity of the golden age.
I love it. Heroes from a more innocent age. Thank you so much for this video.
Your Brick Bat voice is hilarious, and spot on! GJ
Nobody ever mentions this, but Quality really _was_ a quality publisher. Jack Cole, Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Reed Crandall, Chuck Cuidera, Klaus Nordling, Paul Gustavson - that's close to the '27 Yankees of comics art. Sorry to bang this drum (I do it pretty constantly), but besides their high standard of artwork, Quality opened up the comics page like none of their competitors had come close to doing....essentially inventing the splash page as early as 1943. For as long as they published comics after that, Quality provided readers with dramatic splash pages that practically thrust you into the action; this sort of immediacy helped modernize comics which had begun as pretty hidebound versions of entertainment that had been presented far better in the daily and Sunday newspapers. In fact, it's almost impossible to read a few years of Quality Comics from the early/mid-1940s without watching an actual comic-book aesthetic being formed in front of you. I'm still trying to work out the technical details of a Quality splash-page as compared to every other comics publisher of the era; it's as if the Quality artists had a wider canvas to work on.
PS: all of the above has very little to do with a Quality title from 1941, when every comic book looked like every other comic book..... but how often do you get a chance to discuss mostly-forgotten comic publishers who went kablooey 63 years ago?
This really puts the Superman/Clark Kent disguise in to perspective
Clark Kent is a brilliant identity. Hiding in plain sight.
Chris, please do another 711 story. Please!
I found this hilarious. Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the fun video Chris it was hilarious. I loved the way you did the voices.
Contrary to what some comments are suggesting, obviously Dan _didn't_ confess as himself, but took Jake Horn's identity.
Apart from the judge calling him Horn, _Dan_ wouldn't have been sentenced to life - because unlike Jake, Dan wasn't already two strikes down.
You are 100% correct. This is implicitly stated in the comic and video at 5:25. I think some people are so baffled by the bad writing their brains refuse to accept what is in front of them.
This is my like hundredth rewatch. Love this video, love this channel, 10/10 as always!
This was a riot. I literally laughed out loud. Brick Bat is the best villain ever. Poison bricks, genius!
*Poison bricks™! My one weakness!*
"I need to be imprisoned. For my HEROING to work!!" What the hell was in the water back in the 30's and 40's, and where can I get some?
Same
Captain Negativity 🤣🤣
Loving your content! I came across one of your videos by chance, (one of your videos for Jack Kirby), and was happy I did, your videos are all informative and fun to watch. Have subscribed and am in the process of binge watching! Cheers!
I look forward to your trope videos, keep up the good work!
I always appreciate hearing that. As long as people are entertained, I'll keep working at it.
one of your best episodes with one of the craziest comics of all time, at least it's still good for a laugh ^^
😆 Chris you are way too funny! Please do more on the 711 stories. Or bad tattoos m im begging you!
there is something very comforting about the standard artstyle used in golden age comics
You trope videos are great! Most every one I learn about some new artist or author or character (or all three) I haven't heard of before. I love that you went back and looked at some Golden Age stuff. I thought the idea of #731 had some promise, but also some logical flaws as a long term premise. Ibis the Invincible has some pretty cool issues, and I like the Golden Age Blue Beetle, Dan Garrett (my brothers name ;) ) too. Definitely keep doing them!
Thanks, I'll definitely keep it varied up.
6:28 "...so this guy could get himself off.." made me chuckle cause I'm a child
Nice to know I’m not the only one who picked up on that! 😄
Nicely done as always, you deserve many more subscribers. keep up the good work.
Golden Age Comic = Comedy Gold. Loved this video. It had me in fits of laughter.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is a great way to tell stories. Great comedy. And at the same time you keep a distant part of comics history alive for generations.
He's like the Puri Puri Prisoner, the aggressively gay, incredibly powerful, perpetually naked super hero from One Punch Man. Sort of.
THat was hillarious! Thanks for another great episode :)
Keep the Golden Age content coming, baby! I can’t get enough.
Is there a Police Comics reprint in tpb form?
These stories are just fantastically silly. Nothing makes sense and I love it! I could listen to this stuff all day.
This is my favorite entry yet / I’m discovering this episode late but I love the old timey stuff. Damn hop heads!!!
"Thank you very much for accepting the charges". Did you call the business card folks collect? *knees were slapped and chuckles were had*
I thought the Phantom was the first to wear the mask.
So we have 711 vs Some guy in a Batman Costume that he bought at a 7-11
This is so fucking stupid. THE BRICK BAT!!! OH NO!!! My Bricks! I couldn't stop laughing
This super hero makes me think about terrible hot dogs and overdosed coffee. On a side note, Im starting to see why batman is the best detective in comics, everyone else is a idiot. Maybe I should start a business selling glasses there.
4:46 not even the first time ive heard of a hero who's willing to go jail for his friend, its the premise of the first ever Yakuza
I will forever want the crossover we deserve. BIG DIX VS BRICK BAT
Great video, but I think that you are missing out on the real Tropes here! I have no doubt that George Brenner created the character, but if you look at the artwork and panel layouts it looks like it was drawn by a young Will Eisner! At this time Eisner did have his own studio ( Eisner/Iger Studio ) that produced comic pages for different publishers including Quality Comics. You might enjoy looking over the 711 comic again and then compare it to early Spirit stories and see if the page layouts and storytelling are similar.
What if Jacob horn killed Dan dicees wife and child to stay out of prison then this would give 7ll (dan dice) a primary villain… just a thought,
Wonder if brick bat inspired brick frog from venture bros at all (beside the obvious one of Frog-Man)
Poisoned bricks. It's the only way to be sure.
You know,this is an actual treasure trove of good ideas. Original and cool, i would like to see an adaptation.
I can come up with something better about a vigilante hiding in prison off the top of my head: A man is framed for murder. So, He goes to prison. But, he tunnels out to hunt down the person who framed him. So that he can clear his name. So He finds the person who framed him. But in the process, he accidentally kills the person who framed him. So now, there is no one left who can clear his name. So he can either be a fugitive for the rest of his life, or go back to prison. So, he elects to go back to prison. But he keeps the vigilante thing up, so that what happens to him won't happen to anyone else.
It's quite clear that 711 is a predecessor to Moon Knight, in the sense that he suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder. He only thinks that Jacob Horn is a different person, whereas in reality Horn and Dyce are one and the same man.
711 = OG
Even back door lil Joe?
I've spread the word about 711 and now I have a (small ) group of friends who share the catch phrase " Don't throw that at me ! "
"His banter isnt the best... But at least he's being a dick about it" the best kind of hero there is
The dead Mommy drawing mad me laugh way too hard . Grate job
Poisoned bricks? Sorry Dogwelder but youre the second best comic character now.
These comics are like evolutionary dead-ends. You can see the comic tropes tree detailing the survival of the fittest.
711 having a red and green coustume is also intresting as those colors are also part of the 7 eleven stores logo.
12:50 "They can analyse the brick and get clues" But wouldn't those clues lead them to the lab they found the body in? Or was the brick made with slightly more sulphur mixed in, which (somehow) indicates it was constructed on the east side of town? I assumed Brick Bat was buying his bricks not making them himself, so I can't see how the bricks would lead back to him. Maybe they could figure out that he buys his bricks from one of the stores run by the biggest hardware store chain in town. Knowing the writer though Brick Bat just might buy them while in costume. "Now we just need to wait here until he buys more!" (3 months and 18 dead bodies later...)
Your voiceovers are pretty good. Might still be time to chase your true calling.
i love these comics from then. :)
Thanks!
I miss these golden age superhero videos...
The Golden Age is generally considered to have stared with the first appearance of Superman (1938) to the Senate hearings and creation of the Comics Code (1954)
I'm going to assume that after this the warden figures out what happened and becomes his assistant in the vigilante game.
Way to fix this story: All they had to do was say was that after Jack Horn was killed, the Warden and DA found out what Dan had done, and in exchange for a pardon and reinstatment as an assisstant DA, after X-number of years Dan agrees to remain in prison as a spy amongst the prisoners.
Congrats! YOU should have been the writer!
Keep coming back for "Brick Bat"😂😂
This is one of your funniest episodes ever
I laughed way harder than I probably should've at 15:22
My goal is to make people laugh while they drink.
I love Chris' golden age hero videos.
This could be greatly imrpoved and even revived as a modern comic with a bit of simple logic. What if the main character IS guilty, serving a life sentence in a max security prison, but his particular skills are so valued, he is tagged and released on a fairly nightly basis in a costume and mask, as almost something of a government controlled bounty hunter / operative, then returned to his cell. Similar to the suicide squad. Promised freedom and a new identity if he meets X amount of work.
Giving him the voice of Cecil Turtle was a stroke of genius.
The stories don't make sense, but it's still entertaining. That's the GOlden Age for you.
"...this guy could get himself off..."
What kind of comic is this?
This concept would actually make a pretty good modern tv property with a few tweaks
It wouldn't be hard to tweak this to make it make sense. And for once you wouldn't have fanboys complaining that you didn't stick closely enough to the original. "They changed it a lot? Oh thank god!"
9:04 had me rolling XD
So Brick Bat care to explain how you intend to recreate the poison after you killed the guy who made it in the first place?
Just found your channel a couple of weeks ago.
Love it.. and loved this episode! I love the old a Golden Age stuff. Where ever did you find the comics for this.. reprints?
Keep up the good work!
This was great. It has potential outside of the gaffs and silliness.
The character falsely convicted and escapes wand is searched for by the police is time honored "("see Jean Valjean of Les Miserables and the Count of Monte Christo) but the "711" story sounds like it was rushed onto the presses without much thought. Will Eisner wrote a memoir in graphic novel form. It's a good intro and it reads like "Pilgrims Progress,
The guy also wasn't finger printed when he was booked obviously and he went to trial an nobody knew he was the wrong guy either.
Do you think you might do a video about Airmale and Stampy, a Golden Age crime fighting duo who were so lame they were revived in the 1980s by AC Comics just to be killed off?