It was me, Sal. Years ago, I left a comment for an Amalgam Back Issues on the Ms. Marvel 7 episode of Off the Rack, and then worked for years to get the idea into Dan Slott's head to make Spider-Boy. Leading to Marvel and DC having to talk about Amalgam, releasing those joint Omnibuses, and eventually that news finding its way to your ears. In all seriousness, I am beyond excited. It feels like a holiday! Woohoo!
As a kid i found this comic in a dollar store and thought that some random company had ripped off Marvel and DC. Little did I know what I was holding lol
I feel like sal was the crazed conspiracy meme guy in regards to marvel/dc crossovers and amalgam. Everyone both mocked and insulted Sal only for him to be proven right. I never doubted you at all Sal.
I thought that DCWL was a good villain when he first showed up in the “M is for Metal” crossover, but I agree that he’s gotten way too overused lately. Honestly, Dark Claw’s overexposure has really been hurting the Amalgam brand by stealing the spotlight from characters like Wonder Storm and the Teen Champions.
The Amalgam of Superman and Captain America was a pretty neat idea. Basically using salvaged Kryptonian tech and DNA to create Captain America. Plus, I like the name Super Soldier.
Dark Claw doesn't kill! Everyone misunderstands his character, but Dark Claw Begins makes it very clear!! He didn't kill Ra's Apocalypse, he just didn't save him! 😊
Poor Ethan at 18:20 thinking that there was some semblance of order to amalgam to keep characters from being reused. Clearly, he did not purchase packs of Amalgam Cards growing up! Otherwise he would be aware that there are two Batman derivatives! Dark Claw, and, separately, Bruce Wayne, Agent of Shield.
Clearly when they were designing these characters they went off of popularity. Hawkman and Wolverine would have been a better match. Both had Swiss cheese memories, both have strange metal. They both lived long lives and hots for redheads.
@@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsytCould do Dark Talon for Laura/Helena. Use Laura’s intended codename before her experiment one was such a hit. Was so weird when Laura went back to having a book called X-23 and using that as her title pre-Krakoa when a year earlier she had been Wolverine. And went back to it in Krakoa cause it made no sense to use X-23 a decade after she left the name behind.
Hearing Sal talk about good the amalgam Omni cover is, now that Jim Lee released his amazing cover the Dc vs Marvel Omni earlier today is perfect timing😂
In the spirit of celebrating Amalgam Comics, here's a list of some of my own ideas for Amalgam characters (feel free to reply with your own ideas!): - *Detective Duck, aka Howard:* a talking duck from another universe who ended up stranded in our own long ago, with the will (and the bill) to sniff out crime wherever he finds it. - *Blue Spider, aka Jaime Morales:* a high schooler from Metropolis bonded to a mysterious alien parasite, summoned by FiskCorp in an attempt to replicate Spider-Boy's powers. Now with Spider-Boy himself seemingly dead after a fateful confrontation with Alexander Fisk, Jaime must live up to the hero's legacy and become the hero his city needs him to be. - *Sekhmet, aka Jean-Paul Spector:* a vigilante raised by the Order of Khonshu to be their soldier of the night, who temporarily took up the mantle of Dark Claw after the hero's spine was broken by Juggerbane. - *Shock-Moth, aka Drury Schultz:* not really much else to explain with this one.
@@gedeonnunes5626 No wait, you’re on to something here - Jessica Khan, aka Miss Lantern, takes up the role as the apprentice of Hailey “Hal” Danvers, aka Captain Lantern
Crazy how *The Red Pariah* is the big bad that the Amalgam Extended Cinematic Universe is building to in phase 6. And he's played by Ryan Reynolds. Yes, he's a multiversal constant.
For some reason when Sal said "Vision" I imagined it as being an amalgam of Image and Valiant and then my mind raced with the thought of merging classic Image characters with Valiant characters.
The loudest audible laugh was heard from me when Sal made the comment about ensign Lynch. I immediately got the reference. First Contact is one of my favorite movies and my brother and I constantly quote that scene. I was already a fan of ComicPop, But I just became a Forever Fan. Literally still smiling and laughing as I type this.
You guys were a great klondike ad, i grabbed a few from the store after watching this episode, now my life is better than before, and i didn’t need to have my father die or break another person’s heart
I hope one day you're able to discuss Superman: Peace on Earth, Batman: War on Crime, Shazam!: Power of Hope, Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, JLA: Secret Origins, or JLA: Liberty and Justice. Any one of these is great and the Alex Ross art is perfection. I think the messages these stories tell are important and worth checking out.
I’ve been trying to re-collect all the amalgam books for a while now, they came out when I was a little boy and my dad and uncles were so hyped for it.
Sal, the Spider-Boy aside is the kind of content I live for. I surmise you and I are roughly the same age.I remember thinking everything branded Amalgam was gaudy and corny.
I genuinely loved Kurt Busiek's Iron Lantern. The mash-up origin made as much sense as anything from Amalgam, and the single issue had me wishing there was actually a whole series to read 😄
I have always loved the idea of Amalgam, as batshit insane it is, I think it’s cool they worked together to do something like this. I have also immediately preordered the omnibuses as well
This episode is great!! The intro is amazing😂 The ending is a great amalgam. 11:35 Sal’s love for crossovers between comic book companies (quality be damned, it’s cool) 14:40 young Sal😂 18:40 arguably MJ in the Spider-Man PS5 game is an amalgam of Lois Lane & Mary Jane 21:02 nightmare to who? 30:19 I thought Sal said Logan was a prolific “hunter”, which I thought makes sense. Then I went back a few seconds & realized you said painter, which makes no sense. 33:47 Ben’s origin for Darkclaw is genius-I actually love it & hope it happens 41:27 “or she’s just young” dude middle schoolers have shown me that they can basically stalk any person if they have their name & what city they live in-it’s unnerving. 55:25 I love that Sal loves that name😂 1:07:05 I love Klondike bars💙 I now want to read a story that ends up being a Klondike bar ad 1:11:29 Else What If? should be What Else… 1:14:13-58 😂😂
This episode got incredibly funny, especially toward the end when Sal was mocking the Shakespearean drama. I haven't laughed that hard at a Back Issues episode in...weeks?
Let’s not forget that Geoff John’s hinted at a Marvel and DC crossover in Doomsday Clock called the Secret Crisis. Could that be a possible factor/title for a future crossover between them?
Seeing this made my day, I'm the only one of my friends who's ever enjoyed Amalgam stuff, and while it's ridiculous there's definitely something fun about it. Totally picking up those omnibuses, and looking forward to the next episode! I hope you guys do Spider-Boy, because that amalgam is a helluva trip.
Have to give extra credit for doing the Dark Claw theme song. considering the era I could absolutely see it being for the 90's Animated series, bravo 👏👏
I really wish there would be an initiative by all parties involved. Like a 10 year plan with Amalgam as a joint venture for comics, movies, cartoons. I mean we already have parties involved jumping between companies, why not have the companies come together as a love letter to fans. Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Joe Quesada, Zack Snyder, Alex Ross. Have Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Ron Howard, and Kevin Feige run the motion picture division.
Amalgam was my childhood. My brother had most of them when i was little. Same with Marvel vs DC and Access. I've always dreamed of a Marvel vs Capcom style game that incorporated the crossover in any way.
Pre-order the Amalgam omnibus, out August 6! amzn.to/3xPLftq
I'm guessing the song would have a "Dark Wing Duck" tune behind it
"I'm the goddamn Dark Claw"
- All Star Dark Claw and Sparrow
, The Girl Wonder
@@deidaramaster100 I genuinely had blocked out how cumbersome and unnecessary that title was.
“I’m da Hyena baybee” - da Hyena baybee
@@halfmettlealchemist8076 “Martin Martin, brother of Hyena” - Martin, Brother of Hyena
@@creed8712 "Blippity Blip"
It was me, Sal. Years ago, I left a comment for an Amalgam Back Issues on the Ms. Marvel 7 episode of Off the Rack, and then worked for years to get the idea into Dan Slott's head to make Spider-Boy. Leading to Marvel and DC having to talk about Amalgam, releasing those joint Omnibuses, and eventually that news finding its way to your ears.
In all seriousness, I am beyond excited. It feels like a holiday! Woohoo!
Honestly I’d believe that. You’re everywhere dude. You’re practically a YT legend.
Remember that classic Darkclaw moment where he calls Sparrow a slut? All Star Darkclaw was great
I personally loved Christian Jackman’s performance as him in Denis Nolan’s hit movie “The Dark Claw”
Heath Schreiber casting as Hyena was awesome, but the recast Tyler Leto was wack...
Hugh Keaton is the quintessential Dark Claw, no question!!! "I'm Dark Claw!" (SNIKT)
@@thewilhelmscream7912 Why did Claw say that? Is he stupid?
@halfmettlealchemist8076 Dark Claw 89 was a different time, the effects are cheesy but the acting and story still holds up :)
"Don't make corpses have nipples."
~ComicPOP, 2024
Joel Schumacher: “But what about Batman?”
Ben white-boy rapping the Dark Claw theme song might be the single funniest moment in show history. Bravo Ben, bra-vo.
You mean Ken right?
@@creed8712lmfao
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at back issues before
As a kid i found this comic in a dollar store and thought that some random company had ripped off Marvel and DC. Little did I know what I was holding lol
Same with me, I thought it was some kinda knockoff! 😂
Holy shit I was the EXACT same lol
That "Encyclopedia Nerditca" reference in the intro 😂 love it.
I know right 😂
brings me back at Episode 1 intro too... 🤣
Ah, so kitty grayson grew up to become Shadowing/Nightcat. Love it.
Shadowwing. Because Nightcat is actually a thing. An, extremely, dumb thing. "Is there no honour among Ninjas and Ninja Style Dancers!?"
Clearly Rogue is the Jason Todd of the Sparrows.
How is it they land on "else what if" when the "What Else?" line is just right there.
Sal having a "conspiracy theorist" mind about the Amalgam crossover coming back is hilarious.
When the Omnibus drops I can't wait for Sal to try and explain the Main Mallard; Lobo the Duck.
Ra's A-Pocalypse will return in the dramatic year-long comics event No Man's Apocalypse.
Best part is when Ethan pauses to ask what Dark Claw thinks he is. I'm still crying.
😂😂That one killed me too.
The way the first 4 secs instantly injected dopamine into my veins
Hearing Sal say "Would smash🙂↕️" just made my day LOL🤣🤣🤣
24:10. Bob Lee? You mean Jack Finger sir!
I was gonna say, Stan Lee and Bob Kane being the one to create dark claw makes sense since neither made the unamalgamed characters
52:31 and they didn't call the eye patch alias Patches Malone?! It was RIGHT THERE!
You’re so right-it’s like they weren’t even trying
I feel like sal was the crazed conspiracy meme guy in regards to marvel/dc crossovers and amalgam. Everyone both mocked and insulted Sal only for him to be proven right. I never doubted you at all Sal.
Is that fedora a reference to comicpop where bad comics burn?
"Helloooo and welcome to Popping the 4th Wall, where bad comics burn."
God, I haven't thought of that guy in ages.
"Would you do it for a Klondike Bar?" 😂
I loved the running gag of The Secret Crisis of the Infinity Hour being referenced as a major Amalgam crossover
The Dc/Marvel omnibus Jim Lee cover just got revealed! Perfect timing lol
Do you remember when Baneto ripped out Dark Claw's back? It was one of the coolest stories and to have it lead into Dakkael Dark Claw.
Ben "singing" the Dark Claw song brought so much joy to so many people
I still say "All New All 52 Darkclaw" was the best the character's ever been
26:30 the sparrows should be Kitty Grayson, Jean Todd and then Jubilation Kelly 😅
32:20 omg sallll 😂
If we do get another amalgam, hopefully we are spared from the Darkclaw who laughs.
Don’t even kid! You know they’ll see this…!
The dark claw who laughs would be a four-way amalgam... joker + sabretooh + batman + wolverine... I pity the one who would have to design such a mess
I thought that DCWL was a good villain when he first showed up in the “M is for Metal” crossover, but I agree that he’s gotten way too overused lately. Honestly, Dark Claw’s overexposure has really been hurting the Amalgam brand by stealing the spotlight from characters like Wonder Storm and the Teen Champions.
or the jackal that paints
The Darkckaw who Gaffaws
Dark Claw SNIKKTT 😂
The Amalgam of Superman and Captain America was a pretty neat idea. Basically using salvaged Kryptonian tech and DNA to create Captain America. Plus, I like the name Super Soldier.
Dark Claw doesn't kill!
Everyone misunderstands his character, but Dark Claw Begins makes it very clear!! He didn't kill Ra's Apocalypse, he just didn't save him!
😊
He also didn't kill all those ninjas when he blew that monastery up.
Poor Ethan at 18:20 thinking that there was some semblance of order to amalgam to keep characters from being reused. Clearly, he did not purchase packs of Amalgam Cards growing up! Otherwise he would be aware that there are two Batman derivatives! Dark Claw, and, separately, Bruce Wayne, Agent of Shield.
Clearly when they were designing these characters they went off of popularity. Hawkman and Wolverine would have been a better match. Both had Swiss cheese memories, both have strange metal. They both lived long lives and hots for redheads.
But does hawkman have a secondary secret identity?
@@lucyinchatsecondary? I'm pretty sure hawkman has origin stories in surplus.
@@lucyinchat every past life is a new identity.
Most important of all: both of them have a hairy chest
Dick Grayson/Shadowkat=Shadow Wing
Jason Todd/Armor=Red Armor
Tim Drake/Jubilee=Sparrow
Bat Girl/Jean Grey= Pheonix
Daken and Damian
As well as Huntress and X-23 if they ever do a remake
@@pickedceasar1216 daken/damien= red claw
Huntress/x23= Huntress x or Huntress 23?
@@ftfasttalkfoodreviewsytCould do Dark Talon for Laura/Helena. Use Laura’s intended codename before her experiment one was such a hit. Was so weird when Laura went back to having a book called X-23 and using that as her title pre-Krakoa when a year earlier she had been Wolverine. And went back to it in Krakoa cause it made no sense to use X-23 a decade after she left the name behind.
@@pickedceasar1216 Laura/Cass would be a much more fitting combination IMO.
Omega Red + Bane = Omega Bane
Cyber + Killer Croc = Cybergator
Silver Samurai + Two-Face = Half-Faced Ronin
That intro had me thinking...maybe you guys should cover Deathmate on the couch. That has to be THE amalgamation.
Came for the Amalgam story, stayed for Dark Claw's song
Hearing Sal talk about good the amalgam Omni cover is, now that Jim Lee released his amazing cover the Dc vs Marvel Omni earlier today is perfect timing😂
Jesus tap dancing Christ, Ben.
Klondike bar.
I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣
The Jason Todd of this world is that girl Spider-man punched to death in that Spider-Man/ Wolverine cross over
Man if amalgam came out today we’d probably get a dark claw who laughs.
Dark Claw who Jackles
Such a good episode. The Wolverine/Batman origin section was so funny.
I'm still rolling
That intro is freaking fantastic I love it so much great job guys and great episode of back issues of dark claw this was amazing and tons of fun.
I never thought about it but Wolverine collects teen sidekicks just as much as Batman. The Jubilee/Robin thing had me rolling. 🤣
In the spirit of celebrating Amalgam Comics, here's a list of some of my own ideas for Amalgam characters (feel free to reply with your own ideas!):
- *Detective Duck, aka Howard:* a talking duck from another universe who ended up stranded in our own long ago, with the will (and the bill) to sniff out crime wherever he finds it.
- *Blue Spider, aka Jaime Morales:* a high schooler from Metropolis bonded to a mysterious alien parasite, summoned by FiskCorp in an attempt to replicate Spider-Boy's powers. Now with Spider-Boy himself seemingly dead after a fateful confrontation with Alexander Fisk, Jaime must live up to the hero's legacy and become the hero his city needs him to be.
- *Sekhmet, aka Jean-Paul Spector:* a vigilante raised by the Order of Khonshu to be their soldier of the night, who temporarily took up the mantle of Dark Claw after the hero's spine was broken by Juggerbane.
- *Shock-Moth, aka Drury Schultz:* not really much else to explain with this one.
Miss Lantern: Jessica Khan has a cosmic bracelet that allows her to make constructs out of solid light--oh, wait, they already did that one
@@gedeonnunes5626 No wait, you’re on to something here - Jessica Khan, aka Miss Lantern, takes up the role as the apprentice of Hailey “Hal” Danvers, aka Captain Lantern
Ben singing the Dark Claw theme song was perfect and the second comic was miles better than the first if only she had a Klondike bar😂
Omega Red & clay face
combined together to become
Red Clay Face
Crazy how *The Red Pariah* is the big bad that the Amalgam Extended Cinematic Universe is building to in phase 6. And he's played by Ryan Reynolds.
Yes, he's a multiversal constant.
Tiffany's worst nightmare
For some reason when Sal said "Vision" I imagined it as being an amalgam of Image and Valiant and then my mind raced with the thought of merging classic Image characters with Valiant characters.
48:30 Attacking and accosting the audience is a comic publisher tradition, good to know some things never change🤣🤣🤣
Now I want Captain Batmerica
Sal, Evan and Ken are finally back!
lol. Thank you for reading the Dark Claw song😂😂😂
The loudest audible laugh was heard from me when Sal made the comment about ensign Lynch. I immediately got the reference. First Contact is one of my favorite movies and my brother and I constantly quote that scene. I was already a fan of ComicPop, But I just became a Forever Fan. Literally still smiling and laughing as I type this.
Someone needs to animate the Dark Claw show and use the fan song as the theme. Dark Claw! SNIKT
I've been watching Dark Claw'97 lately and it's been great!
You guys were a great klondike ad, i grabbed a few from the store after watching this episode, now my life is better than before, and i didn’t need to have my father die or break another person’s heart
Yeah, I preordered the crossovers one cause of all the back issues
Lady Talia’s goons being the amalgam League of Assassins with the Reavers was a nice touch!
I hope one day you're able to discuss Superman: Peace on Earth, Batman: War on Crime, Shazam!: Power of Hope, Wonder Woman: Spirit of Truth, JLA: Secret Origins, or JLA: Liberty and Justice. Any one of these is great and the Alex Ross art is perfection. I think the messages these stories tell are important and worth checking out.
You guys are awesome
- Ben
I’ve been trying to re-collect all the amalgam books for a while now, they came out when I was a little boy and my dad and uncles were so hyped for it.
I think this might be hands down one of the funniest episodes yet!
These books were silly fun and I can tell the guys were having a good time. Love it
Sal, the Spider-Boy aside is the kind of content I live for.
I surmise you and I are roughly the same age.I remember thinking everything branded Amalgam was gaudy and corny.
50:03 The Darkclaw song 😂
51:31
Chris Hansen: i know who you're talking about. I asked him to have a seat once.
"The man you love becomes the love you make"
Great episode guys
I genuinely loved Kurt Busiek's Iron Lantern. The mash-up origin made as much sense as anything from Amalgam, and the single issue had me wishing there was actually a whole series to read 😄
"yup and it's gonna hurt crazy like a week" this was sooo dumb & funny
1:11:28 They should've called it "What Else?". Come on, it was right there!
Right?! I had the same thought
Dark Claw snikt... 😂😂😂
I love this episode! I hope you do more amalgam episodes in the future, they're so bonkers and it's a delight to see Ethan and Bens reactions to them
Amalgam intro was great
'Jack of all trades... Master of none'.
I have always loved the idea of Amalgam, as batshit insane it is, I think it’s cool they worked together to do something like this. I have also immediately preordered the omnibuses as well
This episode is great!! The intro is amazing😂 The ending is a great amalgam.
11:35 Sal’s love for crossovers between comic book companies (quality be damned, it’s cool)
14:40 young Sal😂
18:40 arguably MJ in the Spider-Man PS5 game is an amalgam of Lois Lane & Mary Jane
21:02 nightmare to who?
30:19 I thought Sal said Logan was a prolific “hunter”, which I thought makes sense. Then I went back a few seconds & realized you said painter, which makes no sense.
33:47 Ben’s origin for Darkclaw is genius-I actually love it & hope it happens
41:27 “or she’s just young” dude middle schoolers have shown me that they can basically stalk any person if they have their name & what city they live in-it’s unnerving.
55:25 I love that Sal loves that name😂
1:07:05 I love Klondike bars💙 I now want to read a story that ends up being a Klondike bar ad
1:11:29 Else What If? should be What Else…
1:14:13-58 😂😂
THE CANADIAN NICKEL IN THE DARKCLAW CAVE AHHHH
This episode got incredibly funny, especially toward the end when Sal was mocking the Shakespearean drama. I haven't laughed that hard at a Back Issues episode in...weeks?
Let’s not forget that Geoff John’s hinted at a Marvel and DC crossover in Doomsday Clock called the Secret Crisis. Could that be a possible factor/title for a future crossover between them?
If they're doing _Amalgam,_ they've gotta do _Deathmate_
Seeing this made my day, I'm the only one of my friends who's ever enjoyed Amalgam stuff, and while it's ridiculous there's definitely something fun about it. Totally picking up those omnibuses, and looking forward to the next episode! I hope you guys do Spider-Boy, because that amalgam is a helluva trip.
I love that Sal, Ethan, and Ben put more thought into this comic than the people who made it.
Darkclaw!? Thats me! Lol
Have to give extra credit for doing the Dark Claw theme song. considering the era I could absolutely see it being for the 90's Animated series, bravo 👏👏
That intro was probably how Zack Snyder pitched his Rebel Moon franchise.
I really wish there would be an initiative by all parties involved. Like a 10 year plan with Amalgam as a joint venture for comics, movies, cartoons. I mean we already have parties involved jumping between companies, why not have the companies come together as a love letter to fans. Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Joe Quesada, Zack Snyder, Alex Ross. Have Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, James Cameron, Ron Howard, and Kevin Feige run the motion picture division.
I mean, technically Lego has the license for both DC and Marvel, so they could put out Amalgam stuff, too
I still maintain that ALL Saw movies should end with the survivor getting a Klondike bar.
I do appreciate the Lily from First Contact references 😂
I think the cyborgs Lady Thalia sends are based on the Reavers, who were Lady Deathstrike's squad in one episode of the X-men animated series
I am totally down for more Amalgam books on Back Issues in the future.
I have both omnibuses pre-ordered and I am excited to get them in August.
lol yes I hope you guys do more of these!!!
This episode was stupid in the best way possible 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I got the Thorion issue at a con recently, love it! Great episode guys!!
Amalgam was my childhood. My brother had most of them when i was little. Same with Marvel vs DC and Access. I've always dreamed of a Marvel vs Capcom style game that incorporated the crossover in any way.
Great job as always!
God you guys deserve so much more love and I hope your channel keeps growing.
I have been waiting for this for years!!!
Can’t wait to got to McKing’s and get some fine quality Dark Claw: Returns drinking glasses!