I think I have an obsession. I literally watch or listen to an episode of Back Issues every day. And every single time I learn something new and in many cases I'll buy the book you're discussing. Fantastic job as always.
This is definitely my favorite episode of Back Issues in recent memory not because of the story or suicide squad. I love this one because SAL, ETHAN, AND TIFFANY are superbly entertaining and hilarious in their observations and conversation about the source material. Every week the hour i spend watching your content is what I look forward to the other 6 days and 23hrs Please don't ever stop doing what you're doing and I just wanna say.... _THANK YOU EVERYONE AT COMIC POP FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART_
The most unintentionally funny thing about the new 52 suicide squad run was that the writers would change like every two issues or so after about the first volume, the death of the family tie ins at the latest. that had the effect of characters and entire subplots getting lost or forgotten. This gave me the theory that Harley is narrating the entire book, and the lost characters and stories are just her getting bored and leaving stuff out. This happens with El Diablo for awhile, he embraces satan at one point, only to not appear again until the latest arc of new suicide squad several years later. King Shark is also my favorite member. Turns out he is literally the King of sharks, since his dad is a literal shark god from like Polynesia or somewhere in Oceania. I think his mum was like a virgin sacrifice from the locals who gave birth to an entire school of little shark babies, most of whom ate each other. Its a shame he was lost to a black hole or something with his dad and an OMAC during forever evil. Well he was in the Bunn Aquaman run, but i think he would have preferred death to that.
"Do they swim in the same schools?" -Tiffany Hahaha....omg, that was hilarious! Gotta keep an ear out for Tiff's witty comments, she always has me in stitches! ;D
An X Files/DC crossover would be hysterical cause I could see Scully being all skeptical while Mulder is gesturing to the sky where Superman is flying XD
Chuck King Fat Waller was a rare, unique-looking person for a cape comic. Making her thin and young just makes her interchangeable with all the other gorgeous people.
I don't mind the way Waller is drawn in this mainly because they set up she's younger and has just left the field so it makes sense she would be more physically fit. But yeah her original look is the best look. Btw I hope you guys do Volume 2!
I love how into King Shark they are, in light of King Shark (and Ratcatcher II) being the breakout stars of The Suicide Squad. It almost like characters this ridiculous is something people want in their superhero (or villain) movies lol
I wasn't sold on this until the Harley talking to Joker's face part. That got me interested. But this video might have just made me a big king Shark fan. I want a Killer Croc and king shark miniseries.
I'm pretty sure, though I could be wrong, but isn't King Shark the son of a Hawaiian shark deity/creature and was originally a Superboy villain. But like I said I could be wrong.
A great idea for writers of King Shark would be to have the character get sick, throw up, and in the disgusting mass are various easter eggs of the things KS has eaten over the years. Don't know if it's already been done, but I want to see it.
IIRC, El Diablo wasn't a villain either. He was an anti-hero introduced just a few years before this series. Also, Captain Boomerang: Greatest Comic Book Villain of all-time!
It's really funny hearing all the lamentations of King Shark not being in the movie when the second movie has now come out and he was in it. And they were right, he's great.
That's an awesome shirt idea:There's A Shark in the Chicken Coop! (The image would of course be an image of a cartoony version of King Shark sitting with a bunch of chickens around and feathers sticking out of the shark's mouth.)
That Hobgoblin Lives tease though. I have a friend who's a huge Hobgoblin fan. I know she'd want to see that book done on Back Issues someday (crossing fingers).
Theory for 49:50 is The Joker was trying to mix the proper concoction of chemicals to match his process and failed numerous times. He nailed the mixture with Harley
19:30 Is it me or is that a really crappy design? Waller: Oh took too long? Dead. Deadshot: YOU were late getting the plane!!! Waller: Too bad. Deadshot: We NEEDED him!
I still say the Suicide Squad (2016) should have used The Joker as the main villain which is why Waller would recruit Harley. With the death of superman and the whole dceu in chaos at this time. JOKER is up to something (not world ending just a simple silly plot) so the squad is assembled to take down joker. The ending would be Harley deciding between betraying the joker or the squad and stopping him
Superboy underrated 😥 which is sad coz its cool how unlike every teen superhero ever he aint afraid of girls ,and ppl call him a jerk coz of it...HIS A TEEN LET HIM LIVE !!!!!
lol no kidding. i didn't like how Kara just went with some guy who looks nothing like a human/kryptonian and did everything that he said. like she gets to earth, meets Kal, he tells her what has happen to Krypton and trys to beat his ass up. but i got the feeling that Kal/stroy wanted to hide alot from her.
I now want to go into some public space and as I walk by someone, I grab their attention, maintain eye contact, and tell them earnestly "There's a shark-man in the chicken coop". And then just keep walking.
omg i love that comc, the movie should be more like that , the onyl characters in the movie that were like in the comic were deadshot,harley and elf diablo
Me & Sal feel the same way about flash backs. Stories should start where they START not where the director or writer thinks the story is the most interesting.
Forever Evil does it SO much better! Lex Luthor as a superhero was so cool! I don't understand why the Joker wasn't there, though, and I would like to know where he was!
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The revelation that Yoyo is still alive in King Shark is the funniest thing I've herd in a while Ethan and Tiffany's reactions priceless
51:00
"There's a shark in the chicken coop"
thats it. thats our next shirt
I think I have an obsession. I literally watch or listen to an episode of Back Issues every day. And every single time I learn something new and in many cases I'll buy the book you're discussing. Fantastic job as always.
me too lol
This is definitely my favorite episode of Back Issues in recent memory not because of the story or suicide squad. I love this one because SAL, ETHAN, AND TIFFANY are superbly entertaining and hilarious in their observations and conversation about the source material. Every week the hour i spend watching your content is what I look forward to the other 6 days and 23hrs Please don't ever stop doing what you're doing and I just wanna say....
_THANK YOU EVERYONE AT COMIC POP FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART_
Sharkman: The hero I never knew I wanted to watch so bad in a show or read about in a comic.
The most unintentionally funny thing about the new 52 suicide squad run was that the writers would change like every two issues or so after about the first volume, the death of the family tie ins at the latest. that had the effect of characters and entire subplots getting lost or forgotten. This gave me the theory that Harley is narrating the entire book, and the lost characters and stories are just her getting bored and leaving stuff out. This happens with El Diablo for awhile, he embraces satan at one point, only to not appear again until the latest arc of new suicide squad several years later.
King Shark is also my favorite member. Turns out he is literally the King of sharks, since his dad is a literal shark god from like Polynesia or somewhere in Oceania. I think his mum was like a virgin sacrifice from the locals who gave birth to an entire school of little shark babies, most of whom ate each other. Its a shame he was lost to a black hole or something with his dad and an OMAC during forever evil. Well he was in the Bunn Aquaman run, but i think he would have preferred death to that.
"Do they swim in the same schools?" -Tiffany
Hahaha....omg, that was hilarious! Gotta keep an ear out for Tiff's witty comments, she always has me in stitches! ;D
As a fan of D-List Villains & their teams I can tell you that opening scene with the torture is wholesale ripped off from Gail Simone's Secret Six.
Should I read Secret Six; if so, what book/run?
Read the whole series cause its great. Starts in Villains united, the 6 Degrees Mini Series & finally the main book.
+Caped-Joel hello I'm subscribed to you
+Caped-Joel Thanks a lot. You're super cool. Love your work
...are you sure that's from your fandom of D-List Villains and not your fandom of Gail Simone? ;)
An X Files/DC crossover would be hysterical cause I could see Scully being all skeptical while Mulder is gesturing to the sky where Superman is flying XD
51:00-51:25 This might be my favorite moment in all of back Back Issues.
I can't tell whose reaction to Yo-Yo's surviving is better.
At first i thought Tiff's shirt was a reference to Adventure Time
Same
Ditto.
x3
I still think it's a reference to Adventure Time.
i thought it was lockjaw
Suicide Squad: Zack Snyder, Michael Bay, Josh Trank, Marc Webb, Joel Schumacher and now David Ayer.
Ethan and Tiffany? I'm never used to this Mashup but i love it
I applaud your rant about skinny hot Amanda Waller.
Chuck King Fat Waller was a rare, unique-looking person for a cape comic. Making her thin and young just makes her interchangeable with all the other gorgeous people.
12:09 "Bees, my god."
Holy crap that comment was hilarious rofl
THEY'RE IN MY EYES!!!
"I Am A Man!!!" (Punch!)
This show makes you feel like your sitting around with your buddies talking comics
Weird how right you guys were about king shark. You were just off by a couple years
I don't mind the way Waller is drawn in this mainly because they set up she's younger and has just left the field so it makes sense she would be more physically fit. But yeah her original look is the best look. Btw I hope you guys do Volume 2!
Will you guys do the John Ostrander run (or at least the first arc)
I love how into King Shark they are, in light of King Shark (and Ratcatcher II) being the breakout stars of The Suicide Squad.
It almost like characters this ridiculous is something people want in their superhero (or villain) movies lol
I wasn't sold on this until the Harley talking to Joker's face part. That got me interested. But this video might have just made me a big king Shark fan. I want a Killer Croc and king shark miniseries.
Ethan bringing back the 90's haircut
I'm pretty sure, though I could be wrong, but isn't King Shark the son of a Hawaiian shark deity/creature and was originally a Superboy villain. But like I said I could be wrong.
yeah, that's right.
I didnt think much of this story when it was coming out but damn Sal makes it sound awesome
My favorite part was finding out, YoYo was still alive.. and the reaction on everyone's face.lol
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#Team ComicPop!
A great idea for writers of King Shark would be to have the character get sick, throw up, and in the disgusting mass are various easter eggs of the things KS has eaten over the years. Don't know if it's already been done, but I want to see it.
I love Back Issues. I actually look forward to watching it more than any other video on youtube. Keep up the good work, guys.
I haven't laughed this much at an episode of back issues in a long time. You guys were great!
IIRC, El Diablo wasn't a villain either. He was an anti-hero introduced just a few years before this series.
Also, Captain Boomerang: Greatest Comic Book Villain of all-time!
Pfft Sal taking the mick out of Waller's New 52 design was great! XD
It's really funny hearing all the lamentations of King Shark not being in the movie when the second movie has now come out and he was in it.
And they were right, he's great.
King Shark is still criminally underrated. Even Killer Croc is too.
New episode of, comic pop just appear thank you for making my day a little bit better Sal Ethan and Tiffany also Ben but only when he has a beard
That's an awesome shirt idea:There's A Shark in the Chicken Coop! (The image would of course be an image of a cartoony version of King Shark sitting with a bunch of chickens around and feathers sticking out of the shark's mouth.)
37:09
"Hail Basilisk!" (*kills self*)
Well, they did train them to be a crack suicide squad.
I actually really like Harley Quinn's New 52 backstory
I love the look on her face upon finding out that YOYO was still alive
one major credit I'll give to DC is that they put out a lot more individual stories in trade then marvel.
That Hobgoblin Lives tease though. I have a friend who's a huge Hobgoblin fan. I know she'd want to see that book done on Back Issues someday (crossing fingers).
Theory for 49:50 is The Joker was trying to mix the proper concoction of chemicals to match his process and failed numerous times. He nailed the mixture with Harley
loved this book, it got me super excited for the movie and hope its similar
"Fuck this I'm not getting eaten by a snake woman today!"
I love this show.
19:30
Is it me or is that a really crappy design?
Waller: Oh took too long? Dead.
Deadshot: YOU were late getting the plane!!!
Waller: Too bad.
Deadshot: We NEEDED him!
Sal help, I can't stop binging Back Issues, my family have declared me legally dead
I still say the Suicide Squad (2016) should have used The Joker as the main villain which is why Waller would recruit Harley. With the death of superman and the whole dceu in chaos at this time. JOKER is up to something (not world ending just a simple silly plot) so the squad is assembled to take down joker. The ending would be Harley deciding between betraying the joker or the squad and stopping him
I just subbed to the channel and have to say the editing is great and the Content itself is too.
50:55 I'm just watching this while I finish a research paper and goddamm it if I couldn't stop laughing 😂😂😂
Hearing King Shark being described as a Flash villain hurts so much to my superboy fellings
Superboy underrated 😥 which is sad coz its cool how unlike every teen superhero ever he aint afraid of girls ,and ppl call him a jerk coz of it...HIS A TEEN LET HIM LIVE !!!!!
Are you guys going to do a Suicide Squad movie review?
it's shit.
I love the jokes they make about Ben when he's not around.
First Space Camp, now bring back Encyclopedia Nerdtanica.
I love it just because the Amanda Waller rant
Don't worry, King Shark will be in the better Suicide Squad film!
the first half of 52 SS had me hooked probably my favorite title during the 52 Era
@16:15 lmfao!!! you know your in some shit when sals neck gets to whippin.
After watching and being a subscriber for a long time I automatically hit the like button on every video lol
Love ya guys keep being bad ass💪💪👍
Hey sal I think you should do Scot lobell's teen titans book I mean I think you can do it
Do you really want to put him through that pain
How about the Will Pfeifer run instead?
Lol everybody had the same reaction to King Shark on the Flash
I prefer Harley's costume in Assault on Arkham over the one in this and the one in the live action movie.
Wasn't King Shark a Superboy villain? Or was that a different shark man??
love how king shark is the favorite member in comicpop. we need a shirt with kingshark eating chicken.
Could you guys review Superman: H'el on Earth?
Mostly because of Kara lol
that one is pretty good. having Supergirl and Wonder Wonder fight was a great way to show what experience can do.
+Chris “CussingDegree57” G That was a "mic drop" kind of fight for Wonder Woman lol
lol no kidding. i didn't like how Kara just went with some guy who looks nothing like a human/kryptonian and did everything that he said. like she gets to earth, meets Kal, he tells her what has happen to Krypton and trys to beat his ass up. but i got the feeling that Kal/stroy wanted to hide alot from her.
+Chris “CussingDegree57” G Right? It's like you're gonna believe a total stranger than your own blood AND the A.I. in the Fortress?
if any of you wonder yoyo lived
"Today we're gonna do Hobgoblin lives". That was funny as fuck. 😂
Tiff looks great in that hat.
Tiffany! Please make a 'shark in the chicken coop' T-shirt
WOAH, deadshot sounds like a freaking badass in this story.
I now want to go into some public space and as I walk by someone, I grab their attention, maintain eye contact, and tell them earnestly "There's a shark-man in the chicken coop". And then just keep walking.
There's a shark in the chicken coop needs to be a t-shirt
omg i love that comc, the movie should be more like that , the onyl characters in the movie that were like in the comic were deadshot,harley and elf diablo
El Diablo and King Shark are the real MVPs of this run aren't they?
Me & Sal feel the same way about flash backs. Stories should start where they START not where the director or writer thinks the story is the most interesting.
I did miss Ben, but this might be my favorite episode of back issues.
Aw yeah! Another Back Issues
I tried looking for your shirts, but all I could find was soup.
What do you mean there "was soup"?
NotBruce Wayne I mean there was only soup.
Well then, get out of the soup page!
NotBruce Wayne Okay. You don't have to shout at me.
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There's more soup!
+Just Some Guy with a Mustache what do you mean there's more soup?!
I think this episode has the record for most times Ethan has said what
You know when it comes to Suicide Squad I can't stress it enough. MY BODY IS READY!
This volume is actually damn great
I remember reading this series two years ago. I felt bad for lime and light in this.
Which Saga is that on the shelf behind Tiff? xx
it's the second issue. and also autographed by the creative team
So that virus in the first mission was a…techno-organic virus?
Not to complain, or yell at you but King Shark is a Demigod
Forever Evil does it SO much better! Lex Luthor as a superhero was so cool! I don't understand why the Joker wasn't there, though, and I would like to know where he was!
Very fun guys! also you guys worried about "jokes missing" in the movie, really shows why you're not into the DCEU
King Shark is the best
"He needs to be moist to be effective" Can I get a "that's what she said"?!?!
That's what she said (do I get a no prize)
During the torture scene conversation I thought they said "beads" and not "bees". And then, my mind went somewhere different.
could you do the anialation wave
No Ben? Well this is a new combination!
They've done this before.
+lewaproductions many many times
I wouldn't call twice many many times
I went to the channel the video wasn't up, then I reloaded my subscriptions and there it was... Happy Wednessday everyone
Nice to get a Suicide Squad recap on Variant Comics then this on here
Sal rant level over 9000!!
Did Alan Moore make Basilisk or something?
Lil' Ally Moore!
Any chance you guys will do Batman Endgame on the show?
have you guys ever thought about doing deathstroke?
Warhammer basilisk turn you to stone just by looking at you.
nobody will get my shark in the chicken coop reference but I'll say it's been a thing
Hey i was curious what is Ethan's profession? I know he's involved in some science field i was just wondering what it was?
Did Task Force X originate from Justice League Unlimited as they were not allowed to use the word "Suicide" on the show?
No they were always Task Force X. It just made it easier for Timm and the crew to call them that. And Suicide Squad is the nickname for the team