Supergirl and Her Weird Seat Belt Safety Comic
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I love PSA comics. They often have a good message but the people hired to make them seem to give a half-hearted effort. In 1984, people refused to do one simple thing that science proved would keep them and others safer - wear a seat belt. DC teamed up with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to release a comic book where Supergirl tried to get her boyfriend to wear a seat belt. Good message but a bad comic book with 4 credited writers and another 4 consultants. Let's break down why it didn't quite work.
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Slipping into a coma every time I do something I regret is tempting though.
If only that Steve guy had eaten a Hostess Fruit Pie. Then he would've been receptive to putting on a seat belt!
But unlike Lex Luthor Steve never stole 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens and that's terrible.
Literally half the reason to be a vintage comic collector is to read the hostess fruit pie ads they are genuinely hilarious sometimes
@@Xehanort10 But Steve washes his hands...cuz he's not evil.
"The Drunk Driver survived the Crash without a scratch...now the Story is starting to get Weird"
It really happens. There's a phenomenon where drunks survive wrecks unscathed because they're totally relaxed.
@@nknighton70 Drunk driving saves lives!
@@AesculapiusPiranha That's why people were so mad about DUIs when I was a kid. A drunk driver would get in a major wreck and everyone would die except the drunk driver. I worked with this lady who started the local MADD chapter because her son was killed by a drunk driver on graduation night. She would treat me like her son. I guess I reminded her of him. She cried when I quit.
@@AesculapiusPiranha COMA!
@@nknighton70 yep . One of the most morally unjust things in life is drunk driving accidents .The drunken shitters kill but often times survive the crash and get away with bearly a scratch and spend little time in jail
27 writers. But a plot that makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t even support its own message. Wtf
Remember that scene in Robocop 2 where a whole committee gets together to give Robocop prime directives and they make him go crazy?
There's an old saying: "a camel is a horse designed by a committee".
In the film noir scene Supergirl could be wearing her seatbelt. Rear seats at the time generally only had lap belts, not shoulder straps.
And seatbelts for the rear seat was considered less important.
In my country it became mandatory to wear seatbelts in 1976, but only for those sitting in the front. It took until 1990 before the back seat passengers were included. Many cars didn't have seatbelts in the back at all.
They had to change the back seat belts to shoulder ones too when they belatedly figured out that a lap-only belt has a chance of snapping your spine in a crash.
@@WildBluntHickok It must be like quite the punch in the gut under the best of circumstances.
Hey, look man, I think we're all willing to cut you some slack about putting out less episodes when you're able to book big-name stars like Vin Diesel. Dealing with publicists and celebrity schedules takes time, and we all understand that.
One of the Craziest PSA’s I’ve heard about was actually from Daredevil when he told people about the dangers of gasoline vapors I’d DAREDEVIL VS. VAPORA especially since it shocked me to learn that people used gasoline as a CLEANING SOLVENT.
No problem, it dries quickl*WHOOOOOMMM!!*
ScreamingScallop
Whew, cleaning this stained carpet with gasoline is exhausting *checks the time* oooo it’s time for my coffee and cigarette break.
*WHOOOOSH*
It actually is a pretty good cleaning solvent, but I'm guessing we're not talking about the same thing here.
I know zippo fuel is way better at removing something like sticker residue than goo gone.
I cannot believe you got THE VIN DIESEL! The channel is blowing up!!!
I never knew he was the guy behind diesel trucks! You live, you learn... but still, I feel bad about my willful ignorance on this subject...
COMA!!!
Initially, I thought so too, but if you look closely, it is actually a cardboard cutout with a thin slit on the mouth.
Some guy is mimicking Vin from behind, then quickly runs off screen.
@@soumen_pradhan that's like the 5th time I've fallen for that
People refusing to wear something that's proven to keep you safe? Sounds familiar.
It's so great we've progressed beyond choosing personal idiocy over the safety of ourselves and others...
and according to Chris it only took a generation to make it acceptable.
yay!
Condoms
@@GuyFierisShirt Plus they make it impossible to breathe. Clearly way worse than impact trauma!
Breathing in carbon dioxide, drastically lowering the amount of oxygen you intake, surroundung your face with more germs is safe?
Those GIANT faces!! I guess you can take the artist out of MAD, but you can't take the MAD out of the artist!
Once you start drawing things only one way you can't stop lol
She used a variation of super-ventriloquism to direct her voice directly into the phone. The cops never heard a thing.
The comic I remember most as a kid was a Teen Titans that was against drug use. We received it in elementary school, and I was just getting into comics, so I was blown away. "FREE COMIC!!!" It was really kind of dark and a bit too mature for my little brain at the time.
I got that one in school as well.
Yeah I can't forget that one, it was really dark.
Dang I wish my school handed out free teen titans
That one was my favorite.
@@captaintwitch340 If I recall correctly. That one was really well done. Good issue...oddly lol
Whoever cuts Chris's hair is probably in a corner crying about now.
The snake-throw counter to the lion-throw had me laughing out loud 🤣
I remember this comic. Got for free in school for seat belt awareness!
I love the animated Kirby Krackle behind the comic panels
The Spanish artist Jorge Jiménez is AMAZING. My favorite artist right now.
This is one of the first comics I ever owned, my mom gave it to me when I was very young. The cover was torn and is missing for years now, but I still have the comic itself.
"Americans were fiercely resistant..."
You're going to have to be more specific, Chris. We're been very historically stupid.
"...to a simple thing that can make them safer."
Oh, I think I know where this is going.
"They argued it infringed on their freedom and was needlessly inconvenient, despite statistics showing us that doing this simple thing would save a lot of lives."
Yep, yep. It's crazy how its already September and we still --
"I'm talking about seatbelts."
_Surprised pikachu face_
Nobody said anything about masks... yet?😲
Yes! Let’s go! I haven’t paid the water bill in 2020... Coma. That hot book really wasn’t on my pull list, but I am not saying anything... Coma.
I laughed at this comment and forgot to give it a thumbs up... Coma.
I forgot to put on pants when taking my dog for a walk... Coma.
I was confused by this comment because I looked at it before watching the video.... Coma
Are you sure that wasn't the *most* flattering photo of Elizabeth Dole that DC could obtain?
Totally expected the intro to be "Oh hi! You caught me following the rules of the road!"
Drinking probably DID make him invulnerable. Studies have shown that in drunk driving accidents the drunk people usually fare better. Something about being more relaxed.
Alcohol is a sedative, so your body isn't tense, which allows you to withstand impact better. The people that you hit though - probably not so much.
One question I have. Why Supergirl? Nothing wrong with the character, I just feel like a character who doesn’t really drive is kind of a strange choice for a seatbelt safety comic.
Fr I feel like they coulda used the batmobile
I chortled with Vin Diesel
Wow!!!! Chris, you are coming up! Vin Diesel?! So glad he realized this is the channel celebrities need. I think you just made his career!
Fast and the Furious WHO??? ComicTropes is where it's at.
Supergirl’s not flying there, she’s falling with style.
It's so weird seeing a superhero comic drawn in the classic MAD parody style. I love it.
Lots of laugh out loud moments in this one, but for some reason your voice acting on the drunk guy amused me to no end.
So glad to see you again, Chris
Fun fact: being really drunk actually loosens your muscles to the point where it lessens the damage of being thrown around a car like a ragdoll. There have been several documented cases of drunk people coming out relatively unscathed after car crashes because they don't anticipate the impact and tense up. Don't drink and drive, yo
Mental image of Ralph Nader in a Supergirl costume. I shall now go and pour bleach in my mind's eye.
I liked, followed, and subscribed...
COMA!
Great video Chris!
Oh God, we need to see this van Damme comic.
Heat bend metal, that's why bridges have gaps to account for sunny days... Then again, to curb the metal in that way super girl should apply heat to the bottom of the rails and not the top, so the bottom will expand... Comic's logic
Thank you, for everything. I needed to do that lest a coma be my only repreve from guilt of not expressing my appreciation.
Boy, it must've cost you a fortune to get Vin Diesel on the show. You're really moving up in the world, Chris!
"Writing by committee does not help a comic book get better."
Could some one explain to Marvel that this applies crossovers and that maybe we don't need constant badly written events interrupting stories.
Or at least get the event's writers check if a character has been dead for a decade before having them stroll on-set with no explanation. Or alternately check if they were just killed off "for good" 2 months ago.
You know it’s a great public service announcement when you walk away not quite sure what you learned.
I remember getting this at a Ford exhibition in St. Louis i had forgotten about it until today.
There should be a Wolverine public service comic about only killing when it's absolutely necessary. 😜
But also being the best at what you do!
Which is always
@@billtree52 Being the best or killing people?
@@kenlieck7756 Both is good.
@@theswampus670 I'm reminded of the line in What The...! #2: "I'm the best at what I do and what I do isn't nice... cuz what I do is dress up in women's underwear!"
2:10 I love those moving Kirby dots in the background while showing a page
Thank you Vin Diesel!
Wait...I had this! Man, I’m old...
Can't help to notice how the artist's caricature style makes their heads huge. Man, the 80's were weird. Thanks for the content, man! Always fun.
The way you shot the coma montage was great!
When I was in China 10 years ago, I saw multiple drivers use a device that fits into the seatbelt female slot just like the regular male piece attached to the belt, but this one was not attached to anything and could be used to disable the seatbelt alarm.
You know, I gotta appreciate your polite version of scathing commentary on cheesy comics
Aye. I remember when you tweeted you were gonna do this. Unfortunately we still have to deal with people not wearing seatbelts. If you ever seen those click it or ticket commercials. That's always the first thing you should do when in a car. Any 1st grader can tell you that. Anyway I'm in an 80's kick now. And 1984 seemed to be a big year. Like WW84. Keep up the good work.
Hmmm... FYI, Here's the Wikipedia overview for 1984:
+ Antarctic Press, Continuity Comics, Deluxe Comics, Matrix Graphic Series, and Renegade Press all enter the arena.
+ Terry Nantier teams up with Chris Beall and Marc Minoustchine to form Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine (NBM Publishing).
+ Gold Key (also known as Whitman Comics), Capital Comics, JC Comics, Pacific Comics, and Spectrum Comics all cease publishing.
+ Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics releases four new limited series (Six from Sirius, Timespirits, Crash Ryan, Sisterhood of Steel).
+ Marvel Comics introduces Star Comics, licensed titles for young readers, with the limited series The Muppets Take Manhattan.
The colors and compositions are actually really pretty here, especially the car wreck stuff.
Thanks on the advice to get my friend completely drunk, taking an Uber, and charging it to their account.
These were the original Karen's and anti maskers. 🤣😂
Masks and seatbelts save lives, so it is closer to an innept attempt to get people to wear masks.
Cool! Reminds me of the spiderman PSA comic you made a video on
Wow. The timing of this video is incredible. I just got contacted to do a PSA job for a local bus company, and create a 10 page comic to "educated the public" about their safety measures dealing with COVID. Needless to say I'm going to be paying careful attention to this video. Luckily there are only 2 writers ;)
If you remember the 80s, seatbelts were only required in the front seats. You weren't required to wear them in the rear.
I remember a TV commercial with Supergirl and the storybook characters. It played late at night and I only saw it once.
That truck driver was actually Dynamite Thor in disguise.
I appreciate the more dynamic format Chris has been doing haha.
I don't know today but in the 2000's when I started driving where I lived there was some social disease among teens and young adults in that they believed that wearing a seatbelt was somehow embarrasing. There were 2 comments that always made me want to punch my friends: One was people asking me why was I putting my seatbelt on if we were only driving to the store/friend's house/coffee place and the other was people telling me "It's fine. I trust you" whenever I asked them to put their seatbelts on.
The truck driver applies the same logic as Homer Simpson avoiding an asteroid strike by driving away from it
I give praise to any old school artist that can draw cars (without the references and resources we have today). That shit’s hard.
I wear my seatbelt. I have never had a coma. Supergirl saved my life. Thanks Supergirl...
The REAL S3 has been "Supergirl on Seatbelt Safety" all along!
love these public service episodes. And thank you for not stuffing your videos full of ads
Yes! Finally, a new episode! EDIT: Love the Kirtby Crackle background!
Great another video! don't overwork yourself and I hope you'll have a good rest.
Angelo Torres was a latecomer to EC, back in the '50s. He did a few solo stories and assisted Al Williamson a bit. I can't help but think of Angelo's EC colleague, Bernard Krigstein, with the three-panel accident depictions beginning at 8:03.
When I was little, my Nana encouraged me to not wear a seatbelt because her best friend's son had died in a car fire because he couldn't undo his seatbelt. Well one time, we were coming home from Domino's and she spotted a double rainbow and we were looking at it while she gently rear ended the person in front of her. I hit the dash super hard and just crumpled onto the floor, my personal pizza sliding out of its carton next to me. Always wore my seatbelt after that.
One of my all-time favorites is Batman, death of innocents for landmine awareness in other countries. The cover alone just sends chills down my spine.
Thanks for another great video
Your show + a hot cup of coffee = a great morning :)
A character who doesn't need to drive telling people to wear seatbelts is a strange choice.
So many things that happened during this video threw me for a loop
As I recall this was also notable for the supergirl costume being the first time this variant appeared - even though it is what a modern audience assumes is the standard version and what is in the movie (red skirt, no headband). I remember getting this in elementary school and my Dad being unconvinced exactly as Steve. It was the eventual law changes that changed the culture.
You can really see the Mad Magazine influence on some of Angelo Torres' panels. It's like he can't help drawing oversized heads and making people look like celebrities.
I had the second Supergirl comic with the fantasy characters. They actually animated a couple of the sequences into PSAs that aired on television.
Amazing how history repeats it self.
How so? Do you believe in Historicism?
Seems like the production value of these videos just gets higher and higher every week, the camera cuts at 9:38 made the joke all that much funnier
Man! Its a good thing this comic didn't have a long and needlessly long title or anything. That would be terrible!
Damn, idk why i stopped watching this comics, i love the energy and the content even if i disagree on some things, also the channel brings me memories XD
Ah yes those guilt induced comas. They were a common problem back in the 80s.
thanks for these occasional week uploads
The multiple choice at the end was the best part 🤣
As a former welder, you can absolutely bend metal with heat and even control the direction by applying focused heat. I'd at least say bending the road is plausible in a world where people can fly and have heat vision cause why not.
Loved thus episode! I love learning about layout and design in your panel by panels
Another entertaining episode, Chris! I received this comic in elementary school, and kept it all these years. Those dream sequences fascinated me as a kid. Also received a couple anti smoking comics, one of them in partnership with Marvel.
Thanks Chris!! Great to see you!!
Would love to see you do a rise and fall of Malibu comics. Awesome video as always btw.
I was in an auto accident back in the summer of '91 when I was seventeen years old. At around 4:30am, heading home after being awake for close to 24 hours (I was maybe ten minutes from home at that point), I fell asleep driving on the highway, crossed the center line, and hit a fully-loaded gas truck and trailer head-on. Fiery explosions and chaos ensued... or so I'm told, as I wasn't conscious to see it initially, and was barely conscious enough for a few seconds here and there to answer the EMT's questions. I did, however, go to school with a guy who saw the explosion in his rear-view mirror, and saw the pictures in the newspaper...
I was wearing my seat-belt and survived, resulting in three weeks in the hospital and some rods and screws in my legs (along with gnarly scars and skin grafts and a semi-functional left knee after a handful of surgeries). The truck driver was actually thrown clear on impact. The first responders spotted a trail of cigarettes that tumbled from his pocket as he flew through the air and spotted him, unconscious, in some tall grass. I never asked if he was wearing his seatbelt, but I don't see how he could've been ejected with it on. He miraculously landed on a relatively soft patch of ground and survived, and although he was far from uninjured, he was walking around with a cane three days after the accident.
I'm not suggesting AGAINST wearing a seatbelt, as I'd've ABSOLUTELY been paste without mine, and I know plenty of people who wouldn't be alive today without them... but I don't see how that truck driver would've survived if his seatbelt had kept him in place.
No one died that day, but it's not because I did anything right.
Just sayin'. YMMV.
You really outdid yourself on this video! Very entertaining and easily one of your best to date.
I think this would have worked better if it was a fake PSA in an issue of MAD, and the lead character was Stupid-Girl trying to save her idiot boyfriend.
I own this comic. Picked it up in a packet of random old comics. You couldn’t pay me to part with it!
That Vin Diesel bit was funny 😄
One of your funniest episodes yet, Chris! Loved it!
Wow! I didn't know you were friends with Vin Diesel! :)
This is probably your funniest video yet :) great work
Another great episode as always! Loved all the little tangents like that bit with the rock, or the coma joke. I hope you're doing okay!
Incredible funny and clever stealth episode!
This was hilarious, that coma part had me going. Haven't laughed that hard for a minute, so thanks for that. Always look forward to your content man, hopefully it's more then twice the next month. 😁
Great social commentary mix! *chef's kiss*
Great episode Chris.
asphalt and other road materials don't melt (they have high melting point) but expand and deform, so is plausible, at least in comic world. Also, usually drunk drivers survive "fatal" accidents because the body under the effects of alcohol relaxes, like a lot, so in a crash or falling etc. normal working brains and bodies contracts and gets rigid causing more damage than just relaxing.