US-1 #9 - Atop the Fourth Wall
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. In this episode, Linkara once again returns to US-1!
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Originally released September 15th, 2020.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: Aliens, Nazis, blimps, demons... you know - the usual stuff you'd find in a comic about slot cars.
#at4w #US1
Oh Linkara, honestly. That is clearly not a "fleet" of alien spaceships in orbit. This is US-1. That, sir, is a convoy.
Yelp Review:"While visiting your old school diner I was left without service for unexcusable amounts of time, attacked by Nazis who rappelled down from a blimp and paralyzed by some kind of electrical whip gadget. The cherry pie was excellent though. Four stars."
John O ́neil That made me think of Gus Johnson's videos about reviews of small town restaurants, stores, casinos, bars, and the like.
Baron Von Blimp not being German is quite possibly the best twist in comic book history.
Me: "My god, that baron is such a stereotype. How could anyone not -"
Baron von Blimp: "Ach, actually I'm not even German myself. But I always thought zey had the best-looking uniforms. Don't you agree?"
Me: "- love such a villain!"
Maybe he's Swiss. Or Austrian.
The issue is that they still communicate very particular messaging.
maybe they are all just from illinois
I remember when linkara used to go ham on these comics but now they're like this favorite guilty pleasure.
He has reviewed FAR worse shit since then, so something that's so bad it's good is probably a relief.
He has learned to enjoy "stupid fun" comics due to all the really bad stuff he reviews.
@@DeisFortuna *Cough* Holy Terror *cough cough*
He really only went HAM on the first comic. Since the second all the way back in 2011 he admitted htey are stupid fun and actually enjoyable and has for the most part done fairly positive reviews in a "yeah this is stupid but it is fun to read stupid" of the majority of this series. Which yeah only has 3 more issues but yeah there's still a bunch of other US-1 appearances as he was also in a lot of She Hulk's original run, a Deadpool team up and yeah a story where he worked with Rocket and Groot and other cameos here and there so not like this guy has been totally forgotten had marvel though yeah been awhile since he has appeared.
After reading One More Day, Gay-um-Cry for Justice, Holy Terror, Countdown, Final Crisis, and Sins Past, reading these must feel like watching Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn for the first time.
I love how the guy is just casually like, "Okay, that works but...Why Nazis?" As if this isn't the most insane thing he's ever seen in his life.
Well To be fair(insert Letterkenny joke here), it at least had more tact then Secret empire. (Then again, when you use the Misadventures of Steevil as a baseline, the bar isn't really that high to begin with.)
"Where was US 1 during Secret Empire?"
Space, if Byrne's She Hulk was anything to go by. In the first few issues Jen ends up in space and there is US&most of his supporting cast.
Granted that was the mid 80s, so he may have been back a while.
From a quick look at Marvel wiki, U. S. Archer has apparently had three appearances in the 21st century:
1) Guest Of The Day in an issue of Deadpool Team-Up (potentially worth reviewing on AT4W once Linkara runs out of original US-1 issues?)
2) Single panel cameo in an issue of New Avengers, as "one of the many applicants for nanny to Luke Cage and Jessica Jones' daughter, Danielle Cage."
3) Appeared in some capacity in the Rocket & Groot back up story of Annihilators #1. The summary doesn't mention what his role in the story is, but the story was set in space, so yes it seems US was last seen in space (in 2011)
He was also the team's ride into space in an Infinity Gauntlet miniseries. His supporting cast is running a space truck stop and fight the Baron with his blimp.
Maybe he was on the road, outside New York entirely?
If Linkara ends US-1 mainrun he should cover US-1 appearing in the She-Hulk comics.
11:09 Well, this made me cackle. His reason is so ridiculous that him saying it in a matter-of-fact way, along with revealing he’s not really German, makes it even more hilarious.
poitns for honesty always
It'd be equally as hilarious if he just suddenly switched to an entirely different accent after that while still wearing the outfit. Like, suddenly he's using thick Scottish brogue.
yeah, i did nazi that coming, ann frankly it was an musing twist.
To play Devil's Advocate, "The Baron" might by modeled after Herman Goering. An arrogant, greedy WW1 fighter ace who was often mocked for his weight and lifestyle even after he become the head of the Nazi Air Force. It'd still be a rather weird bit of satire, but it's not too far off. Except for that hole "Not even German thing". I got nothin there.
“I’m not even German.”
Hilarious.
Fun Fact: Luke Cage and Jessica Jones interviewed US for a job as their nanny.
That's insane enough that I fully believe you without question.
@@shadowldrago They went with Squirrel Girl
@@krspaceT1 Well, seeing as she can apparently solve any problem as long as it's offscreen, and her being a nanny means that her doing her job WOULD be off screen for her, so that makes perfect sense.
They also interviewed Molly Hayes of the runaways for some reason
@@shadowldrago Plus she's defeated a ton of powerful villains using only her own wits and squirrels.
I love how honest the Baron is. I mean Nazis had uniforms made by Hugo Boss after all.
Hugo Boss?!!
But Boss Hog is all the way in Georgia Chasing them Duke Boys!!
I started cracking up at the Nazis randomly showing up.
Nazis are the stock villain of comic books. That's what they get for being unrealistically evil in the first place
I'm more invested in this series than Game of Thrones. Does Game of Thrones have demonic truckers, aliens, living trucks and Zeppelins? I think not!
Don't forget Nazis and a German Admiral-Cosplayer.
But they did have dragons, which is like having living zeppelins. So they killed two birds with one stone there
No, but it does have a hot witch chick who worships a powerful god that loves to burn people and gives birth to shadow entities that act as assassins, ice zombies that are controlled by supernatural creatures that are made of ice and bring on winters that can last decades, dragons that are controlled by a hot queen who is immune to fire and bangs her nephew, an organization of Assassin’s Creed who can change their faces, a Justin Beber douche who acts like Draco Malfoy on steroids, an uncomfortable Throne that people fight each other over to sit on, 4 seasons of amazing story-telling, 2 seasons of “where the hell are going to go with this”, and 2 seasons you should definitely avoid if you wish to preserve your naive love for what came before.
9:13 "Is this the human condition of AWESOME?"
It Is
Oh man; I burst out laughing at the Granny Goodness gag. Way to dust off an old classic. 😁👍
Holy crap! We are bringing the whole band back together for this one! Midnight, Baron Von Blimp, the Highwayman, the mortgage lawyers, even the freaking alien comes back! What is with all of this? Wait, the baron isn't even even german? ... "Is this the human condition of madness leader?"
It is
*Mother 3 Spoilers/ Parody of Star wars*
Lucas: YOU KILLED MY BROTHER
Masked Man: NO, I AM YOUR BROTHER!!
Lucas: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
US-1: Infinity War. LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO
When this comic book series has been fulle reviewed, I wouldn't be surprised to see Baron Von Blimp to come and live with Linkara á la Snowflame.
I'm amazed they were able to bring all the disparate plots together plausibly. Unlike Countdown. Or Heroes in Crisis. Or Identity Crisis.
Next time on US-1: The McRib Returns for a Limited Time
I’ve actually eaten the arch deluxe. It was fine. No idea why it’s gone.
I would be disappointed if the next issue of US-1 turned out to be more like a McSpaghetti.
y'know, i'd actually love to see US-1 in the MCU--he could join in on a dedicated Hulk sequel as a bit of a gag about the '70s series where Banner is walking along the road trying to hitchhike (or something, i never actually watched that :P ) and US-1 pulls over to give him a ride and becomes embroiled in the plot that way :)
Oh. Poppa Wheelie...
I just got it...
Also love how this comic turned into the finale of Blazing Saddles.
It really does feel like the writer of this comic was forced to do this. But because no one in Marvel cares about the comic either he decided to make the dumbest thing he could out of spite and it is glorious.
Marvel really needs to do more with US-1, a series on Disney+ would be perfect, you don't even need to change anything, just do straight forward adaptations of the comics and watch the money roll in.
The trick would be finding actors who could play absolutely everything straight without a hint of self-awareness. No fourth wall breaks, no mugging for the camera, SFX from the 80s and costumes that would make Irwin Allen feel good about his SFX.
The baron being a wehraboo is hilarious.
I love that scene.
Mike: Hey, wait, she's dead!
Servo: Yeah, she's dead!
Mike: She died!
Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
the heavy is dead?
YES!
*gasp*
my hypothosis?
HE DIED!
@@TurtleRaven What's that?
@@stevenstice6683 Go through their pockets and look for change.
I imagine US was running guns for the resistance against the regime. Are those crates of Cocacola he’s transporting? No, they’re the secret to bringing down Hydra! >:)
Seeing this review made me realise, there really aren't any gloriously fun comics nowadays. Those that embrace the cheese and ham . And even if they do, they always have a self - aware vibe about it - like , " Hey look , we know this is silly. Please buy our next event comic tie-in that is essentially pointless. "
Wow. Sorry about the rant there. Lost control for a second.
Stuff like this is why I love comic books.
Slowly but surely, we'll eventually have episodes get on schedule of uploading on Mondays!
hes certainly working on it. this was his last pre-recorded episode, now he has to finish building the new set and film there
10:37 BEHOLD THE AWESOME POWER OF GERMAN TRUCKING!!!!
German trucking is best in za world!
@@gamejunky3040 DAMN IT, YOU BEAT TO THE PUNCH OF MAKING A STROHEIM JOKE!
Well after the series ended there was a small callback arc in Sensational She Hulk. I really loved a bit where after hearing a plot summary responded to a "No one would believe me" statement with She Hulk's response (Going by memory, haven't read the issue in years) "This is the Marvel Universe, that story is not that unbelievable. Well except for the Silver Dollar remote control. And that guy with the CB skullcap. And that demonic trucker. and that alien named (Spoiler). . . Actually nevermind."
You know... US-1 would make a whole lot more sense if they were Stand Users.
Maybe the truck is actually US’s stand?
@@yserareborn Stand User: Ulysses Solomon Archer
Stand Name: Highway To Hell
Maybe that's why that comic was called Diesel!
It wouldn't make *less* sense if they were Stand Users, but I don't think anything could make this make more sense.
Wait... of course! The Baron isn't German! He's AUSTRIAN!
Me: *looks at Disney* "Put US-1 into the MCU you cowards!"
When the Nazis showed up all I could think about was the John Mulaney clip.
"And now we have Nazis again! I don't care for these new Nazis and you can quote me on that."
Two episodes in one week 🎉🎉
I can’t wait for the next episode for Lewis’s in-universe explanation for moving to their new Home.
Where was us1 during secret empire because that would’ve been awesome and tons of fun
Unlike secret empires itself.
@@Savagewolver true yes but damn it US1 would've punched hydra cap in the face and would've been hilarious
@@TevyaSmolka I'd have preferred him to do what Two Face's bad half would have done to Poison Ivy...
HIT HIM WITH A TRUCK!!!!!
@@eamonndeane587 lol that also would've been really funny.
I missed your reviews a lot. ...a TRUCKLOAD, you might say.
Eh? Eh? :D
It’s good to see your reviews consistently again. The character Midnight kind of reminds me of another Midnight, Quality Comics’ hero who was basically a Spirit copycat, who was later bought by DC.
Also, I’m surprised this Midnight isn’t big in certain online circles
I was just thinking how many little similarities My Hero Academia's Midnight shares with this one.
@@rajamicitrenti1374 You mean like the Hair Color; The Whip; & The Mask?
Woot, time to return to the most Murican Trucker ever! Then afterwards it’s time to rewatch the first 9 US-1 videos and this for a US-1 marathon!
I would so want to see this comic as an early 80's TV-show. :)
I'm sure all of the individual character elements existed before this, so maybe it's just coincidence. But was the creator of My Hero Academia a fan of US1? A whip-wielding, mind-altering woman with that mask shape and name seems like a lot of commonality with MHA's Midnight.
Ya know with the way All Might is inked to look like an old silver age super hero. To Stain being an homage to the works of Todd McFarland and other "grim" comics of the early 90s like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Scud the Disposable Assassin and all the other subtle nods and homages. Probably.
Maybe, but I think both are actually supposed to be ripoffs of Catwoman. Also, MHA Midnight's power is basically chloroform, not mind control.
Yeah; You'd think with Linkara being a Fan of BNHA; He would've made a reference to THAT Midnight here!!
I mean, the Mangaka has even said Harry Potter and Spider-man where 2 of his biggest inspiration, and he has a shit ton of Western comics merch. So it's defiently plausible.
Kohei Horikoshi is definitely a big fan of American culture. Aside from the superhero stuff, a lot of the locations are named after places in Star Wars. It wouldn't surprise me if Midnight's real name was Mary (or at least the Japanese equivalent of Mary)
that was a Good Comic;
WHEN ARE WE FINALLY GOING TO LEARN THE TRUE IDENTITY OF THE HIGHWAYMAN?!
Probably the next episode, and it'll be as wild as you'd expect from this series.
One theory that occurs to me is that the Baron is a time displaced WW1 officer and he has no ken as to why the only German soldiers he could recruit insist on the armbands, nor does he care to ask since he's got othe things on his mind.
_"Ah, zit is glorious to zee how ze Imperial Armor has evolved. But vhat is the zignificants of those ridiculous armbands? Bah! Vhatever I have a truck driver to thwart."_
I'm just glad Midnite could be freed from the mind control so that she could go on to teach superheroes
Ok this really did cheer me up. Thanks Linkara.
By the gods I needed this. I’ve been having a rough few days and seeing something so earnest and goofy really perked me up. Thanks linkara, you are awesome
Truely the Tie-In we were denied... Secret Empire: US-1!
To be absolutely fair, not only were the German military ideologically adjacent to what would later become the Nazis even before the turn of the 20th century, but Hitler's stated goals were to unite all territory that belonged to Germany lost after the war (as well as anywhere Germans lived, such as Austria, France, Czechaslovakia, Poland etc.).
Well Certain factions of the military lead by Ludendorff. The main stream German Amry were the ones to try to shut down the Nazis Early on and Hindenburg (a mainstream conservative and lead during ww1) didnt really jive with Hitlers Ideology
The highway man is actually GRANNY GOODNESS
Oh wow! This is the first of your US-1 reviews I've watched and after this I might have to watch the rest. This series sounds amazing!
There has never been a more appropriate use of that "is this the human condition known as madness?" clip
Aaaaahhhh...it's been too long since the last US 1-Comic.
Now then, let us embrace the enjoyable Madness of these Comics once more, my Friends!
I wish i thought about this earlier but a guy i work with wold TOTALLY love this series! Hes obsessed with trucks and trucking, so is his mom, think she did trucking so that explains. She wrote and self published a fantasy book about a truck driving alien dragon. Yeah. Thats a thing. What a trip. Its so bad, i kinda love it. full of smut though.
14:31 Because the realtors noticed there were a bunch of mack trucks at the Pit Stop and one of them called it a big mack attack. You can see the scene at 10:57
It seems very odd to name the comic that.
Honestly, after House of M, Secret empire, and ESPECIALLY Heroes in Crisis; we ALL need a bid of fun stupidity like like US-1.
All they need know is a Kaiju to show up and this will be the greatest comic book series ever.
I'm not sure if I've ever been this early for a linkara video.
11:42 "Hans...are we the baddies?"
This comic is insane, and the crazier it gets, the more I like it.
At this point Granny goodness being behind the mind control whip would make perfect sence
Is it me or was the alien wearing armor that looked like ROM’s. Mmmm secret tie-in maybe.
If the Highwayman turns out to be a Dire Wraith you'll get credit for calling it early. :)
. . .yeah, definitely used that "madness" clip too early in the review, Linkara. You gotta save stuff like that for when the Nazis end up battling the truckers. XD Seriously, what an absolute legend of a comic. I'm glad we've still got three issues yet to go!
A Comic about a Trucker Superhero has now begun a climax that only Endgame comes close if not Goseiger vs Gokaiger has ever pulled.
Bless this insane series.
Next Time: *Wracking his own head what Spidey did involving giant Robots or at least what time. The Spider Slayers, Transformers, or Sentinels*
US-1 is my favorite comic for Linkara to review, it's (mostly) harmless fun every time
GRANNY GOODNESS!!!! Oh, that will NEVER get old. lol
US-1 would've made for such a great campy show, this series is so underrated!
Yes, yes... we need more of this insane glorious fun!
You know, the idea of Captain America and US-1 teaming up together and fighting time-travelling naizs or neo-nazis would've been completely epic to see, just saying.
This is it, this is the one where everything goes off the rails!
This series was never on the rails to begin with.
viraltang either way we love it!
Oh, this series is about to get ALOT more interesting.
Midnight's whip reminds me of MotU Beast Man toy's whip (which had been repurposed from a previous 10" toy line), in that the handle looks way too big and she'd probably be more comfortable holding it by the finger guard strap. Kind of funny going from the cover art (which tried to make the design more practical) to the interior art (which didn't try at all.)
It'll be a sad day when Linkara runs out of US-1.
I freaking love this series. 😂🤣
Whip-wielding Midnight? I feel very tempted to make a My Hero Academia reference.
I was literally about to say this seems like something that would be printed in the 60s given the impression I've gotten of the Silver Age of Comic Books, but then the Baron literally dropped Nazis on them and I immediately thought to myself "correction, 40s". 😅 haha
i would sell my soul for a new series about US-1.
I also completely got away from Night Vale, though it consumed my life for a while.
Any particular reason?
@@thebolas000 Reason it consumed me, or reason I left?
I think it was because after Season 3 was done, I didn't fine whatever was next as compelling? I also tried Alice Is Not Dear but lost momentum.
@@mightygregdoge That's fair. Just curious
I wouldn't be surprised if in a later issue the aliens were servants of Thanos as some weird plot to use an army of US-1 clones to bring him the infinity stones.
I love 80's comics. Cheesy enough to trigger nostalgia, but still hold up enough to really enjoy. And there's something about the effects of the paper stock that gives the art this iconic feel that I love. And am I imagining things, but did the art style seem somehow more consistent across series?
Also holy crap, the Arch Deluxe! Why in God's name has THAT never been brought back?!
I love how Granny Goodness made a cameo in this!!! ^_^
Then cowboys riding dinosaurs arrived along with robot vikings
Damn it, Disney, just give us US-1 in the MCU already!
Big Mack Attack, clearly the only one who can help us is the Hamburgler!
These are always so enjoyable😂 Thank you Linkara😎
Oh wow, FINALLY, after almost 9 months, I've watched all of Atop the Fourth Wall episodes and caught up^^
Idea to do that came from watching a part of your playthrough of Dead Space, where somebody mentioned that binging Atop the Fourth Wall would take a long time (or something along those lines, it's been almost a year). So later when New Year came around I figured: "Okay, maybe this time I think of a resolution that, while it would take effort, is actually doable," and here we are^^ So yeah, watching through all of the episodes took a REALLY long time, but to be fair I did take breaks to play games and watch some other shows (your reviews of Star Trek comic adaptations gave me a nudge to give Star Trek a try too, for example), so maybe I could have caught up sooner.
Anyway, your show is super fun and informative, and your storylines are very entertaining^^ Still can't believe that you made a Lovecraftian elder being out of Missingno xD Can't wait to see how Contest of Champions goes, and what story arc will be coming next^^
I'm fucking crying! Why did this comic end? It's comedy GOLD.
10:53 Sorry if this has already been mentioned, but if i recall correctly, the last major appearances of US-1 were as a cameo when Luke Cage and Jessica Jones needed a nanny for their daughter, and in a themed issue of the Deadpool Team-Up line. Technically the character should still be usable by Marvel, they probably just don't know what to do with him. I wouldn't mind him showing up again, even for minor roles.
Frankly, i'm still amazed by the fact that as a kid i knew him (and the alien, Al) by proxy as supporting characters for the Sensational She-Hulk issues i had (printed slightly out of order than the original american one, we in Italy tended to have sort-of trades rather than single issues in the '90s; Comicvine tells me they were issue #7 and then from #39 till #48 included), he actually had a genuine story arc and all. I suggest checking them out once the main series is done.
-Teo
0:12-0:17: Okay now it makes sense. I was wondering in the last episode why you didn't have an explanation for the long month without reviews, both in and out of universe. Now it makes sense your saving it for another video. But if Ii had to guess the in Universe explanation, considering we're getting closer to Halloween, my guess is that guy from last Halloween is warping reality again causing time distortions, similar to the time distortions in Database Rangers Power Reviews which are used to explain why events over several episodes all take place in the same day but the weather keeps changing because out of Universe there are months between episodes.
8:53-9:13: Well, when you say it all like that it's almost like this series completely nuts. Which it is and I love it for that. :) Take notes writers of Marvel #1 to 7, this is how you write entertaining insanity, not the insanity you gave us.
11:08-11:18: Also, take notes writers of Secret Empire, this how you use Nazis effectively in your stories while being entertaining. Either have them being apart of a bunch of other madness or just do what some of the Marvel TV shows do with Hydra because some of those are entertaining, don't do what you did and try to ruin the reputation and image of one of the greatest Heroes ever being Captain America.
Lastly, can't wait for next episode, I like Spiderman and I like robots. :)
Ah a bright spot for an incredibly trying birthweek
It's obvious the blonde was midnight because she wasn't there when Midnight appear, but the rest of the twists not even Shamalan would have guessed it.
Night vale reference. It's a shame less people talk about it. (I'm on year 6 and just started listening last year)
Good review as usual.
You thought US-1 was nuts before? HA HA YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING, YET!
"The guy in charge of Germany before Hitler!"
That's... an oversimplification that would get you a D in a German school history test, but I guess it'll do... :)
You know, with all that's going wrong in the world, I still take comfort in the fact that there are more US1 episodes to come. Oh and I know where US1 was during secret empire. He was stuck on a boat with Alucard.
US-1 monologue like a super villain lol
Alucard - "It was the Nazist was´t it?"
Man this is a lot of fun, I am glad she got brought back to life. Now I don´t know if this will end in a cliffhanger sooner or later but I just want this to conclude somehow. This is awesome. You should invest in a animated serie of this.