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  • @comicpop
    @comicpop  Рік тому +20

    You can buy Avengers: Citizen Kang on Amazon! amzn.to/3H34ORs

  • @chubbyakajc
    @chubbyakajc Рік тому +71

    "Cancel Kang", how prophetic

    • @MrZomBie775
      @MrZomBie775 Рік тому +17

      For real, I didn't catch the episode when it came out, so I was super confused that they didn't mention Johnathan Majors, until I realized the upload date lol

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Рік тому +318

    It was a genius move for Reed to write “Rosebud III” on the Time Sled. His enemies would be too busy wondering what happened to the real Rosebud II.

  • @galoespejo2814
    @galoespejo2814 Рік тому +32

    "There will be future opportunities to cancel Kang" *a finger on the monkey's paw curls inwards*

  • @Jaimethepanda
    @Jaimethepanda Рік тому +101

    Kree: “Dude, is that blueface?!”
    Kang: “No, no this is just a mask!”

    • @goodpeople25
      @goodpeople25 Рік тому +18

      And knowing the complex history of the Kree, Kang probably had to check what time it was/is/will be to know what the current social-political climate of the Kree (not an) Empire is.

    • @SpiralSine6
      @SpiralSine6 Рік тому +9

      #KancelKang

  • @Dave175
    @Dave175 Рік тому +22

    Wow, “Kancel Kang” sure came back around, lol

  • @priceyyeti4058
    @priceyyeti4058 Рік тому +149

    I'm just glad Earth's Mightiest Heroes introduced Kang to me by making him cool, sympathetic, and an inevitable threat.

  • @XaikoThePsycho
    @XaikoThePsycho 11 місяців тому +14

    "There's opportunities for us to Cancel Kang in the future"
    Little did he know....

  • @TheGreatDevlin
    @TheGreatDevlin Рік тому +125

    The fact that Ben caught the reference and blew the guys' minds. A rare subversion on the couch. I think Ben altered time to make it happen.

    • @hamzadawud
      @hamzadawud Рік тому +1

      What was the reference? I think I missed it.

    • @TheGreatDevlin
      @TheGreatDevlin Рік тому +11

      @@hamzadawud The fact that the book is a play on Citizen Kane. Sal and Ethan don't realize it until the end.

    • @hamzadawud
      @hamzadawud Рік тому +2

      @@TheGreatDevlin Oh, lol. I'm surprised they didn't catch that.

    • @valiantorion5815
      @valiantorion5815 Рік тому +6

      This episode has convinced me Kang is just sober Rick Sanchez with Time travel

  • @batfreeze56
    @batfreeze56 Рік тому +219

    I am blown away that Sal, that ANYONE, has the patience to learn about Kang. Such a headache of a character

    • @Volvagia1927
      @Volvagia1927 Рік тому +9

      Everybody's Kang the Conqueror or: Marvel's Version of The Hawk Snarl. I have to assume Feige isn't going to duplicate THAT mess.

    • @gregcourtney751
      @gregcourtney751 Рік тому +6

      This is why I thought kang wouldn't appear in th mcu. Loki always is why the avengers form so he makes sense. Ultron was possibe with current effects so he made sense too. But kang, as importznt as heim is could have been skiped.

    • @derrickhenderson1510
      @derrickhenderson1510 Рік тому +3

      Kang was in one of the first Marvel comics I ever read, I thought he was cool until he spoke

    • @AceOfPhanatic
      @AceOfPhanatic Рік тому +4

      Kangs Mini series 5 issues kinda fixed all that tbh
      The loop is explained clearly
      And it makes you fully understand his character
      Then after that
      Just read timeless

  • @jonathanshaw9704
    @jonathanshaw9704 Рік тому +130

    The most badass version of Kang is from Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. The Kang Dynasty three-parter is so awesome.
    And he has the most badass line in that too: “Time to show the 21st Century, how I earned the title of CONQUERER.”

    • @shanejohnson8403
      @shanejohnson8403 Рік тому +24

      "You are not apart of the solution, Captain. You are the problem, and the answer is CONQUEST"

    • @loganthomas2421
      @loganthomas2421 Рік тому +3

      “I’ll save our entire timeline, even if I have to conquer this time to do it.”

  • @Nuked519
    @Nuked519 Рік тому +80

    I just imagine the people working on the MCU looking at Kang's backstory and letting out a long sigh

  • @Mattkeyz1
    @Mattkeyz1 Рік тому +58

    Sal starting a back issues with instant regret only makes me all the more eager to listen.

  • @kassandra_sae4563
    @kassandra_sae4563 Рік тому +11

    Honestly I love Kang as a walking paradox of a character. Like he doesnt even know his origins and everything.

  • @ianbruno237
    @ianbruno237 Рік тому +27

    Can’t forgot the Scarlet Centurion that rules for a time in the Squadron Supreme universe. HE IS ALSO KANG…KANG THROUGH UNIVERSES AND ALSO DC ANALOGS

  • @Grievousish
    @Grievousish Рік тому +28

    I'll admit that Kang made for a decent villain in Lego Marvel 2. Plus the game's version of Chronopolis was a pretty fun hub world.

  • @soupkid8268
    @soupkid8268 Рік тому +15

    Kancel Kang aged like a fine wine

  • @SomeGuyFromAustria
    @SomeGuyFromAustria 11 місяців тому +8

    Damn the "cancel Kang" thing from this episode aged very well...

  • @Crijoe
    @Crijoe Рік тому +30

    I love how Sal stumbles into the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis at 27:50.

  • @kaleremmers7894
    @kaleremmers7894 Рік тому +30

    I think Gilgamesh was an Avenger for like a second. The roster was him, Cap, Thor, Invisible Woman, and Mister Fantastic. Maybe during Inferno?

    • @HaussmannComics
      @HaussmannComics Рік тому +9

      Correct. He joined in Avengers #300

    • @tster
      @tster Рік тому +7

      Wasn't Steve also going as the captain at the time?

    • @HaussmannComics
      @HaussmannComics Рік тому +5

      @@tster he was

    • @dn22pkkdd476
      @dn22pkkdd476 Рік тому +4

      @@HaussmannComics
      "The Captain! (His Name Is 'The Captain')!"

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark Рік тому

      @@dn22pkkdd476
      NEXTWAVE!

  • @SkylightCiel
    @SkylightCiel Рік тому +24

    I coincidentally watched Citizen Kane like 3 days ago and I spend this entire back issues trying to figure out how it tied into that at all

  • @amazingspidermew
    @amazingspidermew 11 місяців тому +10

    Who would’ve guessed this video title predicted the future of the MCU 😂

  • @YouCalledForTheDoc
    @YouCalledForTheDoc Рік тому +20

    Avengers Forever has to be done if only for the scene of Kang with the guns

  • @danielferguson5971
    @danielferguson5971 Рік тому +16

    My only exposure to kang was earths mightiest heroes and from what I remember he was imposing

  • @lindangobese8705
    @lindangobese8705 Рік тому +4

    "Kang sucks. But! He is also boring."
    Well, I'm sold!

  • @owenleal
    @owenleal Рік тому +9

    You know what they say: Too many kangs spoil the broth. A kang in the hand is worth two in the bush. The early Kang gets the other Kang. A Kang a day keeps the Kang away. Never count your Kangs before they hatch. And of course the old classic. The best laid Kangs of Mice and Men shall often go astray.

  • @florgenhorgen3124
    @florgenhorgen3124 10 місяців тому +8

    1:30 they predicted kang getting booted

  • @ImmortalEmz
    @ImmortalEmz Рік тому +10

    after watching this i have this mental image of kang celebrating his great win, slipping on a banana peel and dying then a second kang appears from outta no were yelling about how the first kang was stupid and hes the real kang not seeing the banana peel and slipping on it as well

    • @mrpink99
      @mrpink99 Місяць тому

      I’d rather see Kang stepping on a bunch of rakes like Sideshow Bob, and he goes back in time to stop himself from stepping on the rakes but fails and eventually there are an infinite number of Kangs stepping on an infinite number of rakes

  • @bensneb360
    @bensneb360 Рік тому +26

    I don’t know why were doing this… Well that’s the best opening to a back issues episode ever.

    • @seand7042
      @seand7042 Рік тому

      My personal favorite is something like well it's Summertime ratings are in the toilet

  • @MWhaleK
    @MWhaleK Рік тому +9

    Kang isn't just Kang, he is Immortus, Kid Immortus, Pharaoh Rama-Tut who ruled over Egypt when En Sabah Nur/Apocalypse was young, the Scarlet Centurion, Victor Timely and Mister Gryphon.

    • @comicpop
      @comicpop  Рік тому +8

      Yeah

    • @rudedude7874
      @rudedude7874 10 місяців тому +2

      You forgot The Sphinx who fought Nova when he started out

    • @mrpink99
      @mrpink99 Місяць тому +1

      And also Iron Lad, and Marcus Immortus, the “son” of Carol Danvers

  • @sevensvn5391
    @sevensvn5391 Рік тому +7

    Ethan asking about the Bootstrap Paradox was great, always love their questions. 6:12

  • @jclombardi8471
    @jclombardi8471 Рік тому +13

    I know Sal already mentioned it in the video, but the recent Kang mini by Kelly and Lanzing is really great and probably the best way to get introduced to the character.

  • @99jmaster
    @99jmaster Рік тому +22

    A Kang episode? I wonder if Joel is going to show up somewhere and talk about the time baby lol.
    27:50 that is something I did not expect I kind of just assumed you wouldn't have any interest in that

  • @Vidiocity92
    @Vidiocity92 Рік тому +4

    "Kang is stupid, BUT... he's also REALLY boring."

  • @simonstoten4819
    @simonstoten4819 Рік тому +5

    The Thor at the gas station with the map is one of my favourite scenes in all of comic dom

  • @dn22pkkdd476
    @dn22pkkdd476 Рік тому +5

    Look at your Kang. Now back to me. Now Back to Kang. Now back to me. I am also Kang. Look, up in the ceiling! Another Kang! Ready to step in when he and I inevitably fail. Could that one be Immortus? Possibly.

  • @sangera
    @sangera 3 місяці тому +2

    "Gilgamesh, a king, at Uruk," has been a quote stuck in my mind for almost two years now. Last night, I watched the second episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation's fifth season, "Darmok." For years this quote has plagued me. Any time I thought of Gilgamesh I thought of this quote. Learning that it was a Star Trek reference makes me so jubilant. When I watched "Darmok," it reminded me so much of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, and I was rewarded by being a nerd!

  • @loganthomas2421
    @loganthomas2421 Рік тому +13

    I was hoping someone would make comparisons between the council of Ricks when Sal brought up the council of Kangs. Sure enough, they did lol

  • @NilFox
    @NilFox Рік тому +7

    I would kill for a story about a time traveler war between Kang & Reverse Flash.

  • @bZman
    @bZman Рік тому +16

    I want a story arc called “The Kulling of the Kanceled Kouncil of Kangs”

    • @alma3884052
      @alma3884052 Рік тому +7

      Editor's note: DO NOT ABBREVIATE UNDER ANY CISCUMSTANCES

    • @TupocalypseShakur
      @TupocalypseShakur Рік тому +2

      @@alma3884052 there is an extra k, so i think that's good

    • @gregcourtney751
      @gregcourtney751 Рік тому

      Unfortunalty the main kang or someone elsr kulled the kang concucil. This was decades ago. I think theyre gone?

  • @MrZomBie775
    @MrZomBie775 Рік тому +5

    The first few minutes of this episode aged like a fine wine lol

  • @jbw042300
    @jbw042300 Рік тому +2

    "i dont know why we're doing this" one of those lines that tells you its gonna be a good episode

  • @Bubblegob
    @Bubblegob 11 місяців тому +2

    The life of Kang the Conqueror is literrally the plot of Dark.

  • @PurpleColonel
    @PurpleColonel 10 місяців тому +6

    Kang has officially been cancelled

  • @TheBechtloff
    @TheBechtloff Рік тому +4

    Kang was the main villain in the Spider-man/X-men: Time's Arrow trilogy of novels. So actually he has been involved in some X-men time travel shenanigans. Which I mention not to be an "Actually...." nerd but because those novels are actually worth a read.

  • @josephjanisch5396
    @josephjanisch5396 Рік тому +5

    The Black Sea was a fresh water lake. The “Great Flood” raised water levels enough to overflow the Bosporus (then land bridge) and made it into a salt water sea. That’s why there is a clear divide between salt and freshwater at a specific depth of the Black Sea.

  • @bartfourqurean1109
    @bartfourqurean1109 Рік тому +6

    There is a series by Rick Remender uncanny avengers. In it, kang and the apocalypse twins fight a unity squad of avengers (avengers and mutants).
    Not trying to "um actually" just wanted to highlight a good book. Thanks for everything you guys do.

  • @Ridley882
    @Ridley882 10 місяців тому +2

    And when he was Immortus, he orchestrated a bunch of stuff using the Space Phantom to mess with Thor, Madame Hydra, Captain America, Vision, and Scarlet Witch, among others. No idea if you're ever gonna be able to go over any of that, but I'd love to see it. And the related X-Men arc about Number 2, the sentinel flew too close to the sun.
    And the Captain America arc where Madame Hydra was introduced, that retroactively became involved with the convoluted Space Phantom thing. And the arc right after that where Falcon is introduced.
    Really, there are a lot of things I want you guys to cover because of how weird they get, but don't really have specific titles, so I don't know if they'd really work for videos.

  • @lebeaumuni6247
    @lebeaumuni6247 Рік тому +13

    1:29 That kang the conqueror mini series is REALLY good and I hope it is talked about on back issues one day cause I think it might result in a lot of hilarity

  • @viewersupreme
    @viewersupreme 11 місяців тому +5

    it’s official i fucks with y’all!
    comic knowledge and well explanations aside. i like the chemistry man. just sum regular ass friends talkin comics

  • @bradwatkins7564
    @bradwatkins7564 Рік тому +4

    I love when you guys do these older runs.

  • @skiwlkr9928
    @skiwlkr9928 Рік тому +2

    I love listening to these high, thanks for the great conversations

  • @ninja1man4u
    @ninja1man4u Рік тому +10

    Heck yeah a Kang episode... oh it's just me..ok I'll see myself out

  • @calebmershimer6482
    @calebmershimer6482 Рік тому +3

    “I don’t know why we’re doing this…”
    Strap in y’all this is gonna be rough.

  • @captaincomics3626
    @captaincomics3626 Рік тому +6

    This was a really fun episode and I immediately thought this was gonna be a marvelized citizen Kane about Kang but. I was still surprised by the story.

  • @HaussmannComics
    @HaussmannComics Рік тому +9

    Gilgamesh was a Brief Avenger under Captain America alongside Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Of course Cap knows him

  • @BalmierLotus
    @BalmierLotus Рік тому +9

    I wonder how many times they each said "kang" in this episode

  • @flywheelshyster
    @flywheelshyster Рік тому +4

    The council of kangs! This is a best of the worst style book and I love it! Yall the best!

  • @marcushamner5994
    @marcushamner5994 Рік тому +2

    1:02:54 That’s what Sylvie did in the season finale of Loki too. I have Avengers Terminatrix and I got the reference🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @RichMalicious_86
    @RichMalicious_86 Рік тому +8

    ComicPop never fails to cover (somewhat🤣) great stories with even greater laughs, you don't know how much I really needed this. You guys are amazing!... but please... for the love of god!🙏🏽... COVER MORE INJUSTICE!! I'M BEGGING YOU!😭
    *Also...*
    ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN!!! 😂

  • @WhelmedButReady
    @WhelmedButReady Рік тому +3

    As soon as I knew my birthday would fall on a Wednesday, I knew apart of my festivities would be sitting down and enjoying a new Back Issues. And now the day has finally come.😁👌🏾

  • @JohnClark-tt2bl
    @JohnClark-tt2bl Рік тому +1

    Ben spent all day waxing the fantasticar, they had to go slowly so everyone could see that wax job.😂

  • @MrEnKaye
    @MrEnKaye 11 місяців тому +1

    That deep fried Kang at 8:43 scared the shit out of me, I thought my phone broke 😂

  • @mrpink99
    @mrpink99 Місяць тому +1

    Cap recognizes Gilgamesh because they were on the Avengers together

  • @johnny2003
    @johnny2003 Рік тому +4

    I was 30 minutes in and completely forgot that we hadn’t started the book yet. Lmao

  • @KiramidHead
    @KiramidHead Рік тому +7

    Well the title of the video aged well. 🤣

  • @comicjourney
    @comicjourney 7 місяців тому +1

    Hey Professor, Gilgamesh was a freakn Avenger with Captain America . That's how he knows him. Otherwise you're right, nobody else would know any of tue Freakn Eternals

  • @coreycrumbcake
    @coreycrumbcake Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the new episode! 😊

  • @JohnClark-tt2bl
    @JohnClark-tt2bl Рік тому +1

    I love that Sal didn't out together the sled name and citizen Kane/g

  • @bZman
    @bZman Рік тому +72

    My favorite part was when the council of Kangs all unanimously said “its Kangin time” and then Kanged all over the place

    • @owenleal
      @owenleal Рік тому +13

      This joke stopped being funny ages ago and now it is actively annoying.

    • @megaultradamn
      @megaultradamn Рік тому +10

      @@owenleal such is the life cycle of a meme.

    • @dn22pkkdd476
      @dn22pkkdd476 Рік тому +7

      @@owenleal ah, don't worry. It will swing around in another 3 years and be funny and noststalgic again.

    • @thegloriouswizard5270
      @thegloriouswizard5270 Рік тому +1

      @@owenleal its still funny☆

  • @DashingPunkSamurai
    @DashingPunkSamurai Рік тому +3

    Kang was cool in Avengers Forever, if I remember correctly.

  • @thesolarengineer
    @thesolarengineer Рік тому +3

    It's all the more ironic now that the Soviet rewrite of Kang's backstory literally makes him a 'Kang'. 'Kang of Kangs' as it were 🤨😳🤣

  • @TheCaptainKuhn
    @TheCaptainKuhn Рік тому +3

    Cap goes back in time to ancient Babylonia? Maybe he can help Gilgamesh, Leonidas, Ushiwakamaru and Merlin defend Uruk from Medusa (if you get this refrence you get a crisp high-five)

    • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
      @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache Рік тому +1

      They need to find a way to whale a useless goddess. Perhaps with all the gems in Gilgamesh’s vault?

  • @DavidPeoplesTV
    @DavidPeoplesTV Рік тому +4

    Well… the title of this episode aged well

    • @DavidPeoplesTV
      @DavidPeoplesTV Рік тому +1

      Or badly, depending on your perspective lol

  • @Ducaso
    @Ducaso Рік тому +1

    I love how these old runs can get real nonsensical, at the turn of a page, and the folks on the couch just embrace it (or not lol).

  • @michaelwood9012
    @michaelwood9012 Рік тому +1

    At about 1hr 03mins in, I thought to myself: "ah, of course, he used a Dopple-Kanger"

  • @JoshMunroe
    @JoshMunroe Рік тому

    Late-80s to Late-90s Avengers always reminded me of He-Man characters (as I remember from childhood): Massive muscles and clashing colors.

  • @ozzyalbor8292
    @ozzyalbor8292 Рік тому +3

    This ep was fucking great! Thank you so much, you bois are hilarious!

  • @the_rose_garden01
    @the_rose_garden01 Рік тому +1

    "Its not the snap that makes it work--"
    I want to hear this rant, because I myself have been saying it since Endgame

  • @MisterKetch
    @MisterKetch Рік тому +3

    Ah sweet, about to take a walk and this pops up! Thought this was Kang dynasty for a second lol, but I'm sure that'll come with the movie haha

  • @778899mike
    @778899mike 2 місяці тому +1

    Captain America used to date the eternal Sersi.

  • @jonathon862
    @jonathon862 Рік тому +3

    Gilgamesh was briefly an Avenger before this book.

  • @gtarrant2000
    @gtarrant2000 Рік тому +2

    Do I finally smell a chance for ComicPOP to do Avengers Forever

  • @R.J.Godzilla81
    @R.J.Godzilla81 Рік тому +1

    The best Kang ever was, was in Avengers Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Immortus and Rama Tut get referenced in X-Men the Animated Series episode Beyond Good and Evil, and X-Men Evolution respectively.

  • @MisterKetch
    @MisterKetch Рік тому +3

    So it's not a time travel story but Kang (Rama tut) is part of apocaypses back story. Or was at least since arakoa time-line probably undid that

  • @gartrellwhite7504
    @gartrellwhite7504 Рік тому +3

    So, is the Terminatrix Objective the sequel to this story and will there be a future Back Issues on it?

  • @seankensing
    @seankensing Рік тому +2

    The Herb Trimpe art in this is kind of cool in my opinion. It’s like Leifeld’s style combined with better anatomy and just better basic illustration skills. I don’t feel the same second hand embarrassment looking at it as I feel with most Leifeld art.

    • @hopekeeley2122
      @hopekeeley2122 Рік тому +2

      Yeah my thoughts exactly. It’s like if an actual seasoned professional did one of those “draw this thing in multiple peoples styles” thing from the internet for an entire comic book chapter.

  • @danzigvssartre
    @danzigvssartre Рік тому +4

    Is there explanation as to why Dr Druid used to be bald but now has hair in this comic? Did he use magic to get hair or is it a hair piece?

  • @seand7042
    @seand7042 Рік тому +3

    Boy after the first 4 minutes of this I could go for some Tang.....

  • @TevyaSmolka
    @TevyaSmolka Рік тому +2

    This Kang conquer story just seems so super confusing and frankly doesn’t feel like a avengers story but a complete and utter mess.

  • @ShawnWeeded510
    @ShawnWeeded510 Рік тому +1

    Captain America dates Sersi. That's how he knows who Gilgamesh.

  • @sergioruiz733
    @sergioruiz733 Рік тому +1

    Sal calling Reed a "Gossiping Bitch" is hilarious

  • @cameochris
    @cameochris Рік тому +1

    Thanks for a great video guys!

  • @dedbatt8869
    @dedbatt8869 Рік тому +1

    “When I was a religious scholar” ?!?!?! New Comicpop lore just dropped

  • @Acelister
    @Acelister Рік тому

    Oh no, send help, the concept of Kang spotting another Kang behind him has killed me

  • @oldmanlogan9616
    @oldmanlogan9616 Рік тому +1

    There actually is a conncection between Kang and X-men shananigans.
    When Kang is Rama Tut he interacts with En Saba Nur in the ancient Egypt.

  • @christophermarkham2771
    @christophermarkham2771 Рік тому +1

    Jesus Christ, I love Comic Pop so damn much.

  • @cullenn2100
    @cullenn2100 Рік тому

    1:03 the "Kancel Kang" bit would be a great short

  • @ctl6985
    @ctl6985 Рік тому

    Yep I'm definitely gonna have to watch this one over

  • @JoeChillton
    @JoeChillton Рік тому +4

    5 minutes in, reminded me of Old Joe in Looper talking about how messy time travel is.