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
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.
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.
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
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.”
"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!
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!! 😂
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.😁👌🏾
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
I once read a comic that had Kang in it, and was confused enough that I decided not read any other Kang stories. It's good to know I was right in not reading something.
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.
You can buy Avengers: Citizen Kang on Amazon! amzn.to/3H34ORs
"Cancel Kang", how prophetic
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
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.
"There will be future opportunities to cancel Kang" *a finger on the monkey's paw curls inwards*
Kree: “Dude, is that blueface?!”
Kang: “No, no this is just a mask!”
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.
#KancelKang
"There's opportunities for us to Cancel Kang in the future"
Little did he know....
I'm just glad Earth's Mightiest Heroes introduced Kang to me by making him cool, sympathetic, and an inevitable threat.
I am blown away that Sal, that ANYONE, has the patience to learn about Kang. Such a headache of a character
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.
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.
Kang was in one of the first Marvel comics I ever read, I thought he was cool until he spoke
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
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.
What was the reference? I think I missed it.
@@hamzadawud The fact that the book is a play on Citizen Kane. Sal and Ethan don't realize it until the end.
@@TheGreatDevlin Oh, lol. I'm surprised they didn't catch that.
This episode has convinced me Kang is just sober Rick Sanchez with Time travel
Wow, “Kancel Kang” sure came back around, lol
Sal is a psychic, confirmed 😂
Kancel Kang aged like a fine wine
Sal starting a back issues with instant regret only makes me all the more eager to listen.
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.”
"You are not apart of the solution, Captain. You are the problem, and the answer is CONQUEST"
“I’ll save our entire timeline, even if I have to conquer this time to do it.”
Honestly I love Kang as a walking paradox of a character. Like he doesnt even know his origins and everything.
I just imagine the people working on the MCU looking at Kang's backstory and letting out a long sigh
“How the hell do we streamline this?!”
Who would’ve guessed this video title predicted the future of the MCU 😂
Damn the "cancel Kang" thing from this episode aged very well...
"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!
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
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.
I love how Sal stumbles into the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis at 27:50.
I think Gilgamesh was an Avenger for like a second. The roster was him, Cap, Thor, Invisible Woman, and Mister Fantastic. Maybe during Inferno?
Correct. He joined in Avengers #300
Wasn't Steve also going as the captain at the time?
@@tster he was
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NEXTWAVE!
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
"Kang sucks. But! He is also boring."
Well, I'm sold!
1:30 they predicted kang getting booted
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
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
Avengers Forever has to be done if only for the scene of Kang with the guns
Ethan asking about the Bootstrap Paradox was great, always love their questions. 6:12
The life of Kang the Conqueror is literrally the plot of Dark.
My only exposure to kang was earths mightiest heroes and from what I remember he was imposing
"Kang is stupid, BUT... he's also REALLY boring."
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.
I don’t know why were doing this… Well that’s the best opening to a back issues episode ever.
My personal favorite is something like well it's Summertime ratings are in the toilet
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
Marcus from Avengers 200?
Younger Dryas impact!
The first few minutes of this episode aged like a fine wine lol
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.
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.
Yeah
You forgot The Sphinx who fought Nova when he started out
And also Iron Lad, and Marcus Immortus, the “son” of Carol Danvers
Annnnnnd he who remains
The Thor at the gas station with the map is one of my favourite scenes in all of comic dom
Well the title of the video aged well. 🤣
"i dont know why we're doing this" one of those lines that tells you its gonna be a good episode
Kang has officially been cancelled
Kancelled. Thank you.
He got canned (Kanged?)
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
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
Cap recognizes Gilgamesh because they were on the Avengers together
I want a story arc called “The Kulling of the Kanceled Kouncil of Kangs”
Editor's note: DO NOT ABBREVIATE UNDER ANY CISCUMSTANCES
@@alma3884052 there is an extra k, so i think that's good
Unfortunalty the main kang or someone elsr kulled the kang concucil. This was decades ago. I think theyre gone?
I would kill for a story about a time traveler war between Kang & Reverse Flash.
My favorite part was when the council of Kangs all unanimously said “its Kangin time” and then Kanged all over the place
This joke stopped being funny ages ago and now it is actively annoying.
@@owenleal such is the life cycle of a meme.
@@owenleal its still funny☆
I love when you guys do these older runs.
The council of kangs! This is a best of the worst style book and I love it! Yall the best!
I was 30 minutes in and completely forgot that we hadn’t started the book yet. Lmao
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.
I love listening to these high, thanks for the great conversations
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.
That deep fried Kang at 8:43 scared the shit out of me, I thought my phone broke 😂
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.
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
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.
Ben spent all day waxing the fantasticar, they had to go slowly so everyone could see that wax job.😂
Well… the title of this episode aged well
Or badly, depending on your perspective lol
I wonder how many times they each said "kang" in this episode
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.
1:02:54 That’s what Sylvie did in the season finale of Loki too. I have Avengers Terminatrix and I got the reference🤣🤣🤣🤣
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!!! 😂
Thanks for the new episode! 😊
“I don’t know why we’re doing this…”
Strap in y’all this is gonna be rough.
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.😁👌🏾
I love that Sal didn't out together the sled name and citizen Kane/g
At about 1hr 03mins in, I thought to myself: "ah, of course, he used a Dopple-Kanger"
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
This ep was fucking great! Thank you so much, you bois are hilarious!
Heck yeah a Kang episode... oh it's just me..ok I'll see myself out
Captain America used to date the eternal Sersi.
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
1:03 the "Kancel Kang" bit would be a great short
Gilgamesh, a king, at Uruk!
Thanks for a great video guys!
Do I finally smell a chance for ComicPOP to do Avengers Forever
Sal calling Reed a "Gossiping Bitch" is hilarious
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).
Gilgamesh was a Brief Avenger under Captain America alongside Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. Of course Cap knows him
Oh no, send help, the concept of Kang spotting another Kang behind him has killed me
Take a shot every time someone says "Kangs"
OH NO! I'M ALREADY DRUNK... AND DEAD!
Jesus Christ, I love Comic Pop so damn much.
Boy after the first 4 minutes of this I could go for some Tang.....
Late-80s to Late-90s Avengers always reminded me of He-Man characters (as I remember from childhood): Massive muscles and clashing colors.
So, is the Terminatrix Objective the sequel to this story and will there be a future Back Issues on it?
I once read a comic that had Kang in it, and was confused enough that I decided not read any other Kang stories. It's good to know I was right in not reading something.
This Kang conquer story just seems so super confusing and frankly doesn’t feel like a avengers story but a complete and utter mess.
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
Captain America dates Sersi. That's how he knows who Gilgamesh.
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 🤨😳🤣
Kang was cool in Avengers Forever, if I remember correctly.
Im sure I'm the 1000000000th person to make this joke by now, but man, what if Kang got cancelled? wouldn't that be crazy...
Yep I'm definitely gonna have to watch this one over
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?
Gilgamesh was briefly an Avenger before this book.
"Its not the snap that makes it work--"
I want to hear this rant, because I myself have been saying it since Endgame
“When I was a religious scholar” ?!?!?! New Comicpop lore just dropped
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.
Kangs greatest achievement, motivating Apocalypse to be the end game boss we know today