@@bZman Are you trying to Imply Clark Kent reporter for the Daily Planet who looks exactly like Superman is actually Superman? Dont be stupid, Clark wears glasses so it cant be him.
Consenting to brunch with Clark isn't an alien abduction Bruce! that's two grown men being friends. see a therapist Bruce! lmao love Alfred and it's now my head canon this happens often as a conversation, thanks for your comment!
Yeah, it always bugs me in comic universes when people don’t believe in one thing or another. You’ll have some dude like “I don’t believe in magic” but that same dude is on a team with a wizard.
I might buy that conspiracy if I was in the DCU. If we ever encounter aliens 100% chance they're not humanoid at all and even if they were they wouldn't look like Supes. Martian Manhunter would be harder to deny though.
@@Aaron-zt5ee In our real world we have people who don't believe in vaccines, who think birds are not real, and think the earth is flat...people not believing in magic seems pretty logical.
Superman: "Hi, J'onn. Have a seat. Close the door." J'onn (confused, closes door): "What's going on?" Icon: "We found Batman's Contingency plans." J'onn: "Which ones?" Orion (slams table): "The ones where he painfully takes us down!" J'onn: "Oh...Have you talked to him about it?" Superman: "You and I know that Bruce wouldn't respond to that." J'onn: "Okay, so what is this? Are we thinking of alternative ways to confront him about it?" Everyone: "Pfft." Icon: "No. Bruce won't learn anything, regardless. We might as well mess with him for it." J'onn: "I dunno..." Orion: "He sets you on fire eternally in yours." J'onn: "What do you have in mind?" Later... Superman: "So? What do you think?" Icon: "...It's Batman. Y'know? World's greatest detective?" Orion: "You're right...Martian! Do you think you could bring down the Bat's IQ?" J'onn: "Lobotomize him?" Orion: "I never said that." J'onn: "...Okay I can, theoretically, make his intelligence lower than it usually would be. But I need a point of reference so he's not a vegetable. But it can't be high enough that he'll notice." Superman: "Anyone have any suggestions?" Booster Gold busts through door: "Hey, do you guys have Wifi yet? I need the password." Superman: "Perfect."
Having Alfred hypnotize you- Batman just call J'onn! He's a Martian telepath and he's been earth for like a century if there's anyone who can tell what's going on it's him!
It hit me with the art that this would have made a great BTAS episode simply because it wouldn’t have the baggage of the fact aliens are absolutely real in the dc universe
Now I want to see Superman doing the history channel “aliens” meme, with the crazy hair and everything… this story takes place in the 90’s, Superman wasn’t above crazy hairstyles lol
This is my all time favourite Batman story ever, and I am beyond excited to see these three react to the absolute and utter madness of Batman The Abduction.
@@architeuthis3476 Because of its pure madness and deranged nature. It's a perfect distillation of one of my favourite eras of science fiction, the 90's. Weird nonsensical conspiracies, a bafflingly wrong understanding of computers and how the internet works. I live for that, I just love how absurd this is and I desperately need them to see the sequel to this because it's even more bizarre. Also Bruce Lee fights Batman is one of the stupidest things ever put to page and I adore it for that.
I'd love if there was a story where a second batman appears and any of the alien character where just like "Wait you were abducted by the gradiens? Their like Facebook of the galaxy. They sell people's data to the highest bidder. Why didn't you say anything?!". And batman just shouts "I knew I was abducted! Wait what?".
Yes, my father took me to see Fire in the Sky when I was a kid...pretty good flick imo. I like how it's based on a true story and Sal's like "that's a good idea" 🤣
Great episode😂😂 so many funny comments from all of you about a ridiculous book. A few of my favorite moments: 13:36-14:52 all of Ethan’s comments 20:41 *insert aliens meme* 32:43 Ben’s comment made me laugh out loud in the airport🤣 41:06 “too afraid to do drugs” 56:25 😂
"Franklin Selly" seems to be a reference to Frank Scully - a writer who promoted the original UFO crash stories in the 50s, and also Dana Scully's namesake.
Cue the X-Files theme. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! Edit: oh my God my sides. I have laughed harder at this episode than I have anything in a while. This is a gold tier episode
It’s funny I haven’t thought about this for awhile but my older sister used to be a huge fan of the Xfiles and had a ton of issues of the comics series collected. There were a lot of twists and surprises in this episode but that memory was a pleasant addition.
This is easily one of the most hilarious and bat-shit insane plots I've listened to on this channel. And the shame of it is that every ten minutes, Sal and Company would come up with a much better plot off the cuff. The idea of Batman being abducted by aliens isn't bad by itself---the first third of this was admittedly pretty interesting. It's just that this should've been the beginning of a much grander plot; one that should've involved the Justice League. But instead, we're given a random X-Files episode, but with Batman. But even the more comedic episodes of the X-Files were more dignified than this. The second Bruce Lee showed up, that's where I gave up.
I've seen all of the Back Issues videos there are. You enjoyed yourself the most in this one - and it totally transfers. Thanks for that one, keep on enjoying making more episodes.
This story was absolutely wild and Batman didn't call one of his friends is crazy but at least they did it once ...wait this got a sequel, why does this have a sequel?!
35:51 There are incidents of people believing they had been shot, when they hadn't. Yet they started bleeding somehow. I think something along the lines of that would make for an interesting NOPE! episode.
Man I already thought this video had went off the rails when I heard the premise that Batman got abducted by gray aliens but at 28 minutes there were rails I didn't know I could be flung off of at high speeds!! We are off the rails now boys!!
The Gray aliens from all the UFO stuff is all over the place in pop culture.... But this week's BACK ISSUES reminded me of something weird in fiction... in that from Star Wars to Star Trek to DC and Marvel Comics to countless other IP's.... 1. Aliens exist 2. But they are never the Gray aliens from UFO abduction lore. So.... Does that mean that even in these fictional settings that alien abduction lore is all considered fake? There are no Grays in the United Federation of Planets
Somehow I had never heard of this before, and the idea seemed so lame that I was on the fence about clicking on this video, but OMG am I glad I did! This is one of the funniest videos ComicPop has ever done. I can't recommend this enough!
Batman for the last time just because Clark asks you to hang out doesn't make it an alien abduction.
Thats just how Batman avoids the annual Kent Thanksgiving and Xmas invitations.
@@bZman Are you trying to Imply Clark Kent reporter for the Daily Planet who looks exactly like Superman is actually Superman? Dont be stupid, Clark wears glasses so it cant be him.
@@chandlerburse2754 the son or the dad?
Consenting to brunch with Clark isn't an alien abduction Bruce! that's two grown men being friends. see a therapist Bruce! lmao love Alfred and it's now my head canon this happens often as a conversation, thanks for your comment!
@@xavierlehew6746Clark Kent is also fat and clumsy
Batman: "Well, I better make sure Hal, Clark, Carter, J'onn, and Shaiera don't learn I believe in aliens. They might think I'm crazy."
It’s at the same level as Kaiba from Yu-GI-Oh going “I don’t believe in this mystic magic mumbo jumbo.”
@@comixproviderftw_02 "But Big Brother, Pegasus stole my soul and put it in a card."
"HOLOGRAMS AND HYPNOSIS, MOKUBA!"
The title and the first 12 seconds already tells me that this is gonna be a good time
To be honest in DC the "wierdos" would be alien deniers. "Superman is not an alien. He's just another metahuman."
Yeah, it always bugs me in comic universes when people don’t believe in one thing or another. You’ll have some dude like “I don’t believe in magic” but that same dude is on a team with a wizard.
I might buy that conspiracy if I was in the DCU. If we ever encounter aliens 100% chance they're not humanoid at all and even if they were they wouldn't look like Supes. Martian Manhunter would be harder to deny though.
@@Aaron-zt5ee In our real world we have people who don't believe in vaccines, who think birds are not real, and think the earth is flat...people not believing in magic seems pretty logical.
“Theyll never believe me.” Like Batmans worried about the JL not believing him like theyre kids at a school😂
"Ah damnit Dads in the tank again."
That tangent was hilarious and went on much longer than i expected and i couldn't stop laughing
It’s like sleeping with the fan on. You can never go back 😅
@@MeSpawn297 lol I remember that one
Same. What a wild turn
I love that the tone was set the moment Ethan broke into laughter. Already know this is gonna be a classic.
Superman: "Hi, J'onn. Have a seat. Close the door."
J'onn (confused, closes door): "What's going on?"
Icon: "We found Batman's Contingency plans."
J'onn: "Which ones?"
Orion (slams table): "The ones where he painfully takes us down!"
J'onn: "Oh...Have you talked to him about it?"
Superman: "You and I know that Bruce wouldn't respond to that."
J'onn: "Okay, so what is this? Are we thinking of alternative ways to confront him about it?"
Everyone: "Pfft."
Icon: "No. Bruce won't learn anything, regardless. We might as well mess with him for it."
J'onn: "I dunno..."
Orion: "He sets you on fire eternally in yours."
J'onn: "What do you have in mind?"
Later...
Superman: "So? What do you think?"
Icon: "...It's Batman. Y'know? World's greatest detective?"
Orion: "You're right...Martian! Do you think you could bring down the Bat's IQ?"
J'onn: "Lobotomize him?"
Orion: "I never said that."
J'onn: "...Okay I can, theoretically, make his intelligence lower than it usually would be. But I need a point of reference so he's not a vegetable. But it can't be high enough that he'll notice."
Superman: "Anyone have any suggestions?"
Booster Gold busts through door: "Hey, do you guys have Wifi yet? I need the password."
Superman: "Perfect."
Perfect
This is perfect
You know, Bruce Lee fighting Batman in a book about aliens was surprisingly something I didn't think I needed.
But not just one Bruce Lee 4 of them
I am glad you learned about yourself
@@sircharles9166 the Clones Of Bruce Lee
Needed it and didn't even know it
I found this at Half Price Books and bought it on principle.
Having Alfred hypnotize you- Batman just call J'onn! He's a Martian telepath and he's been earth for like a century if there's anyone who can tell what's going on it's him!
The sensory deprivation discussion killed me. What breaks comicpop makes our day!
Quite possibly my favourite backissues of all time. The bit about the sensory deprivation box kills me.
I appreciate how not a single soul on the couch has any patience for the premise.
I think this is my favorite episode of ComicPop. The concept of the comic is just so absurd.
Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle are the Bat issues dream team. Whenever you hear their names you know it's gonna be a great episode!
Alan Grant's work on _2000 AD_ was excellent. His American comics were extremely hit and miss (although his hits aren't very well remembered).
@@architeuthis3476 oh brotha I meant no disrespect by this. I'm a Lobo fan from the 90s. I love Alan Grants DC work!
@@kazual6149 He definitely did a lot of good stuff for _DC!_
Check out the stuff he did for _2000 AD_ some time!
Seriously I love it every time they bring this team up it’s amazing
I think Alan had a ton of inference from Mike Carlin editorially and Alan was majorly censor even having an issue of Arnarky banned.
The sensory deprivation tank tangent was hilarious 😂
What is a tougher than a fight than Bruce Lee? 4 Bruce Lees!
"Here's a book..."
3 words that tell you this episode is gonna be goooooooood!
I keep coming back to this episode 😂
Me too!
It hit me with the art that this would have made a great BTAS episode simply because it wouldn’t have the baggage of the fact aliens are absolutely real in the dc universe
Except for the fact that it's part of the DCAU. Which includes Superman and Justice League
@@davidspring4003 that stuff wasn’t around during the BTAS era and most of the more DC focused stuff came about during the TNBA time
Now I want to see Superman doing the history channel “aliens” meme, with the crazy hair and everything… this story takes place in the 90’s, Superman wasn’t above crazy hairstyles lol
This is my all time favourite Batman story ever, and I am beyond excited to see these three react to the absolute and utter madness of Batman The Abduction.
Who hurt you ?
@@PhsycoRed Aliens
"All time favorite"? I haven't read it but, based on the review, I have to ask why?
@@architeuthis3476 Because of its pure madness and deranged nature. It's a perfect distillation of one of my favourite eras of science fiction, the 90's. Weird nonsensical conspiracies, a bafflingly wrong understanding of computers and how the internet works. I live for that, I just love how absurd this is and I desperately need them to see the sequel to this because it's even more bizarre.
Also Bruce Lee fights Batman is one of the stupidest things ever put to page and I adore it for that.
@@PhsycoRed The Greys.
I'd love if there was a story where a second batman appears and any of the alien character where just like "Wait you were abducted by the gradiens? Their like Facebook of the galaxy. They sell people's data to the highest bidder. Why didn't you say anything?!". And batman just shouts "I knew I was abducted! Wait what?".
I'm always down for some batshit insane goofy stories. Even more so when it's the incredible Sal explaining them, LOL.
PLEASE do the sequel in the future. I need more of this Batman on Crack story
Yes, my father took me to see Fire in the Sky when I was a kid...pretty good flick imo. I like how it's based on a true story and Sal's like "that's a good idea" 🤣
Sal's laughter at 30:48 is so infectious that it got me.
Here's a book.......that we're doing.
You know its going to be a good one when that's the opening gambit of a video 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Etahn "Oh no".
Me "Oh yes!"
The sensory deprivation tangent is bloody hilarious.
Starts at 39:23
the real takeaway here is that Bruce Lee was DC's Marvel's Iron Fist, and THAT... is enough comic books for me tonight.
I usually listen to this at the gym and laugh a bit, but this episode made me have an absolute break down and I almost died! I love you guys, thanks.
Great episode😂😂 so many funny comments from all of you about a ridiculous book. A few of my favorite moments:
13:36-14:52 all of Ethan’s comments
20:41 *insert aliens meme*
32:43 Ben’s comment made me laugh out loud in the airport🤣
41:06 “too afraid to do drugs”
56:25 😂
I’m literally dying of laughter after they got to the Anti-Life Equation part.
Also I hope in the future they cover Alex Ross’ Justice and JLA:The Nail
"Franklin Selly" seems to be a reference to Frank Scully - a writer who promoted the original UFO crash stories in the 50s, and also Dana Scully's namesake.
Great
Batman walks into the hall of justice.
"Aliens are real. Prepare yourselves."
"Bruce, most of us have met aliens to get powers"
Arthur: "Spoilers: So is Atlantis."
Diana: "And pretty much all Greek mythology."
Batman: :o
"Bruce, you know an IMORTAL "INTELLIGENT" Cave-man! How is this shocking?!"
Superman and Martian Manhunter: 😑
I can just see Batman running into Titans Tower telling Dick “Aliens are real!” Only for Dick and Kory to look at him like “no shit dude”
@@bZman Raven is technically also an alien since she's from another dimension
The Kook needs to be the main antagonist of the next crisis event lol.
That evil laugh in the beginning made me cancel my plans for the next hour
Always love the "THINGS ARE WORSE THAN EVER" drop
Cue the X-Files theme. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE!
Edit: oh my God my sides. I have laughed harder at this episode than I have anything in a while. This is a gold tier episode
I keep coming back to this video because it's so ridiculous and your reactions to it are the best. Any time I need a good chuckle, I make my way back
One of the many signs that it’s gonna be a good episode: Ethan being scared in the first 10 seconds
Thinking about it, Back Issues fan animations like Drunk History would actually be pretty dope.
It’s funny I haven’t thought about this for awhile but my older sister used to be a huge fan of the Xfiles and had a ton of issues of the comics series collected. There were a lot of twists and surprises in this episode but that memory was a pleasant addition.
there's also Superman: The Kansas Sighting, by J.M.DeMatteis, perfect for a follow up episode
*scoffs in science* probably the best part.
This is easily one of the most hilarious and bat-shit insane plots I've listened to on this channel. And the shame of it is that every ten minutes, Sal and Company would come up with a much better plot off the cuff. The idea of Batman being abducted by aliens isn't bad by itself---the first third of this was admittedly pretty interesting. It's just that this should've been the beginning of a much grander plot; one that should've involved the Justice League. But instead, we're given a random X-Files episode, but with Batman. But even the more comedic episodes of the X-Files were more dignified than this. The second Bruce Lee showed up, that's where I gave up.
I hope you guys do the sequel! This was a stupid rollercoaster and I couldn't ask for a better Comic Pop episode!
I don't think I've heard anything more shocking than Sal revealing that there is in fact a sequel to this fever dream of a book.
I haven't laughed so hard in forever, thanks for this whole episode, guys!
I've seen all of the Back Issues videos there are. You enjoyed yourself the most in this one - and it totally transfers. Thanks for that one, keep on enjoying making more episodes.
I'm a long time Batman fan and I did not know this book existed
The first 15 seconds already made it a classic😭😭
This episode is already one of the greatest you have ever done 😂😂😂
This story was absolutely wild and Batman didn't call one of his friends is crazy but at least they did it once ...wait this got a sequel, why does this have a sequel?!
Ohhhhhhh I NEED to see them cover this sequel
This was great! People need to know this exists. So unexpected and I loved it
I gotta say. I didn’t expect this to be the origin of the infamous Batman Vs Bruce Lee image I’ve seen online for over a decade now.
This was a WACKY book and a FANTASTIC episode. I hope you guys do the sequel!!!
Man that one scene in fire in the sky just really haunted my entire childhood. I watched that entirely too young.
This is very weird Batman story especially him fighting aliens 👽.
Oh, this episode was awesome!! I love the silly stories from the 90s on back issue. Great work!
The power of dollar bins at comic book stores remains unmatched.
35:51 There are incidents of people believing they had been shot, when they hadn't. Yet they started bleeding somehow. I think something along the lines of that would make for an interesting NOPE! episode.
Man, an episode about Batman: Harvest Breed would be sooo cool, the story is WILD
My only complaint is I can only click thumbs up once. Would love to see you do the sequel someday too!
I’ve already seen this like 3 times, it’s already a favorite of mine 😂 👾
This story is a fever dream, and I love it.
Real YT Shorts potenital for the Claustrophobia bit at the 39th minute
That's two fever dream weeks in a row. This is the gift that keeps on giving.
I can't wait for them to review Neal Adams Batman Odessy
Drugs, aliens, Batman acting like a lunatic…
Are we sure grant Morrison didn’t write this?
My God , I love this channel. Another gem of an episode .
Man I already thought this video had went off the rails when I heard the premise that Batman got abducted by gray aliens but at 28 minutes there were rails I didn't know I could be flung off of at high speeds!! We are off the rails now boys!!
Nice!! This is the first Batman comic I ever bought as a kid.
The sensory deprivation tank has to be one of comic pop's greatest tangents
Couldn’t get 15 seconds in before my sides were in shreds😂😂😂😂
This is a top tier episode for me. Holy shit I've been laughing the entire time.
Great vid fr but from 39:00 forward ? ... I cried real life tears, that sensory deprivation bit really got me
Batman vs hallucinations. This was very enjoyable
Batman really is the best Detective
before this vid I wasn't sure but now I am
Batman trying to find Bigfoot is a book I didn't know I needed until it was mentioned. DC give me that book!
Someone needs to clip the deprivation tank bit, holy shit that was funny
Wow at 56:19 you guys are in such unison that actually sounded good
Please do the squeal. This was a great episode.
Aliens.... one step closer to the sleepwalker review!
Best birthday present ever. Thanks guys for this crazy tale!
43:52 We all said this at the same time
Huh. This book is actually at a library near me. Never knew what it was about until now😂
I love it when you guys go off the walls lol
Around the same era, Batman also ended up with the Holy Grail. Take a look at The Chalice also!
We fans demand the sequel
Wait, DC does have it's own Big Foot, The Shaggy Mam
Already one of the greatest episodes right off the rip!😂
This is ep definitely goes to top 5 favorite comicpop ep of all time
The Gray aliens from all the UFO stuff is all over the place in pop culture....
But this week's BACK ISSUES reminded me of something weird in fiction... in that from Star Wars to Star Trek to DC and Marvel Comics to countless other IP's....
1. Aliens exist
2. But they are never the Gray aliens from UFO abduction lore.
So....
Does that mean that even in these fictional settings that alien abduction lore is all considered fake?
There are no Grays in the United Federation of Planets
Somehow I had never heard of this before,
and the idea seemed so lame that I was on the fence about clicking on this video,
but OMG am I glad I did!
This is one of the funniest videos ComicPop has ever done.
I can't recommend this enough!
“I mean… ya know” is amazin’
I had no idea this existed. I must buy it. Phenomenal episode gentlemen.
I loved this episode, it was very fun. Would love for you too cover the sequel XD.