Aaaaaaahhhh! The 80's fashion...my eyes...the goggles do nothing!


Side note: These adventures seem more thrilling than the upcoming TV series for Wonder Woman.

Its probably because I have been raised up on more of the Batman, X-man, and Superman lore, but what job does Wonder Woman have that requires her alter-ego to use computers, and why is it her and not Spider Man talking to them about it?

I mean, I knew he is in alot of bad PSAs but Spider-man would be perfect as a "guest" for this because he is a scientist and is sometimes shown doing scientific research on computers.




And I know its bad PR, but if I was Wonder Woman I would deck the little bastard to mouthing off to me. I am glad you didn't disappoint us Linkara, I remember you said that you were going to do a review on this comic when you introduced us to the first Tandy Whiz Kids comic and I am glad you finally did. Its really hilarious.

She was a secrotery for the militry(I believe it was the airforce)! and Spiderman wasn't used because these comics were released by DC and Spiderman is property of Marvel! I'm sure there was a bidding war betwen the 2 for who got the account for this company's crappy comic because I'm sure the company paid a ton for them to publish it for them!

A soon as i heard this title, I died a little inside. no joke.

I think we all died a little, my friend. I think we all died a little.

"Superman and Wonder Woman: Tandy Computer Whiz Kids"

No way this could be a bomb, right guys?

...guys?

Okay confused again, how does red sunlight work to drain Superman's powers and weaken him. And why is this the first time I have heard of it?

And how did Luthor know it would work...?

And why didn't........my head hurts *takes some aspirin*

Superman's powers are based on Earth's Yellow sunlight! that's why his dad sent him to Earth was because Kryption's sun was red nd under red sunlight he's basically human but Yellow gives him his powers! It's comicbook science so it makes little since but if you're reading a book about a flying man...

Ahhhh, okay, thanks for explaining that to me, you get a thumbs up :D

has anyone notice that these vids are coming out earlier?

well cant complain. LINKARA!!!!
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aaaahh shit, the tandy computer whiz kids....shoot me now.

I have noticed. They come out around 12:00 now, instead of 2:00 or 3:00.

I love mad scientist Lex. I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a fan of Smallville (I'll just crucify myself, thank you), and it got me into comics of all kinds -- but mostly Superman. I recently started reading the '86 reboot, but before I even heard of that, I was reading one-shots and mini-series -- and I absolutely loved mad scientist Lex from Superman vs. Spiderman. I loved his giant robot, I loved his Green Goblin colors, and I loved his "you'll never stop me now, Superman!" classic comic-book villain style.

I'm a little disappointed that he doesn't venture into mad scientist territory more often.

I also love Smallville (Okay, everyone, bring out the 2x4s, hammers, and nails.)

... I can already tell this is going to hurt.

Deeeeep huuuurting. Deeeeep huuuurting.

Anyway, Tandy! No doubt this shall be a fascinating romp through modern computing that will never age. And who better to star in it but Golden Age-born superheroes?

To answer your question at the end, it is where you grew up. I was in elementary school for sixth grade, then moved on to middle school after that.

Great review! (About throwing the building into the air) Physics? What's that?? Can't wait to see what's next. :3

I moved around alot and several of the school disticts (especialy the smaller ones) the elementary was K-6, there was no middle school. Instead, there was Jr. High for 7th and 8th grade ataced to the High School (9-12).

My school was like that. You were in Elementary through the sixth grade, Jr. High for seventh and eight grades, and High School for ninth through twelfth grades.

Of course, it was all one big, cold, labyrinthine building. So there was no feeling that you were moving up in the world. Just that you had been banished to a different cell block.

All I can hear in my head is David Bowie singing, "My TRS eight-o, oh oh, TRS eight-o."

Oh my God...COMPUTERS ARE IN COLOUR NOW!!!
Truly this is a magnificent time to be alive.

I was hoping we get to see detective Duke Nukem on the case again, oh well, at least you mentioned him from the other video.

There aren't enough expletives in the world to describe how bad this comic is, this is Superman At World's End bad what a total misuse of 2 of the all-time greatest Superheroes. -_-

Great video Lewis! :)

I believe the Washington Metro tried that computerized system of running trains. I'll let you look up how well that worked out...

I like these videos. I'm glad I started watching them!

Oh no.... not another Tandy computer whiz kids....

Actually back in the day my first computer was a tandy

Keep up the good work Linkara :D

They didn't do anything you couldn't do with a TRX-80 color computer. And an Internet connection. And an information retrieval service subscription. And probably a Network 3 Controller.

I had a Trash-80 when I was a kid. I never met any superheroes as a result.

I think you installed it the wrong way then.

I know that making comics is difficult. Writing comics seems to be very hard (it is for me anyway) but I could write something more interesting and more coherent if I was given 5 minutes while on a sugar high.

I am flabbergasted at Wonder Woman's decision to free Superman by ripping up the planetarium. Ignoring the structural damage to the building itself that should have occurred, and the fact that there were undoubtedly innumerable loose objects inside that were hurled about, smashing them against the walls, floors and ceilings (probably ruining the exhibitions and potentially destroying very expensive equipment), there's all the utility connections that she just destroyed by uprooting the thing. Remember that phone you were on, Superman? Well, it was connected to these telephone wires, which Wonder Woman just snapped. And I doubt the planetarium had its own generator, so it probably was getting electricity to power those red-sun lights from elsewhere, and now that's been ruined. It probably had water, too, for bathrooms and fountains and the like, so there should be broken pipes gushing water everywhere.

Linkara already mentioned that Superman wasn't holding on to anything when the entire building started moving, and he was depowered and therefore vulnerable, so he probably should've suffered bumps and bruises--heck, maybe when Wonder Woman tore up the building he would've stumbled into the door that was wired with explosives, forcing it open and triggering it to explode!

And for that matter... was the entire building empty except for Superman? This was a public planetarium at a world fair in the middle of the day, right? Shouldn't there have been lots of people in there that were thrown around and possibly injured? How many people fell down the stairs when the entire building moved from under them?

And you can't say that Wonder Woman was being careful when moving the building, either. Around 21:10 of the video we can see it HURTLING THROUGH THE AIR, since Wonder Woman has removed her lasso from it and neither she nor Superman are holding it.

But hey, Wondy, at least you got Superman out safely! Um, somehow. So who cares about the rest?

I'm pretty sure that building went AWOL after that... looking for a place to live its own existence without superman or red light (or world fair)...

Also, shouldn't people be wondering about the giant crater where the planetarium used to be?

I laugh my ass off ! Damn you're funny (and freaking right about the train... that's false advertisement !!!!)

Those kids creep me out :| A LOT !

I agree with Liz's suspicion

At least Luthor isn't trying to steal cakes in this one. But he still was trying to ruin a fair for a flimsy reason.

And that's terrible.

If you think about it, Luthor wasn't originally trying to do anything evil at all. He just wanted to be featured in the World's Fair. The line that gets me is, "since he's the greatest scientific mind in the world, his technology should get prime exhibition space. Naturally, we refused him." I realize he's an arrogant dick, but why refuse to display technology that's lightyears ahead of anything mankind has ever developed? Especially when he's threatened to sabotage the fair otherwise. Why risk the lives of thousands of people over something so petty? All the trouble of tightening security and hiring superheroes for protection could have been avoided if they'd just given the guy a booth and a name tag.

Makes me wonder in this world if Luthor cured Cancer or something would they not use it because the guy that made is was a dick and was trying to kill Superman!?

That was actually the subject of a 1960s imaginary story called the Death of Superman (no, not the '90s story, a different one). Luthor, while in jail, became sorry that he'd been acting like such a dick, developed a cure for cancer and was set free. Supes was so happy that Luthor had turned over a new leaf he became best friends with him and hung around with him all the time and built Lex a space shuttle laboratory so he would be safe from all the villains who were trying to kill him for his heel face turn. And Luthor was making humankind better with his scientific discoveries and Superman was all happy and everything was hunky dory.

Then Luthor lured Supes up to the shuttle, ambushed him, and tortured him to death with a kryptonite ray in front of Jimmy, Perry, and Lois. I'm sure there was a moral there, but thinking about it makes me completely depressed.

This seems like yet another example of people deciding it doesn't have to be good if it's for kids. Don't writers remember their own childhoods? We all hated it when adults pretty clearly thought inexperience = stupidity.

I always hate to admit my age on the internet, but back on Long Island, it used to be Elementary was K-6, Junior High was 7-8 and Senior High School was 9 through 12. I think the same was true for New York City as well, and at that time NYC was pretty clearly Metropolis in the comics. Or so I recall vaguely.

By the mid 90's though, my school district had begun phasing in bringing the sixth graders to now-Middle School. I think the split is now K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. (And oddly enough the first day of class with the sixth graders in my Middle/Senior High School was also the first concealed weapons violation our school had had in decades. From a sixth grader. The irony is that they set up a lot of isolation for the Middle School to protect the sixth graders from the seniors. We were rather appreciative of the isolation from the other end after that. /ramble)

Oh, and I never owned a TRS-80, but I used them, Apple IIe's, TI-99/4A's, Commodore 64's and PET computers throughout elementary school. And I have to say I miss the days when 64KB was a monster amount of RAM. I may be crazy, of course...

BUY IT NOW OR SUPERMAN DIES!

I just love that line. Good job, man.

I bought a flash comic cause it said something like that.

"STOP! BUY THIS ISSUE TO SAVE MY LIFE" or something like that.

I was waiting for the very end (and I mean after the credits) all video long. Seriously, nothing in the comic came CLOSE to that scene.

This is just all around hilarious, you really know the funniest thing to say when presented certain scenarios.

So is the message of the comic to not call the police when your in trouble? I wonder what Sonic would say to that?

Ah the 80's all I can hope for is one day you will showcase the old Hostess snack adds featuring the D.C. superheros

Now I'll have that damned song stuck in my head all night. "Your my obsession your my obsession "

I actually own this comic I read it once and couldn't stop laughing

Yay, the Tandy Computer Whiz Kids Superman/Wonder Woman comic!

Lex Luthor today DOES go back and forth with the businessman and criminal mastermind bit. In the first story arc of the Superman/Batman comics, we see Lex in that high-tech armor.

6:28- If that’s so, why does it look like the monitor isn’t on?

13:34- Also, I learned at driving school that a train takes about a mile to fully stop.

14:11- Horay, the joke is back! =D

15:14- Okay, now they’ve just got into the world of the ‘50s-’60s Batman comics.

Nice job on the Picard bit, Lewis.

This comic is just an epic of stupidity and a major suck-up to RadioShack.

I’m guessing the 6th graders in THAT elementary school are for the special students. Also, it’s awesome to here what you think about “Fit to Win,” Liz. ;)

24:17- Must be another one of this comic’s lies.

It really depends on what state you live in. In Missouri, sixth grade is elementary school. But in Kansas, it's in middle school.

It's actually decided by each county here. A county one over has 6th in the elementary school, while this one has it in the middle school.

I apologize in advance for the poor grammar....

In the eighties and early nineties, 6th grade was part of elementary school. They started integrating 6th grade into middle school around the mid-nineties, at least in California, if I remember correctly. Depends where you're from, I guess. Also makes me feel old having actually owned a Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80... and yes, they were in color. Usually came pre-packaged with Hangman. You had to span disks for huge 5-8 MB computer games like Leisure Suit Larry and all the old text-based LucasArts adventures.

I remember 2600 baud modems, too. Having to connect 56k through your phone lines and getting knocked off 'cuz mom needed you to buy milk from the store, porn sites being a new thing, Napster and the beginning of illegal downloading, AOL cornering the market on internet based services and Asian kids selling username/passwords, AOL actually posting account information on secured websites (that were hacked frequently, btw). Memories...

Number Munchers FTW