Since I started watching your videos, I was wondering deep in my mind if you would ever review this piece of Elseworlds crap. I also fully agree that Supes is the most human of any superhero in any universe.

6:55- He was also in the opening scene of an episode of “Batman: The Brave and The Bold.”

9:20- Abandon all logic, all ye who would read past this point.

11:59- I feel that the writer of this comic thought that he was in the 60s, and thought bubbles weren’t invented in comics yet, but that’s just me. =)

13:27- It’s right here in the comic where Kamandi is turning into Johnny from “Battlefield Earth.”

15:44- Or you could be reading the censored version of the comic, where it’s censored in the same way as the TV version of “Showgirls” where the naked women are wearing bras and underwear that look like they were from Toontown from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”

16:28- Maybe Mother’s acting the same way as Mother from “Alien.”

19:45- This is starting to remind me of “Blast from the Past” starring Brendon Fraser, but sillier and stupid.

I also find this comic very uninteresting. For the most part, there’s no “I AM A MAN” moment. Thanks for the after-credits bit, Lewis. Shame the Entity brought you down (but not out).

(A milisecond after Linkara punched The Entity)- Yes, I DID see you. Sorry it took me this long to notice.

Excellent as always

They only exposer i have to that is batman brave and bold it looked kind of neat this looked stupid and idiotic.... and since this mostliley doest take place on main dc earth if superman did cause the apolcclise i would be finew ith that.. one last thing i can't wait for linkara to get to operation overdrive its one of my fav red rangers in it

I think Superman is sometimes lacking in humanity, depending on the story. At times, Superman can be overpowered and Clark Kent one-dimensional. What it boils down to is that the character doesn't always spend enough time out of costume, where he can actually have a life with friends and family.

I've already won the game.... oh crap umm linkara can i barrow a phaser.. or better the timeforce morherlol...

you mention it taking him a month to get where he needs to go, he has to stop to eat and drink? oh no no, he has to find food first before he can eat... that's right, she sent him on a quest with just about NO previsions... clearly she isn't mother brain

3:20ish I always thought treating Superman as a foreigner is not only an insult to his character, but also to his symbolic status of America. You see in America we don't care if you are white, black, Asian or Kryptonian, you are an American. So Superman being raised and accepted by Americans and treated as 100% American is a great parallel to what America should be.
So having Superman just drop his American-ness for the planet Krypton where he barely spent a week, didn't know his parents or have ANY knowledge of their culture is an insult to him personally (and his earth parents) and his status as an American symbol.

Like in Superman Returns where he skipped on testifying in Lex Luthor's trial to go check out the remains of a planet that blew up decades ago? There goes truth and justice too!

I never heard of the character Kamandi myself, but seeing this comic dosen't make me want to read any other comics with him in it to find out more about this guy.


*now for the stinger at the end*



Also, wow, Linkara.....don't tell me you don't think that was normal. That was not normal what happened at the end there when you did your "I am a MAN" punch. That makes me worry even more for the upcoming battle with the Entity. If he can't be stopped by Linkara's "Man" punch. Then....what will stop him?

"Can You See Me?"

Yes I can see you Mister Entity, now stop peering in on me when I am getting undresed or I will call The Intergalatic Police! >=(

Not only that, but if you look at the DC universe as a whole Superman is far from alone as a super-powered immigrant. What about The Martian Manhunter, Starfire or even Wonder Woman? If he ever felt depressed about being a 'stranger in a strange land' (which he maybe would from time to time), there's no lack of people that can identify with him.

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This is a 2 parter!? I knew of thisz comic excisting because of my copy of Superman at Earth's End stated it was a sequal to this, but I didn't know this was longer than a one shot!

Of course our only surviving human heroe of the story is addicted to internet porn... why the hell not!?

I've read a lot of these alternate future themed Elseworlds titles from DC(I bought like 12-15 of them off eBay for like a dollar a piece) and they all have a glaring problem to me and that is that the DC universe is more exspanded than just Earth by itself. So a story about Earth being destoried in away like this and there are no more superheroes makes no since to me since I'm sure sertin non-Earth based heroes and groups could and would some how et involved like the Green Lantern Corp. as it's their job, Dark Sied as he's been trying to get Earth for years, Warwold as they've been wanting Earth for years too, ect.

I got 2 comics that are messed up Elseworlds titles I'd like to see you review someday, Linkara. Elseworlds Annuals The Adventures of Superman #6 and Elseworlds Annuals Superboy #1. It's a lot like this story with the whole post-apoculyptic future thing just here it's an evil alien invashion with all the cyberpunk and 90s cheese we know all so well.

Also, another Elseworlds Title I'd like to see you wrip a new one is Superman/Wonder Woman Whom Gods Destroy just because I've read thew it twice now and I'm stll utterly confused as to what the hell happened in it. I know what happened but the story was really really wierd and hard to get what the point was!

Sorry for another overly long comment. Keep up the good work! :D

Linkara did the "I am a MAN!" punch so hard, a STORYLINE came out! That's a really hard punch!

"Can you see me?"

Which game I wonder.

Actually, the argument has been made that humans are biological machines *without* free will... :P

Also: If these Grabbers aren't human anymore, eating humans doesn't really make them cannibals, right?

Well, you're both right and wrong about that one. Human behavior can be predicted by equations; however, there are so many variables to consider in even the tiniest human action that it would taking billions of equations and an almost equal number of years to figure out what a person would do. Though it would be technically the most accurate approach, trying to predict what a person will do through the use of mathematical modeling would be entirely pointless. The simpler, more useful model for human behavior is "free will," which is analyzed through the tools of psychology. (If this explanation is confusing, try thinking of an analogous situation: that of gravity acting upon an object. If you really wanted to model perfectly the force the earth's gravity exerts on your body as you fall, you would calculate its effects on every one of your molecules and go from there. Unfortunately, that would take a near infinite amount of time. However, modeling the body as one mass provides accurate enough measurements of the force of gravity, requiring only one equation to solve: F = m*g, where m is your mass, g = 9.8, and F is the total force exerted upon you. Much simpler.) If you want to know more about the simplifications mathematical models make, Stephen Hawking devotes a fascinating chapter to it in his latest book, The Grand Design. He makes a lot of interesting insights, describing how we live in what is known as a model-based reality, and how technically the model where stuff doesn't exist when you're not looking at it is valid (though it is needlessly convoluted, and does a poorer job at explaining reality than in the one where stuff does exist when you aren't looking at it [at least now we know that there is no right or wrong answer to the age-old question "When a tree falls in a forest, and no one hears it, does it make a sound?(Damn, with all these notes inside notes, I'm a veritable David Foster Wallace!)]).

I think I should go to bed now...

@ honestiago:
No, you misunderstand. DrMcCoy's remark wasn't about chaos mathematics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle vs Maxwell's demon, or physics in general.

He alluded to recent finding in neurobiology, namely that "free will" might be an illusion created by our neocortex to stop us from going insane. Modern brain imaging technology has shown that a lot of decision making happens in our brain faster than we are consciously aware of, and the frontal lobes (the seat of the personality) only get invited to the party *after* the decision has already been made, figuratively speaking.

Not to mention how some parasites can hijack the brains of their hosts, change their personality, force them to act in certain ways suited to the parasite's goals, even transform the host's physiology and anatomy via hormones... but that's another topic.

I think DC was using Kamandi to try to cash in on the Mad Max franchise.

Beware of Canada! It lies in wait for it's day of conquest! 0_0

No Yor Hunter From the Future reference? A pity.

Oh dog, (O O) It's starting.

Game, what game is he talking about?

How can we possibly loose the game if we were not playing in the first place!?!?!?

Kamandi's lower half disturbs me: nobody should have ankles that thin and feets that massive.

My thoughts exactly! I kept staring at bulbously muscled legs ending in stick-like ankles and absurdedly large shoes. How can he even walk?

Wait, this Kamandi guy is supposed to be seventeen? He looks like a thirty-year old stoner with a 1980s hairdo.

This comic and its sequel make total sense if you consider that the writer is Tom Veitch, who is kind of anti-traditional in his approach.

You know who else burned books, Linkara?
HITLER.
You monster.
(Seriously, that bit at the beginning felt like a ritual sacrifice - a liiittle bit creepy)

Your right superman is as moral as Captain America while trying to help humanity not be it's messiah while holding back his power so to not kill people that's superman not the guy that causes the 2nd Apocalypse

This comic seems more like an early draft for the story for the original Fallout game (published in 1997, four years after K:aEE) than having anything to do with the DCU.

Its funny how much trouble you go through to burn the comic. I kinda half expected nothing to happen just yet and you snap beating the comic yelling "BURN DAMN YOU BURN!!!!"

So this comic is saying that in A.D. 2101 war was beginning? KATZ must be stopped!

The shocks continue, as the "Entity" once again invades the credits! And Linkara's "I AM A MAN!!!" punch backfires on him?

Keep your eyes on ATOP THE FOURTH WALL, Folks! This one's just beginning!

Anyways, Great vid Linkara. :)

OMG! The entity is keeping Linkara from using his I AM A MAN punch D:

The Entity is Canadian, isn't it?

I thought this would be something as harmful as Bearded Idiot's adventures, but this looks more like a misguided character doing some errands and speaking out loud. Nothing else. Nothing that would hurt a fan's pride.

But still don't understand why picking Kamandi when they could just create a brand new character. I don't actually see that connection with Kirby's original character. :P

My god, the forces of the netherworld are doing everything in their power to save one of their own. How else could he have so much trouble burning such trash.

Also, don't knock Canada. The last time America went to war with Canada, they kicked our asses.

and THIS is my best birthday gift that I have today.

I disagree with Linkara about Superman. Superman is basically just big boy scout overly perfect to be human. Expesially when in reality all humans are selfiss bricks instead of being kind and helping. If they are kind and hgelping then thats just illusion to hide they true nature becouse humans lie all the time.

Superman is supposed to be a rolemodel. An ideal figure people should look up to and try to become more like. He might be a superhuman, but his personality is all about the good side of humanity.
Pointing out the flaws of mankind is the job of other characters, like The Comedian.

@LINKARA:

Nice review, but I got one mayor problem with the beginning. I think that the whole beginning with the burning of the "Superman"-story was noch only superflous but also, well, pretty mean spirited.

You ripped one issue to shred and than bought another one just to burn it? If you don't like it, okay, it's a bad comic, but after your review for example I bought the thing for some cents and, damn, I had a pretty great laugh as did my friends who I showed it to (with the advise to check out your show). So why take two chances away for people to have "fun" with the thing?

For more explanation:
I now that is now a big strech, but being raised in germany all the damn nazi-shit gets shoved down your throat from a very young age for that to never let this shit happen again.
The last mentioned thing is right and good and everything, but damn, like black people who got their "N-Word" it's the same for the german population from today who have their own "N-Word" which reminds people who had nothing to do with these things and never have or had the intention to be racist assholes everytime of their "guilty nation-syndrome".
And it's understandable, the nazis have done so much bad, that two or three generations afterwards the wounds are still open and afterall, the nazis are a if not the prime example of bad guys.

Where am I going with this? With all this nazi-talk in the schools and whatnot one of the prime examples of the bad nature of these guys is the burning of books.
That is now not meant to say that you're a nazi, god forbid, no, no, but nearly every german dude who sees this and is a little bit politically aware will make the connection in his head and, hopefully, imideatly think that the selfmotivated destruction of something one doesn't like is just a bad thing to do.

Bottom line: Burning perfectly readable books just because you don't like what's in them is just a mean thing to do. If you don't like it then sell it, donate it or whatever you can think of other than destruction.
And in this context I really thought that the "I like superman thing that's why I burn it" was a huge hippocracy, cause you pretty much said: "Because I like the idea of a powerfull man from the stars, who isn't telling the people of earth how to do everything, but is helping them be better so much, that I'm destroying something because I want to rid the world from it, because I don't like it."
So long explanaition, short summary: Superman wouldn't burn the comic, because it is just an act of personally motivated destruction. And that's a bad thing.

I hope you get what I mean and although "it are just two comics and therefore it's no big deal" it is a start on the road of doing evil things. It's harmless, yess, but,...ah, I just hope you get what I mean.
Li...

While I agree with pretty much everything you said (I'm not going to comb through your comment and pick out what I don't as that's not why I'm commenting), I'm pretty sure the comic burning in this episode was more motivated by people complaining that for a show with the tagline "where bad comics burn" there wasn't a lot of comic burning.

@LINKARA:

Nice review, but I got one mayor problem with the beginning. I think that the whole beginning with the burning of the "Superman"-story was noch only superflous but also, well, pretty mean spirited.

You ripped one issue to shred and than bought another one just to burn it? If you don't like it, okay, it's a bad comic, but after your review for example I bought the thing for some cents and, damn, I had a pretty great laugh as did my friends who I showed it to (with the advise to check out your show). So why take two chances away for people to have "fun" with the thing?

For more explanation:
I now that is now a big strech, but being raised in germany all the damn nazi-shit gets shoved down your throat from a very young age for that to never let this shit happen again.
The last mentioned thing is right and good and everything, but damn, like black people who got their "N-Word" it's the same for the german population from today who have their own "N-Word" which reminds people who had nothing to do with these things and never have or had the intention to be racist assholes everytime of their "guilty nation-syndrome".
And it's understandable, the nazis have done so much bad, that two or three generations afterwards the wounds are still open and afterall, the nazis are a if not the prime example of bad guys.

Where am I going with this? With all this nazi-talk in the schools and whatnot one of the prime examples of the bad nature of these guys is the burning of books.
That is now not meant to say that you're a nazi, god forbid, no, no, but nearly every german dude who sees this and is a little bit politically aware will make the connection in his head and, hopefully, imideatly think that the selfmotivated destruction of something one doesn't like is just a bad thing to do.

Bottom line: Burning perfectly readable books just because you don't like what's in them is just a mean thing to do. If you don't like it then sell it, donate it or whatever you can think of other than destruction.
And in this context I really thought that the "I like superman thing that's why I burn it" was a huge hippocracy, cause you pretty much said: "Because I like the idea of a powerfull man from the stars, who isn't imposing his values on the people of earth, but is helping them be better so much, that I'm destroying something because I want to rid the world from it, because I don't like it."
So long explanaition, short summary: Superman wouldn't burn the comic, because it is just an act of personally motivated destruction. And that's a bad thing.

I hope you get what I mean and although "it are just two comics and therefore it's no big deal" it is a start on the road of doing evil things. It's harmless, yess, but,...ah, I just hope you get what I mean.
Sincerly,
a long t...

I'm sorry for this doppelpost. I just wanted to edit the Superman-thing with "imposind his values" and shorten it a bit so that the "Sincerly, a long time viewer of your reviews" bit was included. So the right posting is the second one.
But instead of editing it, I postet the whole thing again. Sorry!

Books were burnt since the invention of books, so your connection is a bit wierd. After all, hes buning the comic to give the fans what they want, or more what they deserve. After all this is just so overblown because he cheated the first time, So it is not reaaly so personally motivated. After all part of his opening is "were bad comics burn". You can take this a a metaphor, or as burning something. Literal.

Maybe im just thinking that way because im from Austria, and we were, at least on paper, the "first victim of Germany" in WW2, so at least in politics, school and so on we did not need to feel guilt until much later than Germany.

"First victim"? As far as I know, most of the Austrian people cheered on the "Anschluss" back in the 1930s... then after 1945, suddenly no-one in Austria seemed to remember that Hitler was originally BORN in Austria. Just saying.

They remembered. That's why politicians decided its better to be "nice and innocent".
Austria was lucky cause the leaders of America and Russia decided that Austria's innocent and a victim, as long as the inhabitant show some resistance. All politics.
This time it worked. The same thing they tried after WW1, saying Austria didn't exist, we were the monarchy before, now were just this small piece.
And yes, they cheered. After all, for nearly twenty years they heard Austria alone can't exist, the only reason they didn't join Germany earlier was that it was forbidden.But 1938 world politics didn't care. So...they cheered. And Germany cheered too, because they had no money left, and small Austria had much more money

Following that logic the Germans thenselves were the first victims. All that had the audacity to be abnormal aka socialdemocrats, gay, intellectual, jews, liberal, unionists etc.
The Austrians were treated with the same "nicety" as the Germans, as they were considered to be the same race. Unlike the sub-human slavic people that got conquered afterwards and were designated to be slave laborers - if they got lucky.

I explained how the connection came to my mind in my text. And yeah, Austria weaseld himself out of this "Nazi"-thing pretty efficiently and maybe performed their greatest stunt by branding Hitler a german rather than an austrian. ;-)

And, by the way, a quote from Captain America comes to mind: "You have to remember, that the first country the nazis occupied was their own!"

But no, I really don't want to push that nazi-analogy, which I just brought up as an explanaition for some of my feelings towards the book-burning. For all I care you can scratch that, as long as the part is clear where I find a more than a bit offended, that in the name of Superman a book gets burned, which is, like I explained, wrong on so many levels.

It's almost like "you said Jesus was an asshole? As a good christian I have to kill you for that!" Yes, true, that is a bit beyond burning books, but only further down the road the same mindset.
Especially Linkara, who always ponders the fact that Superheroes should be good and inspiring, it's sad to see that it didn't inspire him to skip this destructive routine. (And it's really sickening to think about the people who sat in their seats going: "Yeah, burn the fucker, wuuuhuuu!" It's practically witchburning all over again.)

But hey, now I'm just stretching the subject. What I wanted to say, I said. Hopefully there is more fun and less senseless destruction waiting in the near future...

Superman never had to read bad comics.