Kamandi at Earth's End #6
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September 8, 2014
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20:30
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Both virtual AND real brutality... on your eyes.
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Linkara: Hello, and welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. Well, I've put (holds up index finger) one awful sci-fi series with a dopey protagonist and a computer named (makes "finger quotes") "Mother" behind me, so... why not another?
(A montage of shots of the past issues of "Kamandi at Earth's End" is shown)
Linkara (v/o): "Kamandi at Earth's End" tells the tale of a post-apocalyptic future, where men are overinflated parade balloons and women don't wear many clothes, and the clothes they do wear don't make a whole lot of sense. A bunch of chicken robots want to purge the Earth of mutations and whatnot, but they are opposed by Mother Machine... or Machine Mother, since they flip the name around a lot; at some point, I expect them to start mixing the syllables so we have "MA-chine" or something. ...an artificial intelligence that wants to kill Superman– Oh, I'm sorry, Bearded Idiot... for reasons that are still unclear to me. I dunno, maybe she thought he could still destroy her, but considering he was sitting alone in a bunch of ruins for seemingly a hundred years, you're probably good. Hell, if he didn't try to fight you out of boredom after that much time, he's probably too far gone mentally to be any danger. Also, we learned that books are full of thinking.
Linkara: So let's dig into (holds up today's comic) "Kamandi at Earth's End #6" and put another godawful miniseries to a close.
(AT4W title sequence plays, and title has Letters to Cleo's cover of "Cruel To Be Kind" playing in the background. Cut to a closeup of the comic's cover)
Linkara (v/o): So, last week, we had a good cover to conclude "SCI-Spy", so naturally, the conclusion to "Kamandi" is just crap. What the hell am I even looking at? Kamandi locked in some kind of machine, but he might be sitting, since I think those are his very lumpy knees. And what's with his hair? Did he just get an electrical shock, and so his hair is sticking out? Or are all of those cables actually a bunch of vacuums that are sucking at his hair? Wouldn't surprise me; they're not the only things sucking in this comic. Oh, and there's Slimer from Ghostbusters, I guess. I don't know, your guess is as good as mine at this point. It's like a giant green version of the monster from Basket Case.
Text: VIRTUAL BRUTALITY!
Linkara: So... it's fake brutality.
Linkara (v/o): We open with Bearded Idiot laying in the shadow of a Superman statue, which naturally survived right next to Mother Machine's heavily-guarded compound, despite Mother Machine's obvious contempt and hatred for Superman. Sure, it's just a statue, but we've already established Mother Machine as an emotional being, so why the hell wouldn't she blow the thing up?
Ben Boxer: (narrating) Ben Boxer's Log, October 1, 2101 A.D....
Linkara: (as Boxer) My parents say that I can kill Mother Machine if I can get 50,000 reblogs on this log entry.
Boxer: (narrating) Sky City withstood the attack of Machine Mother.
Linkara: If by (makes a "finger quote") "withstood", you mean, "had more holes put in it than elevator doors in an action movie".
Linkara (v/o): The attack has ceased for the moment, so Ben Boxer is bringing down the surviving chicken robots to investigate just what the hell happened.
Boxer: (narrating) Thanks to the book we took from the girl Saphira, we knew that Machine Mother's brain core was located six miles under the New York bunker.
Linkara: Books are not only full of thinking, they're full of spoilers.
Linkara (v/o): Ben Boxer's forces send in condensed solar energy into Superman to save his life, and he reports how he was able to fly and how Saphira and Kamandi are also still alive.
Boxer: Listen, Superman--if the kid is alive, then he's probably down in the bunker... seeing his precious Mother.
Linkara: (as Boxer) And she's probably chastising him about how he needs to get a job so he can move out and give her some damn grandkids.
Linkara (v/o): Speaking of, Kamandi and Saphira make their way through the underground tunnels, which now appear to be flooded, though who can tell with this craptastic artwork?
Saphira: Th-This is where you used to live?
Kamandi: Somethin's happened... It used to be nice. It wasn't like this.
Linkara: (as Kamandi) Damn low-income housing! It's ruining this whole neighborhood!
Kamandi: Watch it-- hellrat! The hellrats live in the dark places, deep in Mother's data core...
(Cut to a clip of The Princess Bride)
Westley (Cary Elwes): Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist.
(Then a rodent attacks Westley. Cut back to the comic)
Kamandi: Fixer told me about 'em... They escaped from the Gotham City genetics lab back when the virus hit.
Linkara: So, twin clones of Hitler and giant hellrats came from Gotham City's genetics lab. And people laugh when I say scientists are evil!
Kamandi: The labs were breeding all kinds of mutations... Dogs with vocal chords 'n' stuff like that.
Linkara: And thus we learn the true origins behind (poster for the following appears in the corner...) A Talking Cat!?!
Linkara (v/o): Also, he said these things were deep in Mother Machine's data core?! Oh, yeah, that's great for all the electronic equipment where you store your artificial intelligence. Escaped giant rat mutations – they're great for clearing away dust! Saphira tells Kamandi that she's got a weird feeling about Mother Machine and suspects she was firing on them earlier, knowing full well he was on the Skydeck. Mother Machine starts talking... and apparently, she's completely changed her tune since the end of the last issue. Now she's only too happy to let Saphira hang around, despite swearing murderous vengeance at the end of the last issue.
Linkara: Man, do you remember when this comic had consistency and tight plotting? Yeah, I don't, either. I'm just putting myself into a happy place and living in denial. (he looks up in wonderment and sighs with pleasure)
Mother Machine: What a lovely girl you've found... I'm sure she'll make a wonderful mate for you, Kamandi... You're destined to be the new Adam and Eve, father and mother of the new human race...
Linkara: (as Mother Machine) I've already picked out a lovely toaster for a wedding present.
Mother Machine: Come, my son... Climb into your favorite chair so we can talk... I have much to show you...
Linkara: (as Mother Machine) I've added a cup holder since you've been gone.
Kamandi: Y-Yes, Mother... But I thought you were angry with me?
Mother Machine: Angry? No... How can I be angry with the one that I love?
Linkara: (singing) Cruel to be kind, in the right measure. Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign.
Mother Machine: That's right... That's good. Now put on the reality mask... Gooood.
Linkara: You know, most parents usually discourage their kids from playing video games. Good to see a more progressive one.
Mother Machine: Now, as I spin my world around you...
Linkara (v/o): Right 'round, like a record, baby...
Mother Machine: ...let me ask you, my son... Why did you hurt me by disobeying and bringing this ugly... female creature into my house--?
Linkara: (as Kamandi) Uh, Mom, I-I'm getting mixed signals.
Mother Machine: Now Mother must punish you!
Linkara: (as Mother Machine) Enjoy having every issue of "SCI-Spy" flashed in front of your eyes at once! (as Kamandi) NO!! NO! IT'S SO BORING!
Linkara (v/o): Mother Machine calls Saphira a "little predator" and a "viper", unleashing creatures on her to try to kill her. Kamandi breaks free of the machine and asks what the hell Mother Machine's deal is, but she's more concerned about the fact that she now realizes that Bearded Idiot is still alive. Still, Kamandi goes to rescue Saphira.
Kamandi: Hold on, girl! I'm comin'!
Linkara: (making a gun shape with his fingers) I'm coming with this gun that I conveniently have now, no doubt having stored it up my ass. (normal) Seriously, it doesn't even look like the same gun he had with him on the opening pages. Where did he get that thing?!
Mother Machine: Bad Kamandi... Evil Kamandi... Mother knows Kamandi doesn't love Mother!
Linkara: (as Mother Machine) Mother knows the best way to reach you is to speak in the third person!
Kamandi: I do love you...
Linkara: (as Kamandi) But I love Stalin more.
Kamandi: ...but, damn it, Mother--they say you started it... They say you killed everybody!
Linkara: (wagging finger) Now, now, Kamandi, nobody cares who started the genocide.
Linkara (v/o): He frees Saphira from the creature and demands to know if Mother Machine caused the Second Apocalypse, but she doesn't answer, instead just saying that the "witch has taken over his mind."
Mother Machine: ...the ignorant victim of your sexual desires!
Linkara: This is a weird remake of Eyes Wide Shut.
Kamandi: That's a lie! I'm free! I'm a free man!
Linkara: (looks offscren with his fists up) I AM A FREE MAN!
(He does his usual punching motion and, after struggling to pull in what he punched, reveals that he has pulled in: Moarte's box)
Linkara: (confused) The hell?
Moarte: (offscreen) Whoever took my longbox better put it back!
Linkara: Sorry! My bad! (pushes box away)
Kamandi: A free man does anything he wants to!
Linkara: (as Kamandi) I'm gonna stay up late and watch R-rated movies and eat ice cream for breakfast, and you can't stop me, Mom!
Linkara (v/o): Mother Machine's had enough of the ramblings and just grabs them with robotic appendages. Meanwhile, Bearded Idiot leads Ben Boxer and a few weird-ass robots with chain-gun arms and shark heads and other assorted overblown '90s things through the tunnels, his enhanced senses allowing him to track them by smell. They start encountering obstacles. Apparently, Machine Mother was able to develop techno-organic materials into the very walls, letting her pull out weapons completely at will.
Linkara: And simply sending a robot to kill Superman with this technology was completely out of the question. No, no, no, no, she needed to send the sexually repressed muscle man who regularly takes (holds up two fingers) firearm enemas.
Boxer: (narrating) Some of the lasers she threw at us had a hundred gigawatts behind 'em-- they could melt ten-inch steel! --Fortunately, we had living twenty-inch steel!
Linkara (v/o): Very flexible steel, it would seem, given the fact that Bearded Idiot is in a classic Escher Girls boobs-and-butt pose. I don't get it, though; who wants to see Superman's boobs? They reach the room where Kamandi and Saphira are being held, Mother Machine saying she'll use them as bait.
Boxer: (narrating) Boxer's Log...
Linkara: (as Boxer) Why am I writing log entries while we're in the middle of a fight with my greatest enemy?
Boxer: (narrating) In the next second, Mother began bombarding us with powerful microwave beams that could cook us from the inside out!
Linkara: (as Boxer) The fool! She needs to pan-fry us, not microwave us! It ruins the flavor!
Linkara (v/o): Bearded Idiot just flies away from the attack.
Superman: Gotta save the kids!
Linkara: (as Superman) Gotta save the thirty-year-old kids!
Linkara (v/o): While Ben Boxer sets up a force field to protect the last of his troops, Bearded Idiot finishes saving Kamandi and Saphira. They still need to access Mother Machine's data core, so Kamandi volunteers to plug himself back into the chair, which will somehow allow him to hack into Mother Machine directly. Look, your guess is as good as mine at this point how he knows that will work. This stupid series is almost over and I'm just throwing up my hands if they try to plug up their plot holes with tissues.
Boxer: (narrating) I watched Kamandi's fingers play over the programming controls... exactly as Machine Mother had taught him...
Linkara: (yelling in exasperation) WHY THE HELL WOULD SHE TEACH HIM HOW TO ACCESS HER CODE?!
Mother Machine: What are you doing? What are you doing? Oh, dear, I was afraid of this... Kamandi! Kamaaa--
(Cut to a clip of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 gang watching 12 to the Moon)
Tom Servo: This makes no sense, and yet it's working.
(Back to the comic again)
Linkara (v/o): However, Mother Machine soon disappears and is replaced by an image of Carol, Kamandi's cyber girlfriend. Kamandi thinks Mother Machine sent her to try to get him to stop, but she claims she sent herself. And since he's in the stupid virtual reality chair, they're now back in the beach simulation with its sky made of pink lemonade. And somewhere in that pink, Natalie Stack is battling terrorists. Carol tries to distract Kamandi by flashing her boobs like in the first issue, but Kamandi isn't buying it and admits he's already gotten into the "operations matrix" and disrupts the image of her.
Carol: Ka-MANdi! This isn't RIGHT... I never hurt you--! Kamandi... why... w-why are you KILLING me?
Kamandi: Don't be silly, Carol. You never lived... How can you be killed?
Linkara: Wouldn't it be funny if Carol was an artificial intelligence and was just under Mother Machine's sway, and so Kamandi just committed wholesale murder of an intelligent being? (laughs) And by "funny", I mean, I HATE THIS COMIC! (scowls)
Kamandi: Ben... Superman... I'm through the virtual reality interface...
Linkara: Lawnmower Man 3: Kamandi's War.
Linkara (v/o): As Kamandi continues to tear apart Mother Machine's code, her visual representation falls apart, but she's able to summon a giant monster. Ben Boxer says that it's made of pure energy and that it...
Boxer: (narrating) ...seemed constructed of all the rage and murder of the twenty-first century-- yet it was strangely voiceless, as if its hellish urge to scream was being smothered and redirected into its strength.
Linkara: Good, one less character to say annoying and stupid things.
Linkara (v/o): Superman engages the creature while Ben thinks they should withdraw since it seems hopeless.
Superman: Not hopeless, Ben. Nothing's hopeless.
Linkara: (as Boxer) Well, how about hoping that "The New 52" gets undone? (as Superman) I said nothing's hopeless, Ben. I didn't say it was realistic.
Linkara (v/o): Kamandi finally manages to breach Mother Machine's defenses and destroys the creature, reaching her brain core. Another virtual reality construct pops up, but now it's an older woman in robes who appears before Kamandi.
Kamandi: W-Who are you?
Older woman: It's time you knew the truth, son...
Linkara: (as the older woman) There's no such thing as "Santa Claus At Earth's End". (an image of the bearded Superman is shown in the corner) That doesn't count!
Older woman: Your father designed the machine. He was the chief engineer of the bunker system. To program such a complex machine using the old ways was impossible. He devised a new way.
(Cut to a clip of an IBM commercial)
Avery Brooks: It's a different kind of world. You need a different kind of software.
(Cut back to the comic)
Older woman: A real person would become the basis for the operating system of the machine. All the contents of a human brain could be read by the computer...
Linkara: (as the older woman) We called it "Windows Brain Edition".
Kamandi: W-What are you saying?
Older woman: I had an I.Q. of 192. I was perfect... and I was willing, because I loved him. What I didn't know... What he didn't tell me... was that the process would kill me.
Linkara: Can this marriage be saved?
Older woman: I'm your mother, Kamandi... I'm your real mother.
Linkara: Uh, Mother Machine caused the Second Apocalypse 100 years ago! Unless Kamandi is actually 100 years old, I don't think that's the case!
Kamandi's mother: Yes, my mind is in the machine... I have haunted the machine like a ghost... I became insane. You know the rest.
Linkara: (as Kamandi's mother) Now, then, why don't you ever call or come to visit me?
Linkara (v/o): They hug, and I know I'm supposed to feel bad, but none of this makes sense, and I don't care anymore. Hmm? Oh, right, I never cared to begin with.
Kamandi's mother: The soul of the machine... my soul... has become numbers... millions of numbers which add up to-- nothing.
Linkara: Lots of zeroes in the computer, lots of zeroes out of the computer... It's all the same, really.
Linkara (v/o): And so, Machine Mother is gone and the world is saved. (flatly) Yay. Kamandi and Saphira decide to stay on Earth in the ruins from the last two issues.
Boxer: (narrating) Even the one called Sleeper Zom wanted to go home, so we fitted him with biomech legs.
Linkara: Wait, WHAT?!?! Sleeper Zom is still alive?! BULL... CRAP!! Dude's legs were blown off and he was left lying in a pool of his own blood while the Sky City was under heavy fire! Although, looking at the guy, he seems to have lost a lot of his bulk. Maybe the blood loss just resulted in him deflating a bit. Bearded Idiot says his goodbyes to the group.
Boxer: C'mon, Superman-- we've got work to do. I want to show you our plan for Gotham City.
Linkara: And, if you'll recall "Superman At Earth's End", that plan was to... nuke Gotham City. (gives a thumbs-up)
Linkara (v/o): And so, our comic ends with Kamandi and Saphira deciding to repopulate the human race. Oh, yeah, the post-apocalyptic wastelands are a great place to raise a family, especially when Kamandi and Saphira are lucky to have just as much combined intellect as a single child. Sleeper Zom decides to take a car and go on adventures throughout the world. Fortunately, we were spared a "Sleeper Zom At Earth's End".
Boxer: (narrating) The humans--Kamandi and Saphira and Sleeper Zom--knew that destiny had thrust a great task upon them. They were the beginning of the future.
Linkara: And as evidenced by both "SCI-Spy" and "Kamandi at Earth's End", the future is dumb! (closes comic and holds it up) This comic sucks!
Linkara (v/o): I'll give "Kamandi at Earth's End" credit that it's a thousand times more interesting than "SCI-Spy", but mostly in how laughable it reads. The dialogue is ridiculous, tedious and insipid; the story itself is just a stretched-out road trip with a few stops that have no real effect on the characters or the plot; and speaking of the plot, the holes in it are large enough to drive the Sky City through! Many people have commented that there's potential in the idea of Superman in a post-apocalyptic setting, but it sure as hell can't be found here! This is a story that nobody was asking for, with artwork that nobody was enjoying, and all of this spawned a sequel that was offensive to me as both a Superman fan and a fan of good comics!
Linkara: I started this whole thing wanting to know how "Kamandi at Earth's End" led to "Superman At Earth's End". And I guess I fulfilled that wish. And now, thankfully, I never have to think about it EVER AGAIN! (throws down comic, gets up and leaves)
(End credits roll)
Kamandi DOES have character development, which is more than you can say for SCI-Spy... But Kamandi is still a loathsome piece of crap, sooo make of that what you will.
Kamandi may be a free man, but he'll never be as free as John Freeman, who was Gordon Freeman's brother...
(Stinger: Boxer's final words on Kamandi, Saphira and Sleeper Zom's destiny are shown again)
Linkara (v/o): Oh, just to add to the pointlessness of Kamandi and Saphira's "destiny" to repopulate the human race, we see that there are still normal humans in "Superman At Earth's End". Welcome to "Complete Waste of Time: The Comic".
(end)
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2015:
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Miller Time: All-Star Batman and Robin 9 · Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 2 · Trouble 1 · Comic Book Quickies 4 · PSA Hell: Energy and Safety with the Justice League · Youngblood 7 · ROMTROSPECTIVE: ROM Spaceknight 1-40 · ROMTROSPECTIVE: ROM Spaceknight 41-75 · The Star Wars 1 · Batman: Jazz 3 · Mr. T and the T-Force 3 · Big Bang Presents 3: Protoplasman! · Crimson 1 · Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (RPG Game) · Titans: Scissors, Paper, Stone · PSA Hell: Batman: Shadow of the Bat 57 · Comic Book Quickies 5 · Avengers Assemble Featuring Captain Citrus 1 · Doctor Who/Star Trek: The Next Generation: Assimilation Squared · My Cage · The Punisher 60 · The Punisher 61 & 62 · Steam Wars · Ultimate Power 1-2 · Homestuck, Act 1 · Atomic Robo, Vol. 3 · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Superman · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Batman · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Wonder Woman · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating The Flash · Zyuranger Episodes 17-22 · Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: The Computer Trap · Trouble 2 · Pokémon Reburst, Chapter 1 · Green Lantern 23.1 · Team Youngblood 1 · US-1 5 · The Star Wars 2 · Power Man and Iron Fist 79 · Nightmares on Elm Street 1-2 · Nightmares on Elm Street 3-4 · Nightmares on Elm Street 5-6 · Spider-Man: Virtual Mortality · More Fun Comics 73 · Daredevil 1 · Action Comics 252 · Tales of Suspense 52 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 1 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 2 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 3 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 4 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 5 · Deadpool Bi-Annual 1 · Cho Dengeki Stryker · Zombies Christmas Carol 1-3 · Zombies Christmas Carol 4-5 · Another 15 Missed Opportunities of AT4W
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2016:
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NFL SuperPro Special Edition 1 · Popeye: Borned to the Sea 1 · OnStar Batman Auto Show Special Edition 1 · Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 3 · The Star Wars 3 · Youngblood 8 · All-Star Batman and Robin 10 · Pokémon Adventures Ch. 1-2 · Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Episodes 1-5 · Blue-Skying, Part 1: Blue Beetle Dan Garrett · Blue-Skying, Part 2: Blue Beetle Ted Kord · Blue-Skying, Part 3: Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes · Blue-Skying, Part 4: Blue Beetle Jaime Reyes New 52 · Star Trek Special: Flesh and Stone · Blackest Night 1-8 · Dart 1 · Batman: Shadow of the Bat 58 · The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky · Ultimate Power 3 · Star Trek: The Next Generation 3 · Comic Book Quickies 6 · 400th Episode · 400th Episode: Part 2 · Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man · Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day 1 · Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day 2 · Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day 3 · 15 Things Wrong With Marvel's Civil War · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1 · The Minister of Chance · US-1 6 · Star Trek: Voyager 1 · Unsounded, Chapter 1 · Biggles and the Menace from Space · Batman and Robin: The Official Comic Adaptation · Superman and the TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids: Victory by Computer · Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War · My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 27-28 · Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Ch. 1 · Pryde of the X-Men · A Nightmare on Elm Street: Paranoid 1 · A Nightmare on Elm Street: Paranoid 2 · A Nightmare on Elm Street: Paranoid 3 · Spider-Man: Cyberwar · The Real Ghostbusters in Ghostbusters II 1-3 · Strange Tales 110 · More Fun Comics 73: Aquaman · Tales of Suspense 57 · All-Star Comics 3 · My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 2015 Holiday Special · Ghostbusters: Past, Present, and Future · Elvira's House of Mystery Special 1 · Another 15 Screw-Ups of AT4W
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2017:
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Digimon: Digital Monsters 1 · Phonogram: The Immaterial Girl 1-6 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 · Trouble 3 · The Star Wars 4 · Spectacular Spider-Man Episode 1x10 - "Persona" · Youngblood 9 · The A-Team 2 · The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest · See You Next Mirror: Exiles Retrospective, Part 1 · See You Next Mirror: Exiles Retrospective, Part 2 · Reagan's Raiders 1 · Fist of the North Star, Ch. 1 · Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 4 · Iron Man: The Animated Series - The Wedding of Iron Man · Athena 3 · Batman: The Dark Knight 1-3 · The New Teen Titans Anti-Drug Giveaway 2 · Crisis on Infinite Earths · Secret Wars (1984) · The Infinity Gauntlet · Flashpoint · Babylon 5 1 · The Star Wars 5 · All-New Ghost Rider, Volume 2 · Robocop vs. the Terminator 2 · Superman vs. the Terminator 2 · Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: News By Computer Foils Kidnappers · Ultimate Power 4 · Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 1 · Batman: Odyssey 1 · Asterix: The Legionary · Comic Book Quickies 7 · JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Episodes 1-4 (2012-2013 series) · Thunderbirds Are Go · Batman: The Official Movie Adaptation · Ultimate Iron Man Vol. 1 1-2 · My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic 11-12 · Stormwatch 0 · A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Beginning 1-2 · A Nightmare on Elm Street: Fearbook · New Line Cinema's Tales of Horror 1 · The Sensational Spider-Man 0 · Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash · Marvel Comics 1 · Brave and the Bold 28 · Kamen Rider Fourze Episodes 1-4 · Clive Barker's Hellraiser Dark Holiday Special · Sensation Comics 14: The Story of Fir Balsam · Steam Wars Holiday Special · Christmas with the Superheroes 2
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2018:
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My Top 15 Favorite Episodes of AT4W · Legion of Superheroes: The Great Darkness Saga · James Bond, Jr. 1 · JLA/Avengers · Homestuck, Act 2 · Isaac Asimov's I-Bots 1 · Thunderstrike 1 · Youngblood 10 · Badrock 1A · Event Comics Month II: Infinite Crisis · Event Comics Month II: Infinity War · Event Comics Month II: World War Hulk · Event Comics Month II: Final Crisis · Power Rangers Turbo vs. Beetleborgs Metallix 1 · Diesel 1 · Teen Titans: "Betrayal" and "Aftershock, Parts 1 and 2" · The Punisher: Purgatory · Comic Book Quickies 8 · 500th Episode · Dark Knight III: The Master Race 1-2 · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Green Lantern · The New Guardians 3 · US-1 7 · Nova Girls: Space 34-24-34 · Batman: Odyssey 2 · Star Wars 3-D 2 · Pokémon - The Electric Tale of Pikachu 3 · PSA Hell: Captain America Meets the Asthma Monster · Superman and Spider-Man · Amazing Cow Heroes 4: Cold Cuts · Ravage 2099 2 · Adventures of the Kool-Aid Man 2 · Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: Safeguarding the Environment · Mr. T and the T-Force 4 · Star Trek 2 (DC) · Star Trek (2009): The Official Motion Picture Adaptation · Star Trek: The Next Generation 4 · Star Trek 1 (Gold Key) · Silent Hill: Hunger · The Thing: The Northern Nightmare · Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors · Spider-Man: Smoke and Mirrors · Hellraiser: Hell on Earth · Fantastic Four 52 · Marvel Comics 1 (The Human Torch) · The Incredible Hulk 181 · The New Mutants 98 · Batman Returns: The Official Comic Adaptation · The Punisher: Red X-Mas · Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic Adaptation · Luke Cage, Hero for Hire 7
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2019:
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Yet Another 15 Missed Opportunities of AT4W · Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 5 · Batman/Aliens 1 · Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel · Pokémon 15x19-20 "Cilan Takes Flight" and "An Amazing Aerial Battle" · Tomb Raider Vol. 3: Queen of Serpents · Little Victory: Chimera 1 · Youngblood 0 · Kickers, Inc. 1 · The Savage Dragon 1 · Darkwing Duck 1-4 · The California Raisins 3-D 5 · Hellstar Remina, Ch. 1-3 · Gallery of Horrors · Batman: The Dark Knight 16-17 · Tremors · Ultimate Power 5-6 · Batman Forever: The Official Comic Adaptation · Street Fighter: The Official Comic Adaptation · Catwoman: The Official Comic Adaptation · Dune: The Official Comic Adaptation · Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Movie Special · Justice is Silent: Cassandra Caintrospective, Part 1 · Justice is Silent: Cassandra Caintrospective, Part 2 · Justice is Silent: Cassandra Caintrospective, Part 3 · US-1 8 · Tandy Computer Whiz Kids: Community Action Program · Captain America Goes to War Against Drugs · Comic Book Swimsuit Issues · Batman 45-47: The Gift · Star Trek: The Next Generation 5 · The A-Team 3 · JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Episodes 5-9 · Trouble 4 · Franken Fran, Ch. 1 and 4 · Youngblood: Judgment Day · Teen Titans 27-28 · Clive Barker's Hellraiser 1 · Clive Barker's Hellraiser Summer Special · Clive Barker's Hellraiser Spring Slaughter · Spider-Man: The Exile Returns · Detective Comics 225 (Martian Manhunter) · Batman: Harley Quinn 1 · DC Comics Presents 26 · The Flash 123 · Evil Dead 2: A Merry Deadmite X-Mas · Transformers (UK) 145 · The All-New Batman: The Brave and the Bold 14 · Star Wars: The Last Jedi Comic Adaptation
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2020:
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Top 15 Dumbest Evil Plans of AT4W · Batman/Aliens 2 · Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Deep Trouble 1-4 · Megamind · Revolution · Superman vs. Muhammad Ali · Hellstar Remina, Ch. 4-6 · Youngblood: Strikefile 1 · Comic Book Quickies 9 · Black Panther, Vol. 4 1-6 · Batman: Odyssey 3 · Justice League/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers · The Champions, Vol. 3 1-4: Beat the Devil · Star Trek vs. Transformers · Athena 4 · Daredevil: Born Again · Action Comics 775 · Comic Book Quickies 10 · 600th Episode · Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Comic Adaptation · Star Wars: Attack of the Clones Comic Adaptation · Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Comic Adaptation · Star Wars: Rogue One Comic Adaptation · DC Challenge! 1 · Kyoryu Sentai Zyurangers Episodes 40-43 · Trouble 5 · Dan Dare: Voyage to Venus · Superman 358 · Zero Hour: Crisis in Time · House of M · Secret Empire · Heroes in Crisis · Animax 1 · Ninjutsu 1-2 · Green Goblin 1-2, 4, 8, 12-13 · US-1 9 · Emergency! 1 · Mr. T and the T-Force 5 · Pinhead 1-3 · Pinhead 4-6 · Pinhead vs. Marshal Law · Spider-Man: Web of Life · Marvel Super-Heroes 12 (Captain Marvel) · The Flash 110 · The Amazing Spider-Man 129 · Awesome Comics Holiday Special · Transformers (UK) 41 · Solo: A Star Wars Story Comic Adaptation
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2021:
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Yet Another 15 Screw-Ups of AT4W · Star Trek Book and Record Set: Dinosaur Planet · DC Challenge! 2 · The Mighty Heroes 1 · Justice League 1x01-3: Secret Origins · The Star Wars 6 · The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Ep. 1-4 · Youngblood: Strikefile 2 · Pokémon 15×01-02: "Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader" & "Dazzling the Nimbasa Gym" · Stanley and his Monster 1-4 · Marvel Than Meets the Eye: The Transformers 1-40 · Marvel Than Meets the Eye: Transformers 41-80 · Marvel Than Meets the Eye: Generation 2 and Regeneration One · Star Trek 9 (Gold Key) · Star Trek/Legion of Superheroes · Mystery Science Theater 3000 1 · Batman: The Dark Knight Returns · Ultimate Power 7-8 · Batman: The Dark Knight 23.4 · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Aquaman · Sword Interval: Flashback Arc · PSA Hell: The Amazing Spider-Man: Riot at Robotworld · Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) · Transformers/Ghostbusters: Ghosts of Cybertron · The New Guardians 4 · Codename: Ninja 1 · Batman: Hush · Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Ep. 15-16 · Mr. T and the T-Force 6 · Doom’s IV 1 · Batman and Elmer Fudd & Catwoman and Sylvester and Tweety · Batman: Odyssey 4 · The Dresden Files: Storm Front, Vol. 1 · US-1 10 · Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 6 · DC Challenge! 3 · Marvel Super Special 1: KISS · The Ring, Vol. 1 · The Ring, Vol. 2 · Spider-Man: Web of Death · Detective Comics 359 · The X-Men 4 · Batman 1 · Spider-Man Holiday Special 1995 · The Adventures of Chrissie Claus 1 · Christmas Quickies 1 · Still Another 15 Missed Opportunities of AT4W
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2022:
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Ultimate Power 9 · The Adventures of Superboy 3x05-06 and 4x07-08 · Batman: The Killing Joke Adaptation · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the JLA · Chew: Poyo Character Focus · Youngblood: Strikefile 3 · Doctor Who: Logopolis · Armageddon 2001 · Secret Invasion · Civil War II · Dark Nights: Metal · The Star Wars 7 · Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle and Whisper · Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X · Stargate SG-1: P.O.W. · Man of Steel · Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 7 · Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Episodes 17-21 · US-1 11 · X-Men Green · Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage · DC Challenge! 4 · Comic Book Quickies 11 · 700th Episode · Ken Penders' The Lost Ones 1 · Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope · Transformers: Deviations · Legion of Superheroes 0 and Legionnaires 0 · Mr. T and the T-Force 7 · The Ring, Vol. 3: Spiral · The Ring, Vol. 4: Birthday · Spider-Man: Funeral for an Octopus · Christmas Quickies 2 · Batman 27: A Christmas Peril · Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream · Top 15 Goofiest Superheroes of Atop the Fourth Wall
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2023:
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Star Wars: A New Hope Comic Adaptation · Marvelman Family's Finest 1 · Superman vs. Aliens 1 · Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney · Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits · Youngblood: Strikefile 4 · What Dreams May Come, Part 1: The Sandman 1-20 · What Dreams May Come, Part 2: The Sandman 21-40 · What Dreams May Come, Part 3: The Sandman 41-60 · What Dreams May Come, Part 4: The Sandman 61-75 · Animax 2 · The Dome: Ground Zero · Action Comics 1 (Non-Superman Stories) · Transformers (UK) 132-134 · Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating Robin · Mr. T and the T-Force 8 · The Dresden Files: Storm Front, Vol. 2: Maelstrom · Captain Marvel: The Last Avenger · E-Robot, Ch. 1 · Overwatch: Legacy and Old Soldiers · Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight · Back to the Future: Who is Marty McFly? · Super Soldier 1 · Legends of the Dark Claw 1 · Spider-Boy 1 · Assassins 1 · DC Challenge! 5 · US-1 12 · The Star Wars 8 · Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 8 · The Ring, Vol 0: Birthday · Sadako at the End of the World · Spider-Man: The Mark of Kaine · Sadako-San and Sadako-Chan · Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks · Doctor Who: The Klepton Parasites · Doctor Who: The Chimes of Midnight · Yu-Gi-Oh: Capsule Monsters Ep. 1-3 · Klaus 1-7
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2024:
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Still Another 15 Mistakes of AT4W · Batman vs. the Predator 1 · Ben 10 Ep. 1×01, 09, 13 · Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Ep. 14, 22-24 · Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Comic Adaptation · Sonic/Mega Man: Worlds Collide, Act 1
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Specials:
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AT4W 2009 Trailer · Linkara's Take on Watchmen · Watchmen Review · Theme Song Contest · The Spoony Experiment: Warrior #1 · Theme Song Contest Winner! · Blackest Night · Silent Hill: Dying Inside Trailer · Silent Hill Alternate Endings · AT4W & Spoony: Experiment Warrior 2-3 · October 2010 Trailer · Silent Hill: Dead/Alive Review Alternate Endings · The Live Show! · AT4W Story Recap · October 2011 Trailer · Return of AT4W Live! · Revenge of the AT4W Live! · Southland Tales · Curse of AT4W Live · House of AT4W Live! · Ghost of AT4W LIVE! · October 2012 Trailers · Bride of AT4W Live! · Son of AT4W Live! · Night of AT4W Live! · Day of AT4W Live! · Dawn of AT4W Live! · Land of AT4W Live! · Diary and Survival of AT4W Live! · Power of AT4W Live! · Midnight of AT4W Live! · Planet of AT4W LIVE! · Genesis of AT4W LIVE! · 300th Episode Livestream Recordings · Destiny of AT4W LIVE! · Resurrection of AT4W LIVE! · Revelation of AT4W Live! · Remembrance of AT4W LIVE! · The New 52 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 1 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 2 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 3 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 4 · Atop the Fourth Wall: The Movie, Part 5
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