Uncanny X-Men #424
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January 19th, 2009
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16:08
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Tagline
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Some books inspire people to become Catholic. This book inspires Catholics to laugh their heads off over how someone doesn't know anything about their religion.
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Linkara (v/o): Previously on Atop the Fourth Wall...
(A montage of clips from Linkara's video on "Uncanny X-Men 423" is shown)
Linkara: As such, let's dig into (holds up comic) "Uncanny X-Men #423".
(Cut to Linkara confronting the Phantasm, holding his pistol in one hand and a dagger in the other)
Linkara: Damn you, Phantasm! You know I can't release Issue 2 of "Revolution of the Mask" until issue 1 sales improve!
(Cut to Dr. Insano cackling)
Dr. Insano: Soon, the world will tremble at the mere mention of the name (holds up fist) "Dr. Insano"! Not even Linkara can stop me now! (cackles)
(Cut to Linkara looking offscreen at something with his fists up)
Linkara: I AM A MAN! (punches whatever it is he is looking at, then pulls back with something in his hand) Hey, cool, a Digivice!
(Cut to Bhargav Dronamraju and The Other Guy)
Bhargav: I don't want to be part of these games anymore.
The Other Guy: Life is not a game.
(Back to Linkara)
Linkara: (holding up comic) Dang it, Austen, did you even look at a Bible when you were making this thing?!?
(Cut again to Bhargav and The Other Guy; Bhargav is rummaging through a pile of notebooks)
The Other Guy: Well, I can understand you're very upset.
Bhargav: I don't think you've ever seen me very upset.
(In frustration, Bhargav throws the notebook pile everywhere; cut again to Linkara, again holding the Phantasm at gunpoint)
Linkara: Just who are you anyway, huh?!
(The Phantasm takes off its mask, revealing... a clone of Linkara?! Cut again to Bhargav rummaging through the pile)
Bhargav: The envelope is out in the open...
(It then alternates between Bhargav finding and examining a piece of people and Linkara sitting with his arms crossed)
Linkara: Lawmakers...
Bhargav: Oh, my God...
Linkara: Lawbreakers...
Bhargav: Linkara's a clone...!
Linkara: Let us fight them all. Why not?
Bhargav: (throwing the paper down in frustration) AND I'M A MAN!
Linkara: (looking offscreen again with his fists up) I'M A WOMAN! (beat) Wait, that isn't right. (cut to him looking at camera) MarzGurl, how could you? I thought you loved me!
MarzGurl: Believe me, baby, I do. But I love Stalin more. (laughs evilly)
Linkara: (looking offscreen again) I AM CONFUSED ABOUT MY GENDER IDENTITY, SO I SHOULD PROBABLY GO TO A LOCAL LIBRARY TO LOOK UP SOME MORE INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT TRANSGENDER RIGHTS AREN'T GIVEN AS MUCH ATTENTION IN THE MEDIA AS OTHER RIGHTS! (punches offscreen again)
(Cut again to Bhargav)
Bhargav: You know where the envelope is... (rummages around on the pile again)
The Other Guy: Me? I thought you had it.
Bhargav: (pulling up a piece of paper and examining it) I'm a man...
(Cut to Dr. Insano again)
Dr. Insano: You've meddled in my affairs for the last time, Linkara. Now you will know the wrath of Dr. Insano! (cackles as he holds up a pair of vice grips)
Linkara: (looking up and clenching his fists) INSANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
(Cut to black)
Linkara (v/o): And now, the conclusion...
(Cut to Linkara sitting down at his Futon, breathing heavily)
Linkara (v/o): Whew! Man, this past week has been something and a half. But enough about that, you saw that already. Hello, and welcome to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. Well, we've seen part one of "Holy War", so now it's time to see how bad part two is. So let's dig into (holds up comic of discussion) "Uncanny X-Men #424".
(A closeup of the comic cover is shown)
Linkara (v/o): Ugh! This cover is so bland! What is up with the artist and the cheekbones? He makes them so pronounced with the line work that you'd think a human face was just a couple of puzzle pieces snapped together. The perspective work with Wolverine's claws is nice and all, but it's better suited for a different book. And talk about a waste of space! The three X-Men are centered in the comic with whitespace all around them! Why?! Why couldn't we have a scene from the book itself?
(The comic opens to the first page, showing a recap page)
Linkara (v/o): We have another recap page, but the only thing of note here is that it lists Jubilee as the only survivor of the crucifixions from the last issue.
(A panel from said last issue, depicting the scene in question, is shown)
Linkara (v/o): But wait a second, we all saw that scene, and we all saw the other team members getting up! The only one who didn't make it was Angelo! (sobs) Dear sweet Angelo, we hardly knew ye!
Linkara: Well, okay, we didn't know him at all, but then again, considering how we haven't seen any of the other characters reacting to his death, I think it's safe to say that none of them knew him, either.
Linkara (v/o): We open right where we left off, with the team discovering the basement full of dead mutants. Once again, Nightcrawler is our narrator.
Nightcrawler: (narrating) In Genesis 20 through 30, "The Word of God" gives mankind the right of dominion over all beasts of the earth. Looking at me, would you consider me more "person" or "beast"?
Linkara (v/o): For once, Chuck Austen did actually get the Bible passages right, but frankly, those passages aren't nearly as melodramatic as Nightcrawler would have you believe.
Linkara: (reading the Bible in a bored monotone voice) "And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and was gone to Paddan Aram. And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife." (looks up) Seriously, this is like the drum solo of the Bible!
Nightcrawler: (narrating) Once a people is "demonized"--
Linkara (v/o): Thanks for the unnecessary quotation marks, Kurt.
Nightcrawler: (narrating) --equated with something less than or not even human--
(Linkara stops abruptly as he notices that one dead mutant is lying on top of another, face down, on the other's groin)
Linkara (v/o): Hey, wait a second, is that dead right there– (suddenly, he bursts out laughing)
Linkara: (laughing) Wh– Wha– What were they even thinking when they died?!
Linkara (v/o): I know, I know, it's a pretty juvenile thing to laugh at, but– but come on! What was the artist thinking?! Did the Church of Humanity pose them right there after they died? There's no way they fell down like that naturally! There is a human among the bodies and is still alive, calling out to Nightcrawler when he hears his voice. Nightcrawler identifies him as Father Whitney, and I'm afraid I do have to give Chuck Austen some credit here. In the narration captions, he does point out the hypocrisy of an extremist group that believes abortion is wrong because of the sanctity of human life, yet is perfectly willing to murder people. Let's see how fast that credit expires, hmm? Nightcrawler teleports down to Father Whitney, and of course completely picks the guy off the ground while hanging suspended from his tail.
Linkara: Hey, Nightcrawler, why don't you bend the dying old man's spine some more? I'm not sure he's in enough pain yet!
Linkara (v/o): Jean Grey detects more people alive and telekinetically separates them from the dead ones.
Jean: I don't want to catch anyone on the jagged floor.
Linkara (v/o): (as Jean) So instead, I'll simply slam them into the ceiling. (normal again) Father Whitney speaks his dying words, or rather, his dying speech.
Whitney: You were right to question, Kurt... you were right to realize that wearing a collar and living in a church... doesn't make you closer to God.
Linkara: (as Whitney) Living in a huge tower, though, that should do it.
Whitney: They were so angry when I failed to keep you in the priesthood... when I failed to curb your lustful desires.
Linkara: Nightcrawler as a Catholic priest and lustful desires? (beat) You know what, I'm not even gonna touch that one.
Whitney: I had spent so much time convincing them that you would be our greatest achievement... our key to the world... once you became... Pope.
Linkara (v/o): (incredulously) Pope?! Pope?!? He was training to be a priest! These guys planned to make Nightcrawler the Pope?! I hate to break it to you, but there are a couple of steps in between "mutant priest in Brooklyn" and "Supreme Pontiff"!
Whitney: I tried to find... another... we gathered so many... you can see how many in the church here... but you were... were...
Linkara (v/o): Geeze, this guy is milking his death scene for everything it's worth!
Whitney: ...they're in Montana, Kurt. They never left. I am so sorry, Kurt.
Linkara (v/o): What is this, "The Long Goodbye"? Just die already!
Whitney: I was just doing what they told me. I never expected... to like you. I never expected to... grow fond of a... a mutie...
Linkara (v/o): And with that, Father Whitney finally dies.
Linkara: That poor sweet old man. Don't worry, you'll be buried next to Angelo, where you'll be remembered by all.
(Cut to a shot of a tombstone with the following inscription on it: "Father Whitney, Plot Device and Preacher – Also, Angelo")
Linkara (v/o): Father Whitney – no one could provide exposition during their death like he could.
(Cut back to the comic)
Nightcrawler: Get our healers, Warren and Xorn, here now...
Linkara (v/o): (as Nightcrawler) And make sure you always say who our healers are, so the audience knows who we're talking about.
Nightcrawler: ...and when everything is in more capable hands than ours-- we're going to Montana.
Linkara: Everyone together now... (singing with background voices) I'm going to Montana soooooon...!
Linara (v/o): The group reasons that based on the last few encounters with the Church of Humanity, it's likely that they're still in the same compound they saw them at last. Havok points out the absurdity of the situation, and Wolverine jokes...
Wolverine: Are you saying there's something unusual about us X-Men, Summers?
Linkara: (humored) Oh, lots of people are dead, and Nightcrawler's brain got screwed around with, so it's good that we can still laugh.
Linkara (v/o): We switch scenes to "The Cathedral", no doubt the headquarters of the Church of Humanity. They're using a psychic mutant in a wheelchair named Mutant 143 to detect the approaching X-Men. They also for some reason decided that this would be the best time to discuss their entire plan, even though these people no doubt already knew about the plan in full.
Pope: How perfect it would have been to place our demon-faced mutant as the successor to the current Pope--
Linkara (v/o): Um, how?
Pope: --allow Wagner to "take his seat in the temple of God," as it says in the Thessalonians-- only to be revealed by an aptly timed failure of his image-inducer as "Satan-- who uses all power-- and every kind of wicked deception," leaving the Church forever destroyed.
Linkara (v/o): Or... they just kill him or expel him and elect a new Pope instead.
Mutant: Mutantkind would have been hunted down as the deliverers of the Antichrist, and the western world would have been lost--
Linkara (v/o): Yes, because the entire western world is dependent on mutants and Catholics.
Mutant: --with only us to turn to for spiritual solace.
Linkara: Man, are they in for a shock when all the ex-Catholics turn to voodoo.
Linkara (v/o): The leader of the Church of Humanity scolds two members of the Church for crucifying the X-Men, since it got their attention, and the leader punishes them by– Holy crap! The leader switches their skulls! WITH BARE HANDS, NO LESS! I had no idea you could do that!
Linkara: (clutching at his face) My skull! MY SKULL!!
Linkara (v/o): The X-Men arrive as Church members open fire on the Blackbird. Polaris grins evilly due to a subplot not related to this issue.
Polaris: ...don't they all look like ants from up here?
Linkara (v/o): (as Polaris) White-robed, human-shaped ants that are only ten feet away from us and opening fire on us? (normal) They leap out of the jet and start fighting, but Wolverine's super-senses make him realize that they're fighting illusions. Mutant 143 adds new sensory illusions to block out Wolverine's senses, and the X-Men just get flamed, shot at, and etc.
Linkara: (dramatically) The X-Men: getting their asses kicked in a world that hates and fears them!
Linkara (v/o): The rest of the X-Men teleport under the Cathedral. Jean Gray senses what's happening to the others above and decides to go after Mutant 143. Oh, and her hair and eyebrows suddenly change to green for one panel, and then back again for the next.
Nightcrawler: The rest of us will get to the Pope and end this lunacy!
Linkara (v/o): Wait, the leader of the Church of Humanity is a Pope, too? Or are they really taking on the Pope? Because that would actually be kind of awesome. (dramatically) Evil mecha Pope! (normal again) A voice calls out to the group, and they discover a man locked up who says the Church was experimenting on him and he knows what the Church's plan is. We cut back to the battle, where Polaris uses her magnetic powers to send the bullets back to their attackers.
Cyclops: Lorna, you can't just... you'll kill them...
Linkara: My God, Cyclops, you're right! By the way, did you notice how Wolverine, just two seconds ago, was stabbing the people he thought were real, and you didn't say anything about it?
Linkara (v/o): Jean Gray suddenly shows up, her phoenix bird just itching for a chance to get out. Mutant 143's keeper pulls out a gun and quotes the "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" thing.
Keeper: God has heard your prayer, my sad little man-- and sent his reply!*
- NOTE: It's actually "and has sent this reply".
(Linkara is seen on his cell phone)
Voice on phone: This is God. I'm out of the office all day, but if you could shoot me an email...
Linkara (v/o): The priest of the group freed exposits the Church's plan about installing a mutant as Pope.
Nightcrawler: And once they had me in place, they would initiate a false Rapture, wouldn't they? Direct ascension of the "true Christians" straight to heaven to signify the "End of Days"?
Linkara (v/o): And thank you again for more unnecessary quotation marks, Kurt!
Linkara: This comic really (makes "finger quotes") "blows"! I'd really like to ("finger quotes") "tear it a new one"!
Linkara (v/o): Okay, so they plan to do this false Rapture– Wait, wait a second! The Rapture?! Oh, you have got to be KIDDING ME!! The Rapture isn't a part of Catholic dogma! Oh, and it gets so much better here, folks! How is the Church of Humanity planning to create this false Rapture? They have special communion wafers that, after consumption, can be activated remotely, and disintegrates the person who ate them, as it does with our plot-revealing priest.
Linkara: So, let me just run down the entire plan of the Church of Humanity for those who didn't quite catch it:
Linkara (v/o): Nightcrawler decides to become a priest so the Church of Humanity is there waiting for him and creates a false illusion for months of him becoming a priest, so they can install him as Pope, despite no actual influence in the papal election, so they can use communion wafers that disintegrate people to initiate a false Rapture, despite Catholics not believing in it so they can reveal that the Pope is really a mutant that will be mistaken for the Antichrist, but people will still know it's know a mutant, so Western civilization will not only kill all the mutants, but also the civilization will collapse in on itself before everyone swoops in to join the Church of Humanity, which will apparently be the ONLY spiritual option, despite the dozens, if not HUNDREDS, of other religions available for people to join!!
Linkara: This is quite possibly the dumbest plan I've ever heard in my life! And I've seen someone deciding to make twin clones of Hitler! Chuck Austen, you could not fail any more even if you're name was Faily McFailing Fail!
Linkara (v/o): Moving on, the group confronts Evil Pope. Nightcrawler is in full Pat Robertson mode, shouting fire and brimstone and quoting the Bible as he leaps onto Evil Pope's back. Really, the comic is over. There's nothing important about any of this. Randomly shouting quotes about God and the Beast and loving your neighbor do not make this thing more sophisticated, nor more interesting. Nightcrawler teleports off with Evil Pope's headgear, revealing that Evil Pope is in fact a woman. Whatever. Frankly...
(Cut to an animation of a dog operating a huge computer-like machine)
Linkara (v/o): ...it could've been a dog operating switches and levers, and it wouldn't have made it more interesting.
(Back to the comic)
Linkara (v/o): For some reason, Evil Pope is one of those giant eggs that Darth Vader used to put on his helmet, and she falls into it. It starts exploding for no adequately-explained reason – the thing must be Mac-based – and Nightcrawler tries to save her, but she gladly helps the egg self-destruct, killing herself.
Nightcrawler: My name is Kurt Wagner. I once believed I was a priest.
Linkara (v/o): (as Nightcrawler) Turns out I was really a nun.
Nightcrawler: (narrating) I had a crisis of faith--
Linkara (v/o): Um, when?
Nightcrawler: (narrating) --and ruined someone's hidden plan for world domination.
(Cut to the obligatory clip from the Street Fighter movie...)
M. Bison: Of course!
(Back to the comic again)
Linkara (v/o): In the aftermath, the X-Men learn of Evil Pope's backstory. She used to be a nun who had been raped by a priest, and accused of infidelity by the priest, and thrown out of the church. That's it. That's all the motivation we get: a woman gets raped, and she immediately tries to take over the world, using disintegration communion wafers and a convoluted, nonsensical plot that makes the Jackal's cloning plans appear nuanced and well-prepared! Chuck Austen, your originality for a character's motivation and backstory are exceeded only by your attitude for NOT KNOWING A DAMN THING ABOUT CATHOLICISM AND RELIGION AS A WHOLE!!!
Linkara: (holding up comic) This comic sucks! I can't believe this ever got produced at all! (throws down comics and puts hands in prayer position) O Lord, please hear my prayer. If you're out there, please, please, PLEASE rid the world of this abomination, and give us something good!
(A flash of lightning and a crash of thunder are heard as a "Blue Beetle" comic appears in his hands)
Linkara: (smiling) There is a God. (gets up and leaves, taking comic with him)
(end)
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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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