Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse #1 and 2
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June 14, 2010
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17:09
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With Linkara missing, it's up to Harvey Finevoice to review this crappy adaptation of a novel!
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(Harvey Finevoice is seen sitting on the Futon instead of Linkara)
Harvey: Welcome, guys and dolls, to Atop the Fourth Wall, where bad comics burn. You're probably wondering where that kid Linkara is. All I gotta say is, "What, are you writing a book or something?" Get with it! The show producers needed someone to take home the bread while they drag him back, and they wisely asked me to fill in.
(Cut to a shot of the book "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter - Guilty Pleasures, Vol. One")
Havery (v/o): Guess you want me to talk about this comic. Well, let me give you the word on this chick, Anita Blake. They started out as some novels by Laurell K. Hamilton. She's supposed to be one crazy dame, too. She apparently works in some alternate world where ghouls like vampires and werewolves and other crap are common. She also moonlights raising the dead.
Harvey: Then again, so do I. Give me a room full of hot, broken people, a microphone, and the pipes to sing "The Last Dance", and you'll see the dead rise.
(Cut to a cover of a comic adaptation of the novel)
Harvey (v/o): So Marvel went and got itself the license or something to the books and now are producing comic versions of Hamilton's "Anita Blake" novels. Personally, I don't see the point. After all, why not just read the flippin' books? But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe the adaptations really swing. Or... it seems they swing the other way. Oh, and apparently, Linkara wasn't too keen on reviewing these things...
(Cut to a shot of a review of this comic on Chris' Invincible Super-Blog)
Harvey (v/o): ...since some guy on some blog has already been doing his own funny reviews of the funny books.
Harvey: Personally, I don't give a rat's behind about the Internet, and I'll review whatever I feel like reviewing, so I– (suddenly, he gets interrupted by a call on his blue tooth; he answers it) Huh? (pause) What do you mean the show's on the Internet? (another pause) Aw, nuts to it all! (holds up two Anita Blake comics to be reviewed) Dig in, kids, it's "Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse, #1 and #2"!
(AT4W title sequence plays; then the title card for this episode comes up, with "The Last Dance" by Frank Sinatra playing in the background; cut to a shot of the cover, showing Anita pointing a gun with holding a rifle over her shoulder)
Harvey (v/o): The first cover is– WHOA, LADY! Careful where you aim that thing! So, this is the dame herself, Miss Anita Blake. Can't say I'm too terribly impressed with a lady who doesn't know how dry cleaning works on her clothes. I admit, the cover is striking and all that jazz, but the art itself is questionable. For example, why is the nose so tiny and so red? What, she got like some kind of a chipmunk disease or something? The angered, strong expression is weakened by not only the nose thing, but the fact that her lips are so folded they look like they'll pop like a balloon. Also, when your face is as white as the gradient background, it's time to consider tanning salons, lady.
(The comic opens to the first page)
Harvey (v/o): First up is a recap of the previous miniseries. I know I should probably be reading that one first, but frankly, I had this one lying around, and didn't feel like searching for the other. (reads text) "St. Louis isn't just a city of the living anymore."
Harvey: Yeah, it's also the city that stiffed me on my last gig.
Harvey (v/o): "Vampires and werewolves prowl the back alleys and quarters of this beautiful and damned city, fearing nothing."
Harvey: Yeah? Give me ten minutes with the pansies, and I'll give them something to fear.
Harvey (v/o): "Nothing, that is, except Anita Blake, the Executioner. A court-appointed vampire executioner..."
Harvey: Great, this is a Law and Order spinoff.
Harvey (v/o): "Anita reminds these monsters that even the laws of man apply to the undead..."
Harvey: Yeah, I'm sure vampires and werewolves really live in fear of "no passing on the right" signs.
Harvey (v/o): "But Anita isn't only known for her deadly talents; she is also an Animator..." Funny, I know some animators, too, and they sure as Dixie don't draw people like they're all suffering from the flu. We open this shindig on a mansion, where Anita Blake and her associate bird are at some fancy-pants mansion.
Anita: (narrating) Perfect grass, right in the middle of the one of the worst–
Harvey (v/o): Annnd right away, this comic loses points for the typo. (said typo is the word "the" before "one")
Anita: (narrating) Perfect grass, right in the middle of ONE of the worst droughts Missouri has had in over twenty years. Oh well, I wasn't here to talk to Harold Gaynor about water management.
Harvey: Then why did you bring it up?
Harvey (v/o): If it's the shot of the guys loaded, we can tell that from the Better Homes and Gardens mansion.
Anita: (narrating) I am an Animator. It's a job, that's all, like selling.
Harvey: Yeah, raising the dead is really comparable to selling telephones.
Harvey (v/o): Seriously, what is with the noses on these people? Why is everybody one of Rudolph's cousins? Anyway, they're at this guy's house, a Mr. Gaynor.
Anita: (narrating) Walking over the gravel in my black, high-heeled pumps made my feet hurt. Women may get to wear lots of pretty colors, but men get the comfortable shoes.
Harvey: Yeah, lady, you sure get to wear some pretty colors, like black and dark blue. (shrugs)
Harvey (v/o): Last time I checked, they made shoes for dames that don't hurt so much, so maybe you ought to go and get some. They meet their clients: some whale in a wheelchair [this, apparently, is Mr. Gaynor]. Turns out this blond guy with the bad tan [Bert] is Anita's boss, and he's only interested in how much money he can get for his little zombie resurrection business. Then Captain Wheelchair brings in his bimbo.
Mr. Gaynor: Ah, this is Cicely.
Harvey: No, that's a Barbie doll.
Harvey (v/o): Fatman Strothers says he wants Anita to raise a 283-year-old corpse.
Harvey: At that point, I'm pretty sure they stopped being corpses and start being cat litter.
Harvey (v/o): Anita refuses, despite the million-dollar price point. Here's the lowdown...
Anita: The older the zombie, the bigger the death needed to raise it. After a few centuries, the only death 'big enough' is a human sacrifice.
Harvey: What, big enough? Why not just kill an elephant or something?
Anita: Do you really want to talk about murder in front of Cicely?
Mr. Gaynor: She can't understand a word we say. Cicely's deaf. I hate a woman that talks constantly.
Harvey: You know, maybe I just don't swing in the right circles, but I don't know too many deaf people who hang around murderous fat slobs and just smile all day, even when no one else is.
Harvey (v/o): Anita's sidekick says it's time to leave when he realizes what was going down. For some reason, she suddenly says...
Anita: Do you really think I came in here unarmed?
Harvey (v/o): Uh, nobody threatened you, lady. In fact, the old dude says no one needs to die. They back and forth for a few panels about how telling the police would be useless because he's rich. We all know one hit to the gut would take this manatee down. The two walk away, and we cut to Blake heading to a bridal store.
Harvey: 'Cause when I pick up a book about vampire hunters, of course, I want to see women trying on dresses.
Harvey (v/o): The lady at the store is trying to cover up the scars she has from that vampire hunting she supposedly does. First, she's got gloves, but Blake doesn't like wearing gloves.
Anita: (narrating) They make me feel like I'm touching the world through a curtain.
Harvey: Given the artwork for this comic, I prefer to be touching this thing through a curtain.
Anita: (narrating) She thought scars would distract people from the wedding party, especially the bride.
Harvey: Let me ask the ladies in my audience: when you go to a wedding, are you checking the bridesmaids for scars?
Bridal store lady: (holding up some flowers) This is the solution to our problem. It is a collar.
Anita: It goes around my neck?
Harvey: No, it goes around your ankle. What do you think?!
Harvey (v/o): (a panel shows Anita's face) Ah, look at that face. Every time I see that face, I only want to say one thing to her...
Harvey: (pointing at camera with his cigarette) Buy yourself a new nose, lady! That one's three sizes too small!
Harvey (v/o): She finally agrees to wear the stupid flower thing to cover up her scar.
Anita: I look like I've been dipped in Pepto Bismol.
Harvey: Speaking of medication, I could go for some right now.
Another woman [Elizabeth, as mentioned momentarily]: Oh, Anita, you look adorable.
Anita: Thanks.
Elizabeth: I especially like the ribbons at your throat. We'll all be wearing them, you know.
Harvey (v/o): Ribbons? There's like one tiny bow, and the rest are flowers, you blind idiot!
Elizabeth: Don't you like the dresses?
Anita: (narrating) I decided not to answer on the grounds that it might piss someone off.
Harvey: Too late, lady. Everything you say is starting to get my hackles up. Isn't this thing supposed to be about monster fighting?
Anita: (narrating) What can you expect from a woman who has a perfectly good name like Elizabeth, but prefers to be named after a cow?
Harvey: Who are you, the Name Rater from Pokemon? She can call herself whatever she wants!
Harvey (v/o): Anita gets a call to come over to a crime scene.
Dolph: (on phone) Whatever did this wasn't human.
Anita: Vampire?
Dolph: You're the undead expert. That's why I want you to come take a look.
Anita: Okay, where are you?
Dolph: St. Charles.
Anita: I'll be right there.
Harvey (v/o): Yeah, don't an address or anything, just drive around St. Charles for a while until you find the cops.
Anita: (narrating) Dolph said it was messy. Messy didn't cover this.
Harvey: (as Anita) The kids were playing with Jello again.
Voice off to side: You look a little green, Blake.
Harvey (v/o): Um, no, she doesn't. This woman's been pale white since we first saw her. The class act here [Zerbrowkski] continues.
Zerbrowkski: Is our fierce vampire slayer gonna upchuck on the victims?
Harvey (v/o): For the record, you can be a badass warrior and still lose your foot on your Jeff Goldblum wannabe. I can tell you about this one time singing with Dean Martin; almost lost my lunch on stage. But sadly, we're here to talk about interesting things, like... uh... Okay, this comic isn't interesting in the slightest, but I got things to do, and it's wasting my time.
Anita: (narrating) Dolph was head of the regional preternatural investigation team, the Spook Squad. It was a place to dump the troublemakers, like Zerbrowkski.
Harvey (v/o): AKA, moron boy hitting on Blake.
Anita: (narrating) Dolph was the perfect policeman. I always sort of figured he had offended someone high up by being too good at his job.
Dolph: I want to know what you see, not what I tell you you're supposed to see.
Anita: (narrating) Dolph had been telling me that since the first case we worked together.
Harvey: Yeah... I think I know a different reason why he was kicked down the pipe, lady.
Harvey (v/o): Seriously, what kind of cop expects the outside adviser to be him all the details? If he's a good cop, he should've already spotted all the details and just asked her on the phone with her would've been. For that matter, if this "preternatural division" is part of the police, why aren't there any card experts in the field of vampires and demons and junk working for them? She passes by some pile of goo that looks like something an ex-girlfriend once cooked for me, and asks for some rubber gloves to touch it. Didn't she say she didn't like wearing gloves?
Anita: (narrating) I touched the side of what lay on the floor, trying to make sense of what I was seeing.
Harvey: (as Anita, pretending to touch something) Yep, this is definitely dead.
Harvey (v/o): She identifies it as being part of a human rib cage.
Anita: (narrating) The room suddenly felt very hot.
Harvey: Apparently, dismembered rib cages get this woman all hot and bothered.
Anita: (narrating) I was fine. Heap big vampire slayer. Riiiight.
Harvey (v/o): "Heap big"? What the heck does that even mean?
Anita: (narrating) I liked the remains better when I couldn't figure out what part of the body they were.
Harvey: I liked you better before you started the narrating.
Anita: No signs of a weapon that I can see, but the coroner will tell you that.
Harvey (v/o): Lady, it's a rib cage with some flesh! I don't think anybody expected you to finger the murder weapon right there.
Anita: (narrating) Empty. The heart, lungs, everything the ribs protect, all missing...
Harvey (v/o): Gee, could that be because we're looking at a McRib sandwich there?
Dolph: Impressions?
Harvey: Well, people tell me that I could do a mean Buddy Holly, but...
Anita: Extreme violence. More than human strength. The body's been ripped apart by hand. No knife marks. Hell, I'd think someone had used a saw like butchering a cow, but the bones... Nothing mechanical was used to do this.
Harvey (v/o): Didn't you just say you couldn't tell what the murder weapon was? They walk down the hall to the baby's room to see the rest of the body. Oh, wait, no, they don't, Dolph just brought her down the hall because...
Dolph: Your opinion isn't worth anything if you don't see everything.
Harvey: Hmm. I guess you're right, Dolph. Better bring her down to the septic tank, too. After all, it's important that she see everything.
Anita: (about a blood-stained teddy bear in the baby's room) That damn bear is going to haunt me.
Dolph: Me, too.
Harvey: (seeing a teddy bear placed beside him) What are you looking at?
Harvey (v/o): Dolph explains that they can't find the baby boy anywhere, but that it was the mother's body in the living room. And so, the comic ends with Dolph bringing her to the kitchen, where whatever it was that killed her came in.
Anita: (narrating) The room was spotless but covered in slivers of glass everywhere.
Harvey: Well, then, it wasn't spotless, now, was it?
(Cut to a shot of the second issue in the comic)
Harvey (v/o): Well, apparently, it's my contract to do the second issue, too. However, I'm bored by this whole thing, so let's just skip through it. The cover is her looking at a dead thing under a bloody sheet. Seriously, they invented nose putty just for this woman's bizarre micro-nose. Blah, blah, blah, more CSI vampire-hunting crap featuring dead bodies. She comes up with a theory that it might be a zombie, and that she knows some people who can make zombies but is reluctant to give names. She suspects one of the people who might've done it is the "Voodoo Priest for the entire Midwest."
Harvey: What, do voodoo priests electoral districts or something?
Harvey (v/o): She sets up a meeting, and we see her daily routine.
Anita: (narrating) I like this shirt. It hides the gun.
Harvey (v/o): That shirt doesn't hide anything, lady.
Anita: (narrating) Fish are my idea of pets.
Harvey: "Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse", ladies and gentlemen!
Harvey (v/o): So she goes to the old voodoo lady. Bada-bing, bada-bang, something to do with zombies in the last page, but I was honestly so bored by this point that I didn't care anymore.
Harvey: (holding up both comics in frustration) Geeze, these things are bad! There's absolutely no action going on, a lot of the dialogue is either clumsy exposition or pretentious twaddle. Nothing actually happens in them! Just people talk, and that can be fine sometimes, but when I hear Anita Blake is supposed to be a vampire executioner and all, I expect something a little more. But unlike the good Mr. Linkara and his ranting bull, let's end with a little number for all the dames out there who had to endure watching this crap.
(Harvey gets up from the Futon and leaves. He goes into a darkened room as music starts to play. He begins to sing)
Harvey:
- Anything your little heart desires
- Your slightest wish is my command
- There's nothing I won't do
- I'm so in love with you
- Anything your little heart desires
- Just say the word and I'll be on hand
- To make your dreams come true
- If you should want the moon and the stars that shine
- And the sun from up above
- I'll tear them from the blue just to prove to you
- That you're the only one I'm dreaming of
TO BE CONTINUED
(Credits roll, as Harvey continues to sing)
Harvey:
- My darling, anything your little heart desires
- I just can't do enough, my sweet
- To make your life complete
- If you should want the moon and the stars that shine
- And the sun from up above
- I'll tear them from the blue just to prove to you
- That you're the only one I'm dreaming of
- My darling, anything your little heart desires
- I just can't do enough, my sweet
- To make your life complete
Swing, baby.
I so should have made a Buffy joke somewhere.
(Stinger: Harvey comes into a room where Pollo is)
Harvey: Ooh, should've seen me out there, little guy. I knocked them dead. You gonna need me next week?
Pollo: No, I have someone else lined up.
Harvey: Good. Call me if it doesn't work out. (takes out a cigarette from his pocket) Found Linkara yet?
Pollo: No. It is very difficult to trace him.
Harvey: Eh, he probably ran off with some broad in a low-cut town.
Pollo: No, you don't understand. There was a powerful energy surge from outside of this dimension. Someone scooped him up out of our universe and is holding him.
Harvey: What about that guy with the goofy goggles?
Pollo: I thought that might be it, but the energy signature was different from anything from either Insano or Linksano have ever used. We need to find him. Linkara has knowledge of an access to a lot of powerful items. If they should fall into the wrong hands, the world would be in grave danger.
Harvey: I read ya, blue, and if you need anything else, just whistle, and I'll show those punks what happens when you mess with the kid. (puts cigarette in his mouth and leaves)
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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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