Comic Opinions My Wife is Tired of Hearing and My First Channel Giveaway! 

First Goal Achieved! Haul Yeah just hit 50 subs! Stretch goal for the Cap 115 is 100! Thank you to everyone who has already subbed him up! I’ll go live on the night of the 21st and draw the winner!

And your act of kindness is exactly why Akins and I did what we did. I’m not surprised one bit by you paying it forward, that’s what makes this community so great. I would love to debate some of your opinions at some point because on a livestream is so much more fun. Great video my friend, you’re crushing it!

Aw, thank you, Hagan! It's very kind of you. I love talking about nerd things and Im happy anybody wants to listen.

Why we like characters really resonates with me. My obscure favorite book/character is totally derived from my childhood opinion of "wow, that looks cool!" Great shout out too! I checked out Nate's channel and you're totally right. He's nailing youtube from the start. #fam

Well, if we're handing out recommendations of runs you need to read... Denny O'Neil's run on The Question will go down in history as the most underappreciated (not underrated because everyone who gets their hands on it falls in love) comic run ever. It takes a relatively unknown hero like The Question and literally and literarily breaks him down so that everything that comes before the run is kinda moot, making this a reboot of sorts. It's grimy noir fiction at its best, yet still manages to rope in classic DC characters like Batman, Lady Shiva, Riddler and even other forgotten ones like Richard Dragon (the character that Marvel ripped off to make Iron Fist). I've yet to meet one single person who doesn't walk away from that run with their dome completely flipped.

Love the support in this community!!! Way to play it forward! #fam

Not sure if you've read it...... but Kingdom Come by Alex Ross is a great read and the art of course inside is crazy good.

great video, bro. i am the same way as you, i want gunn's dcu to be good but, the superman movie is already making the mistakes the mcu started to do by bringing in all these super hero characters into the first new dcu movie. hoping it will still turn out good but, they should take those hero characters out of it. #FAM

Agree on the "grail" stance, that there should be only 1, but I think that "1" should be up to the individual. A Batman fan doesn't have to have Tec 27 be his/her grail if that person also happens to be a Neal Adams fan; for that person, the grail could be Batman 227 (or any other Adams/Bat book).

I agree with wanting ALL comic book movies/shows to be great! For grails, though, I consider a grail to be THE book that I want to own above any other book. How attainable it is doesn't really factor into that for me, mainly because MOST books are attainable if it truly is your collecting goal. I also dig how much support there is for each other in this community and on this platform! Great video, man! Keep 'em coming!

Love this channel! You just seem so down to earth and a great, nice guy! To lettuce and beyond! #fam

So nice of you to pass n the kindness. I've gone ahead and subscribed because of it.

You’re off to a great start. Really liking the content. I too, love Captain America so it is nice to see so many Cap related books. #fam

…….and with that I am off to visit HaulYeahcomics………

Can i put my 2 cents in.. Well i going to anyways. You should read TMNT. No i am not a over focused child.

Love that you're paying it forward. There's an endless sea of comic books that are worth reading. If you're looking at more DC stuff, I'd go with some of the mini series like The Golden Age, Batman The Cult, and Justice League of America: The Nail. These are easily digestible as they are shorter story arcs (two of them are also Elseworlds, DC's 'What if?' line).

John Byrne's run on Uncanny X-Men is classic. From the X-Men's tangle with Magneto, first time seeing Alpha Flight, to my personal favorite, the Proteus Saga, to the Hellfire Club and Dark Phoenix Saga and the apocalyptic Days Of Future Past, Byrne's work(and Claremont) is captivating and special. Check it out.....

I would suggest Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen... Like your outlook on grails & runs...having a nostalgia phase and attempting to go back & get the Original HowRd the Duck run and Vampirella post 1997 when I last picked them up..

Good video. You made some good points. My favorite has always been Green Lantern. Most likely because it seemed more plausible. For a superhero I mean of course. I like both Marvel and DC. Both have good and bad. You should read Kingdom Come, Hulk future imperfect, Earth X, watchmen, infinity gauntlet. Some of my fav stories. #fam

Also, I think it's worth mentioning that while I'm sure many viewers were ushured to your channel by MON comics and comic rack, some of us found you organically. I discovered them along with Ricky and several others through YOU. Like it or not, you're an influencer in this community now. Those channels are getting new subscribers bc of you and I'm sure Nate is going to grow exponentially bc of your influence.

Just saw this so I am late to acting but will follow either way. Love your channel, thanks for your input. #FAM

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🦁Welcome to you tube. By the way what are the grades on all those captain America on the wall?🦁

Love that you're paying it forward #fam

Stumbled across your channel, when it just appeared on my front page. was surprised to learn you are right down the road from me as I live in Spartanburg and at least once a month drive over to your LCS Boarderlands. Will you be att ending HeroesCon next weekend? Thanks for the content you put out, I'll keep watching, and maybe one day will bump into you,

Stumbled into this channel from youtube recommendations since I'm trying to get into collecting comics after growing up on comic book cartoons/movies/video games. I agree on the misuse of the term grail. People in many other hobbies throw it around for random stuff. I've even seen people say they have multiple grails which is such a funny concept. #fam

Gotta read the first swamp thing series by len wein amd bernie wrightson. Wrightson did the art on the first ten. It's super good. So good in fact it inspired me to collect issues 1-10 of swamp thing.

Absolutely right about grails. It does not make a lot of sense to me either.

Feels a bit weird being told what my grail comic is supposed to be, but I get you are trying to make a point. It should still be subjective to the comic collector. My "grail" for many years was Detective Comics 359 because I wanted that more than anything else. Would I rather have Detective Comics 27? Yes! Because then I could sell that and pay off my house...and buy a 9.8 Detective Comics 359 😂. So, what happens when someone sells their soul and obtains their "grail"? Can they have a "new grail"? To your point, I don't use the term "grail" loosely, as I did when I first started to really collect as a bigboy. Probably because most were using that term. Looking forward to Gunn's take on Superman. Very cool video and generous giveaway 🤘 #fam

New sub - really look forward to your content. Love your grail rant. You make a lot of great points. YT as your impetus to grow! I look forward to your Reading Rainbow. I’ll go sub to Nate now. Hey, I subbed before the contest announcement! I feel good about that. #fam

My wife doesn't care to talk about comics at all 🤣🤣🤣 I don't mind though, having our own interests is healthy... My favorite character is Lobo. At first I liked that he was a violent bad ass... Today Lobo represents freedom and no blindly pledging allegience to one side or the other on anything. Life is nuanced and is not black and white.

I hear you about other RU-vidrs like Nate who comes in and I am like, "Wow this guys is doing this out of the gate better than I am. What? He only has this many subs. How is that possible? His stuff is so cool!" #fam

I have long used the term grail in two forms, little g and big G. My Grail is Startling Comics 49. Where as my grails are really big keys like ASM 1, Avengers 1, Brave&Bold 28, etc. These are more significant books than other big keys such as the first appearance of Galactus.

Much Love Brother ❤️ #FAM

Bro, people always need to pick sides. Like you, I don't agree. Yes, I myself ha e my favorites, but I do want to see good DC and Marvel movies. I love good stories and good art. Do yourself a favor and read Marvels and Kingdom Come. Stories are both terrific, and the art is amazing!

Great video! Keep digging deep into these subjects, I love em!

Such a great topic 🎉🎉 #fam

Do you need any Capitan America volume 1 issues? I have a bunch of doubles. Let me know.

Cool channel. I like it

Even if my grail maybe an AF 15 I’m gonna call my ASM 129 a grail and there is nothing you can do to stop me!! 😂 A series that I have not been able to put down that I’d HIGHLY recommend is Saga by Brian Vaughn and Fiona Staples. It won a Eisner so I know I’m not the only one that loves it! I recently was on a stream with Haul Yeah as well - his channel is remarkable and definitely needs some more attention! #fam

Batman is my favorite character because like him I have a butler named Alfred. lol Just subbed up Nate. #fam

Nice video but i can argue almost every opinion you shared, just like everyone else. But your grail argument imo is the weakest.