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582: Top 15 Dumbest Evil Plans of AT4W

While talking about Maximum Clonage, Linkara explains that the Jackal decided to kill all humans and replace them with clones because he thought that clones were superior to humans:
Linkara: And this basis he has of clones being superior is that... [tries to think of an answer, but is unable to do so] Hum... [Beat] Hey, Jackal, you wouldn't happened to have been involved in the creation of some twin clones of Hitler, were you?

583: Batman/Aliens # 2

The title card, featuring a sharp-toothed Batman with a second mouth menacing a frightened Linkara.
Batman has a dream sequence that ends with his chest bulging from a chestburster about to emerge.
Linkara: [as Batman] Oh no! My Bat-Logo has an erection!
After Hyatt asks Batman if he had bad dreams, to which he replies "No.":
Linkara: [as Batman] That was nothing compared to the one where my parents are killed by Pikachu.
Linkara's impression of Batman's Bat Deduction about the retcon in Alien: Covenant that David created the Xenomorphs we see in the franchise.
Linkara singing in the Batman voice.
Vanderpool: That's great. Makes me feel a lot better. When one of your living specimens grabs me, I'll say, "Gee, I'm familiar with your life cycle."
Linkara: [as Batman] Glad I could be reassuring! Robin's been encouraging me to be less serious all the time. Now we got a campfire, and I say we have ourselves a singalong! [singing] Grey skies are gonna clear up, put on a happy face!
When Linkara imagines how the government investigation of the alien ship would go:
Linkara: "Sir, the evidence from the explosion site points to only one thing: Elves! Big elves!"

584: PATREON: Star vs. the Forces of Evil: Deep Trouble #1- 4

Linkara, who is otherwise unfamiliar with the show, gives a recap from what he could gather, noting with some bemusement that the show ended with the main character committing genocide.
Also during this recap, he brings up how Star was sent to Earth after she accidentally set fire to the castle, leading to this rather dark response:
Linkara: Oh, good, thanks. This planet didn't have enough things that were on fire.
A meta example: fans of the cartoon who are used to hearing Jeffrey Tambor or Keith David voice Glossaryk were likely thrown off by hearing Linkara giving the character a stereotypical "crazy old man" voice.
Linkara comes to the conclusion that Princess Pony Head is a Hard-Drinking Party Girl (not too much of a stretch, considering how she is in canon), but then brings up some Fridge Logic regarding how that would even work for a disembodied head.
When Star's parents are shown fighting a slime monster, Linkara realizes it looks just like the Thing from the Starstream #1 comic adaptation of John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?". Linkara is happy that Thing Tucker was able to find work after that comic.
- Then, when Glossaryck's "family" merge into one, Linkara comments while Thing Tucker is only able to get bit parts, the actual monster from the film is still getting big roles.
When Star claims to be the Romance Advice Tree.
Linkara: [as Star] Thanos didn't listen to me and look how he ended up!
When Star and Marco need to look for Pony Head's phone, Pony Head explains it is in the Dimension of Cats with Human Faces. Linkara quickly cancels the review, fearing that they're going to the world of the Cats film. He then returns, after being assured that said dimension has nothing Jellicle related, so we're safe.

585: PATREON: Megamind

Linkara asking his viewers to not send him any more copies of Bee Movie.

586: PATREON: Revolution

According to Wikipedia, both Jem and the Holograms (IDW) and the comic book adaptation of Clue are also part of the Hasbro Comic Universe (although neither of them were involved with either Revolution or the other crossovers in this universe).
Linkara: Well, clearly, Colonel Mustard was the herald of Unicron! Pretty obvious, in hindsight.
The crossover proper begins with a group of M.A.S.K. soldiers in the desert as two people have a conversation:
Green Caption: "This used to be our world."
Linkara: [as the green caption] Then we lost it in the divorce.
It is revealed that after the Autobots left Earth following their battle with the Decepticons, the terror group Cobra emerged from the power vacuum to take over the planet for themselves:
Linkara: It didn't help that they had such a catchy theme song. [plays a snippet of Cobra's invasion from the opening of the first G.I. Joe movie]
- Following a series of events that led to the disavowal of G.I. Joe and the Earth Defense Command forming an alliance with the Decepticons, the Autobots eventually returned to Earth and essentially annexed it:
  Optimus Prime: I am not here to rule you, but to help you on this path. I bring the people of Earth that which is the right of all sentient beings... ...I bring freedom.
  Linkara: Turned out to be a big plot to spread cheap Cybertronian goods to an unsuspecting market and corner it.
General Joe Colton lists Optimus and the Autobots' accomplishments:
Gen. Joe Colton: "His Autobots have brought food to famine-stricken deserts... ...He crushed the Decepticons who... well, deceived us..."
Linkara: Whaaat? Nooooo...!
Gen. Colton and Scarlett are eventually revealed to be having a conversation with Miles Mannheim (also known as Miles Mayhem, the leader of the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M.), who has the Decepticon triple-changer Blitzwing bisected, suspended from chains, and pleading to die:
Miles Mayhem: Hush, foul creature... ...we have a tyrant to overthrow.
Linkara: [as Mayhem] If you've been good, we'll kill you after dinner.
The first issue of the miniseries begins with Action Man tracking a distress signal to Mount Olympus and finding G.I. Joe member Big Ben dying among a large pile of Ore-13 crystals after being purportedly attacked by other members of G.I. Joe. He tells Action Man to flee and warn the world about the crystals, which is followed by said crystals exploding and blowing the top off of the mountain:
Salmons: What the bloody hell did you do this time?
Action Man: I can't claim it, Salmons, but I have an idea who can.
Linkara: [as Action Man] The Mount Olympus tourism office...
At a military base in Oregon, G.I. Joe prepares to attack some Autobots helping civilians recover from a large storm.
Linkara: "Real American Heroes"! Getting ready to assault the ones trying to help people! [plays a sound clip of the ending from a G.I. Joe PSA]
- As the Joes escalate their attack on the Autobots, Soundwave (who by this point had defected from the Decepticons) disables the Joes' vehicles using a specialized virus:
  Soundwave: OPERATION: INCAPACITATION. CONSIDER YOURSELVES LUCKY, EARTHLINGS. WEEKS AGO I WOULD NOT HAVE THOUGHT IT WORTH THE EFFORT TO SPARE YOUR LIVES.
  Linkara: I know that may seem cold, but the dude transforms into a cassette player; you'd be pissed if you had to play the same twelve songs over and over.
Rom, having just killed multiple Dire Wraiths disguised as members of G.I. Joe and taken damage, flees to the Umpqua National Forest, where he lands next to a black jaguar:
Rom: EARTH CREATURE... I FEAR YOU ARE NOT SAFE ON THIS SHORE. I BID YOU— RUN.
Black Jaguar: RAAAUR!?
Linkara: [as Rom] WAIT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOUR SPECIES ISN'T NATIVE TO OREGON?
- Optimus and the Autobots eventually catch up to Rom, Prime pointing his Ion Blaster at him:
  Optimus: I want answers. Who are you, and why did you kill the humans? Our relations are complicated enough without pinning a murder spree on my people.
  Rom: I... ...HAVE KILLED NO HUMANS.
  Linkara: [as Rom] WAIT, HUMANS ARE THOSE BLACK JAGUAR THINGS, RIGHT?
  - Rom explains his quest to hunt down the Dire Wraiths as he tries to escape, but the Autobots warn him "not to dream" of pulling it off a second time:
    Rom: YOU CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT MY DREAMS ARE LIKE!
    Linkara: [as Rom] HOW CAN I SHOW UP TO CLASS IN MY UNDERWEAR WHEN I DON'T WEAR ANY?
Scarlett decides to form an uneasy alliance with Miles Mayhem, who lends her M.A.S.K. vehicles and personnel:
Mayhem: ...use discretion while addressing the Mobile Armored Strike Kommand.
Scarlett: That's what M.A.S.K. stands for?
Mayhem: A work in progress.
Linkara: He just doesn't want to admit that, at the time, he thought "Kommand" was spelled with a "K".
As the Autobots and Rom exchange what they know, Aileron returns from her mission to report that the Ore-13 is being transported to Microspace, but Optimus maintains that Earth is their top priority. Rom wonders aloud:
Rom: ANOTHER UNIVERSE...?
Linkara: [as Rom] PERHAPS IN THAT OTHER UNIVERSE, I FOUGHT A MUMMY ALONGSIDE SOMEONE WHO KNEW KUNG FU... [beat] NO, THAT JUST SEEMS SILLY.
Scarlett begins to harbor suspicions about the military command structure after learning that the remains of those Rom "killed" weren't human, as well as Mayhem's own agenda. She gets a text from someone she hopes will help (later revealed to be Snake Eyes):
"CLASSIFIED": WHO DO YOU WANT ME TO KILL?
Linkara: You know, this is how texting has made us lose phone etiquette. It's not "hello" anymore; it's "Who do you want me to kill?"
Optimus asks Snake Eyes to contact his leaders to talk about the Dire Wraiths, who reveals he activated a distress signal when he was caught:
Optimus: Good. Then aid will be here shortly...
Linkara: [as Optimus] ...to fire at us, and— Wait...
During the battle against the Dire Wraiths, Mayhem lets his true intentions be known to Optimus:
Mayhem: Yes, Prime! You sought to lord over the Earth... ...but that job, I'm afraid, is mine!
Linkara: [as Mayhem] And I'm getting a 50-cent pay raise for it, too!
- Linkara on the staggering amount of double-crosses in this event:
  Linkara: Mayhem betrays G.I. Joe; Rom betrays his principles; the Dire Wraiths betray Mayhem; Mayhem betrayed everybody by working with Karza; Karza is going to betray Mayhem. I feel like Tommy Wiseau is going to walk in at any moment and yell, "Everybody betray me!"
The story ends with Scarlett and Matt Trakker finding a note from Mayhem that implies he will return:
Matt Trakker: The world just keeps getting stranger.
Scarlett: That's not a bad thing, Matt. It means we'll always have something to do.
Linkara: You say that, but I am eagerly awaiting the day when My Little Pony joins your universe.

587: Superman vs. Muhammad Ali

The story begins with Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen finding Muhammad Ali playing basketball with a bunch of kids:
Kid: You shoot baskets as good as you punch, champ!
Muhammad Ali: Naw... In the ring I'm the greatest— —in a schoolyard I'm merely terrific!
Linkara: [as Ali] In radio deejaying, I'm... adequate.
When an alien suddenly teleports in, Ali gets in a fight with it. Clark tries to leave under the pretense of summoning the proper authorities:
Ali: You do that, Kent! I'll watch this Trekkie and see if he'd like some more!
Linkara: [as the alien] Foolish human! You can't hurt me more than any Star Trek prequel has!
While Clark goes off into space, the alien gets up and properly introduces itself:
Scrubb: I am of the Scrubb!
Linkara: [as the Scrubb] We have heard that your planet "don't want no scrubs".
Scrubb: We pride ourselves on our warriors' valor and abilities— and we admire them in others— even when they are turned against us!
Linkara: So, an entire planet of BDSM enthusiasts.
Scrubb: The fierceness of you earthmen has not escaped our notice. Nor has your potential for destruction!
Linkara: [as the Scrubb] We're also big fans of The Witcher.
Scrubb: And this, too, we know... of Earth's warriors, you, Muhammad Ali, are one of the best!
Linkara: [as the Scrubb] Right alongside Charles Barkley!
After the Scrubb proposes a match between their species' strongest combatants, Superman immediately volunteers, but Ali objects due to Superman being an alien himself:
Superman: C'mon, I'm a naturalized earthman! I've been granted citizenship in every nation in the U.N.!
Linkara: [as Superman] It's why they were so happy when I demanded they surrender their nuclear weapons that one time!
- Afterwards, Ali says they should focus their arguments on the alien invader, with Superman asking why they should listen to it at all:
  Scrubb: I will give you a reason! [alien chittering] As punishment for daring to lay hands on me, I have ordered one of your cities eradicated!
  Linkara: So, you come to our turf, hit two of our people unprompted, but get pissy when we hit you back? Your species is very well-named.
After Superman, Ali, and the Scrubb liaison agree to a boxing match the next day, Superman brings Ali to the Fortress of Solitude, where Ali is in awe at his collection:
Ali: Whoooo—eeeee! The Smithsonian's got nothin' on you, brother! You been to a garage sale lately?
Superman: I-uh- felt I needed a hobby and I just couldn't get interested in collecting bottle caps!
Linkara: [as Superman] So instead, I'm collecting sports stars! You can sleep in the boat or the T. rex's mouth.
On the day of the match, it is revealed that Jimmy and Lois were invited to report on it, with Jimmy serving as the main broadcaster:
Linkara: Meanwhile, I'm wondering what the hell WGBS promised Rat'lar so that they got exclusive coverage. Lots of ad space for Kooba Cola or something?
The fight between Superman and Ali ends with Ali whaling on Superman and knocking him out:
Linkara: That's when Superman starts hallucinating his dad telling him, "Get up, ya sonuvabitch! 'Cuz Jor-El loves ya!"
- As the Scrubb prepare to remove Superman from the mat, Ali lets them have it:
  Ali: You come to our planet... shove us around... make us dance to your music!
  Linkara: [as Ali] And it's never a good dance, either! It's, like, the Dougie or the Stanky Legg or something.
  Ali: Well, don't give us a hand now! You haven't earned the right! If one of you so much as touches him, I'll punch you out!
  Linkara: "How dare you try to be helpful! I'll kill you all!"
While preparing to face off against his next opponent, Hun'ya, Ali makes a prediction: he'll win by the fourth round, utterly destroy Hun'ya, and be declared "The Greatest of All Time-and-Space":
Linkara: Eh, all of space, man; time is iffy. You're still not better than Composite Muhammad Ali and Mr. T of the 64th Century, who's also a cyborg.
- As the crowd celebrates Ali's victory over Hun'ya, the Scrubbs' leader, Rat'lar, accuses Ali of cheating and prepares to destroy Earth regardless:
  Linkara: Congratulations, Rat'lar; you truly are "King of the Scrubbs".
Superman takes on the Scrubb fleet, with the commander ordering the ships to line up single-file to fire on him all at once:
Spock: His pattern indicates... two-dimensional thinking.
- This allows Superman to ram through all of the ships:
  Caption: By all the laws of nature, sound cannot be heard in space, yet this time, this one scream of agony and determination welling up from the depths of a being who will not lose his adopted home even though he die, is "heard" throughout the galaxy!
  Linkara: [as Superman] I JUST CRACKED MY BACK! OH, GOD, THAT HURTS! AAAAAAAARRRGH!!
Rat'lar demands the fleet move to destroy Earth, but Hun'ya punches him, saying he proved himself a coward:
Hun'ya: What is more, you have disgraced the name of Scrubb throughout the galaxy!
Linkara: [as Hun'ya] To preserve our honor, our race shall now be known by something more dignified: the "Jackasses"!
Jaeris ends up being a small source of humor in the storyline segment as he reacts in the background to the things happening throughout:
- He's first seen playing with a fidget spinner as he casually tells Linkara how screwed he is, to which Linkara smacks it out of his hands.
- He then grimaces when Linksano casually suggests to Linkara to just kick his future opponent in the crotch and be done with it.
- As Linkara bemoans the absolutely terrible odds he has against interdimensional professional wrestler Heavy Wrex, especially citing his lackluster physique and sedentary lifestyle, Linksano suggests he use one of his superstrength formulas to even the odds, only for a very irate Linkara to point out how the last time he used one, he spent three weeks afterwards losing his bodily organs from both ends. Jaeris is seen chuckling in amusement at that last bit.

588: PATREON: Hellstar Remina, Ch. 4- 6

Meta Example: Similar to what he did with Glossaryck in his review of SVTFOE, Linkara uses the "crazy old man" voice for the homeless guy, but his actual identity makes clear he's a lot younger than an old man. He's Daisuke Mineichi, Kunihiro's older brother who left home to become an astronaut, meaning he's likely no older than 30.
When Remina wakes up to find Daisuke carrying her across the world:
Daisuke: Whattaya screaming about. Yer alive!
Linkara: That's probably why she's screaming, man! Have you not seen the kind of day she's been having?!
A crazed Goda tells Remina that he won't let her give her heart away and that she belongs to all mankind.
Linkara: Dude, she was a spokesmodel for a freaking construction company! Get a better waifu!
And after Daisuke asks who Goda was:
Remina: He was... my biggest fan.
Linkara as Daisuke: Wait, are you telling me I carried your ass over the equator just to keep you from your fans?

589: Youngblood: Strikefile # 1

Linkara's reaction to himself complimenting Rob Liefeld's art (in comparison to the first part's artist) is funny.

590: Comic Book Quickies # 9

One comic pits Batman against "The Intergalactic Gold Eaters".
Linkara: [as Batman] Alfred! I've discovered the source of One-Face's power! He eats gold!
Linkara: [as Alfred] Master Wayne, I'm pretty sure that's not how that works.
Linkara: [as Batman] Also, I'm pretty sure he's an alien too. I am the world's greatest detective!
When it turns out the Dirty Sneaker (the villain of the "AAU Shuperstar" comic) has created a weapon that will kill everyone after it plays "Stayin Alive", Linkara concludes that this is the ultimate reason he can't be as popular as the Bee Gees, since his show isn't strong enough to power a superweapon.
As the Dirty Sneaker's plan is about to be set in motion, AAU Shuperstar's "shupernatural powers" tell him that something's up.
Linkara: Yeah, "shupernatural powers". Or you're full of sit.
After AAU Shuperstar sent the Dirty Sneaker flying away by kicking him:
Linkara: *scoffs* Pathetic. Rocket were pros at this by now.

591: PATREON: Black Panther, vol. 4 #1- 6

Linkara making fun of the fact that Klaw's confidence that he and Cannibal can take out the Black Panther, appears misplaced as their powers doesn't seem altogether that intimidating and definitely places them on the lower rungs of the supervillain hierarchy:
Linkara (as Klaw): Between my weird robot-hand and your ability to take over prostitutes, we're unstoppable!
In a flashback at an economic conference, T'Chaka accuses the western ambassadors of having been able to accomplish everything Wakanda has, but haven't because they can't earn money from a solved problem. Linkara is about to object... and then conceits that T'Chaka is absolutely right.

592: Batman: Odyssey # 3

When Batman is shot in the face, but the bullets bounce off:
Linkara: And that, my friends, is why Batman has a jaw that chiseled!
Turns out Batman's brain is in his butt.
When Batman says he felt rage:
Linkara: [as Batman] ADAMANTIUM RAGE!
Batman: ...And with that rage... came crystal clarity.
Linkara: [as Batman] ADAMANTIUM CLARITY!
The Stinger:
Batman: Order rhymes with water.
Linkara: [as Batman] And dumbass rhymes with Batman! It's all connected!

593: PATREON: Justice League/Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers

The thumbnail is an excited Linkara shaking the hands of Jason and Superman.
The reference to "Alpha's Magical Christmas".
Zordon: Alpha Five is missing.
Linkara: [as Zordon] He was supposed to push the child kidnapping button so he could start putting up the Christmas decorations, but he hit the wrong one.
When Lord Zedd meets Brainiac.
Lord Zedd: I will not 'run'! I will not 'hide'!
Linkara: Yeah, the Machine Empire says 'Hi', Zedd!
This episode's iteration of Linkara's Superman Running Gag.
Superman: Miss. I'm going to have to ask you to land your pterodactyl.
Linkara: [the Superman theme plays in the background] Superman! Air traffic control!
When the Power Rangers and Justice League team up.
Zack: Batman! Get in the Mastodon!
Linkara (As Batman): That's so dumb! Who shapes their vehicle round an animal!? Anyway, where did you set the Batmobile down!?
Upon seeing the monster Zedd borrowed from Brainiac, the Black Ranger asks Batman if their Earth is populated by literal nightmares.
Linkara: [as Batman] All we have are otherwordly gods trying to make all living beings submit to their will, the embodiment of death forcing the undead to rip the hearts out of the living, and One-Face.
When Superman agrees to help the Power Rangers.
Linkara (As Superman): I mean, you guys are from 'over there', and since 'over there' needs to stand for itself, we'll be happy to get you back there to deal with it!
When Alpha-Five turns Giant Size!
Linkara (As Alpha-Five): NOW, ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD WILL HAVE A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS!

594: PATREON: The Champions, vol. 3 #1-4: Beat the Devil

When Qureshi is rescuing some human traficking victims, he tries to reassure them in Spanish, but, in very poor grammar, explains that he's terrible at Spanish. Linkara responds with some Spanish of his own:
Linkara: <The true shame of your you are. It's good that Spanish speaks better, it's me.>
Linkara calls Mephisto "Totally not the devil, we don't know why you keep calling him the devil"
After the scene where Miles Morales makes a deal with Mephisto to save the other Champions, Linkara launches into an angry rant about how Marvel Comics have ruined another Spider-Man, before cutting himself off and admitting he actually doesn't have a problem with it and calmly explaining the differences between the two deals.

595: PATREON: Star Trek vs. Transformers

The thumbnail has Optimus and Kirk initiating a grapple lock while Linkara has soda and popcorn at the ready.
The jokes about Star Trek: The Animated Series' crazier elements, including several about Vulcan magic.
When the Enterprise crew meet Optimus Prime.
Kirk: It's a robot! Like nothing I've ever seen! The size of it!
Linkara: [as Optimus Prime] And, you shot me right in the boob, you dick!
The Enterprise crew got Bones an Alexa for his birthday, and Bones has never forgiven them for doing so!
When the Klingon commander (Kuri) learns of the Enterprise's presence.
Kuri: Kirk? If he's here, I will not stop until he has suffered the worst of all deaths!
Linkara: [as Kuri] I'll make him watch Star Trek Into Darkness!
Linkara: [as Megatron] Wow, even we're not that evil!
Linkara's response to Fortress Tiberius.
Linkara: I want a toy of it. Now. If they can make Ecto-1 into a Transformer, they can do it to Fortress Tiberius, dammit!
The reference to "Transformers (UK) #145" when Starscream takes over Kronos.
Starscream: ...Meet your new ruler — Emperor Starscream the First.
Linkara: [as Starscream] First order of business: We celebrate Christmas!

596: Athena # 4

Linkara is mystified by how confused the gang members seem to be by swords.
Paris: How can we fight with these things?
Linkara: [as Paris] What is this strange object? Some kind of spoon?
- Soon afterwards, Manny is brought to the scene by Athena's partner.
  Manny: I thought I told you to off all of these bastards! Why ain't you shootin'?
  Gang Member: We ain't got no guns! Nothin' but these things!
  Linkara: [as Manny] Oh my god, is that a spoon?!
Athena's partner asks her not to kill the gang members, in the name of his great-great-grandfather, who worshipped her.
Linkara: [as Athena] Okay, what was his name?
Linkara: [as the partner] Uhhh...
Linkara: [as Athena] You don't even remember?!
Linkara: [as the partner] Do you remember your great-great-grandfather's name?!
Linkara: [as Athena, tearing up] I never had one! ["The Lonely Man Theme" starts playing]
- Even better since she actually doesn't. Her grandfather, Ouranos, living embodiment of the heavens, was created by Gaia.
Athena offers an alternate way for the two factions to resolve their conflict: rap battle.

597: PATREON: Daredevil: Born Again

After the comic mentions how hot the weather has been for a long period of time:
Linkara: J. Jonah Jameson continues to blame climate change on Spider-Man.
Matt Murdock is having a very bad day, which Linkara takes to the point of ridiculousness.
Linkara: To round out how things have been going, his parents rise from the dead to say that they never loved him, he gets a severe case of food poisoning just as the water company shuts off his pipes due to lack of payment, and he steps on a LEGO brick despite not owning any LEGOs.
When Daredevil goes to Nick Manolis's home:
Daredevil: [narrating] How he can follow that stupid sitcom he's watching is beyond me.
Linkara: [as Daredevil] Can you believe Big Bang Theory lasted twelve seasons? Baffling!
As Matt starts to crack under the pressure and think everyone is against him, his apartment building explodes.
Linkara: My God, even the landlord was in on it!
Linkara's growing surprise at how much the comic shows Wilson Fisk working out in a number of colorful speedos:
Linkara: For crying out loud, Wilson! Put on some damn pants, already!
- More so, what is the sound effect used, while we see Fisk working out in the Speedo? "Fap!"
- Related to this, the thumbnail, showing a horrified Linkara and puzzled Daredevil staring at a thong-clad Fisk.
- The Kingpin has a criminal sociopath dress up as Daredevil and murder Foggy. Linkara jokes that there may be another reason.
  Linkara: No doubt the Kingpin is pulling a Megamind here in trying to recreate his own worst enemy. It's the only thing that motivated him enough to put on clothes again.
More jokes about how much J. Jonah Jameson hates Spider-Man when Ben Urich demands to be allowed to investigate Matt Murdock's case.
Linkara: [as Jameson] Of course! "Spider-Man Tries to Ruin the Life of Innocent Blind Lawyer"! You've got it!
J. Jonah Jameson takes his job very seriously.
Jameson: This is five million readers' worth of power. It can depose mayors. It can destroy presidents.
Linkara: [as Jameson] Our restaurant critic can topple nations, Urich!
Interspersed within the narration of Hell's Kitchen, as Matt works at a diner and later fights Nuke, are clips of Gordon Ramsay in the show: Hell's Kitchen!

598: PATREON: Action Comics # 775 ("What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?")

After Linkara mentions that the comic takes place at the time Lex Luthor was the President of the United States.
Linkara: God, I miss the days when that seemed unbelievable.
Linkara using parts of the The Lonely Island song "Threw it on the Ground" as part of Manchester Black's speech to Superman. The fact he does it in a British accent makes it even funnier:
Manchester Black: 'An then I woke up.
Linkara: [as Manchester Black] Turns out I had wet the bed. Because I don't follow your systems, maaaan!
Manchester Black claims that the only villains who share their plans are crooked politicians. Linkara disagrees:
Linkara: This is the DC Universe! They most assuredly still do that. I mean, have you met Doctor Sivana?
Linkara's retorts to Black saying to Superman, "Now be a good little dream and say 'I understand, Mister Black.'"
Linkara: Of course, of course... "Up yours, dicknose!" ...Oh, I'm sorry. I said that wrong. [clears throat] "Cram it, pus-lips!" Yeah, I think I got that time.
Linkara is not too concerned when Lois asks Superman if he is really willing to die just to stand by his principles:
Linkara: Okay, Lois, let's be real here. Dying in the DC Universe is like taking a long weekend. You're back by Tuesday.
This bit, said in Linkara's best dramatic voice.
Superman: I've made the mistake of treating you people like... people...
Linkara: [as Superman] You will now be treated... like gophers.

599: Comic Book Quickies # 10

Unclear if it was intentional or not, but when the adventurers in the Dungeons & Dragons comic are horrified at the sight of green mold, Linkara says the most dangerous enemy in D&D is Mold! Thing is, mold is actually very deadly in D&D.
Linkara just goes wild with all the jokes he could make with the line: "The Cosmic Cube can do anything!".
Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
Linkara: [hugging one of his cats] But, does it know what love is!?
Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
Linkara: Can it tell us the reason why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch?
Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
Linkara: Can it get rid of all the Content ID claims on my videos!?
Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
Linkara: Does it know what happened to Snowflame's fuzzy slippers!?
Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
Linkara: Can it tell people when storyline segments are going to resume!?
Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
Linkara: Can it tell me what the heck the Nova Girls are!?
- Then, the post-credits scene!
  Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
  Linkara: But, can it tell us how Jell-O Man got into space!?
  Narrator: ...No.
- And from the comments, one liked by Lewis:
  Narrator: The Cosmic Cube can do anything!
  Peter Parker: Can it save my Aunt May from a gut shot?
  Narrator: ...The Cosmic Cube can do almost anything!
- Another comment Lewis liked:
  Narrator: THE COSMIC CUBE CAN DO ANYTHING.
  Commenter: Can it beat Pilo in the Contest of Champions?
  Narrator: THE COSMIC CUBE CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING.
That Guy With The Hat reads the Super-Dictionary's entry on "camera", which has a weird ending.
Super-Dictionary: Everyone had cameras to take pictures of the giant goose. [Beat; TGWTH looks back at the book in bafflement]

600th Episode: Spider-Man: Sins Past

The opening, where Linkara does the speech from Caligula and says he's reviewing said comic, just like a certain other critic wanted... then he gets a phone call about what that critic has said lately. He decides to grab a random comic from the shelf behind him and review that instead... only to realize it's Sins Past.
Linkara: Oh, goddamnit!
Even after all these years, Linkara's ringtone is still "Hide and Seek". Or, as it is more commonly known: Mmm, whatcha say...
There's something chuckle-worthy about the description of Aunt May's past characterization as "one over-salted bowl of soup away from death".
Linkara riffing on the unnatural pose Spider-Man is in on the cover. "Contortionist Man, Contortionist Man, in constant pain, Contortionist Man..."
Upon seeing that MJ is auditioning for a play called "Cats Always Lie", Linkara remarks that the title is accurate and he has two girls to corroborate it. Cut to one of his cats, rolling around and looking cute.
Later, when MJ is in rehearsal, her character has a line about how, if you want the absolute truth, ask a cat.
Linkara: [looking to his cat] What's the meaning of life?
Cat: [rolls about and purrs]
Linkara: I think she said something about "Skittles"?
This lovely bit of Black Comedy when Spider-Man is reading a letter from Gwen Stacy.
Linkara: [as Gwen Stacy] To be honest, Peter, you've been a real pain in my neck. One of these days I'm just gonna snap. [cheeky grin]
SFDebris's cameo parodying the letter Peter receives in the comic, especially when he shifts into his "Talking About Neelix" voice partway through.
SFDebris: Dear Linkara, I know you were kind of surprised when I had to leave yet another video platform so suddenly a few months ago. But I needed some time to think things over. I know what you're thinking, what things? Something's happened, Linkara. Something I didn't expect. Something I didn't plan for. Something... Wait a minute. Is this the letter from Sins Past?! Linkara, are you... are you having me do the letter from Sins Past?! You know what happens in this comic, right? What are you doing?! What are you gonna even have me do in this review to parody it? What? Is it gonna be Allison Pregler, gonna show up with my long-lost daughter whose twin brother is Angry Joe or something? Yeah, you know what? I'm done. You're on your own here. Call me when you review One Moment in Time. At least there's some dignity there.
Having reread the iconic The Night Gwen Stacy Died, Linkara points out a bit of a layout failure. On the page where the Green Goblin is gloating about Gwen's death, there's a plug for Tales of the Zombie.
The cover of the second issue has the villains standing over a battered Spider-Man. Linkara remarks that the combination of Gabriel's pose and being silhouetted by the sun makes it look like Superman beat up Spidey.
Linkara: [as Superman] Now Peter, what have I said about going over there to help them with their problems?
At one point, Gabriel and Sarah trick Peter into thinking they kidnapped Aunt May, when really they just taped her house's phone. Linkara points out the Fridge Logic of both how long they would've actually been hanging around, just waiting for Peter to call, and how many other calls they would've intercepted before he called.
Linkara: [as Gabriel] Hello Peter, we have your aunt and I... no, I don't need an extended warranty on my car, you freaking robot!
When Peter asks MJ is he can make breakfast for her, he jokes about needing to get the pterodactyl eggs for it. Linkara comments that, since the Marvel Universe has the Savage Lands (a type of 'Lost World'), it's entirely in the realm of possibility that someone would try to market pterodactyl eggs as a delicacy.
When discussing Joe Quesada's concerns over Peter and Gwen having sex out of wedlock, and one of the retcons of the comic being they never did, Linkara bluntly points out why this is bullcrap.
Linkara: ...like I said. I could be talking out of my ass here, but with the sliding timescale of comics, the events of her death would have happened in the Nineties. Peter and Gwen... were adults, in college, and were dating. THEY. BANGED.
- Returns when Peter flashes back to the last conversation he had with Gwen. She told him about a fantasy she had about him returning from a day of work and resting his head in her lap. And there is nothing sexual about a man having his head in the lap of his lover.
A clearly exasperated Allison appears, causing Linkara to dramatically ask her what revelations her appearance could hold. Allison just frankly tells him that her and the other people he usually bring in for cameo appearances thought the meta-story he had planned for the review was horrible, seeing how it was based on Sins Past, so they all agreed not to do it... Except for Welshy, who not only loved the story, but also wanted to play all the roles.
- Linkara then argues to Allison that he needs to have something for his milestone episode and then tries to ask her if she wants to make it a crossover episode instead. Allison at first refuses, saying that she has already done some quick research on the comic, and she really doesn't want to sit through the full experience. Though she adds that she could be convinced, but only if Linkara finally acknowledges the existence of Fat Grandma and use her in one of his videos.
  Linkara: I am pretty sure I don't know who that is. Bye!
Linkara wonders, with all the people connected to Spider-Man who keeps falling off the George Washington Bridge, why no one has bothered to install safety railings yet:
Linkara: I WARNED YOU ABOUT THIS BRIDGE BRO. I TOLD YOU DOG.
Future Linkara suddenly interrupts, trying to explain that Mechakara secretly had an affair with one of his fellow reviewers. Linkara is not amused.
Linkara: [interrupts Future Linkara's exposition] Hey! You owe me lottery numbers, jackass! [turns off the feed with a remote]
- If you look in the background of the Future Linkara scene, you can see a screen behind him, which reads...
  PERSONAL AGENDA
  Clean Your Room (Set 8058 Days Ago by A. Lovhaug).
  Record VLog: Star Wars Episode XIV.
  Approve Comicron IV Maintenance Schedule.
  Investigation Of Moloch Ruins.
  1457th Contest Of Champions Training — Markosia.
  NEWS HEADLINES
  Martian Settlers To Musk; "The Rent is too darn high!".
  Billionaire replies; "Let them eat rust".
  Fat Grand Mother ascends to Hagistan Throne in coup.
  Former Leader Opens: "Newer, Sexier Country".
  Caelestis V Begins Investigation.
  Truth too hot!
After finishing the review, Linkara complains to Viga about how no one wanted to do his skit parodying the comic this time. Viga agrees that there shouldn't be a problem... and then nonchalantly adding that she slept with Lord Vyce.
Linkara: Exactly, I—wait, what?!

601: Star Wars Prequel Month Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Linkara setting a tally for all the times Qui-Gon Jinn is wrong.
Linkara says that since he is reading a comic adaptation, he can give the Trade Federation any voice he wants, as opposed to the stereotypical Asian accents of the film. What type of voice does Linkara decide to use, in order to give the Trade Federation the dignity they so deserve? SUPERBOY-PRIME VOICE!
There's a Running Gag about Queen Amidala's royal makeup and how jarring it is, with Linkara at one point saying it seems like Diamanda Hagan conquered Naboo years ago, and the Queens just carried on with the tradition of her face paint.
When noting the confusion about the Naboo and the Gungans not getting along and having something to do with the Gungans complaining about the Naboo thinking their brains are so big, Linkara asks any fans of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (either the current one or the old one) if heroes in the franchise have ever fought a giant brain.
- They have, the Coruscant World-Brain during the Yuuzhan Vong war.
Linkara almost makes an "IT'S OVER NINE-THOUSAND!" joke about Anakin's midi-chlorian count, before realizing Obi-Wan is using a regular-looking microscope!
When Darth Maul arrives on Tatooine and uses his binoculars to look about, Linkara has him complain on how he can not find a Park & Ride anywhere in the area.
When commenting about how long the podrace scene is, Linkara realizes that he has episodes of his show that are shorter than that scene!
When Anakin meets Obi-Wan.
Anakin: You're a Jedi, too? Pleased to meet you!
Linkara [as Obi-Wan] Well, strike me down! Pleased to meet you, too!
Linkara bringing attention to the fact that the vehicle Darth Maul uses to follow the Jedi resembles a Scooty-Puff Jr.
Linkara notes that Darth Maul survives getting cut in half and falling down a large pit. Considering this, as well as some other Star Wars media, he wonders if Bottomless Pits are actually the Star Wars version of Lazarus Pits.

602: Star Wars Prequel Month Episode II: Attack of the Clones

Early on, Linkara gripes about Star Wars' ridiculous Aerith and Bob naming convention:
Linkara: ...but it feels like the prequels dialed it up to eleven. Names like Naboo, Dooku, Kit Fisto, Shmi, Zup Forba, Panaka, Bibble, Depa Billaba. One of those names I actually made up, but I guarantee you, unless you're more entrenched in Star Wars Expanded Universe stuff, you don't know which one it was.^note
- He later calls back to this after the Deathsticks scene where he admits that, despite his complaints, the drugdealer has the best name of all time: Elan Sleazebaggano. He also wishes the guy had a long and happy life. ^note.
After going on a long speech about Star Wars names, Linkara figures his Star Wars name would be Link Wontshutup.
When Padmé's decoy Cordé gets mortally wounded by a spaceship blowing up and dies claiming that she "failed" her:
Linkara: [as Padmé awkwardly trying to comfort her] I mean... your job was as a decoy, I think you did a bang-up job at it. Uh... 10% raise?
Linkara asks the Dramatic Flashback for all the times Cordé has appeared... and, it's basically boiled down to one shot that took place a couple of seconds ago. The joke continues later, when he has Yoda declare that she was the greatest of all of them and that many statues will be built of her.
Mace Windu notes that the Sith still haven't shown themselves even after years of waiting.
Linkara: [as Mace Windu] This has been our most intense game of hide-and-seek ever.
When Obi-Wan tells Anakin about how a lightsaber is a Jedi's most precious possession and how "This weapon is [a Jedi's] life", Linkara admits he wants to use the clip of Luke throwing his lightsaber away during The Last Jedi as a response but is worried it'll just invite sequel-bashing in the comments, so he compromises: Luke throwing his lightsaber away during Return of the Jedi.
Linkara complains about the chain of people (as well as a droid and two venomous bugs) involved in the plan to kill Padme and comes up with another title for the film: "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Ludicrously Convoluted Assassination Scheme".
When the Jedi Librarian claims that if something is not in the Jedi Records, it must not exist.
Linkara: [as Obi-Wan] There's nothing in here on the history of chair design and construction.
Linkara: [as Jocasta Nu] Chairs don't exist.
Linkara: [as Obi-Wan] I am literally sitting in one right now!
Linkara: [as Jocasta] Figment of your imagination, you're actually squatting.
Linkara: [as Obi-Wan] There's nothing in here about forks, either!
Linkara: [as Jocasta] The hell are forks?! We only have spoons and sporks!
Linkara: [as Obi-Wan] Okay, why do you have information on sporks, but not forks?!
Linkara: [as Jocasta] Stop making up fairytale utensils, Kenobi!
Linkara notes the completely undignified image of Count Dooku (like Darth Maul in the previous comic) riding a Scooty-Puff Jr.; he even wonders if those are the official vehicles of the Sith.
When Count Dooku dismisses Palpatine as incompetent, Linkara imagines Darth Sidious's reaction.
Linkara: [as Darth Sidious] Oh, someone's getting his ass shot with lightning next time I see him.
When Anakin's "unusual power" is brought up, Linkara questions what is especially "unusual" about Anakin's power, suggesting that Anakin is able to use the Force to make scrambled eggs in a cold pan.
Linkara finds amusement in the comic art making it look like Count Dooku and Yoda are waving their lightsabers about like they're hyperactive children. He then suggests Dooku force pull another lightsaber towards himself, so it's in stereo.
Linkara: [as Count Dooku] Size matters not, Master Yoda! Not when compared to the power of... THE WINDMILL! [begins swinging his arms about]
- Then, Dooku does grab a second lightsaber, causing Linkara to start cracking up laughing.
  Linkara: I was kidding!

603: Star Wars Prequel Month Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

The Title Card references the infamous high ground meme by having Linkara worriedly gaze up at a massive pillar towering over him, with Obi-Wan standing on top wielding his lightsaber and a small speech balloon showing him declaring that he has the high ground.
When showing a clip of Palpatine finding Anakin's burnt body on Mustafar, there's a caption pointing to Anakin.
Caption: Linkara after this month...
Linkara's comments on the Opening Crawl.
Opening Crawl: Heroes on both sides...
Linkara: Yeah, except one side heroes are guardians of peace and justice, while the other side's heroes are Ferengi with racist accents!
Opening Crawl: Evil is everywhere...
Linkara: That microwave? Full of evil!
Linkara calling back to a promise his version of Sidious made in Attack of the Clones when Dooku gets decapitated.
Linkara: [as Darth Sidious] Who's incompetent now, Dooku!?
Linkara's comment on the art of Anakin's face, as they crash the Capital Ship.
Linkara: [holding the comic at arm's length]] ANAKIN'S GOING TO EAT MY SOUL!
Linkara's comments during the opera scene.
Palpatine: Have you ever heard the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis?
Linkara: [as Palpatine] He thought you could treat Midi-chlorians with antibiotics! It didn't go well...
Palpatine: He could use the Force to influence the Midi-chlorians to create life!
Linkara: [as Palpatine] Unfortunately, the only thing he created were bees that smelt like gasoline! He wasn't very good at it!
Palpatine: He could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.
Linkara: A fancy way of saying "He was rich and could afford good health care"!
Then, when it says that once Darth Plagueis' apprentice learned everything Plagueis knew, they killed him.
Linkara: That's not a tragedy, that's a Tuesday for the Sith!
When Obi-Wan battles with General Grievous.
Grievous: I have been trained in your Jedi arts by Count Dooku himself!
Linkara: [as Grievous] Behold, Jedi... the power of... THE WINDMILL! [begins swinging his arms about]
- Then, Linkara brings up that is literally what Grievous does in the film!
When Obi-Wan, Yoda and Bail Organa discuss the Jedi Ambush.
Obi-Wan: How many more Jedi managed to survive?
Yoda: We've heard from none.
Linkara: [as Obi-Wan] We can only hope that some have managed to escape to the Expanded Universe!
When Yoda confronts Palpatine.
Palpatine: Master Yoda, you survived.
Yoda: Surprised?
Linkara: [as Palpatine] Eh, Not really. I mean, you had Wookies on your side!
Linkara says that Obi-Wan's attitude to Anakin, before their confrontation on Mustafar is: "Dude, I left you alone for five minutes!".
Palpatine gives the "Execute Order 66" line, and Linkara has this to say:
Linkara: It's gonna be really awkward when one Clone Battalion has bad reception, mishears what Palpatine says to them and just replies to him: "Noice."
The triumphant reprise of the "Qui Gon was wrong" count when Qui Gon says that a Sith Lord will never be able to rise from the dead. Yeah, about that...
On Yoda's apparent "good relations" with the Wookies:
Linkara: It helps that Yoda is a firm Life Day traditionalist.

604: Star Wars Prequel Month: Rogue One Comic Book Adaptation

Linkara notes how polite the prison gangs in Star Wars are in comparison to the real world.
When Mon Mothma introduces herself:
Mon Mothma: My name is Mon Mothma. I sit on the Council of Alliance High Command.
Linkara: [as Mon Mothma] It's nice to have my scenes in a movie, for once!^note
Linkara wonders, for the authenticity of recreating Peter Cushing's performance as Tarkin, if Guy Henry wore slippers during filming like Cushing did.
Just when our heroes are about to be caught by stormtroopers, Chirrut arrives and tells the stormtroopers to let them pass in peace.
Chirrut: The Force is with me, and I am with the Force. And I fear nothing, for all is as the Force wills it.
Linkara: [as Chirrut] Blessed be the unlikely coincidences of the Force.
Linkara gives Darth Vader the nickname "Captain Crispy".
When Krennic talks with Vader:
Darth Vader: You were not summoned here to grovel, Director Krennic.
Linkara: [as Darth Vader] You were summoned here for fanservice!
When Jyn protests why the Rebellion needs to take a stand against the Empire:
Linkara: [as Jyn] I mean, it's not like some farm boy is going to show up and save the galaxy!
Linkara wondering if Krennic suspects that Tarkin is dicking with him, since disaster follows Krennic everywhere he goes.
When Tarkin asks an Imperial Officer to summon Darth Vader to Scarif:
Linkara: [as the Officer] B-But, Sir!
Linkara: [as Tarkin] Yes, I know he has standing orders not to land on any planet with sand on it, but he can still observe from orbit!
"PHYSICS! A RARITY IN STAR WARS!"

605: DC Challenge # 1

The opening of the comic.
Narrator: You know how it is, some days...
Linkara: [as the narrator] You wake up, thinking you're going to read fortunes in exchange for necklaces, then you end up fighting a war on a beach a few hours later!
Linkara's Groucho Marx impression as he roasts Jimmy Olsen, even referencing his Superman vs. Muhammad Ali review.
Linkara: [As Jimmy] Excuse me, Sir, but I did a flawless Howard Cosell when Superman fought Muhammad Ali!
Linkara: [As Groucho] Which is why the fight ended with them beating you up instead!
Linkara: [As Jimmy] Also, Linkara didn't catch on that was the impression I was doing!
Linkara: [As Groucho] I can see how flawless an impression it was, then!
The comic has Groucho Marx somehow show up to watch a battle Superman is having with a demon. Soon afterwards, Superman is knocked down by the demon. As he's lying on the ground, he hears a disembodied voice advising him lower the air pressure around the demon.
Linkara: [as Superman] Groucho Marx, is that you?!
After Jimmy Olsen reports to Perry White that he met Groucho Marx, White replies that next he'll be saying Humphrey Bogart, whom an intern at the Daily Planet met earlier in the comic, is alive and well. Linkara declares that he's solved the comic's mystery: Perry White has the power to summon dead celebrities.
Another solution which Linkara suggests, with the idea of aliens trying to summon the dead... it's Plan 9 from Outer Space!
Batman adds a new arch-nemesis to the list: VHS tapes!
When Batman interrogates a criminal who was trying to steal a stone tablet.
Lenny: The guy who hired me... his name's Strange!
Linkara: [as Batman] Damn you, Doctor Strange! We've got enough inter-dimensional crap happening with the Crisis, and now you want a crossover!?

606: PATREON: Zyurangers Ep. 40- 43

Linkara's recap includes mentions of the Fairy in tiny shorts and describes the reasons for the Fairy's grandfather and the mentor of the Zyurangers attempt to mow him down with guns as "Because Japan". He then laments Burai's joining forces with the Witch Bandora since Burai never joined in with her jam sessions.
When Burai walks along a pier at night, Linkara notes this is where he first dons the hockey mask.
When a rickshaw appears to pick Burai up, Linkara compares it to a not-very-efficient Uber. What's more, when the driver explains that he's taking Burai to the Land of the Dead, Linkara says that means it is quite literally "The Death Pier" from Baywatching.
Linkara calls Clotho both "the Littlest Klansman" and "The Flying Nun".
The Previously on… in "Blaze, Burai!!" starts by mentioning that Burai had a strange dream.
Burai: What a nice breeze!
Linkara: There were no breezes that night! So strange!
Witch Bandora, while riding a pedal-powered flying machine, gloats about how the Rangers fell for her illusion.
Linkara: [as Witch Bandora] I'd gloat some more, but it's actually really hard to keep pedaling this thing to stay afloat!
Barza finds a way to save Burai involving a place they need to pray to get to.
Barza: [loudly] Great Guardian Beasts! Please hear us pray!
Linkara: [as Barza, equally loudly] Please listen to our quiet and humble praying!
Burai decides to spend the time he has left by going to Tokyo Disneyland!
Linkara agrees with Geki in the whole "keep testing them" schtick, and assumes Daizyujin is still pissy over them not killing Burai earlier.
The woman at the pond tells the Rangers that Burai "has already expired."
Linkara: [as the woman] You'll have to get a new one from the store.
When Clotho tells the Zyurangers that Burai was already resurrected once, Linkara groans out that now they need to go into space and get the Namekian Dino Bucklers to resurrect him.
The Rangers find the dying Burai on a beach.
Burai: I... was happy.
Linkara: [as Burai] But now... you're sitting on my arm!
Linkara realizing that Bandora's Palace literally has a giant neon sign on the exterior.
Linkara calls out Dan for his insensitivity to Dragon Caesar.
Dan: Hey, you're late!
Linkara: I'm sorry. The subtitles must be off about your name. It's not Dan, it's Dick.
In The Stinger, Linkara's cat Starfire knocks a morpher off the shelf behind him. Linkara notes that it's an apt metaphor for Burai's death.

607: Trouble # 5

The thumbnail art has May casually chuck a baby Spider-Man to Mary accompanied by the caption "I gave my Superhero baby to my BOYFRIEND'S GIRLFRIEND. Wait, what...?"
The cover picture is two girls, one of whom looks very tired:
Linkara: I CAN RELATE.
Linkara mocks the cover by staring very intently at Pollo with a Batman-like grimace, highlighted by loudly shouting "BUY MY SHIRTS!"
During the story, May despondently wonders about an Alternate Universe where the relationships between the two couples actually match up with the main universe, and Linkara decides to translate the monologue for non-comic readers:
Linkara: We're sorry we're sorry we're sorry we're sorry we're sorry we're sorry we're sorry we're sorry we're sorry we're sorry!
- Then, when Ben introduces Richie to Bucky Barnes, at their wedding:
  Linkara: [as Marvel] We're sorry! We're sorry! We're sorry! I-It's in an alternate universe! See! See! We're sorry! We're sorry!
Mary agrees to meet with May and instantly loses whatever moral high ground she might have had, by telling May that she hopes that she loses the baby because of the abusive relationship the latter is currently in:
Linkara: [as sardonically as possible] Aren't we all enriched by knowing that Peter Parker's family was made up of horrible, horrible people?
The credits have this to say about Bucky:
Caption: Yeah, that Bucky Barnes is a real good soldier, though he only really deploys in the winter.
The Stinger:
Linkara: I mean, how do we even reconcile this story with everything else? Or, how can we at least erase it so we never have to think about it again?
Narrator: THE COSMIC CUBE CAN DO ANYTHING.
Linkara: ...Yeah, that'll do.
Another cat blooper. Linkara got up to change the teleprompter, and Starfire took his spot on the futon.
Linkra points out one of the glaring issues with the central retcon of the story. If May is Peter’s biological mother and got pregnant at seventeen, why do comics that can’t be set more than twenty or thirty years later depict her as being so old and frail that she’ll die if she has anything spicier than a Werther's Original?

608: PATREON: Dan Dare: Voyage to Venus

Dan is told that a ship is not in the danger zone yet, with Linkara commenting that means that it's only on the "Highway to the Danger Zone".
As the story is from the 1950s, its portrayal of the female scientist Professor Peabody is rather old fashioned to say the least, which Linkara frequently mocks. For example, when she being female is treated as a shocking reveal, Linkara complies by adding in a dramatic sting.
Linkara gives a Rod Serling narration when the characters find themselves in "the Permanent Twilight Zone".
Some of the people recruited to defend the Earth from the Treen are some very stereotypical Texans, causing Linkara to sing his usual ditty when an old comic has an outdated portrayal of minorities.
Texan 1: Both, bub, both — We're from Texas!
Texan 2: Yer durn tootin'!
Texan 3: The Lone Star State!
Texan 4: Remember the Alamo!
Linkara: [singing] 1950s / ...Pretty accurate depiction of Texans!
One of the Treens admits he's having an emotion:
Linkara: Turns out he was incredibly horny for Dan Dare.
The Running Gag of calling characters "X of the Future!".

609: Superman # 358

Not even four minutes into the episode and the revelation of the backup story of Bruce Wayne as Superman prompts the Running Gag again.
Linkara: [as John Williams' theme plays] Superman! His parents are dead!
Linkara comments on Lightning going through Superman.
Linkara: OH MY GOSH, SUPERMAN'S A GHOST!
Linkara's genuine shock about the expansion of the Tandy Computer Whiz Kids lore. Namely that their teacher, Miss Wilson, actually grew up with Clark in Smallville and that her name is Margaret.
Clark Kent points out to the Superman-admiring class that the hero also has tremendous challenges and responsibilities to deal with.
Linkara: [as Clark Kent] For instance, sometimes Superman has to punch Muhammed Ali.
Linkara comments that the comic about Superman basically has him mostly talking about things he should not be doing.
Linkara: [as John Williams' theme plays] Superman! It's not a job for him!
Clark Kent, who is currently telling the children about an adventure of Superman, mentions that him returning to Metropolis to resume the duties of his secret identity.
Linkara: [as Clark Kent] Someone who is no doubt very rugged and handsome, like a sexy farmer or something.
When Clark explains that Superman used a Computer.
Linkara: [as Alec] No doubt a Tandy Computer! Right, Mister Kent!?
Linkara: [as Clark Kent] Actually, it was something IBM based.
Linkara: [as Alec; hisses and points] HERETIC!
Coming soon, "A Night In The Life Of Bruce (Superman) Wayne!".
Linkara: And, all the filthy, fan-ficy sex you can crave between Superman & Barbara Gordon!

610: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time (Event Comics Month III: Crisis of the Secret House)

While talking about Extant and Parallax's names, Linkara gripes about how their names are meta but goes over people's head. In particular, he claims that Parallax's would be like if you shouted at Green Arrow "From my point of view, the Guardians of the Universe are evil!"
Linkara discussing the Time Trapper:
Linkara: Y'see, he's some kind of being who exists at the end of time and creates a pocket universe resembling the Earth-1 Pre-Crisis as part of an elaborate scheme to fight the Legion and eventually killed the version of Superboy in that pocket and WOW, I have suddenly convinced myself that reboots are a great idea!
When Darkseid claims that he would not have missed such occurrences with everything going crazy, Linkara counters that he just sits on couches 90% of the time.
When the narration indicates an event taking place in Gotham City "69 hours ago.":
Linkara: Okay, now we know what time it is. Nnnice time.
When an attacking Extant grandstandingly declares that he lives "outside" the heroes' "laws", "rules", and "very notions of reality":
Linkara: [as Extant] "No parking"? I'LL PARK WHEREVER I FEEL LIKE! MUHUHAHAHAHAHAHA!
When Power Girl goes into labor:
Power Girl: This can't be normal labor! So painful!
Linkara: As opposed to the normally painless and relaxing process of labor!
When Superman battles Parallax:
Linkara: [as Superman] Over there can't take care of its own problems, if over there doesn't exist anymore, Hal!
When the Specter actually arrives to help against Parallax:
Linkara: Well, look who it is! God's right hand of BEING LATE!
When Power Girl declares that the birth of her son is a victory for life:
Linkara: Power Girl's baby was the result of a cliched "mysterious mystical pregnancy", wherein her grandfather impregnated her without her consent or knowledge via a spell that took her DNA as well as that of a demon! Her son rapidly aged and was never heard from again! [raises his fist] THE ULTIMATE VICTORY!

611: House of M (Event Comics Month III: Crisis of the Secret House)

To Linkara's surprise, all the events he's reviewing for Event Comics Month have to do with Face-Heel Turns. However, only one doesn't have anything to do with them turning evil because of insanity.
Comparing Scarlet Witch using magic to give herself and The Vision children to Power Girl's Mystical Pregnancy from Zero Hour: Crisis in Time!.
When Wanda gives birth to her twins:
Professor X: We talked about this. Put it back.
Linkara: [as Xavier] You can play with your newborns when we get home.
During the recap of Avengers Disassembled, regarding Hawkeye, Vision and Scott Lang dying:
Linkara: All three of them got better. I don't even know why we bother prosecuting people for murder in DC or Marvel when they just come back again!
- This is then quickly followed up by revealing how the population of Genosha was previously genocided.
  Linkara: Okay, addendum: We should still prosecute people for genocide! I don't think any of them are coming back.
Layla asks why it must be her who must help restore reality to normal, before Emma Frost responds with "Why is the sky blue?". Cue Linksano giving the scientific explanation as to why.
When Spider-Man breaks down screaming in anguish from having the memories of both timelines in his mind, Linkara comments that, at this point, this is probably just a normal Thursday for Peter.
When Doctor Doom, who does not have his scars in the House of M reality, arrives in Genosha, Linkara still portrays him wearing a mask... Why?
Linkara: [as Doom] While Doom does not wear a mask in this reality, he recognizes the need for proper protocols during a pandemic, and all of you at this party should be ashamed of yourselves!
Regarding Scarlet Witch saying "No more mutants.":
Linkara: Originally, she said "No more New Mutants.", which is why that movie kept getting delayed.
Linkara notices another theme in both Zero Hour and House of M: the one warping reality gets defeated through archery! He decides that it's a conspiracy from the viewers if it happens again with the next review.
Linkara questioning the apparent lack of "civilian" medical and health professionals who specialize in treating super-powered beings in the Marvel and DC Universes, respectively, which is immediately followed by a Long List of Real Life subsets of medicine (including some really specific and obscure ones that most viewers have likely never even heard of) to help illustrate this conundrum.
Linkara brings up Brian Michael Bendis' habit of Decompressed Comic storytelling by noting that despite being 8 issues of long, House of M feels like less happens in it than other events with less issues. In a meta way of proving his point this review manages to contain a lengthy recap of necessary context, a discussion of mental health in mainstream comics, a discussion about the ethical points of killing the Scarlet Witch to stop her out of control powers, and a discussion about Bendis' decompressed style... and is the only review of this years Events Comic Month to be a single video long, and isn't even as long as the review of Avengers #200.

612: Secret Empire (Event Comics Month III: Crisis of the Secret House)

Linkara decides to preemptively call out any comment saying that "Umm, actually HYDRA aren't Nazis" (since in-universe, HYDRA predates the Nazis by several millennia, having existed in one form or another in time periods such as ancient Egypt and imperial China). As Lewis points out, while HYDRA are not Nazi Germany, they still follow the Nazi ideology.
Linkara: If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and Sieg Heils like a friggin' Nazi, it's a friggin' Nazi!
A wonderful moment before the review was even filmed. Lewis decided to ask his twitter followers what the name of this dude is, stating it's unimportant but that he just wants to get the name right. Cue a couple of people telling him that it's the Marvel Universe's version of ISAAC NEWTON who is not only immortal, but was a part of the organization that would later become SHIELD (HYDRA in the altered Secret Empire reality) and at one point was Sorcerer Supreme. Lewis can only respond with disbelief.
Lewis: ...I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A JOKE ABOUT HIS STUPID HELMET AND NOW YOU GUYS HAVE ADDED LIKE A WHOLE ADDITIONAL PAGE TO THIS REVIEW.
- In the review proper, this leads Linkara into a mini-rant about who else could secretly be an immortal founding member of HYDRA, concluding that the organization’s true founder is Mr. Computer.
- When he brings up how Isaac Newton was once Sorcerer Supreme, Linkara realizes what Newton's Fourth Law of Motion is.
  Linkara: [as Isaac Newton] It's magic, I don't have to explain it!
- When HYDRA Captain America, or "Stevil", uses the Cosmic Cube to rewrite history so that HYDRA is in control of the entire world, the statue of Abraham Lincoln changes to Issac Newton in his goofy-looking outfit, Linkara questions why they would want to immortalize his ridiculous helmet.
Linkara criticizing Secret Empire's "theme" of hope which basically translates to "people need hope in a hopeless situation".
Linkara: [after talking about how Rogue One had more to say about hope than Secret Empire] But this, this is nothing other than "Yay, good thing happen! We feel good now! Aww, bad thing happen and we feel bad now! Yay, good thing happen and we feel good again!"
When coming across a scene where a brainwashed Sharon Carter is being forced by Dr. Faustus to give the Hydra salute while shouting "HAIL HYDRA!", Linkara says the real funny thing is that he saw this exact scene on an episode of Archer (complete with Dr. Faustus's Beard of Evil even looking like Krieger's):
[Ray Gillette is being remote-controlled by Krieger to goosestep around with a Hitler Salute while "Ride of the Valkyries" is being blasted]
Ray: THIS QUIT BEING FUNNY TWO HOURS AGO!!!!
Krieger: ...It's not supposed to be "funny".
After the incredibly long and incredibly loaded story that is Secret Empire, Linkara is excited to review the less intense and much more light story... Heroes in Crisis!
Linkara: HOO! This event was a heavy one, dealt with a lot of important themes and ideas and I'm sure next time we can have something a little... lighter and breezier to talk about when we go over... [smile droops, looks down] ...Heroes in Crisis. [twitch] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
- He's still screaming, by the start of the Heroes In Crisis Video, a week later!

613: Heroes in Crisis (Event Comics Month III: Crisis of the Secret House)

The original video description is literally just "Heroes in Crap".
Just to let us know what we're in for, the review opens with Linkara still screaming from the end of last week's review.
[Event Comics Month intro starts playing, Linkara angrily dismisses it]
Linkara: No, no, no, no, no, go to hell, this one doesn't deserve the cool intro sequence! Screw this "event"!
"Oh my God, you guys, it was totally a big shock that this one had overwhelmingly the most amount of votes for Event Comics III! This is my shocked face. "Ashock The Fourth Wall" started early this year."
Linkara mocks Batgirl's odd costume change for being a very ineffective disguise. He illustrates this by putting a cat headband on his hat and repeatedly insisting that no one will ever guess who he is.
When we reach a point in the comic where it's implied that a hero was eaten by crows after shrinking involuntarily...
Linkara: [very angrily] Just Warming UP!
Linkara's interpretation of what Sanctuary would actually act like with the neural patterns of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, set to "Combine Harvester":
Linkara: [as Sanctuary] Well, ya see, Hotspot, your problems are "over there", and "over there" needs to take down rock and roll music! One-Face is secretly distributing evil VHS tapes! I know this, because I'm not human! I don't know what it is to be human! WHY HAVEN'T MY PANTS BEEN DARKENED YEEEEET?
- It's worth noting that while Combine Harvester is not done with a certain moment...it IS playing in the background here.
While Linkara is sure the panels of Harley and Batgirl holding hands are meant to be symbolic of the two coming to an understanding, all he can think of is that one episode of Sailor Moon where Haruka and Michiru held hands.
When Lois Lane publishes the heroes' private confessions that she got from an anonymous source (Wally West), Batman objects that there is no way to get those recordings because they are immediately deleted. Linkara is aghast that Batman has more concern for privacy than Lois Lane.
May also double as Heartwarming, but while Linkara is in one of his rants, one of his cats is just casually walking about him, with Linkara stroking them the entire time!
Linkara can't bring himself to do the Combine Harvester bit with Wally West... so he holds up a bunny what-not and goes "LOOK AT THE PRETTY BUNNY!"
When the series makes a big Continuity Snarl / Retcon about the Speed Force:
Han Solo: That's not how the Force works!

614: Animax # 1

At the end of the Heroes in Crisis review, Linkara said that he would review a comic called Dinosaur Rex and that if a comic with that name isn't fun, then fun is dead. At the start of this review, he holds the comic with a dissapointed face, plays that clip from the last episode, and then declares that:
"The comic was lame, fun is dead, let's reincarnate it with Animax #1".
Many jokes are had at the expense of the toyline that the comic is based on died before it even got started.
Linkara's very aware that the backstory of the series which involves Earth somehow having stopped rotating, resulting in a "light side" and a "dark side" that are a paradise and a wasteland, respectively, and animals being saved by extinction by being transformed into vehicles that physically communicate with their riders, is not only bizarre, but full of Fridge Logic.
- Furthermore, he explained that he tried to get Dr. Linksano to explain how this would work, but when Linkara explained the concept to the doctor, he just started screaming and had been for over three hours.
  - Please recall that this is the same man who gave life to a foam lizard and wanted to team up with Atomic Robo and Carl Sagan to study That Which Should Not Be. Even Evil Has Standards, people.
While Linkara clearly isn't very impressed by the main character being named "Max Action", he can't hold back how silly he finds it when a female character reveals her name to be, of all things, Heater Delight. He concludes that every human here just picks two random words out for their name.
Linkara: Hey everybody, I'm Ballet Gummybear!
Mother Caretaker shows her daugher (or student) the various advanced technologies, which must be hidden for mankind's safety.
Linkara as Heather: I thought this was where you kept all your baking recipees.
Linkara as Mother Caretaker: It is! Mankind is unprepared for my bananabread!
Linkara admits that the villains' Animax have much cooler names than the heroes', partially because none of them feel the need to have "Off road" in the name like the heroes' rhino-based one.

615: Ninjutsu #1- 2

The title card has a started Linkara being ambushed by a ninja to the tune of "Master Ninja Theme Song".
The opening page shows three meditation techniques - become a Buddhist monk, become Chuck Norris, but we don't learn of the third one because he's distracted by the pair of large eyes coming at him
Mike Nelson: It's time to meet your maker on The Muppet Show tonight!
After showing off various "ninja poses", Linkara shows them off in action with the help of Ninja Style Dancer.
- One of the techniques the Ninja Style Dancer shows off is how to knock a guy. However, since he is the only person in the videos he has to demonstrate on himself and so knocks himself out. When Linkara tries to get him to demonstrate something else we cut to an empty frame since he's still passed out.
Return of the old Miller Time gag of actually putting emphasis on the emphasised words in the book.^note

616: PATREON: Green Goblin #1-2, #4, #8, #12- 13

The first villain for this Green Goblin, who is a good guy, is Ricko the Sicko, who is almost hilariously ineffectual as a villain, first or otherwise.
According to 90's Dude, references to Jim Carrey movies are the most radical things ever.
Linkara: Then I'll be sure to throw in a clip from Doing Time on Maple Drive.
90's Dude: Nobody remembers what that is!
Who orchestrated the break in of a video store and theft of a bunch of VHS tapes?
Linkara: (as Batman) No, Alfred, I don't think it's absurd to hire criminals to break into VHS stores and steal the tapes! BETA needs another chance, damn it!
When he sees one of the videos stolen was "Cats in Boots". Linkara comments that does not seem very jellicle to him.
Ricko the Sicko yells "I AM THE MAN!", naturally leading to Linkara doing an "I AM THE MAN!" punch. This time, he pulls out one of his cats.
Linkara: This mean I have three now?

617: US- 1 # 9

Linkara decides to summarize the plot for a comic designed to sell slot cars:
Linkara: Also also, I want you to consider the fact that a truck-driving superhero who has a metal plate in his skull that allows him to remote-control his possibly living truck is facing off against a Zeppelin pilot hired by realtors and a demonic trucker who, in turn, is being manipulated by aliens for some other scheme.
(beat)
Cyberman: Is this the human condition of "Madness", leader?
Cyber-leader: It is.
- After the Baron unleashes a Nazi strikeforce on the diner (and in the process admits that he's not even German; he just thinks the uniforms are cool), Linkara admits he probably used the prior clip too early.
During the Nazi invasion of the diner, U.S. offhandedly wonders where Captain America is when you need him. Linkara makes a snide remark about Secret Empire before then genuinely wondering where U.S. Archer was during the event.

618: PATREON: Emergency! # 1

The reason given by Linkara for the set change? He was working on the security protocols at his old place an attempt to keep out the usual Halloween craziness and accidentaly set the self-destruct.
Computer Voice: Self-destruct sequence activated. Self-destruct in T-minus 10... 9...
Linkara: [stares blankly for a moment; calls offscreen] Viga, we're moving!
[flashback ends]
Linkara: You know, one of these days, I'll actually be able to blow up an enemy with that.
- He then goes on to say that, what with his reputation for destructive battles with evil beings, no one would rent to him, so he had to buy a house. Cue Viga ranting to him about how she bought the house due to Linkara not being able to get a loan, due to his reputation of regularly being subjected to home invasions from various nemeses, letting him live there only because he promised to cover the moving costs and the bills, Linkara neglecting to mention that everyone would be moving in — including Moarte — and ending the rant by threatening to cram a bunch of bootleg My Little Pony toys up his anus.
  Linkara: So, anyway...
  Viga: ANUS!!!
After using a second clip from Scrubs:
Linkara: [smiling] Oh, I love episodes like this that let me go nuts on the Scrubs clips.
Linkara's bafflement on how, after a half-hour car journey, the warehouse manager was able to list every explosive the warehouse stored, but did not think to bring up the radioactive material!
- After giving such a long list in story of what flammable stuff is kept in the warehouse, Linkara can only start listing off more to compound just how much of a fire hazard the place was.
When John is trying to find some one, who has radiation sickness.
John: Davin skipped and he's radioactive!
Linkara: THAT CAN'T BE GOOD!

619: Mr. T and the T-Force # 5

While Linkara points out that correlation does not equal causation, he does note that this is the last occasion in the year where he can review a Mr. T comic... and the last time he didn't do that was 2016 so he is NOT taking his chances.
- Not only did this prove to actually be a good omen but when Linkara pointed this out on Twitter one of his followers pointed out that this should be added to the super-power counter. And it was.
During a mugging that Mr. T interrupts, we get this:
Mr. T: Give a punk a gun, and he thinks he's a man!
Linkara: Teach a man to gun, and he'll think he's a man for the rest of his life... wait.

620: Pinhead #1- 3

When Pinhead and Monsignor do a porn version of Little Red Riding Hood that becomes really strange:
Ace Ventura: This is WEIRD!
The Stinger:
Pinhead: There is the stench of chaos.
Ivan Ooze: Teenagerssss...
In the story segment, the headlines below the reporter's antics say this:
News Bulletin: Champion Linkara reportedly blew up his house accidentally in an attempt to safeguard against his universe's version of Halloween....One tournament Temlin judge reportedly said "I saw what happened, and if I still had an ass, I would have laughed it off!"

621: Pinhead #4- 6

The priestess Inanna asks Bel Ala, one of Pinhead's past incarnations, to tell her the story of the Serpent and the Eagle, a story that symbolises Pinhead's struggle against his opponent Aggregate and doesn't have an ending. Inanna asks Bel Ala to make up the sort of ending he'd like to see.
Linkara: [as Bel Ala] Okay, so the serpent was actually praying to Santa Claus, who had his elves assemble a Death Star that blasted the eagle with pin-point precision, and the serpent was made the new King of Christmas.
Linkara calls Gehenna out on using terms like slut and whore. He's a former child sacrificer-turned-demon, he is really in no position to shame sexworkers.
One of the gags at the end of the credits is "Hey remember when my videos came out on time? Good times."

622: Pinhead vs. Marshal Law

When Pinhead says that superheroes glorify war:
Linkara: No they don't, Pindick! Go to Heaven.

623: Spider-Man: Web of Life (12th Anniversary Episode)

At the beginning of the story, Ben Reilly is struck with a terrible thought: "I am not a man." This prompts Linkara to cry out "I AM NOT A MAN!" and knock himself out.
When Ben is battling a terrorist group:
Ben: Just more boys with toys that make noise!
Linkara: They need poise while stealing coys and playboys, and receiving attaboys. Oh no! The stinger's made from alloys! His weapon redeploys! It really annoys. [cheeky grin]
- Then, when Ben mocks them:
Linkara: You say that, but I'm the one who just stretched for a bunch of rhymes. They're the real McCoys! [grins again]
Apparently, Linkara has been spending the time since last episodes wasting The Confession's time by telling him completely irrelevant information and random trivia. For several hours.
Confession: You have tried to deflect your confession with trivia and irrelevancies.
Linkara: Well personally, I think it's really interesting that people in the Federated States of Micronesia can join the U.S. Military without residency or citizenship.
As a minor bit of levity, after Confession's torturing of Linkara causes the stabilizer device from last year to short out, it demands to know what the object is. Too bad Linkara doesn't know either.
Confession: What? What is that?
Linkara: (in pain; annoyed) How the hell should I know, dickcheese?!
- And when the hooded figure arrives to fix it, Confession demands to know who it is... only it's very clear he is more interested in fixing the device than dealing with this crap.
  Confession: I am Confession, and I demand that you—
  Hooded Figure: Silence.
- And when Confession tries using the pain beam? The figure just brushes it off as being pathetic.
  Linkara: (in pain; jovially) This is a nice change of pace, even though I have no idea what's going on.

624: Marvel Super-Heroes # 12 (Captain Marvel)

"Space regulations" apparently allow for a minimum of 30 seconds to take farewells.
Linkara: What happens if you don't actually like each other, you just kinda stand around awkwardly?
Mar-vell claims that his weapon can do almost anything.
Linkara: Well, then it's not as good as the cosmic cube, for the Cosmic Cube can do anything!

625: The Flash # 110 (Kid Flash and Weather Wizard)

On the cover, The Flash spins his arm really fast against a massive tidal wave. Cue the clip from NewsRadio showing Max Louis spinning his arms like a windmill during a fight against Matthew Brock.
Flash eventually meets a U.S. Marshall who knows almost everything about the Weather Wizard:
Linkara: [as the U.S. Marshall] And before you ask, yes, I've seen it, and yes, the wand is to compensate.
Mark Mardon AKA the Weather Wizard has a "queer-duck brother" named Clyde:
Linkara: [jovial tone] Oh, oudated terminology! [chuckles before a brief Beat] He was actually a demisexual goose.
Mardon finds his brother dead and comes to the conclusion that the latter probably had a heart attack while working:
Linkara: [as Mardon looking up his brother's notes] According to his notes, he managed to teleport a martian here!?
Mardon thinks that his brother's discoveries can help with his private project, which leads to Linkara making the following Take That!:
Linkara: [as Mardon] Starting my own streaming service. It will be called Quibi, and it will be an unparalleled success!
When Mardon is building his wand:
Mardon: I've built this electro-vibrator wand...
Archer: Are we not saying "phrasing" anymore?
The U.S. Marshall was seemingly able to tell Flash everything about how Mardon became the Weather Wizard, including stuff he shouldn't be aware of:
Vegeta: How did you know about the parts you weren't there for?
The Weather Wizard is able to create colored snow inside a bank:
Linkara: Really brings new meaning to "Don't eat the yellow snow". [beat] Although you can eat the pink snow. Go wild on that.
The Weather Wizard creates various strange weather phenomena out of "contempt for people", including a huge rainbow. Linkara notes how non-threatening that is.
Linkara: [as the Weather Wizard] I have nothing but contempt for you yokels! Now stare, stare at the pretty rainbow I've created!
In the first story, Barry Allen promised Iris West that he would be punctual for twelve dates in a row because of his habit of being late. On the first page of the second story, after Flash witnesses Kid Flash managing to have escaped animals go back to their cages before the Scarlet Speedster can do it:
Linkara: [as Flash] Oh no! I promised I'd beat him to these things twelve times in a row, and now I've broken that promise!
Linkara comments that whoever decided Wally West should be wearing a bowtie and a short-sleeved shirt together apparently also decided that Wally's life should ALWAYS be a miserable experience.
Barry points to a door, claiming to Wally that the Flash kind of uses the room behind that door as his headquarters:
Linkara: [as Wally] I thought that was the linen closet.
Linkara: [as Barry] Yeah, well, superheroes need to store their sheets somewhere, Wally!
Barry tells Wally to go into the room, saying that the Flash might be there:
Linkara: [as Flash] Hey, Barry! My pants got torn up in a fight with the Weather Wizard. Can I borrow— [looks at the camera, pretending he just realized he's no longer alone while covering his male genitals] Oh, my God!
The Flash tells Wally that he overheard the conversation the latter had with the former's alter-ego:
Linkara: [as Flash, angry] Barry's a filthy liar! He's subletting this room to me, and raises the rent every week!
When Wally says that this is the coolest moment of his life:
Wally: I mean—Wait till the cats back home hear I've actually shaken hands with the Flash himself!
Flash: The cats?
Wally: Oh, that's just the way we kids talk, Mr. Flash!
Linkara: Hahahahahahahaha... No, it isn't.
After Wally gains his Super-Speed, Flash tells him to never use it for his own gain:
Linkara: [as Flash] Unless you use it to travel back in time to try to stop a supervillain from killing your mom. I see nothing bad happening from that.
When Kid Flash learns about the escaped animals and realizes it's his opportunity to both practice his speed and help people in danger:
Linkara: [as Kid Flash] I'm gonna punch a lion so many times!

626: The Amazing Spider-Man # 129 (The Punisher and The Jackal)

The title card, which is a recreation of the iconic cover, features Linkara replacing Spider-Man as The Punisher's target, while Frank Castle is wearing Elmer Fudd's hat and using Elmer's cartoony double-barreled shotgun.
Linkara realizing that just FOUR ISSUES after The Night Gwen Stacy Died, Spider-Man literally had a multi-issue arc devoted to him getting a personalized car!

627: Awesome Comics Holiday Special

The title card has a confused Linkara poking Fighting American as he's posed in the same way as that infamous Captain America pose.
When the cover shows two characters with a mace and chain in their mouths:
Linkara: Some people eat chocolate Santas for Christmas, others eat chocolate weapons.
The first story begins with Smash shouting his name twice:
Linkara: Well, I see someone wasn't happy about the Minecraft Steve announcement. Get over it, I'm still waiting for Kid Chameleon.
Linkara compares Smash to The Amazing Bulk.
Linkara explains that Fighting American was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby during a time in the 1950's when Marvel made Captain America comics without their involvement:
Linkara: Basically going: "Screw you! We'll make our own Captain America! But without blackjack and hookers because we're classy like that."
A story set in Hell's Kitchen signals the return of Gordon Ramsay!
During the Babes in Toyland story, Geof Sunrise says Kate Winslow, his best friend, knows every secret he has:
Linkara: (As Geof) Including that thing I tried to do with the candy canes. And that must never be spoken of again, outside of me, her and my pet hamster!
When Kate asks what to get for the girl who has everything, Linkara says he can think of a few things... while showing his DVDs and the CD of A Voice from the Dark.

628: Transformers (UK) # 41

When Linkara sees Optimus Prime dressed as Santa Claus (beard included):
Linkara: [as Optimus Prime] Autobots! Transform and roll out these presents! Now Blaster! Now Lancer! Now Flanker and Siren! On Grimlock! On Grandslam! On Hot Rod and Top Spin!
When Linkara sees Soundwave with drills for fingers and a mouth with a scary jaw, he asks where those accessories are for his Soundwave figure.
The dilemma of Optimus Prime being Santa. He could give the Decepticons coal for being naughty, but they'll just use them to make Energon cubes!
When Buster and Jazz head to a small town outside of Portland, called St. Petersburg:
Linkara: Ah, yes! The Russian suburb of Oregon!

629: Solo: A Star Wars Story Comic Adaptation

Qi'ra worries that they'll be caught and sold to the Hutt Cartel. Han isn't too worried, since he hears that Jabba guy is a wonderful human being.
When Han tells Chewbacca in broken Shyriiwook that he has an escape plan, Linkara tries his hand at the language as well.
Linkara: [in Shyriiwook, subtitled] Big stick am very exalted at season of occurrence! Soon we shall embrace it aloft like the globe of Life Day! See? Knew me could attach this to the days of holly somehow! [beat] (Untranslatable, may mean boner for all we know)
When Han translates that Chewie is searching for his tribe or family, Linkara makes a second reference to The Star Wars Holiday Special:
Linkara: Well at least we know that his wife, son, and father will eventually escape, so that they can have the freedom to watch cooking shows, repair transmitters, and masturbate to Diahann Carroll. [beat] This is the way.
This little fountain of references after the comic mentions Teräs Käsi:
Linkara: [as Vos] You must master all the Dark Forces of the Jedi Arena, whether it is on the battlefront as a republic commando, or seeking a racer's revenge in super bombad racing. You may fight a Jedi outcast from the jedi academy, or any other apprentice of the Force that lives in the Shadows of the Empire. [beat] Angry Birds Star Wars. [smirks]
When discussing L337:
Linkara: Some people have problems with this character... So, what's it like being utterly wrong?^note
When Linkara gets to the explanation of the Kessel Run, and why it's a boast to doing it with distance, rather than time.
Linkara: You know, besides the obvious joke of "George Lucas thought it sounded spacey, but the Expanded Universe can not pretend that anything is just... a mistake, like any other movie would have"... or, it was meant to be fake boasting that Obi-Wan saw through, take your pick! Point is: elaborate explanation!

630: Yet Another 15 Screw-Ups of AT4W

The beginning of the recap, Linkara just stares at the camera for a few seconds before snapping his fingers to replay his year end message from last year about how he hoped 2020 would be better than 2019. When it ends, Linkara just sighs.
Vegeta: Well, that didn't last real f[BLEEP]ing long!
Viga is still angry about Linkara forcing her to move during a pandemic. It also seems like Linkara replaced all of her My Little Pony toys with Beanie Babies, too.
- She then proceeds to throw Freddy Krueger at Clive Sinclair!
Viga: Do a Southern accent or something!
During the year end recap, Linkara notes that he didn't review a Mr. T comic in 2019, which was the year before the absolutely terrible year 2020. Furthermore, the last time he didn't review a Mr. T comic, in 2016, was the year Donald Trump was elected, while after he did review a Mr. T comic in 2020, Trump lost the U.S. election. Because of this, Linkara declares that Mr. T has the power to alter reality and that he will review something Mr. T appears in every year from now on, comic book or not, to make sure nothing like Trump EVER happens again! He even adds it to Mr. T's superpower count.
Linkara: Now, as I said during that review, I am not so egotistical or deluded that I believe that MY review of a Mr. T comic actually changed reality... but I do just want to say: (smiles, spreads arms) You're welcome.
- Linkara then checks up on Allen, his government liaison, and it shows that having to put up with Trump for the past four years has not been kind for Allen's well-being, which ultimately leads to Allen giving one large and due "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Trump, in what can class as the Crowning Moment of Awesome for Allen, too!
- Turns out Allen is the reason that Trump thinks windmills shoot lasers and cause cancer. Allen had to tell Trump that, to make sure they would not take Comicron 1 from Linkara.
- Something funny about this on a meta level. A high ranking government worker that's driven to complete mental exhaustion and exasperation by his incompetent bosses who just seem out to indulge themselves and make things worse, while he barely tries to keep things sane, afloat, and functional. It makes you wonder which Lanipator character are we talking about: Allen or Reeve Tuesti/Cait Sith?
During his mistake on Brave and the Bold #28, he points out that, yes, U.S. Army did fly atomic bombs over the skies of the United States... and sometimes that they screwed up with them.
Linkara: The single most terrifying word in the English language: "Oops".

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