Atop the Fourth Wall

- Season 5

(2012)

What do you get when your comic only exists as part of a bet? Probably nothing good as Linkara digs into the first issue of Marville.

Detroit's finest faces off against the world's deadliest robot. Linkara takes a look at a crossover comic featuring Robocop and the Terminator.

The call of the wild is resonating once again. It's time for Linkara to return to continue reviewing the adventures of Brute Force with their third issue.

In a departure from his usual style, Linkara does not review a comic but instead counts down fifteen things he doesn't like about the event comic Identity Crisis.

How exactly did a team of weirdos wind up facing a super-villain with cocaine powers? Hopefully Linkara finds as out as he reviews the first issue of The New Guardians.

Better pack extra batteries for this one. Linkara returns to the world of Gameboy comics from another issue.

It's time for another double feature on Atop the Fourth Wall. Experience gritty 90s action with Youngblood #4 and the boredom of space with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

I pity the fool who chooses to miss out on this comic. Linkara decides to look at the first issue of AP Comics's Mr. T comic.

Unfortunately it doesn't come with an exclusive trading card. But Linkara does need more Mr. T as he looks at the second issue of the AP Comics run.

It's the Fantastic...Two. Linkara reviews a comic where Spider-Man and Captain America team up to stop Doctor Doom.

Sometimes the title really does say it all. Watch as a baffled Linkara takes a look at the bizarre tale of The Invincible Four of Kung-Fu and Ninja #1.

It's time for Linkara to return to the tale of the last boy on Earth except he isn't. Join him as he looks at the second issue of Kamandi at Earth's End.

It's the not so amazing Spider-Man. Join Linkara as he looks at another gritty hero from the 90s with Black Web #1.

Not your dad's Autobot, or anyone's for that matter. Linkara transforms and rolls out with issue 1 of Transformers: Generation 2.

Canada decides to get in on the PSA Hell with a comic about the evils of the government. Linkara looks at the first and only issue of Captain Tax Time.

Linkara reviews a comic about Superman going for a walk through Philadelphia, where the Man of Steel attempts to right some wrongs, and does so in very questionable ways.

Get ready for the comic that puts the boo in blood. Linkara takes a look at the first issue of Bloodstrike.

Ready for more time traveling action and funny jokes? Too bad, since Linkara is stuck reviewing the second issue of the "parody" comic Marville.

Don't bully other people, or Spider-Man is going to get you. Welcome to PSA Hell as Linkara reviews The Amazing Spider-Man on Bullying Prevention.

Robin couldn't be here, but meet his bootleg brother The Protector. PSA Hell continues with The New Teen Titans Anti-Drug PSA.

Somebody was definitely sniffing something when making this. PSA Hell continues still as Linkara dives into Daredevil vs. Vapora.

It's back to Canada for another PSA Hell comic. The country is under attack by Joker and drugs, and only Batman can stop him. Linkara doesn't get it either.

Live from Linkara's couch, it's Saturday night. Linkara looks at the time Spider-Man teamed up with Saturday Night Live in Marvel Team-Up #74.

Is seven going to be Linkara's lucky number? Let's find out as he reviews an issue of a comic based off of a sci-fi classic: Blake's 7.

In part 1 of a three part review, Linkara looks at the aftermath of Infinite Crisis with the first two issues of the miniseries Battle for Bludhaven.

The so called battle continues as every single party still manages to accomplish nothing. It's the next two issues of Battle for Bludhaven.

The review of Battle for Bludhaven concludes with the final two issues. Will the comic manage to justify its own existence at the end of it all?

When there's murder afoot, only earth's greatest warrior can solve them. Linkara looks at Sir Charles Barkley and the Referee Murders.

You'll come for the title character and stay away because of Mr. Computer. Linkara takes a look at a hero from the 80s with Captain Electron #1.

Linkara decides to boldly go where no one has gone before as he reviews the comic book adaptation of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

Guest stars galore pop up as Linkara celebrates his 200th episode by reviewing the one comic he swore he would never review: The infamous Spider-Man comic "One More Day."

Is this cool as ice or will it just leave Linkara feeling cold? Find out as he looks at a comic detailing the history of Vanilla Ice.

What exactly is so shocking about the future? We probably aren't getting an answer to that question as Linkara takes a look at Future Shock #1.

While Holokara reviews an Elseworlds comic about what Gotham City would be like if Catwoman were the defender and Batman were a homicidal maniac, Linkara learns a shocking truth about himself.

The review of Catwoman: Guardian of Gotham continues. Will this Elseworlds tale come together in the end? Linkara tries to find out.

Holokara reviews Psychoman #1, a bad comic written by a man who ended up murdered shortly after the comic was written. Meanwhile, Linkara has a heart-to-heart talk with Margaret, the spirit of his magic gun.

Have you been enjoying the weird parody comic? Well too bad because, as Linkara is soon going to see, Marville goes in a radically different direction starting with this third issue.

Unfortunately, this riddle comes with very few answers. Linkara returns to the lame adventures of Alec and Shanna with the Tandy Computer Whiz Kids.

Batman may hate rock and roll, but how does he feel about a smoother form of music? Linkara is going to see as he digs into the first issue of Batman: Jazz.

October begins as Linkara begins his next series of reviews: John Carpenter's The Thing comics. His journey begins with Starstream #1.

The comic that gives the term "kill it with fire" a whole new meaning. Linkara gets ready to review issue 1 of The Thing from Another World.

The review of The Thing from Another World continues with the second issue. Will this comic finally manage to reach the heights of the movie?

In honor of AT4W's fourth anniversary, Linkara revisits the Spider-Man Clone Saga with the four-part story that started it all: Power and Responsibility.

What better way is there to celebrate Halloween than the annual Treehouse of Horror? Linkara aims to see if comic books can capture the feel of The Simpsons with an issue of a Treehouse of Horror comic.

Linkara races into the start of a new Secret Origins Month as he covers the origins of Jay Garrick, the world's first Flash.

As Secret Origins Month continues, Linkara needs an ironclad will to cover the origins of Tony Stark, the man who would become Iron Man.

Secret Origins Month continues as Linkara reviews the time Kid Flash, Robin, and Aqualad teamed up to form a little group dubbed the Teen Titans.

As another Secret Origins Month closes, Linkara hopefully can hold back his anger as he dives into the origins of Bruce Banner, aka the Incredible Hulk.

Linkara heads back to the Golden Age to review a Superman Christmas comic featuring cartoonish villains, an absurd plot to destroy Christmas and questions the Man of Steel's ethics.

Harvey gets a visit from the Nostalgia Critic as his past is recalled, which ironically includes Linkara's review of an Archie Christmas comic. Guest starring Doug Walker.

Because pretty much every other franchise has done a Christmas Carol parody. Linkara celebrates the season where the Teen Titans torment an old scrooge.

For Christmas Eve, Linkara reviews a really good Christmas Carol comic adaptation: the Batman graphic novel Noel. Also Harvey encounters the ghost of Christmas Future who turns out to be Linkara Prime and we learn the real reason for the tension between Harvey and Linkara.

Even though we grow and get better, we can still make mistakes from time to time. As 2012 comes to a close, Linkara looks back on the past and fifteen more times he screwed up.