Comic Book Men - Fourth Season

Hey, uh, you guys remember Fantasy Island?

You know, tattoo, Mr. Roarke, "the plane! The plane!"

- Oh, you do that well! - Yeah, "the plane, the plane!"

He obviously does it all day then,

'cause that was his regular voice.

Let's say you were able to go to fantasy island.

What fantasy would you live out?

Good question.

If I were to go, I think I'd like to see, uh,

what it'd be like to be like, massively wealthy.

Don't you realize it only lasted for a weekend?

So you get that taste and then you're like,

What about you Mike?

Uh, I was always curious about, you know,

ancient Roman times and... you know...

I would live out the last weekend of Pompeii.

Is that... are you talking about, like, the volcano?

Yeah.

48 hours of sheer terror.

I think my fantasy would be:

Work at the stash, but I get mondays off.

That sounds more like unfantasy island

than Fantasy Island.

So wait a second, isn't it only for the weekend?

So you wouldn't even experience that Monday.

It's like, That's right, I gotta work tomorrow.

Hello, and welcome to another episode

of Comic Book Men,

the only show that has kryptonite in its pocket

and is happy to see you.

I'm Kevin Smith.

- Bryan Johnson. - Walt Flanagan.

- Mike Zapcic. - Ming Chen.

Right on, man.

Any big ticket items go into or out

of the store this week?

We had a guy come in who had something

that I know you would have loved to have seen.

- Hey, guys. - How you doing?

- What's going on? - I'm good.

So I got some collectible,

uh, figures here from the Rocky movies

that you might be interested in.

You guys like Rocky, right?

Come on, man. We're Americans.

We love Rocky.

When the last movie came out, they came out with

a line of figures celebrating the movie franchise.

These are actually the four most desirable.

I have Apollo creed wearing his patriotic gear.

They only made a hundred of these particular ones.

And then moving down the line, we got Rocky in the wheelchair,

as depicted at the, uh, start of the second movie.

We got Ivan Drago, as featured in Rocky IV.

And then, we have the meat,

as featured in the first movie in which Rocky uses as his,

uh, punching bag.

That's the most insane figure I think I've ever seen.

I've heard about this. I've never actually seen one.

The rumors are true.

That was a stand alone figure?

It wasn't even like,

"Rocky comes with meat that he beats."

It's... you had to buy the meat to hang up

for him to fight.

Can you imagine like, you know,

the producers of the line, you know,

you go to your boss and you're like,

"hey, boss, I think this will be a great figure...

just the meat that Rocky pounds."

He's like, "how much is it gonna cost?"

He's like, "way less than making a real figure."

He's like, "do it." You don't have to pay, uh,

actors likeness rights. Yeah, they're like,

"did you get the meat to sign?

What's he looking for? What kind of percentage?"

America loves the underdog, right?

But why are we so quick that once the underdog wins,

then we're like, oh, you know what?

I had enough of that underdog.

Now I'm rooting for him to lose.

It was III where he got cocky, right?

Where he wasn't training and stuff?

That's where I think maybe people were like,

"well, I hope Rocky loses. He doesn't deserve it."

- Yeah. - But they also gave Rocky

a handicap, so it's like, oh, his...

his manager had a heart attack right before the... the fight.

So he goes in with no heart.

That was a metaphor for no heart.

Exactly. He went in with no heart, so...

It only took you three decades to...

There's so many great moments in all the movies.

But I think the one that, uh,

I really feel good about when I watch it is

when Rocky and Apollo become friends.

That almost makes me cry every time I watch those movies.

Just thinking about the friendship

that bloomed between former foes that became friends.

Yeah, and, um, they almost become like, like...

More than friends.

So what are you looking to get for the, uh,

for the four figures?

I'd like to get 1,800 for all four.

Oh, man.

Uh... 1,800?

Ugh.

You've thrown the first jab. Let me count...

- Yeah. - Let me counter it, uh...

Is this gonna be like a Tyson pay-per-view

where it's over in nine seconds?

Would you take 1,000 for all of them?

Let me throw out there 1,500.

I can do 1,125 and I... that's it.

I feel like I need to go in my corner

and have my cup-man, uh, do a little, uh...

Do a little patchwork on me.

I think I can do that.

- 1,125? - 1,125?

- Aw! - Oh, oh, oh!

- I did something wrong? -

He got knocked out before that part came.

Yo!

Check it out.

Here, we got baby silent Bob.

The queen of Clerks.

Kevin's daughter, Harley Quinn Smith.

- Hey, what's going on? - How's it going, fellas?

Um, I got some original Foolkiller art

looking to see if you're interested in today.

Foolkiller art? Holy smokes!

I'm into killing fools.

Where on earth did you get Foolkiller art from?

When you're the only person looking for it,

it wasn't that hard to find.

Foolkiller may be the most overlooked, underrated,

under appreciated title that marvel has ever published.

This is like the cultist cult comic I could think of.

Oh, definitely. This is my favorite

marvel story, hands down.

It's one of my favorite ones too, man.

Well, you've got good taste, man.

You've got great taste.

Walter, since this book came out,

has been preaching the gospel of the Foolkiller mini-series.

And with good reason.

Tell them what makes it epic.

- Well, it was a ten - Issue series.

Featured the exploits of a stockbroker

who fell on hard times.

His wife left him, lost his job, and he basically did

the taxi driver meets the marvel universe.

Yes. It's one of the darkest,

most literate, most cinematic, most adult treatments

of a comic book character in the history of comics.

You start rooting for Foolkiller, you know?

"Go get 'em Foolkiller! Get that bad guy!"

But then he starts, like,

losing the line between killing bad guys

and killing people that like...

get that bad kid.

You must, like, have every piece of artwork

ever... ever made on the Foolkiller.

Can I take a look through this?

Yeah, go ahead.

Oh!

I mean, look it, he just fries 'em

like with, not a hesitation.

Yeah, that's nice.

Every fool was fair game for him at a certain point.

Back in the '90s, man, I'm like,

this mini-series is so good, man,

this is gonna explode!

We're gonna see a Foolkiller ongoing series,

we're gonna see a Foolkiller video game,

we're gonna see a Foolkiller movie!"

And I'm waiting, and I'm still waiting.

Please tell me you're here to sell it.

Definitely. Men's league hockey is starting up,

and I need new hockey sticks, so...

So you're gonna sell the Foolkiller original art

for a hockey stick?

30 bucks. Done.

All right, well, what are you wanting for them?

Uh, for all 14...400.

I'm gonna push my luck here,

and I hope I don't sound like a fool,

but would you take...

250?

Mm...

How 'bout 325?

300 for it?

Mm...

You know what? It's going to a good home.

I know you guys appreciate it as much as I did.

I'll take 300.

Awesome, man. Thank you.

- Guardians? - 16.

Uh, bump that to 34.