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REVIEW: Green Lantern #20
It’s a rough comics week for me. Several of my favorite characters are losing their ongoing titles, including Hawkman. But the part that leaves me saddest is the final Geoff Johns story in Green Lantern #20.
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Scientific Progress Goes *BOINK* Edition
After this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast, I was taken by how much I loved all the adventures of Calvin & Hobbes, to the point where it’s fighting with The Far Side and Bloom County for the top slot of ‘Most Loved Comic Strip Tale Of All Time.’ Then I remember the ‘Penguin Lust’ arc and the long strip of the brick wall outside the White House being dismantled in Doonesbury, or even the point back when Garfield was funny, and I have to go and read those trade paperbacks again, by which point I forget the question, but remember all the lyrics to “I’m A Boinger.”
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) still can’t believe how much of ‘Bloom County’ seemingly escaped the MSP team, asking: What’s the best comic STRIP of all time?
REVIEW: Myth #2
When an imaginative orphan befriends a giant in the forest there is no telling what could happen next, but teaming up as crime-fighting superheroes was a decision that most children would take. But all is not what it seems in the forest! Your Major Spoilers review of Myth #2 is just after the jump!
SNEAK PEEK: Archie Double Digest #240
Archie Comics sent us a sneak peek of Archie Double Digest #240 that arrives in stores next week.
CONVENTIONS: IDW Publishing and DC Comics announce joint American Comics panel at MCM London
Press Release
IDW Publishing and DC Comics will be holding a joint American Comics In The UK panel at MCM London Comic Con this weekend, show organisers have announced.
Featuring Bob Wayne, SVP sales and marketing at DC Comics, and Dirk Wood, IDW’s vice president of marketing, the panel will take place in MCM Theatre B at 16:30 on Saturday 25 May.
SOLICITATIONS: BOOM! Studios announces Adventure Time Annual
Press Release
BOOM! Studios is proud to release the first ADVENTURE TIME ANNUAL! In response to fan and retailer demand for more ADVENTURE TIME comics, the ADVENTURE TIME ANNUAL #1 is jam-packed with a variety of special short stories in the Land of Ooo and will arrive in stores on May 29th.
SNEAK PEEK: Charismagic #2
Aspen Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Charismagic #2 by Vince Hernandez and Vincenzo Cucca, that you can check out, after the jump.
SOLICITATIONS: IDW Limited announces Star Trek deluxe hardcovers
Press Release
Today, IDW Limited announced one small step for comics and one giant leap for Star Trek fans everywhere with the launch of a new line of limited edition STAR TREK books, under license by CBS Consumer Products.
TELEVISION: Two-part series finale for Merlin arrives on Friday
Press Release
Morgana removes her final obstacle to the throne of Camelot – Merlin and his magic – and sets about her ultimate siege of the kingdom in “The Diamond of the Day, Part 1,” which airs Friday, May 24, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Syfy.
The opening stanza to the two-part MERLIN series finale strikes some ominous chords.
COMICS PORTAL: More Legends of the Dark Knight on the Way!
With digital very likely to be a major player for comics in the future, many comics companies are getting an early start on the entire “revolution” that may see us downloading issues from an FTP site rather than going to our local comics shops … sooner than we think!
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Mars Blackmon Memorial Edition
When I was younger, I was always a little bit worried about Batman, leaping and bounding across the rooftops of Gotham City in what seemed to be smooth-soled Monkee boots. As comic audiences and I aged, Batman eventually graduated to a thicker-soled combat-style boot, while Superman still rocked the Stride-Rite knee socks with the stylish divot-hem. (The loss of that design element is one of the myriad of problems with Supey’s new nanite battle-armor look, by the way.) Poor Wonder Woman only recently gave up heels (depending on the artist) but The Thorn has been wearing thigh-high stiletto streetwalker boots since 1972, while Black Canary was forced for YEARS to do martial arts flips and judo throws in corsair boots with a Cuban heel. It seems that only the Flash, with his specially ridged yellow boots, really considered the practicality and workability of his footwear, and even that has been diminished by a bunch of strange seams in the latest designs.
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) would enjoy some nice Chuck Taylors, if they made the things in a 14 Wide, asking: Which superhero has the most awesome footgear?
New Comic Releases for May 22, 2013
Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores May 22, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.
This list was last updated May 21, 2013.
What’s on your list this week?