Author: Stephen Schleicher

Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...

The Marvel Ultimate universe already has seen the coming of Gah-Lak-Tus, now with the Fantastic Four 2 movie just around the corner, it is time to inject Ultimate Silver Surfer into the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a five page preview for you to check out after the jump.

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Yes! Our favorite zombie slayer Ash has been fighting the deadites/Marvel Zombies in an all new series, and today Dynamite Entertainment announced the sold out issue #3 will be going back to print with a brand new variant cover. Interestingly, this is going to be an exclusive limited run of 3000. With art by Arthur Suydam, the cover is a tribute to Marvel Graphic Novel #1: The Death of Captain Marvel. It’s a pretty wicked cover that you can see after the jump.

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Rotten Tomatoes has released its best and worst lists for comic book movie adaptations for 2007. There are 94 films in the list. The best? Spider-Man 2. The worst? Son of the Mask. Well duh… Take the jump for the Top 10 Best, then visit the Rotten Tomatoes site for the rest.

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Yes you can reenact your favorite scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan with new action figures coming from Diamond Select Toys, but you are going to have to work for that privilege. Diamond Select Toys has announced at this year’s San Diego Comic Con a promotional figure of Genesis Khan will be made available for fans willing to run around little bit. First you have to go to all the partner booths and purchase the regular figures: New Force Comics – Dr. McCoy Action Figure Xpress – Scotty Toy Rocket – Chekov Diamond Select Toys – Mr.…

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Marvel has posted the high resolution images of the Iron Man Mark I and III suits, as well as a rather buff looking Robert Downey Jr. working on his metal creations. If a dirty gritty Stark isn’t your cup of tea, then check out the dashing version of the man from Superhero Hype.

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Marvel has announced the sold out editions of Incredible Hulk #106 and World War Hulk Prologue: World Breaker are indeed getting reprints. Both issues will arrive in stores on May 30 for $2.99 and $3.99 respectively. Take the jump to see the two variant covers.

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Dynamite Entertainment has announced Savage Tales #1 and Raise the Dead #1 have both sold out. The company has no plans to reprint either issue, but I would check with your local shop to see if there are any copies left. In a prepared press release Dynamite stated, “Once again, we would like to send our appreciation to the fans and retailers for the support and dedication they have shown for Dynamite. We do our best to provide a quality product in the most fun and interactive way possible, always keeping the fans and retailers in mind through our various…

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Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores May 9, 2007. 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. Thanks to Collector’s Pair of Dice and Diamond Comics Distributors for assisting in the building of this list. This list was last updated May 7, 2007.

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The best part about Free Comic Book Day is it has the potential to bring in so many new comic book readers. All across the country stores opened their doors to crowds who had never even stepped foot in a comic store before. According to Comic Book Ink in Tacoma, Washington this was the biggest year ever for the company. Take the jump for their photo diary and much more…and uh… Power Girl!

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Saturday was a busy weekend for comic fans. First it was Free Comic Book Day, then there was that whole Planet ComiCon dealie, but the big event had to be the Extra Life Nerdtacular Spider-Man III event sponsored in part by Major Spoilers. Scott Johnson (above center) rented out some theatre space with over 90 fans showing up for this free showing. There he tossed out free comic books, T-shirts, and other spidey related freebies. You can listen to a very exhausted Scott and wife discuss the event here. I will have other updates on the site, including video of…

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Our good friend James from Collector’s Pair of Dice was able to head to Overland Park this past weekend to check out the KC Planet ComiCon. The event was well attended on Saturday and Sunday even with all of the rain that fell over the region. Special guests Jim Lee and David Prowse were able to stick around for both days to sign autographs and have their pictures taken with fans. The panels were terrible soundwise. There were no mics for the panels I attended, and sitting on the second row I couldn’t hear much except for the floor crowd.…

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Holy crap, if you didn’t get excited after reading the last installment of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness, prepare to get totally blown away when the zombies take over other countries, forcing Ash and crew to seek help from none other than Dr. Doom. If you haven’t read issue #3 yet, best of luck as Marvel tells Major Spoilers the issue has completely sold out at Diamond and has no plans to go back to press at this time. Take the jump for a sneak peek of Issue #4 where more heroes turn to flesh eating undead.

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Who hasn’t dreamed of taking flight without waiting for FAA clearance, or turning invisible and sneaking into the cheerleader locker room? Heck, who hasn’t wanted to hulk out and smash the crap out of a server when your site goes down? SciFi Tech has a great look at some current technology that gives you powers very similar to your favorite superhero. via Sci Fi Tech

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It only took three days for Spider-Man III to make $148 million in North America, beating the previous record of $135 million set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Does this mean a Spider-Man 4 is just around the corner? Calling the results “spectacular,” [Amy Pascal, co-chairman Sony Pictures Entertainment] said the studio already was at work on the now inevitable “Spider-Man 4.” “We’re a lot further on than we usually are,” she said. “We usually don’t talk about the next movie until the current one is released, but we’re already talking about what we want to do…

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