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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Things Nobody Else Has Ever Heard Of Edition
Having grown up in the 1970s, I often find that my reference points and television memories are older than many of my colleagues here at Major Spoilers. Older than Zach, with fewer friends and distractions than Stephen and a b...
Retro Review: Green Lantern #7 (July/August 1961)
Thaal Sinestro is a big deal these days, even temporarily headlining the main Green Lantern title during the New 52 relaunch, but have you ever wondered how he started out? Your Major Spoilers (retro) review of Green Lantern #...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Greatest GL Of ‘Em All Edition
When I work at the comic store (Gatekeeper Hobbies, Huntoon & Gage, Topeka!), I am generally considered the go-to guy for comics trivia of the Silver and Bronze Ages of comics, but this has also led to the unfortunate perce...
Green Lantern #29 Review
The Green Lantern Corps is preparing for war, and Hal Jordan has made a few (probably unwise) concessions in order to better his strategy. Will his gambles pay off? Your Major Spoilers review of Green Lantern #29 awaits!
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Best Second Banana Edition
Recently, I had the odd experience of suddenly wanting to see a movie that I didn’t really want to see (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), based on the fleeting trailer appearance of a favorite character (The Falcon). ...
She-Hulk #2 Review
Jennifer Walters leads two lives: One as hotshot attorney, the other as the Sensational She-Hulk. Thanks to a recent windfall, she’s making a solo go of the first career, but I don’t expect she’ll ever give u...
Magneto #1 Review
Pick of the WeekOne of Marvel’s oldest villains, Magneto has been back and forth across the ‘Hero/Villain’ line half a dozen times. Now a member of the very hero team he used to oppose, Magneto has struck out on his own to d...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Bring On The Bad Guys Edition
This week, Marvel Comics released issue #1 of an ongoing series featuring solo adventures of Magneto, one of the Marvel Universe’s oldest (and most dangerous) super-villains. It’s not the first time a “bad gu...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: From The Frozen North Edition
This winter (seasonal designation not valid in all areas) has been a rough one at Stately Spoilers Manor East, leading to several days of bored housebound fourth grader. We were able to deflect her with quick crafts, WiiU and ...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: The Great Race Edition
In the 1980s, Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise brought to us the concept of ‘The Cannonball Run’, a cross-country road race where a bunch of wacky types rounded up their vehicles and raced across the United States for ...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Awards You Would Bestow Edition
After this year’s Oscar broadcast (which I didn’t watch, but got the gist of from which jokes would trend on Twitter), I have come to the realization that nobody ever seems to reward the things that *I* find most en...
Retro Review: The Amazing Cynicalman #1 (June 1987)
The history of comics is filled with people whose artistic skill and inventiveness marks them as geniuses in my book, from the stylized wonder of a Gil Kane “flipping-over-backwards-because-I’ve-been-punched-that-ha...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Losers We Love Edition
I try not to let the things said on the internet get to me, but I’ve always had a grave distaste for those who refer to lesser-known characters as “C-list” or similar dismissive terms, with the underlying arro...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Deepest Reaches Of Space Edition
Though I’ve a lot of favorite stories that take place in space, most of them (especially ‘The Black Hole’) aren’t the kind of places you’d really want to visit. Any world where Norman Bates ends u...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Your Favorite Cards Edition
This last week at the store, one of our periodic unexpected treasures walked in the door: An original, sealed-in-plastic box of Magic: The Gathering Revised Edition booster packs from 1994. According to Henchman Chris (his act...
Fantastic Four #1 Review
The Fantastic Four has been through a lot in the last decade, from the dizzying heights of Hickman’s sci-fi to the ridiculous depths of Mark Millar’s peccadilloes, with some on and off wackjobbery in between. With ...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Fantastic You Edition
In honor of this week’s Fantastic Four #1, we go back to one of the old-school wells of comic-book discussion, the nature of cosmic ray effects. There are a lot of explanations about the Fantastic Four and their abilitie...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: The Role Of The Sidekick Edition
After reading this week’s trade paperback review for the Major Spoilers podcast, I’ve been thinking about the tropes of pulp and superhero fiction as regards the differentiation between “Hero” and “...
The White Suits #1 (of 4) Review
“Mysterious killers dressed in white, they savaged the Cold War Soviet underworld… then disappeared.” The question still remains, even years later: Who were The White Suits? Your Major Spoilers review of The...
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