With Flashpoint serving as the big lead-in to the new DCU, it seems quite appropriate for DC to announces that Zoom will be offered up as an exclusive action figure at this year’s San Diego Comic Con.
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This week on the show: Alan Moore, superheroes, The Goon, Hellboy, Glaudio Sanchez, and no more writing for the trade! [podcast]http://traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/msp314.mp3[/podcast] Direct Download Subscribe via iTunes RSS Feed Podcast Alley Show Notes after the Jump!
When it comes to fights, there is the My Dad Can Beat Your Dad, Superman vs. Hulk, My Fav vs. Your Fav, but rarely do you see fights involving one married couple taking on another married couple. To be honest, the current relationship status between Green Arrow/Black Canary and Hawkeye/Mockingbird seems to always be up in the air, but for the sake of this Poll of the Week (submitted to us by @Praion via Twitter), we’re considering the couples married. FIGHT! [poll id=”189″]
Dan DiDio, Bob Wayne, Jim Lee, and others are traveling around the country talking with comic book retailers about the new DC Relaunch and how it affects them. Along the way, we’re picking up bits and pieces of what is changing and what is staying the same. One thing to keep in mind, when JLA #1 arrives, the word Superhero doesn’t exist yet in the DCU.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to the Green Lantern movie is still in the works. The film, which only grossed $18.5 million this past weekend, cost Warner Bros. $200 million to produce, but the studio still believes in the franchise. For those who listened to the Major Spoilers Podcast where we talked about the movie, know we thought it was pretty swell, and I for one wouldn’t mind seeing a sequel where Sinestro becomes the big bad. What about you? Would you go see a second Green Lantern installment? via Hollywood Reporter
According to the ‘Toon Tumbler Facebook page, this is the final Justice League lineup that will be featured in the upcoming DC relaunch. The company is prepping this Jim Lee image for it’s ‘Toon Tumbler San Diego Comic Con exclusive that will be available at the convention next month. via ‘Toon Tumbler
Another “Flashpoint” tie-in… Who is The Outsider? What does he want? So many questions, only so much time. Take the jump to see if this tale is worth your $2.99.
The events of Brightest Day are over, and J.T. Krul’s writing duties for the relaunch mean that Oliver Queen has a new captain at the helm for three issues as James Patrick writes the archer into an introspective yet adventurous battle with the diabolical Reverend Billy Miggs…
There’s a brand new video from JustSomeRandomGuy featuring Hal Jordan’s initial reactions to the movie reviews.
Spinning out of the events of Infinite Crisis… Wait a minute. Wasn’t that from like, five years ago? Yes, faithful Spoilerites, DC Comics is finally telling the tale of what Krypto the super-dog was up to during Infinite Crisis. Take the jump and see if a story that languished in limbo for half a decade earns a spot in your read pile…
Recently, DC Comics announced they would be “relaunching” their entire line of comics, with new number ones. Along with these new number ones, will be a line-wide redesign for every character. Many of these redesigns have already been criticized, so instead of hating on a bunch of costumes from comic books that haven’t even been published yet, I will be taking a stroll down memory lane, in the hopes of digging up redesigns that should never be forgotten. Join me, will you?
Major Spoilerite Jim sent me a link to the ZBrushCentral website that has an interesting thread by Tsvetomir Georgiev where he claims he used Z-Brush to do concept art for the Green Lantern movie. Take the jump for a look at what was offered up, and if you’ve seen the movie, compare it to the final product.
A few weeks ago we told you you could purchases a Best Buy Special Edition of Batman: Arkham City would include a playable version of Robin. Today, we get to see what Robin will look like.
Showtime has announced it has hired David S. Goyer to adapt DC Comics Vertigo imprint, 100 Bullets series for the cable network. 100 Bullets is an atypical comic as it features no superheroes, magic, supernatural elements or a sci-fi twist. It is a dark, noir-style story about the attempt by one man, the mysterious Agent Graves, to destroy a secret group of families that control most of the world’s wealth and power, and it also poses a classic moral question, “If you could get away with murdering the person who ruined your life, would you do it?” I’ve only just…