THANKS: Why we do it…

The Major Spoilers Crew loves working on the site.  It doesn’t matter if we are putting together a review, a podcast, an opinion piece, or even a bit of news from the publishers, each and every day, the ten of us who contribute on a regular basis are here to entertain and inform you, our dear, dear Major Spoilerites.  And though the hours are long, and the Robot Overlord is a terrible slave driver, finding out we do affect change is always great when we hear it from you.

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast – New 52 Live Call In Show

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the Major Spoilers team talks with you about the New 52!  Anything and everything is up for grabs and we want to talk to you about it.

The show will stream live on Ustream, and we will have the show embedded on the front page of the site. You’ll be able to call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. We expect to start the stream around 8:30 PM (CDT) with the actual show beginning sometime soon after.

We hope you can join us, and we hope you enjoy the show.

DC RELAUNCH: Fans in a crisis over no Crisis – Who Cares?

This past weekend, Dan DiDio set the Intardwebz ablaze when he made the announcement that the Crisis events from the last thirty years, including Crisis on Infinite Earths, never happened in the New DC Universe.

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Legion Lost and Legion of Super-Heroes #1

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the Super Future Friends return to the show to talk about DC’s relaunch of Legion of Super-Heroes and Legion Lost #1.

LEGION LOST #1
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art and cover by PETE WOODS
Seven heroes from the 31st century have traveled back to the present day. Their mission: Save their future from annihilation. But when the future tech they brought with them fails, they find themselves trapped in a nightmarish world that, for them, is the ultimate struggle to survive!

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1
Written by PAUL LEVITZ
Art by FRANCIS PORTELA; Cover by KARL KERSCHL
The Legion of Super-Heroes has been decimated by the worst disaster in its history. Now, the students of the Legion Academy must rise to the challenge of helping the team rebuild – but a threat of almost unstoppable power is rising at the edge of Dominator space, and if the new recruits fail, the Legion Espionage Squad may be the first casualties in a war that could split worlds in half!

As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop us a voice mail by calling (785) 727-1939, or record your comments and send it as an MP3 file in an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com.

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: The Age of Apocalypse (Book One)

This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Matthew, Rodrigo, and Stephen sit down to talk about the first book in the Complete Age of Apocalypse saga.

Age of Apocalypse (BOOK 1)
Writers: Many
Artists: Even More
It begins here! The critically acclaimed, fan-favorite storyline that rocked the X-Men Universe to its core is collected across four volumes! In a cracked-mirror world ruled by the genocidal mutant despot Apocalypse, only one hope remains: Magneto and his Astonishing X-Men! The first in a four volume series collecting the entire Age of Apocalypse storyline.

Join in on the discussion by ordering the book here X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 1

As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop us a voice mail by calling (785) 727-1939, or record your comments and send it as an MP3 file in an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com.

Here’s your chance to be heard on the show! Give us your thoughts on this book, or if you want to share your thoughts on the state of the comic book industry, or anything else that might be on your mind drop us a line. Only the most awesome comments (positive and negative) make it on the show, so get your stuff to us right away!

On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Legends of the Dark Knight: Venom

This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew sits down to chat up Legends of the Dark Knight, and take a look at the “Stay Away from Drugs” arc, Venom.

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight: Venom (16-20)
By Dennis O’Neil, Russell Braun, Trevor Von Eeden, and José Luis García-López

When Batman fails to save the life of a young girl held for ransom, he decides to try a new experimental drug designed by her father called Venom.

As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop us a voice mail by calling (785) 727-1939, or record your comments and send it as an MP3 file in an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com.

Here’s your chance to be heard on the show! Give us your thoughts on this book, or if you want to share your thoughts on the state of the comic book industry, or anything else that might be on your mind drop us a line. Only the most awesome comments (positive and negative) make it on the show, so get your stuff to us right away!

5th Annual Major Spoilers Costume Contest

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays at Major Spoilers, and we’re hoping you’ll celebrate with us, with our Fifth Annual Major Spoilers Costume Contest! We want you, yes you, to send us pictures of your bad self dressed up as your favorite hero, villain, side-kick – really any comic book/pop culture character. The best costume will not only be hailed as the Grand Prize Winner in Major Spoilers’ 2011 Costume Contest, you’ll also get an awesome prize.

What is the prize? Take the jump for all the info!

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Major Poll of the Week: The best Third Stooge

Chances are if you are the same age as most of the Major Spoilers Crew, you grew up watching The Little Rascals, Tom and Jerry, and The Three Stooges.  Some people really “get” the Stooges, while others scratch their heads and wonder why everyone else is laughing so hard.  Still there are some who have never heard of The Three Stooges.  This poll is not for them.

Over the course of The Stooges career, from 1922 – 1975, four different actors played the Third Stooge.  What we want to know is, who was the best one?

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Who was the best Third Strooge?

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Potter’s Field

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew takes a look at Potter’s Field from BOOM! Studios and writer Mark Waid and artist Paul Azaceta.

POTTER’S FIELD TPB
Written by Mark Waid
Drawn by Paul Azaceta

First time in trade paperback and featuring the first collaboration between legendary comic writer Mark Waid and superstar artist Paul Azaceta, the red hot team behind AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! Outside New York City is Potter’s Field, where the unnamed dead are buried. Now, a mysterious man has taken it upon himself to name the unnamed in this cemetery! Using a network of underground operatives who don’t know each other, he fights to save the unsaved and solve the mysteries of the unjustly slain! Collecting the critically acclaimed three issue mini-series and the STONE COLD one-shot into one volume!

As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop us a voice mail by calling (785) 727-1939, or record your comments and send it as an MP3 file in an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com.

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CONTEST: Kevin knows how to enter a contest

When we started the Major Spoilers New Frontier Absolute Edition Contest, we hoped that people would get out there and really go to town getting pictures of themselves with business and famous people holding the Major Spoilers poster.  Kevin decided to head to Fan Expo in Toronto this past weekend, and added eight more entries to the contest.

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CONTEST: Coby knows how to enter a contest

There are many ways you can enter the Major Spoilers Absolute New Frontier contest. One of them was to get your picture taken with a hot girl or guy.  Coby decided to take advantage of the situation by getting his picture snapped with a bevy of ladies, which lands him six entries in the contest.

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week (POW): ’80s Animated Robot Edition

A long time ago, in the dark ages of television, two animated robot series arose.  In this corner, hailing from the planet Cybertron – THE TRANSFORMERS!  And in this corner, hailing from Japan, but co-opted for American purposes – THE GO-BOTS!

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Which animated robot television series was better?

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