Category Archives: From the Editor

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Aphrodite IX

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This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew returns to discuss all things comic book related, and dive into Top Cow’s Aphrodite IX trade paperback.

Aphrodite IX Trade Paperback collects issues #1-4 of the series of the same name as well as the hard to find issue #0 plus incredible bonus art by Marc Silvestri (Civil War: The Initiative, Hunter-Killer), Joe Benitez (Supergirl), and Michael Turner (Superman/Batman, Ultimate Wolverine). Aphrodite IX is the perfect weapon, only she doesn’t know it. She’s programmed to kill and then erases all memory of her mission and her former life, like a reset button was hit in her mind. Now the ideal assassin wants to know who programmed her and she won’t stop until she finds out!

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, 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!

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Sponsor Friday

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Hey everyone!  Thanks for taking the time to visit Major Spoilers, reading our articles, listening to our podcasts, and watching our videos.  We really enjoy generating content for you on a daily basis.

If this were a PBS Pledge Break, this would be the point where we ask you to donate to the cause to keep the lights on, but this week, we asking you give a little love to some of our great sponsors.

If you’ve seen The Want List, you’ve seen the fantastic statues Kotobuikya has for the fine art collector, and they have some very interesting products coming up in 2011.

MegaCon has been a regular sponsor of Major Spoilers as they promote and prepare for the 2011 comic book convention. The guest list continues to grow, and it should be a great show.

Show your thanks to our sponsors, by taking a few moments to click on their ads (and all the ads on the Major Spoilers site), and checking out their wares.

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: The BEST and WORST of 2010

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2010 is officially over, and we can now sit down and look back at the year that was.  This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the Major Spoilers Crew pick their best and worst moments, news items, comics, movies, and whatever else pops into their heads of the past year.

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, 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!

We really want to include you in the podcast! Get your audio comments mailed off, your voice mails sent, and your written comments posted below!  We know you have opinions, and aren’t afraid to share them, so get cracking and become part of our first show recorded in 2011.

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Major Spoilers in 2011

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As the year draws to a close, it is time once again to reflect on the year ending and prepare to move forward.
We’ve had many success (Critical Hit, The Major Spoilers Store, increase in writing staff, more special features, to name a few), and many headaches over the past year (site crashes, increased costs due to server moves, writers moving on, databases going bonk for the so science could make a move forward).  We’ve mentioned multiple times that Major Spoilerites are free to offer up their suggestions for what they want to see from Major Spoilers.  Now is the time to toss out your ideas for the year to come.

In the past, readers have suggested themes for the Major Spoilers Podcast, increased coverage on certain topics, contests, Poll of the Week, and so on.  One Twitter follower (twitter.com/MajorSpoilers) even suggested a great idea for a future Major Spoilers Store product that will more than likely see the light of day in the next month or so.

Regardless of what many may think, we do read every email and suggestion sent our way.  We certainly can’t approve or initiate every idea, but those that rise above the rest are always taken into consideration.  And because of our busy schedules, it may take longer for certain features to be implemented (cough-return-of-The-Want-List-cough-cough-slackers-cough).

One new feature we do want to get out the door this year is a reward for reaching certain Major Spoilers Achievements… What does that entail?  KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES!

Thanks for being part of Major Spoilers, and for those of you who have become part of the complete Major Spoilers Experience (website, podcasts, Twitter, Facebook, forums, and so on), we thank you even more.  Here’s hoping everyone has a great new year.

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On the next Major Spoilers Podcast: Naughty Bits!

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Matthew and Stephen go blue to discuss X-rated comics.  Everything is on the table (so to speak) as the duo talk Penthouse Comix, Ironwood, Xxxenophile, and many more comics aimed at those over 18, and who want to see drawings of people getting it on.

Penthouse Comix

Penthouse Comix was an American mass-market, magazine-sized comic book, published by Penthouse International from its inception in spring 1994 through July 1998, and thereafter by General Media Communications, parent company of Penthouse magazine. Initially edited by writers George Caragonne and Horatio Weisfeld, it ran 32 issues plus one special edition.

Xxxenophile

XXXenophile is an American comic book series, published by Palliard Press and later Studio Foglio. It is an anthology of short, whimsical, erotic fantasy and science fiction stories, written and penciled by Phil Foglio. Each story is inked by a different artist.

Ironwood

Ironwood is a pornographic comic book series written and drawn by Bill Willingham in the 1990s, published in the United States by Eros Comix. It ran for 11 issues.

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.

Do you have thoughts about adult themed comics?  What’s missing, what should be avoided?

Here’s your chance to be heard on the show! Give us your thoughts, 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!

Note: While your hosts will be talking up all things naughty, they will make every attempt to make the episode as clean and listener friendly as possible.

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week: Four become three edition

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Someone is gonna die in the Fantastic Four, bringing the team down to three.  While comic book deaths are seldom final, it can be fun to speculate and jump on board the hype wagon to see if you are right or not.  With the polybagged edition of Fantastic Four #587 arriving in stores on February 2, 2011, it’s time to start placing your bets on who will die, and who will live.

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Which member of the Fantastic Four will die?

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Critical Hit T-shirt in the wild

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The limited edition Critical Hit Season One T-shirt have all shipped and are starting to show up in the hands of those who ordered before the cut-off date.  So far, the feedback has been very positive.  If you ordered a shirt (or shirts) send us a picture of yourself wearing your +10 to Awesome shirt and send it our way.

Image via Skrull Bryan

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Starman Omnibus Volume Three

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This week Rodrigo is out of town, which gives Matthew and Stephen a chance to take another look at Starman.

In this new, third volume, Starman’s hometown of Opal City is terrorized by Dr. Pip, an eccentric bomber. And with no demands from the mad villain, both Starman and the local authorities are unable to track him down. Also in this volume, Starman teams up with Batman to save the life of reformed villain Solomon Grundy, and readers learn the history of Starman’s enigmatic mentor, The Shade.

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!

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On the next Major Spoilers Podcast: Tales of the Beanworld

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew are tossed a copy of Larry Marder’s Tales of the Beanworld and told to get crackin’.

Tales of the Beanworld is an independently published comic book, created by Larry Marder. Beanworld features stories about the life and times of the Beans, minimalistic characters which Marder has been drawing since childhood. The stories borrow concepts from various world mythologies, popular concepts of ecology, and pop culture.

The first issue was published in 1985, and the series ran 21 issues until 1993. The first four issues were printed independently (under the imprint The Beanworld Press. Starting with issue five, the title was released by Eclipse Comics. A total of four book collections were released, reprinting issues #1-16.

The series was revived in February 2009 and is now published by Dark Horse Comics in deluxe hardcover editions.  Wahoolazuma (February, 2009) reprinted the first nine issues. The second volume, A Gift Comes!, came out in July, 2009, reprinting the remaining twelve.  A new one-shot comic came out in December, 2008. A third hardcover volume, Remember Here When You Are There!, came out in November, 2009, with all new material. Marder says that this completes the “Springtime” cycle of Beanworld stories. Further volumes are planned.

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!

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28 Days of Geek Giving: Critical Hit T-Shirt Limited Edition sale ends December 15

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Just a reminder for Critical Hit fans!  The Limited Edition Season One Critical Hit T-Shirt sales close on December 15, 2010.

Four Against the Void is over, but you can commemorate the trials and triumphs of the Torqueltones with the Critical Hit Season One Limited Edition T-Shirt. This classy, red armor-slot item features the likenesses of Orem, Randus, Torq and Smith! The season one shirt is perfect for a night on the town, gaming with friends, or facing down aberrant, poly-dimensional god-beings. (Funnelcakes and healing potions not included, Major Spoilers not responsible for excessive levels of awesome.)

This is your chance to own a piece of Critical Hit History, because once these shirts are gone, they’re gone for good.

If you don’t get your order in by the 15th, you won’t have a chance to buy this shirt ever again!

Orders for this item end December 15, 2010. Order today and make each of YOUR rolls a Critical Hit!

Orders will ship after December 17, 2010 so we can bulk print these shirts, passing the savings on to you.

Head over to the Major Spoilers Store today, and order yours now! (Did we mention this was a limited edition?)

UPDATE: We’re currently having issues with the Shopping Cart on the site, and will hopefully have it resolved shortly.

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On the next Major Spoilers Podcast: The Dark Tower: Gunslinger Born

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew cracks open the adaptation of Stephen King’s first Dark Tower Book.

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King’s Roland – an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower, powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. Now, in a comic book personally overseen by King himself, Roland’s past is revealed! Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Concordance) and scripted by New York Times bestseller Peter David, this series delves in depth into Roland’s origins – the perfect introduction to this incredibly realized world; while long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels. Be there for the very beginning of a modern classic of fantasy literature! Collects Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1-7.

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!