In many ways, they hold the same relative position in their universes: Fan and creator-beloved super-team, filled with unusual and unlikely heroes, never quite first-tier material but always heroic just the same, with multiple relaunches since their salad days. Born of the 1960s, the heroes of the Doom Patrol prefigured the X-Men’s “freaks trapped in a world they never made” gimmick, and introduced many key figures in the DC Universe: Beast Boy of the Teen Titans, Robotman, and the wonderfully absurd Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man. Alpha Flight’s heyday came two decades later in the 1980s, thanks to superstar artist John Byrne, giving…
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Most entry-level nerds known a little about Doctor Who. Some can quote chapter and verse, knowing about Tennant and Baker and Smith and Capaldi and the other Baker. But sometimes, in time-travel, things can get weird. Welcome to Ten Things!
Today, Major Spoilers celebrates Doctor Who Day! As a comic-book fan, I come from a world of massive inter-company crossover madness, so I’m always fascinated by multiple Doctor time-travel stories. As such, I find it a little fascinating that the majority of those stories tend to feature three Doctors at a time. The 10th Anniversary Doctor Who crossover, ‘The Three Doctors’ makes an obvious example, but the 20th anniversary special, ‘The Five Doctors,’ also featured three Doctors (discounting stock footage of the Fourth and a new actor in the role of the First.) The same is true of the 50th…
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For many across the country it is the first week of school, the opening of Straight Outta Compton, and the four month countdown to Star Wars: The Force Awakens has begun. For those who have been slaving away in the salt mines all week, the only thing that matters is that it is Finally Friday.
This week we travel back to the halcyon days of the early ’90s and see how it all went down in the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton.
Over the years, there has been much debate about which girlfriend is best for our comic heroes. Lois or Lana? Silver St. Cloud or Selina Kyle? Betty or Veronica? But for all this discussion of paramours, one major hero seems to get short shrift: The amazing amazon herself, Wonder Woman. Given that Diana is traditionally focused on her mission (and/or heavy bondage, if you get back to her original creator) and not the question of the perfect mate, she hasn’t had the parade of partners that Batman or Spider-Man have had. (‘Course, her one major boyfriend/love interest has himself been…
Top Five Versus Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting – it’s Top Five. X vs. Y! Day vs. Night! We don’t care who or what is involved, we just want to see a fight over something!
A little controversy regarding this week’s book, Boy-1 #1 from IDW publishing. Who liked it, and who didn’t? Take a listen to this installment of Dueling Review to find out!
During our recent trip to Nerdtacular, many excellent discussions were had (the majority of which seemed to start with variations of “Um, actually…”) One of the more fascinating was a discussion of what bits of pop culture we would follow anywhere, regardless of the specifics. It took Paul Levitz consciously ejecting all of Geoff Johns’ cool new Legion of Super-Heroes reboot ideas in order for me to stop reading that book, but I still found myself excited for the recent LSH appearances in Justice League United. I will buy any comic featuring DC’s sorta-obscure Nightmaster, the pencils of Alan Davis…
The great philosopher Barnabus Stinson was once heard to remark: “Nothing suits me like a suit.” He would be proud to know how many supers appreciate this sage wisdom… Welcome to Ten Things!
IT’S NEW COMIC BOOK DAY! But what to read? The staff at Major Spoilers offers up its list of books they are looking forward to, and recommend you do, too!
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: It is Question and Answer time, but first we talk Star Trek Las Vegas, String Divers #1, Jirni Volume 2 #1, Loot & Legends, and Sunstone Volume 3! Plus, you pick our next trade paperback, and more!
Dr. Brad Will sits down to discuss what he saw, what he liked, and what he missed out on at this year’s GenCon.