Travel back with us to the thrilling days of yesteryear when disco was all the rage, there were three broadcast networks, and two of them had Linda Carter as Wonder Woman.
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Recently, during a discussion of random non-importance, my wife and I began singing the Sesame Street ‘Capital I’ song out of the blue, remembering the lyrics and animation four decades after the fact. Indeed, many of those old Sesame Street segments are still influential on my brain today, with the internet’s inability to turn up a video of ‘Caterpillars Never Wear Brown Boots’ as a quiet disappointment in my life to this very day. Stephen often talks about the influential pop culture of the tween and early-teen years, but I clearly recall bits of songs and cartoons such as Underdog,…
Top Five Other Podcasts 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. When you are done listening to all of the shows in the Major Spoilers Podcast Network (10 and counting), what next? Zach and Stephen sit down and share their favorites.
In my travels around the magical world of the innernets, I have discovered something interesting: Folks these days seem to be a little too eager to deem something as a “rip-off”. There are dozens of characters in our favorite fictional worlds who are homages, Captain Ersatzes and yes, blatant copies of what is or was successful, many of whom are considered classics these days. The practice of “swiping” is a venerable and sizeable part of our comics history, Faithful Spoilerites, and some examples are more noticeable than others… Welcome to Ten Things!
IT’S NEW COMIC BOOK DAY! But what to read? Fortunately, the Major Spoilers Staff have comic book recommendations for you!
This week on the Major Spoielrs Podcast: Keith Davidsen, Marketing Manger for Dynamite Entertainment stops by to talk pulp fiction, digital comics and his Re-Animator series. We review William Shakespeare’s The Phantom Menace, Bear vs. Art, The Wicked + The Divine #10, and Jupiter’s Circle #2.
With Avengers: Age of Ultron tearing up the movie theaters, we decided to review what some have called the greatest Ultron story of all, Avengers: Unltron Unlimited by Kurt Busiek and George Perez! So sit back and enjoy as Ashley and Jason begin their lesson. You might learn something. Enter your Mind University!
This week, it is up to the players to get their history correct as they play the game, Timeline.
This week on The Want list – Back to the Future prop replicas, DC Dice Masters arrive, and how do you make two children fight it out? Find out in this installment of The Want List.
Salvagers is a high-octane blue-collar sci-fi comic coming from creators Bob Salley and George Acevedo. This week during my landmark 175th episode, I chat with both of them about their successful series, with the fourth issue of the Salvagers: Abandoned Cargo miniseries coming out soon. We discuss the book’s beginnings, characters and artwork, as well as their Kickstarter campaign, which will be wrapping up soon. You can support this excellent title by going to Kickstarter.com before their campaign concludes on Wednesday, May 13. For more information, check out the Salvagers Facebook page or their website! I hope you’ll join me…
In this installment of Critical Hit – A Major Spoilers Podcast: It’s time to follow the clues, which lead to an old enemy. Plus, who is that in Free Agent’s house? Visit the Major Spoilers store for Critical Hit and Major Spoilers merchandise!
While the upside of the recent Spider-Verse crossover is pretty obvious (ALL THE SPIDER-MANS YOU GUYS!), not much is being made of the downside. Coming out of that story, we not only have multiple issues featuring Peter Parker each month, but an ongoing series for Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman, Gwen Stacy as Spider-Woman and Cindy Moon as Silk, a woman with spider-powers, as well as minis, crossovers and the Ultimate version of Spider-Man. Of course, given that Secret Wars is bringing back everybody in the entire history of Marvel to fighty-fighty for their survival, which I’m sure will involve more…
With Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron in theaters, it’s finally time for the Helicarrier to make an appearance.
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has arrived in theaters, and Zach on Film examines the movie moments after Rob, Rodrigo, Stephen, and Zach watched the flick. SPOILER WARNING IN EFFECT! MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!