It is a proven rule: Not every superhuman conflict can be about the literal end of the world. Sometimes, the fights they fight are more emotional in nature… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Ultra #8 awaits!
Browsing: Retro Review
The Flash’s sidekick breaks out on his own (because they really kind of can’t stand one another for long periods of time.) Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Impulse #1 awaits!
What is Valerian all about? Find out in this holiday retro review special as we look at Valerian and Laureline in The City of Shifting Waters.
So, any o’ you guys interested in seein’ a really dumb comic book? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Kickers, Inc. #1 awaits!
Some comic book stories are all about great and terrible connotations and world-shattering consequences. Others are just about relationships. Of course, even those can still have the world-shattering part… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Crossfire And Rainbow #1 awaits!
Back in the ’70s, DC E-I-C Carmine Infantino had an remarkably forward-thinking vision: Since first issues sold better, why not create a series that was ALWAYS a first issue? We’re about to see the only lasting fruit of that endeavor, the hero called… The Warlord! Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of 1st Issue Special #8 awaits!
Say what you will about the 1990s, they knew how to end a giant crossover schmageggi with a bang! Jump in and see them sow the seeds of the superhero Civil War, as your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Avengers #347 awaits!
Okay, seriously. It’s been 40 years, can somebody tell me what the heck “alien galaxies beyond space” means, exactly? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Battle Of The Planets #1 awaits!
The DC Universe is a vast and varied place, encompassing scarred cowboys from the past, teenagers from the future who won’t lay off the practical jokes and various squads suicidal. They’ve even got TWO teams called The Outsiders! But few of the denizens of the reality that Superman spawned are quite as unusual as Niles Caulder’s original team of freaks. Are you ready for the first appearance of The Doom Patrol? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of My Greatest Adventure #80 awaits!
Is he alive… or is he dead? And more importantly, does the issue give any hints that this is a character that will last for the next 45 years? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Marvel Spotlight #5 awaits!
And now, a master class in how to deal with your comic being cancelled… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of The Liberty Project #8 awaits!
In October of 1981, a Marvel or DC comic off the newsstand would cost you 50 or 60 cents. What could possibly make you make 400% more? How about a double-sized treasury edition featuring only the second crossover between the Big 2 universes? Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of DC Special Series #27 – Batman Vs. The Incredible Hulk awaits!
In 1996, a rivalry dating back 30 years (or more, depending on how one counts) finally came to a head. And then, it all got complicated… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Marvel Versus DC #3 awaits!
Just so you know, I’m now unable to read this comic without hearing the theme to the ‘Barry Gibb Talk Show.’ And, if you know your 70s funk, neither will you! Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Knights On Broadway #1 awaits!