Browsing: Retro Review

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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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