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Or – “Still Can’t Believe What Last Issue Implied About Events Behind The Scenes…” I have said over and over that I can’t understand why DC chose to do the Before Watchmen project, much less so very much of it.  I just didn’t really see that there were that many stories left untold.  Last issue very shockingly reminded me that there were at least a couple of things I hadn’t considered, but the jury was out as to whether that was a good thing.  What’s the final word?  Your Major Spoilers review awaits!

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Young Avengers #1 reunites the creative talents of Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, while focusing on the more youthful side of the Marvel Universe in the form of Wiccan, Hulkling, Miss America, Noh-Varr, Kid Loki – you get the picture. So how are the adolescent Avengers getting on? Major Spoilers has the review.

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Tarantino returns to the big screen with this western (or more appropriately Southern) about a freed slave, Django, and a dentist/bounty hunter who attempt to rescue Django’s wife from the nefarious plantation owner Calvin Candie. HAs QT hit the mark, or is it just a bloody mess?

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Based on the musical, based on the book, this is basically Catch Me If You Can set in Revolution era France, with Wolverine, Gladiator, Catwoman, Borat and some legendarily powerful music. How does Les Misérables transfer from stage to screen?

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Combine Pixar-caliber art with an intricately woven fantasy tale and what do you get? The best comic book that you’re not reading yet! Major Spoilers cracks open Finding Gossamyr #3 and explains just why you should be picking this up!

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Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo are putting together an acclaimed run on Batman. But with the Joker more murderous than ever, is this Batbook getting just too plain nasty? Major Spoilers has the review.

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Wolverine and Shanna the She-Devil star in a new series full of dinosaurs, Cthulhu looking statues, Neanderthals and a leopard bikini that is just barely hanging on! Does Frank Cho’s newest title thrive or will it have to fight to survive? Major Spoilers find out! Snikt!

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Or – “A Retro Review First!” I’ve done a lot of reviews in the past 7 years with Major Spoilers, many of them have been notable for reasons big and small.  Some were awful, some sublime, and others were simply inexplicable, but this is the first time, to my memory, that we have reviewed THE ENTIRE OUTPUT of a publishing house in one swell foop.  Add in the earliest work by one of the most respected creators of the day AND a first appearance of some characters near and dear to the hearts of many collectors, and we’ve got ourselves…

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He is the Star-Spangled Avenger. After leading the Avengers to “victory” against the Phoenix Five, Captain America has expanded the Avengers roster. He is also sporting a new uniform to go with the Marvel Now campaign. As Marvel’s “top cop”, Captain America slings his mighty shield against his foes, both old and new.

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Hulk has become somewhat of a fan favorite with The Avengers still fresh in the public subconscious, so it makes sense Marvel might try and capitalize on this boost in popularity by relaunching the emerald ape. The green goliath has always been a personal favorite of mine, the embodiment of being a slave to one’s anger, and lashing out at all around, hits a personal and sympathetic note with me, so is it any surprise I have been reading his most recent incarnation way of Marvel NOW? Find out if the most green giant is worth your green in this…

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A new form of Marvel’s Illuminati has assembled for the Marvel NOW! Initiative. These bigwigs of the Marvel Universe have worked behind the scenes of some of Marvel’s biggest events. With the crisis revealed in issue #1, readers now get to see how these power hitters will interact with each other in a landscape affected by all the recent Marvel events, including the bad blood left from AvX. Away we go with a Major Spoilers review…

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Or – “Still Not Sure How I Feel About This Idea…” I have recently realized something very odd that part of me already knew: Marvel Comics is always playing a short-term game.  It should really have been obvious during the era of Avengers Assembled, or when Spider-Man’s identity was public knowledge for a year or two, but the editorial stance at the House of Ideas has openly become one of “Do some wacky stuff and we’ll pick up the pieces later.”  To that end, we’ve gotten some great stories (parts of Fear Itself, the first thirty-odd issues of New Avengers,…

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The government is up to its crazy antics again, attempting to make super soldiers using nanotechnology. With only John Ravane to hunt down some of the soldiers who’ve gone rogue, the clock is ticking before these sleeper agents begin to tear the U.S apart. Should we be worried? Major Spoilers finds out!

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Steve Austin, astronaut, the man so awesome Daft Punk wrote a song about him. Having gotten to the bottom of the Bigfoot mystery, The Bionic Man now has to deal with finishing off the cyborg sasquatches and cleaning up the mess. Read on in this Major Spoilers review.

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