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Box 13 collected in print for first time

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Red 5 Comics has announced it is collecting the digital comic Box 13 (currently running for free at comiXology’s Comics iPhone/iPod Touch app), into a print collection for the first time.

Created by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis, the first Zuda.com contest winners, Box 13 is a re- imagining of the popular radio serial of the same name. It follows investigative author Dan Holiday who has spent the last several years of his life researching the secrets behind the MKULTRA project. His latest book has brought him a degree of notoriety, but a mysterious numbered box left on his book signing table is too much to resist. Once opened, the box sends him spinning on a harrowing journey of self-discovery and driving mystery… what is in Box 13?

The graphic novel will be released on May 19, 2010 for a mere $13.  If you don’t want to read the series via the iPhone or iPod Touch, the first chapter of the Box 13 series will be made available for free during Free Comic Book Day 2010.

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Stan Lee and Boom! Studios team for new superhero line

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POW! Entertainment and BOOM! Studios announced a deal has been struck that will see the production of a series of three superhero titles presented by Stan Lee. These series will premiere from BOOM! Studios later this year.

BOOM!’s Editor-in-Chief Mark Waid, creator of BOOM!’s runaway hit series IRREDEEMABLE and its smash sister book INCORRUPTIBLE, will be writing one of the series. Two other series will follow, featuring A-list writers as a part of the creative team. Further announcements will clarify the teams and the timing for the roll-out.

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Titan Publishing launches Transformers comic on the iPhone

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Following the global success of the Wallace & Gromit iPhone comic app, Titan Publishing is proud to announce the arrival of its first TRANSFORMERS iPhone comic.

Launched on February 26, 2010, and based on Hasbro’s TRANSFORMERS brand, each TRANSFORMERS comic download includes an awesome action packed story and is bursting with fun facts and trivia about the characters, movies and comics!

The digital comic is free and can be downloaded for iPhone by visiting www.titanpublishing.com/digital or the app store (comics are available in the UK and EIRE only.)

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30 Days and Counting – Will the iPad change the comic model?

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We’re roughly thirty days away from the launch of Apple’s much-talked-about iPad.  While the device looks like a flattened iPod, its potential to revolutionize the way we consume media is staggering.  One of the more interesting aspects of the iPad is the ability to read comic books at nearly the same size as the printed version.  While other e-books only have black-and-white displays, the iPad’s color screen could radically change the way we read and access comics.

I’ve talked before about digital comics and how an effective electronic color reader could change the way we access and enjoy comic books.  But is the iPad that device?

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New Comic Releases for March 3, 2010

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Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores March 3, 2010. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated March 1, 2010.

What’s on your list this week?

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Then there was the time Lincoln fought vampires

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here’s a bit of awesomeness that features Abraham Lincoln fighting John Wilkes Booth.  Turns out the Presidential assassin was a vampire, and Lincoln knew how to fight back.

From the New York Times bestselling author of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES comes the true history of our sixteenth president – Seth Grahame-Smith’s ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER.

Too bad this is just a trailer for a book, because the production value in this is awesome sauce with a side of kick-ass slaw.

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Art Appreciation Moment of the Day: Gene Gonzales

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I stopped collecting comic book trading cards back in the 90s, but occasionally, I’ll come across a piece of art that makes me want to get back into the game.   There are two things preventing me from that 1) I have no more room in my Nerd Room of Doom, and 2) today’s entry by Gene Gonzales is only a practice, and not part of a shipping series.

via Gene Gonzales

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Advance Review: Green Hornet #1

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Back in 2004, Kevin Smith announced that he was working on the script for a new Green Hornet movie. In 2006, he announced that he was no longer attached to the project. Four years later, Dynamite Entertainment announced that it would be publishing  Smith’s screenplay in comic book form, and we at Major Spoilers got an early preview. Was it worth the wait?

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: The Dark Phoenix Saga

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This week, the Major Spoilers Crew checks out the disturbing Jean Gray and her Phoenix Force.

“The Dark Phoenix Saga” is an extended X-Men storyline in the fictional Marvel Comics Universe, focusing on Jean Grey and the Phoenix Force, ending in Grey’s apparent death. It was written by Chris Claremont with art by Dave Cockrum and John Byrne.

As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop us a voice mail by calling (785) 727-1939, or record your comments and send it as an MP3 file in an email to podcast@majorspoilers.com.

Here’s your chance to be heard on the show! Give us your thoughts on this trade paperback, or if you want to share your thoughts on the state of the comic book industry, or anything else that might be on your mind drop us a line. Only the most awesome comments (good or bad) make it on the show, so get your stuff to us right away!

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Boom! Studios Sneak Peek of the Week

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This week, Boom! Studios sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Dingo #4, Disney’s Hero Squad: Ultraheroes #2, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep #9, The Incredibles #6, Nola #4, Wizards of Mickey #2, and the Monsters Inc.: Laugh Factory hardcover.  The titles arrive in stores this week, and you can get your very own early look, after the jump.

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