ART APPRECIATION MOMENT OF THE DAY: Francesco Francavilla

It’s been too long since we’ve seen Francesco Francavilla on the pages of Major Spoilers. We’re fixing that today with his cover to Marvel: Captain America and Black Widow, a five issue mini-series written by Cullen Bunn.

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REVIEW: The Avengers Prelude – The Black Widow Strikes #3 (of 3)

Or – “I Really Dislike The Term ‘Starktech.’ “

For a while, while Bendis was writing Avengers (or perhaps Dark Avengers), the storyline included technology created by Tony Stark, Victor Von Doom and (I believe) Justin Hammer, colloquially known as “Starktech,” “Doomtech,” and “Hammertech.”  You’d think that in a world where EVERYONE is a multi-disciplinary sooper-geeeenius, that they’d have some more creative names.  What does this have to do with our Major Spoilers review of Black Widow’s story bridging her two movie experiences?  I don’t know.  But we’re OFF!

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Black Widow’s Big Break Edition

A night or so ago, I was watching late-night cable and happened upon the David Arquette giant monster vehicle, “Eight-Legged Freaks.”  I was a bit startled to see Scarlett Johansson as a seventeen-year-old, playing Kari Wuhrer’s daughter (briliant bit of casting, I might add.)  For some reason, my mind wanted to believe that Scarlett’s first movie was Ghost World, but checking her history, it seems that she has been working in films since 1995′s ‘North.’  That movie was pretty much awful, but thinking about it started a train of thought in my head…

The MS-QOTD is a test of your memory:  What other actors’ early film roles (the goofier and more embarrassing the better) have most people forgotten about?

TOYS: Hot Toys teases the greatest spy ever

Hot Toys is the Hong Kong based company that produces some of the best looking action figures around.  You’ve seen what they can do with Captain America, and Stallone from The Expendables, and now the company is teasing its line of 1/6th scale action figures based on The Avengers.  Hot Toys posted this teaser image for an upcoming Black Widow figure, that I think will be a best seller.  I think you can figure out why.

via Hot Toys

REVIEW: Winter Soldier #2

Or – “Featuring Gates McFadden As The Black Widow!”

I’m gonna be honest:  After Fear Itself #7.1, I wasn’t entirely sure that I wanted to follow this series, even though I had been excited about it in the beginning.  My trust in Ed Brubaker overcame my dislike of awkward retcons, and I found enough potential in #1 to come back this time around.  So, what if there weren’t only one?

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