And then, one dark day, The Batman found a foe that even his legendary ninja/genius/millionaire/detective skills couldn’t overcome…  Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Batman #497 awaits!

The 2005 relaunch of Doctor Who on television made the show as big a deal in the colonies as it is back home in the UK.  But, in truth, The Doctor made his first appearance on American shores decades earlier… …sorta.  Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Dr. Who And The Daleks (aka Dell Movie Classics) 12-190-612 awaits!

Here’s an early look at Vampirella Archives Volume 9 that arrives in stores this week.

Heroic Publishing’s flagship superhero team is back in an all new issue of League of Champions that features artwork by Dick Giordano.

Press Release The League of Champions returns in September with issue #14, cover-dated October, featuring an all-new, book-length adventure that includes 8 pages of previously unpublished artwork by comic book legend DICK GIORDANO.

The winners for the 2009 Inkwell Awards were announced on the Inkwell Award website.  Take the jump for the complete rundown, and a big congrats to all.

Note from the Editor: The Hero Initiative is a great organization that supports creators in need.  Major Spoilers had its own campaign to raise money for the organization last year, and will have something similar this year.  I encourage you to read the following press release and consider helping out. Press Release LOS ANGELES, Calif. January 5, 2009 – The Hero Initiative announced today that annual memberships for the organization are now available for purchase. There are four levels of membership: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Excelsior! A Bronze membership costs $29 and includes: a personalized membership card (which will arrive

This time out, we got crises, we got kudos, we got barbarians, we got chainmail bikinis, and while Stephen and Matthew flashback to 1985, Rodrigo nods and thinks about larping… We got a little love for the alien penis beast (and really, who needs more love than the alien penis beast?) we got a little love for the floppy pamphlet (which actually sounds dirtier than alien penis beast) but most of all, we got a little love for Uncle Barry, Cousin Kara, and even the late, lamented Ten-Eyed Man. Strap on your rocket pack, straighten your cape, and prepare yourself

I ended up having a lot of people drop by the house this past weekend (Fri-Sun) and completely forgot to post this yesterday. On tonight’s Major Spoilers Podcast, the panel will dive into another of their Top 30 Trade Paperbacks – Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. Written by Marv Wolfman Art by George Pérez, Dick Giordano, Mike DeCarlo, and Romeo Tanghal Cover by Pérez They were Earth’s teenage defenders — unbeatable and unstoppable. Riding high, they took an eighth member — a young girl — into their ranks. She was their downfall. In the ’80s, THE NEW TEEN TITANS was

Heroic Publishing let Major Spoilers know that its latest issue of Flare (#37) is now available for a free download at Wowio.com. FLARE #37 features the new twenty-page Flare adventure, “The Secrets of Lady Arcane,” written by Dennis Mallonee, with artwork by Dick Giordano and Mark Beachum. This story featuring a guest appearance by Doctor Arcane, and sets the stage for next year’s long-awaited return of Lady Arcane by revealing for the first time how Lady A and Flare first met. This issue also features an all-new seven-page story, “A Tale of Malice,” by Wilson Hill and Franco Urru, starring

Nearly every title in Heroic Publishing’s line is available on the free download service wowio.com (the free downloads are supported by internal ads). The latest release features the Tigress in Champions #40. CHAMPIONS #40 includes three complete adventures. First, the all-new TIGRESS crosses paths with Flare’s friendliest enemy, the winsome WHIPPERETTE, in an all-new adventure by Wilson Hill and Dick Giordano. Long-time Flare-fans take note: The villain of this piece is none other than ERIK SCHADEL, the sinister sorcerer who wields the power of DEMON, the man who just might be Flare’s father. Then, for the first time in color,