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Comic Book ReviewsWild Blue Yonder #4
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Best Second Banana Edition
Recently, I had the odd experience of suddenly wanting to see a movie that I didn’t really want to see (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), based on the fleeting trailer appearance of a favorite character (The Falcon). ...
Wild Blue Yonder #4
Major Spoilers reviews Wild Blue Yonder #4 from IDW Publishing.
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Bring On The Bad Guys Edition
This week, Marvel Comics released issue #1 of an ongoing series featuring solo adventures of Magneto, one of the Marvel Universe’s oldest (and most dangerous) super-villains. It’s not the first time a “bad gu...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: From The Frozen North Edition
This winter (seasonal designation not valid in all areas) has been a rough one at Stately Spoilers Manor East, leading to several days of bored housebound fourth grader. We were able to deflect her with quick crafts, WiiU and ...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: The Great Race Edition
In the 1980s, Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise brought to us the concept of ‘The Cannonball Run’, a cross-country road race where a bunch of wacky types rounded up their vehicles and raced across the United States for ...
Major Spoilers Podcast #563: Batman: Son of the Demon
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, The lag may get us down, but that won’t stop us from talking about Batman: Son of the Demon, The Wake, Mark Millar’s Starlight #1, Ghost #2, and the Michael Bay movie we do not want to s...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Awards You Would Bestow Edition
After this year’s Oscar broadcast (which I didn’t watch, but got the gist of from which jokes would trend on Twitter), I have come to the realization that nobody ever seems to reward the things that *I* find most en...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Losers We Love Edition
I try not to let the things said on the internet get to me, but I’ve always had a grave distaste for those who refer to lesser-known characters as “C-list” or similar dismissive terms, with the underlying arro...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Deepest Reaches Of Space Edition
Though I’ve a lot of favorite stories that take place in space, most of them (especially ‘The Black Hole’) aren’t the kind of places you’d really want to visit. Any world where Norman Bates ends u...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Your Favorite Cards Edition
This last week at the store, one of our periodic unexpected treasures walked in the door: An original, sealed-in-plastic box of Magic: The Gathering Revised Edition booster packs from 1994. According to Henchman Chris (his act...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Fantastic You Edition
In honor of this week’s Fantastic Four #1, we go back to one of the old-school wells of comic-book discussion, the nature of cosmic ray effects. There are a lot of explanations about the Fantastic Four and their abilitie...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: The Role Of The Sidekick Edition
After reading this week’s trade paperback review for the Major Spoilers podcast, I’ve been thinking about the tropes of pulp and superhero fiction as regards the differentiation between “Hero” and “...
Major Spoilers Podcast #562: The Mask of the Red Panda
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, It’s The Red Panda! Plus, The Veil, Pariah, The X-Files, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Myth, Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Rodrigo, Zach, and The Rest! Thanks to Shades of Vengeance for spons...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: When Love Becomes Obligation Edition
It wasn’t all that long ago that I was excited for Sunday nights, the night when I could see Bob Kirkman’s epic sprawling tale, ‘The Walking Dead’, in live action. About halfway through the third season...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Choose The Form Of The Destructor Edition
Normally, the MS-QOTD leaps from some forgotten portion of my brain, likely the same area that remembers the name of the actress from ‘Dances With Wolves’ (Mary McDonnell) or the redhead I crushed on in eleventh gra...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: In The Days Of My Youth Edition
As a long-term fan of comics, I’m a sucker for a lot of things, but I’m a particular sucker for the New Warriors, a book which features young heroes in their late teens trying to find their way in a bigger world at ...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: “Previously On The Green Hornet…” Edition
There’s a pivotal line in Moore & Gibbons’ ‘Watchmen’ series, wherein antagonist Adrian Veidt remarks he’s not so foolish as to act like a “Republic serial villain”, mocking the cli...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Version 2.0 Edition
The new Robocop has reached theatres, and the response from the audience is relatively unsurprising, especially given the venom spewed at the announcement of the project. When it comes to remakes (or reboots, or revamps, or th...
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: The One You Most Want Back Edition
For all my complaints about the editorial policies of the big comic book companies, I’m totally stoked to realize that I’m about to enter a world where I can enjoy monthly adventures of She-Hulk, the Silver Surfer, ...
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