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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.

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week: The Next Trade Paperback

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Each week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, we take an in-depth look at a trade paperback, giving away all the details of the title selected, and ultimately telling you the listener if you should buy it, check it out from the library, or forget it completely.

Here’s yet another chance for you to be involved in the Major Spoilers experience by voting on one of the following trades we’ll be reading next.


What Trade Paperback Do You Want The Major Spoilers Crew to Review Next?

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On the next Major Spoilers Podcast: Greyshirt – Indigo Sunset

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew will take a look at Greyshirt – Indigo Sunset from America’s Best Comics.

Greyshirt originally appeared in Tomorrow Stories (1999), each issue consisting of a collection of short stories featuring a recurring cast of characters. These characters, like Greyshirt, were often inspired by pulp magazine and comic book archetypes, such as the boy genius and the masked detective. As such, Greyshirt’s stories often showcased Alan Moore’s take on the detective stories of such characters as The Spirit. Unlike most of the other ABC characters, Greyshirt is not so much a parody of comic book characters as a pastiche of classic masked detectives.

Greyshirt later appeared in Greyshirt: Indigo Sunset, a comic-book limited series and spin-off from Tomorrow Stories that was written and drawn by Veitch. The series explored the origins of the character, as well as showcasing contributions from Russ Heath, Al Williamson, David Lloyd, John Severin, Dave Gibbons, Frank Cho and Hilary Barta. The limited series ran for six issues and has since been collected into a trade paperback.

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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On the next Major Spoilers Podcast (#166): Supreme Power

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Following our discussion of the Squadron Supreme, Matthew thought it would be a great idea to visit the Supreme Power reboot that kicked off in 2003.

Babylon 5 creator and Amazing Spider-Man writer J. Michael Straczynski presents a new vision of a world about to give birth to its first generation of super-heroes! Follow the origins of these new heroes and anti-heroes – from their birth through adulthood – and examine how their lives and abilities change and shape the world around them. The god-like Hyperion discovers his whole life has actually been an elaborate government-made lie, and his reaction could mean the end of the Earth! Do the world’s other super-powered beings have any chance at stopping Hyperion if the truth sends him over the edge?

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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Boys of Floyd announce new book

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Follow Floyd, a gruff barista, as he looks deep within himself, and his coffee shop, to truly find out what brews within. Challenged on a daily basis by the corporate coffee shop across the street, Floyd finds that his quest for a quieter life has alluded him and just dealing with a quirky clientele is an adventure in itself.

This illustrated story intermixes pop-culture, coffee-culture and high adventure. Filled with full color art, rich characters and stories that will leave you in stitches. Did we mention that hilarity WILL ensue.

The Legendary Boys of Floyd’s debut book “My Underwear Creeps Like Indigenous Vines” is only available online at a retail price of $18.

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On the next Major Spoilers Podcast – Squadron Supreme

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, The Major Spoilers crew go back in time to check out what happens when superheroes stop being polite and start living in the real world.

Freed from the constraints of keeping the comic’s Earth looking (at least superficially) like our Earth and of tying into the continuity of other books, Mark Gruenwald explored the ramifications of super-heroes taking over the world to save it from itself. A “pre-Watchmen Watchmen“; it substitutes for that book’s cynicism with a sense of humor and history.

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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Days Missing gets hardcover treatment in 2010

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Archaia has announced its recently completed series Days Missing will be getting the hardcover treatment in February 2010.

Days Missing tells the stories of a mysterious being known as “The Steward.” His ability to literally “fold” days of time has allowed him to secretly remove critical days from our shared history that have forever changed the course of mankind…or so he thinks. In these missing days, The Steward battles Frankenstein, the Spanish conquistadors and artificial lifeforms, among other history-shaping forces.

There are a number of extras included in the hardcover, including:

  • A foreword written by the legendary Warren Ellis, award-winning creator of graphic novels such as Fell, Ministry of Space, Planetary and Transmetropolitan.
  • A gallery featuring all 16 covers of the five issues.
  • A collectible poster on the reverse side of the dust jacket, joining together all of Frazer Irving’s complete chase covers to Days Missing.
  • Interviews with all of the writers and Roddenberry Productions’ Trevor Roth , creator of Days Missing.
  • Revelation of the secret code contained in the Days Missing logo.
  • A stat sheet of The Steward, plus a tour of his library.
  • The evolution of a comic page, from script to pencils, inks and colors.

Those interested in purchasing the hardcover can pre-order it now though Diamond and Amazon.com

via Archaia

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IDW enters the Nanosphere

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Inspired by Smith & Tinker’s new digital battling game, IDW Publishing will release the graphic novel Nanovor: Game Day in February 2010. In Nanovor, ancient silicon monsters have resurfaced in our computers to battle it out online and in handheld gaming devices called Nanoscopes. The game’s back-story sets the stage for a unique graphic novel that follows teenager Lucas Nelson and his friends through a fantastic battle all their own. Plus, hidden inside each issue of Nanovor: Game Day is a code that unlocks in-game content, including a new Nanovor.

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On the next Major Spoilers Podcast: Justice League – A Midsummer’s Nightmare

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Matthew, Rodrigo, and Stephen take a gander at Darick Robertson’s Justice League – A Midsummer’s Nightmare.

Something is wrong with DC’s classic heroes. Each has forgotten the life in which he or she wore a flamboyant costume and protected the weak with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Even stranger, ordinary people everywhere are gaining their own powers in an insidious plan to cultivate Earth’s population as a race of super-soldiers.

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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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast – Sin City: The Hard Goodbye

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew cracks the cover on the black and white pulp noir tale from Sin City:

The Hard Goodbye takes place in Sin City – a land as tough as leather and as dry as timber. Love is the fuel, and the now-infamous character Marv has the match, not to mention a “condition.” He’s gunning after Goldie’s killer and it’s time to watch this town burn.

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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Red Sonja Omnibus arrives in January 2010

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Press Release

“Know also, O prince, that in the selfsame days that the Cimmerian did stalk the Hyborian Kingdoms, one of the few swords worthy to cross with his was that of Red Sonja, warrior-woman out of majestic Hyrkania. Forced to flee her homeland because she spurned the advances of a king and slew him instead, she rode west across the Turanian steppes and into the shadowed mists of legendry.” -The Nemedian Chronicles

Ring in the New Year in January 2010 by reliving the adventures of the She Devil with a Sword in the first ever Red Sonja Omnibus Collection from Dynamite Entertainment!  Five years in the making!  Finally, fans and retailers can get over 18 issues of the critically acclaimed series featuring the incredible stories of Michael Avon (Powers) Oeming, Mike (X-Men: Legacy) Carey and J.T. (Blackest Night: Titans) Krul and gorgeous art of Mel Rubi, Pablo Marcos, Lee Moder and more!

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Second collection of tales from Frank Frazetta arrives in December

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THE FRANK FRAZETTA’S FANTASTIC WORLDS returns this holiday season with an all-new hardcover collection containing the second series of highly praised Frank Frazetta inspired and approved one-shots finally under one cover! Due to the extremely limited availability of copies before the new year, fans eager to purchase the volume are highly encouraged to put in their order into their local comic book store now now.

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