Major Spoilers Podcast #566: Ted Adams, CEO and Publisher of IDW Publishing

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Ted Adams talks 15 years of IDW Publishing, Titanfall falls into the Major Spoilers HQ, Thor and Superman fight it out, Legends of Red Sonja #5, The Red Panda, and Sex Criminals!

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NEWS
Upcoming Marvel films from FOX
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Powers headed to the Playstation Network
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REVIEWS
STEPHEN
TitanFall
In Titanfall, players compete in six-on-six online multiplayer-only matches set on a war-torn planet, playing as mech-style Titans and their pilots. The game’s action is fast-paced: as pilots, players can run along walls and link jumps together parkour-style, as well as employ special abilities such as cloaking; as Titans, players are equipped with more destructive armaments and special protective shields. Several gameplay elements were designed to increase the game’s accessibility, such as a locking pistol, the supplementing of each team with weak AI bots for easier kills, and temporary power-ups. Respawn describes the game as bringing “scale, verticality, and story” to first-person shooter multiplayer gaming, incorporating elements traditionally used in single-player campaigns. The game uses Microsoft’s cloud computing services to offload non-player activity to servers and optimize the home computer for graphical performance.

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MATTHEW
Sex Criminals #5
Story By: Matt Fraction
Art By: Chip Zdarsky
Cover By: Chip Zdarsky
The best part of a new relationship is the first three weeks, right? The rush of the new, the gravitational pull of the sudden other-ness in your life, the almost-illicit charge of nothing else mattering…and then it’s time to pay the bills. Well, the honeymoon is over for the SEX CRIMINALS. Can Jon and Suzie survive Jon and Suzie?

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RODRIGO
LEGENDS OF RED SONJA #5 (of 5)
Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Blair Butler (w)
Jack Jadson, Valentine Delandro, Jim Calafiore (a)
Jay Anacleto (c)
FINAL ISSUE!!! The epic mini-series featuring all-star creators concludes! This prestigious series, celebrating the She-Devil’s 40th anniversary goes out with a bang, including stories written by Gail (Batgirl) Simone, Blair (Attack of the Show, Heart) Butler, and Kelly Sue (Pretty Deadly) DeConnick, with gorgeous art by Jack Jadson, Valentine, and Jim (Secret Six) Calafiore. Sonja makes her final showdown against the brutal and deadly Grey Riders!

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ZACH
The Red Panda #4: Night of the Red Panda Part 1
Writer: Gregg Taylor
Art: Dean Kotz

The Terrific Twosome of Toronto return with all-new two-fisted pulp adventures.! August Fenwick, one of the city’s wealthiest men, hides a secret life of adventure as his city’s mysterious champion, The Red Panda. Together with his trusty driver, Kit Baxter, who joins him in his quest as the Flying Squirrel, he fights an endless battle, that all those who serve evil shall fear the Night of the Red Panda! This issue: “One Tin Soldier part 1 of 2″ Three seemingly impossible murders have struck within hours, and all clues point to an old foe who is safely under lock and key… or is he? Plus a bonus “Pulp Preview” – the first chapter of the prose adventure “The Pyramid of Peril”!

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week
This week’s Poll of the Week comes to us from Spoilerite Bronson.

“My friends and I have been talking about comics and the like and pitting two super heroes against each other and trying to find out who would win. but lately we had one situation where we don’t know what would happen, so i thought id write in and ask you guys.

If there was a fight between Thor and Superman, who would win?”

It seems pretty cut and dried to me, but why not let you cast your vote in the Major Spoilers Poll of the Week?

Major Spoilers Poll of the Week: Superman vs. Thor

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