Author: Stephen Schleicher

Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...

Following the events of Brand New May, Mayday Parker’s life is in a complete turmoil as friends are now enemies, and her foes are…well… still foes, but a few come to her aid. Marvel has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of Amazing Spider-Girl #25, that you can see after the jump.

Read More

Last night during ESPN2’s Bricktown Showdown, Marvel debuted its new Embrace Change ad to promote Secret Invasion.

Read More

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are teaming to bring a new noir-ish superhero tale from Marvel called Incognito. “Incognito is a project that I’ve been waiting to do for some time now,” said Brubaker. “Where Sean and I previously explored a good guy pretending to be bad and losing sight of the difference, Incognito is the flipside.  The story of a bad guy forced to be good, and what happens when he starts to go stir-crazy from the monotony of normal life.  It’s a dark look at good and evil and pulp and noir all in one hard-hitting package.” Marvel …

Read More

This time around: don we now our geek apparel, a freaky-tongued guy gets an origin, Babs Gordon has a real potty mouth, Matthew loves Rosario Dawson, Rodrigo visits the Ginza, Stephen gets the worst of a TOM WELLING PUNCH!! Plus, do you write the songs that make the whole world sing? Can you rhyme with Spoilers? All this, and much, much more, as the show hits the Big Four-Oh, and now wants a 20-something girlfriend and a big red sports car… This episode is sponsored in part by the Mid-Ohio-Con (www.midohiocon.com) [podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/majorspoilers/majorspoilers_40.mp3[/podcast] Direct Download Subscribe via iTunes RSS Feed Podcast…

Read More

Let’s get this out of the way up front so there is no confusion later on; I’m a big Josh Howard fan.  I like the man, I like his stories, and I like his artwork.  With that out of the way T-Bird and Throttle #0 arrived this past week, and after months of girls in skirts killing the undead, I’m ready to get into a new storyline, this time with superheroes.

Read More

With the major announcement that Geoff Johns is now on board the DCU Online MMORPG my interest in the game is at an all time high (until the next major announcement that is).  With the news, Sony Online Entertainment released a new set of images yesterday, and we have them after the jump, just for you.

Read More

This week we bring back the fan favorite – ranking your favorite female characters.  This time around we’re taking on the all girl band who put the Archies to shame: This is the 50th Major Spoilers Poll, so it’s up to you to decide your favorite Josie female. [poll id=”50″]

Read More

Now up on Zuda Comics, Nite Owls has over 56,000 views, and it was enough to prompt an animated version of the strip.

Read More

Leave it Moonstone to get a jump on all the other publishers as they present the company’s cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in January 2009.  The big highlight from the company?  More Buckaroo Banzai stories.  At least this hero can live on in the comics.

Read More

Bluewater Productions has announced a partnership with William Shatner to develop four comic titles based on his sci-fi novels.  The books included in the deal are The TekWar Chronicles, Quest for Tomorrow, Man O’ War and a yet unnamed titles Shatner is creating exclusively for Bluewater. “Mr. Shatner is a savvy businessman and a creative mastermind.  We’re honored to be partnering with him and are confident our efforts will create comic books both his fans and ours will embrace,” said Bluewater publisher Darren G. Davis in a prepared statement. Of all the titles announced, audiences are probably most familiar with…

Read More

Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving December 2008. SECRET INVASION: DARK REIGN Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Pencils & Cover by ALEX MALEEV Variant Cover by CLASSIFIED These solicits are classified until the release of Secret Invasion #8. Pick up the free Marvel Previews: Dark Reign Edition in-stores the same day as Secret Invasion #8. 32 PGS./One-Shot/Rated T+ …$2.99

Read More

If you missed out on Deadpool #1, featuring the title character battling Skrulls, you are in luck, as Marvel announced the sold-out issue is going back to the printer.  The re-print will feature a new cover with interior art from Paco Medina.

Read More

Arriving from Spacedog Entertainment this week is Zero-G #1, the first in the four-issue mini-series, that tells the tale of space miners on an abandoned asteroid, that’s not as abandoned as they might think.  Spacedog sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the issue, that you can see after the jump.

Read More