This week, the Sony PlayStation Network debuted ‘Powers’, a show adapted from Brian Bendis & Michael Oeming’s comic book of the same name, a book which was once on my fave-rave list. When the news came that Powers was being adapted, I was excited but unsure of how I could actually view the series, as I’m not a PlayStation Plus subscriber. (In case you’re interested, episodes can be streamed on a PlayStation or other web-type device for a small fee.) Much like those who don’t want to shell out for HBO just to watch ‘Game Of Thrones’, I was uncertain…
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Matthew Peterson
Once upon a time, there was a young nerd from the Midwest, who loved Matter-Eater Lad and the McKenzie Brothers... If pop culture were a maze, Matthew would be the Minotaur at its center. Were it a mall, he'd be the Food Court. Were it a parking lot, he’d be the distant Cart Corral where the weird kids gather to smoke, but that’s not important right now... Matthew enjoys body surfing (so long as the bodies are fresh), writing in the third person, and dark-eyed women. Amongst his weaponry are such diverse elements as: Fear! Surprise! Ruthless efficiency! An almost fanatical devotion to pop culture! And a nice red uniform.
On this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast, I reviewed the first issue of Titan Comics’ Ninth Doctor comic book. The adventures of Nine, Rose and Captain Jack are running concurrently with comic books starring the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors, giving fans a chance to enjoy any or all of their favorite modern series Doctors in monthly adventures. Of course, since it’s comics, we could concievably get a monthly dose of Doctors old AND new, without having to work around octogenarian Tom Baker or the sadly deceased first three Dcotors, leading us to today’s time-warping query… The MS-QOTD (pronounced “GAL-ih-fray”) only…
W.C. Fields reputedly said it best: “On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.” As Monday dawns, I agree with Bill, with the caveat that I’d rather be pretty much anywhere but stuck in my bunker today. Given my choice, I’d be on my comfortable couch, watching ‘Lost In Translation’ for the 1000th time, and preferably not wearing these shoes. Responsibility has won out (for now), but at least it leads to today’s ennui-laden query… The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) would also settle for binge-watching ‘Steven Universe’ or ‘Battle Of The Planets’, asking: What movie, television program, book or…
Younger readers may find it hard to believe, but Harley Quinn hasn’t been a part of the Joker’s world for very long. In fact, her first DCU appearance is barely fifteen years old, not even old enough to get into a rated-R movie. Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Batman: Harley Quinn #1 awaits!
I’ve been wanting to ask this question for a while now, but I didn’t want to throw too many spoilers into an ongoing storyline, but with the last issue of ‘Endgame’ pending, I think we’re spoiler-safe enough to get into it. Recent issues of Scott Snyder’s Batman have found The Joker making certain… pronouncements about his origin, claiming to be immortal and regenerative. To their credit, the creative team have kept it just ambiguous enough that readers can make their own decisions/worry their own worries about whether or not he’s once again talking through his big purple hat. One the…
One thing about comic books I could never stand: All the damn vampires The constant one-upsmanship. For a time in the 90s, Rob Liefeld’s comics literally featured a series of heroes whose first action was the defeat the strongest hero in his cast, who had himself defeated the previous toughest guy earlier. Certain chatrooms and comics stores are constant streams of “Who’s stronger”, which is pretty silly given that we’re dealing with fictional characters and also Wildfire is totally a walking nuclear furnace and the most powerful, ASHLEY! Either way, the immovable irresistible debate gives us something to talk about…
Sometime last week, entirely by chance, Widget and I caught an episode of ‘Steven Universe’. Immediately afterwards, we set the DVR to record the next one, and in the past few days we have been binge-watching as much as we can, including the big revelations in some of the recent new episodes. I am really stunned at how quickly the show has become our favorite, especially after a year or two of seeing promos and such and feeling no real interest in the show. It’s always wonderful when something suddenly leaps to the top of your metaphorical read pile, especially…
Your humber MS-QOTD has an admission, Faithful Spoilerites: I have never flown. I exist at the nexus of a peculiar Venn diagram of “Usually Broke”, “Drives Everywhere” and “Fatter Even Than Kevin Smith Who Was Legendarily Too Fat To Fly.” My travels within the U.S., thus, have involved a lot of long drives while singing, leaving me wondering how I might deal with commercial airlines. In a fit of what probably isn’t irony at all, my eleven-year-old daughter has been flying regularly since she was a tiny baby, and I’m routinely in airports dropping her off or picking her up.…
The thing about comic book art is that it’s all subjective. For every person who mocks Rob Liefeld’s shortcomings, there is someone who loves his work, ankles be damned. I love the work of Gil Kane, but understand that not everyone does, even though to me, he is the only Hal Jordan artist that matters. (Weellll, maybe early-80s Dave Gibbons.) Likewise, when it comes to the pre-Satellite Justice League of America, it’s all about Mike Sekowsky, whose shaggy-haired, wild-eyed villains all seem to look like Jack Elam, and whose Hawkman is a terrifying creature boring through us with his terrible…
There are a lot of power-conveying weapons, accessories and trinkets in the various fictional universes we love, but more than a few of them seem to have things in common… Some fictional heroes are about the head, some heroes are about the fist, but for a special few, the gimmick is all in the wrist! Welcome to Ten Things!
Logan is dead, but his legacy lives on in the form of his friends and family, now tasked with protecting a new batch of Weapon X test subjects. Of course, that was an easier plan before a member of the Imperial Guard arrives from deep space with questions about Wolverine’s demise… Your Major Spoilers review of Wolverines #9 awaits!
As I write this, I’ve just completed a full weekend of cleaning, cooking and basic domestic daddery, and I could really go for something sweet. For the last week, we’ve been eating a maple cake with maple frosting that my daughter made as a test run for her upcoming birthday party, and its cloying sweetness has left my palate craving something different, maybe something with more of a kick to it, like a nice lemon cookie or something with bitter undernote, like cranberry. If I had my choice, it’d be a cranberry-white chocolate chip cookie, but more than likely I’m…
With the upcoming (hopefully temporary) end of Fantastic Four drawing near, we may be entering a strange new Fantastic Four-free world for the first time in decades. Seems like a good time to check out the issue that made the team what it is today. No, not Fantastic Four #1, that’s just the origin, I’m talking about the REAL beginning… Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Fantastic Four #3 awaits!
Launched in the middle of the Spider-Verse giant crossover event, the first few issues of Spider-Woman were tied up in universal madness and controversy about her backside. Now, Jessica Drew enters a new era, with her first new look in like 30 years, but what brings about such monumental change? Your Major Spoilers review of Spider-Woman #5 awaits!