Marvel Comics has had the Miracleman property for a couple of years now, and have been remastering and representing the original Miracleman/Marvelman stories from the 80s. Now, it’s time for the House of Ideas to earn their “All-New” prefix. Your Major Spoilers review of All-New Miracleman Annual #1 awaits!
Author: Matthew Peterson
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.
First off, let’s get the hoverboard, Griff hat and self-lacing shoes jokes out of our system, because there is no way that they’re ever gonna make it the full 365. (Well, somebody had to say it.) It’s not even like Marty’s future world is the only 2015 ever seen in film (hell, it’s not even the only 2015 seen in *that particular* film), as Arnold Schwarzenegger was cloned in 2015 in ‘The Sixth Day’, while Rachel Summers at one point traveled back in time from the year 2015 in the ‘Days Of Future Past’ comic stories. Visions of the far-away…
I’ll tell you one thing for free, right now: From my perspective, New Year’s resolutions are for suckers. There’s no more magic to January 1st as a date than there is to April 4th, August 22nd or St. Swithin’s Day. The universe will not start fresh simply because our calendar has run out of pages… BUT! We humans (and atomic robots from space like Rodrigo) are a complex breed, and we’re capable of great things, so long as we have reason to do ’em, so I don’t get too snarky with the “New Year: New ME!” folks (at least, not…
Last time ’round, we talked about the ways that super-types get named, this time we have a related topic. Since the dawn of superhero history, nearly 9 decades ago, we’ve seen a lot of heroes come and go, many of whom shared names. There are a lot of Spiders, a lot of Sentries, a lot of Protectors littering the halls of hero history, but a few names get used more often than others… Welcome to Ten Things!
Sometimes, comic books will surprise you. For instance, I had forgotten that this comic was being published, as some part of my brain had filed it away under “New 52 Concepts That Played Out And Have Ceased To Be.” Once I opened the cover, I was in for a different kind of surprise… Your Major Spoilers review of Red Hood And The Outlaws Annual #2 awaits!
It’s the time of the year when we think about new beginnings, but no beginning ever comes without an ending. Sometimes, even the heroes of the city of Dakota sometimes have to say goodbye to a friend. They just do it with a little extra meta and a side of loving snark… Your Major Spoilers (retro) review of Icon #30 awaits!
Rumblings are afoot that January’s storylines will, and I quote, “alter the course of Marvel history” with massive something on the horizon that will lead us into the new Marvel Age. While part of me immediately responds with snark to people announcing that anything has massive historical intent, I’m intrigued to see what it is they have up their collective sleeves at the House Of Ideas. If we posit that they’re doing something actually amazing, actually huge, actually historically-altering, we have to think big. Bigger than changing family ties, bigger than alternate-universe Spideys, bigger even than Sam Wilson as Captain…
Thanks to the something-something brain-wave Axis plot point blah, Anthony Stark has a whole new attitude. And it’s a bad one. What does this mean for Daredevil?. Your Major Spoilers review of Superior Iron Man #3 awaits!
My child-free post-holiday week continues here at Stately Spoilers Manor East, which means another day to ruminate on the state of our pop culture and how Peter Tork looks in a wig. Today, I’m considering the as-yet-unscheduled new season of ‘Community’, expected to pop up sometime in 2015 on something called Yahoo Screen. I’m psyched to get more of Greendale (especially after the earliest episodes have made it into syndication, reminding me of how good the show is at it’s best) but I’m worried that, with Chevy Chase and Donald Glover gone and the news that Yvette Nicole Brown won’t…
And now, the waiting begins. It is a provable fact that very little actual work gets done between December 20th and January 2nd, and so it may be a few days before we really get back to the important internet business of mocking new-style lightsabers and wondering whether Supergirl’s skirt is made of a breathable fabric. There’s a whole world of nerdery out there, just a’waitin’ to impress and happify us all, which is totally a word and not something I just made up, even if it is mostly on hold until the New Year. Will Constantine get a second…
Yes, that is hardcore legend Mick Foley as Santa Claus. You’re welcome. As someone who follows at least part of multiple holiday traditions, the month of December is kind of a blur for me, but it’s always nice to get a moment to relax and breathe. Here’s hoping that all the Faithful Spoilerites got to give as much as they needed and maybe even got a nice gift or two, and that even those who can’t be with their people get at least some sort of celebratoriness today. I remember having to work on Christmas Day not so long ago,…
Here we go, ladles and jellyspoons! The final night of Chanukkah and Christmas Eve commingled, with Kwanzaa incoming and Festivus in our rear-view, and all I really want for the holidays is some pizza. Well, some pizza and perhaps a nice chocolate soda. And some flapjacks. Also, I want a Fat Cobra solo series, written by somebody fun like Kurt Busiek or Bryan K. Vaughan or his creator, Matt Fraction and art by Alan Davis, maybe. And perhaps some cheese. I like cheese. But, back to that whole Fat Cobra thing, I think that might have the makings of an…
This week features a couple of prominent holidays for my household, as well as a trip to the airport for the annual trip to Grandma’s, three days of extended shifts and building our annual gingerbread sculpture, delayed thanks to the need to glue the reindeer back together before we could assemble it. In short, it’s gonna be a long one, so I’m giving myself little imaginary gifts each day, because… Y’know, season of givin’ an’ all that. Today’s present is a no-brainer: A big-budget remake of Dave Stevens ‘The Rocketeer’, featuring the kind of special effects and budget that one…
A Major Spoilers holiday celebration! I’ve long believed that you can tell a lot about a person based on the pop culture with which they grew up. Today, we’re going to find out why you need to be VERY suspicious of those who read a lot of comics in the early 1980s… As The Doctor once said, “This isn’t going to be big on dignity.” Your Major Spoilers (retro) review of Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1 awaits!