It’s a big day here at Major Spoilers (more on that later), and it has us all talking about team-ups. Over the years, great heroes have teamed to dispatch the villain – Batman and Superman, Batman and Spider-Man, Batman and Spawn, Batman and FILL IN THE BLANK…. you get the idea. We want to know what your favorite team-ups of all time are, and why? Here’s your chance to go to town, and share your thoughts on the topic. The best, and only on the best, answer will get something from the growing Major Spoilers Prize Stash. AAAANNNNNDDDDDDD… GO!
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There have been times when great team-ups have occurred that have changed the way we read and enjoy pop culture. Here are some of those dates you should remember fondly. Justice Society of America – All Star Comics #3 – Winter 1940 Superman/Batman – World’s Best Comics #1 – Spring 1941 Justice League of America – The Brave and the Bold #28 – February 1960 Stan Lee/Steve Ditko/Jack Kirby – Amazing Fantasy #15 – August 1962 Marvel Team-Up – March 1972 Green Lantern/Green Arrow – Green Lantern/Green Arrow #1 – October 1983 Bruce Timm/Paul Dini – Batman: The Animated Series…
Today, I am going to be pretty busy with other things, that will become clear this afternoon and this evening. In the meantime, I tease you with this image. There will be fewer than normal updates today, so thanks for your patience…While you are awaiting updates and new bits of information, now would be a good time to check out the archives, and the rest of the site, and start thinking about what makes a good team.
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Stephen, Matthew, and Rodrigo sit down to take an in-depth look at the first volume of Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man. April 19, 2011 Ultimate Spider-Man: Ultimate Collection, Volume 1 Collecting the groundbreaking first year of Ultimate Spider-Man in one colossal trade paperback! High school, puberty, first dances – there are many pitfalls to being young. Compound these with intense personal tragedy and superhuman powers, and you can start to visualize the world of Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man. Following the murder of his uncle and the Green Goblin’s assault on his high school, Peter finds…
This week, we dive back into the exchanging of fists, but Larry King suggested we put an animal spin on the brawl. FIGHT! [poll id=”178″]
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, your podcasting friends sit down and take a look at the first volume of Skull Kickers from Image Comics. SKULLKICKERS, VOL. 1: 1000 OPAS AND A DEAD BODY TP story JIM ZUBKAVICH art EDWIN HUANG, CHRIS STEVENS & MISTY COATS cover EDWIN HUANG & ESPEN GRUNDETJERN Two nameless mercenaries are mashing monsters and making a name for themselves. Image’s new hit fantasy action-comedy series has gone through multiple printings of each issue released so far and is getting rave reviews from readers and critics alike. Pick up the first collection and find out…
We try and run as many contests as we have time, prizes, and money for. When someone wins, we try to get the prizes out the door as quickly as possible. When we have to ship overseas, it can take quite a bit of time for the package to arrive, but for recent winner Andreas the wait took a bit longer than expected. In case you didn’t read that closely the package that was shipped from Kansas to Denmark landed in Indonesa. I understand this is a pretty common mistake, as the two are so close to one another. But…
Major Spoilers is here to entertain you – to inform you, to offer up a bit of ephemera to make your crazy day a lot less insane. On days when your hosts feel overwhelmed, or frustrated, it is always nice when Spoilerites like J.J. Valentine send us something that makes us smile… So, Spoilerites, what about Major Spoilers makes you smile? via J.J. Valentine
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast Stephen, Rodrigo, and Matthew take a look at Giffen and DeMatteis’ Justice League International, Volume 1. In the late 1980s, writers Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis redefined the Justice League of America with these unique, humorous tales, collected for the first time since their original comic-book publication. With Batman, Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold and other quirky heroes of the DC Universe, the team battles the colony of spaceships known only as the Cluster, then must track their missing comrade, Mister Miracle to the dread planet Apokolips. And when our…
Wonder Woman is getting the Tee-Vee treatment, with Adrianne Palicki cast as the Amazon Princess, and Elizabeth Hurley as the villain Veronica Cale. Surprisingly, or not surprisingly, depending on how far down the road you can see, David E. Kelley’s version of the DC Comics hero got a costume change. YOUR OPINION, PLEASE! [poll id=”175″] If you want to see the full version of the costume, make with the clicky-clicky.
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, your hosts take a look at Creature Tech by Doug TenNapel. The book tells of the adventures of Dr. Michael Ong, a paranormal scientist and former seminarian, who is given a head researcher’s position at an Area 51-esque laboratory in Turlock, California called Research Technical Institute. In exchange for granting the government the lease to build the facility, the City of Turlock demanded that it be staffed primarily by locals. Ong’s task is to open, catalog, and classify each of the hundreds of crates in the facility’s warehouse. Many of the artifacts found…
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Matthew, Rodrigo, and Stephen sit down to discuss Grant Morrison’s Animal Man. From Grant Morrison, creator of The Invisibles and writer of New X-Men and JLA, comes a classic tale of a man whose struggle to save human lives becomes something more…Buddy Baker is Animal Man, able to take on the characteristics of any creature he touches. After some time away from high-profile heroics, he decides to get back into costume – much to the chagrin of his wife and son – and is soon involved in a series of dangerous and exciting…
Forget the fighting, forget the obscure references, this week we’re taking a look at the habits of the Major Spoilerite, and what you are reading beyond Marvel and DC. [poll id=”173″] And don’t forget to use the comment section to tell us why!
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Stephen, Rodrigo, and Matthew take a look at another talking animal book – Elmer by Gerry Alanguilan. From Publishers Weekly Jake Gallo is an angry young man, frustrated at his lack of employment and easily provoked by perceived slights. It is not until we are several pages into the book that we discover that he is also a talking, thinking chicken. He is no anomaly; decades earlier, all of chickenkind suddenly gained intelligence and speech; by the 2000s they are legally human. Jake’s father’s illness and subsequent death lead Jake to read his…