This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Matthew and Stephen go blue to discuss X-rated comics. Everything is on the table (so to speak) as the duo talk Penthouse Comix, Ironwood, Xxxenophile, and many more comics aimed at those over 18, and who want to see drawings of people getting it on. Penthouse Comix Penthouse Comix was an American mass-market, magazine-sized comic book, published by Penthouse International from its inception in spring 1994 through July 1998, and thereafter by General Media Communications, parent company of Penthouse magazine. Initially edited by writers George Caragonne and Horatio Weisfeld, it ran 32 issues…
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Someone is gonna die in the Fantastic Four, bringing the team down to three. While comic book deaths are seldom final, it can be fun to speculate and jump on board the hype wagon to see if you are right or not. With the polybagged edition of Fantastic Four #587 arriving in stores on February 2, 2011, it’s time to start placing your bets on who will die, and who will live. VOTE! [poll id=”164″]
The limited edition Critical Hit Season One T-shirt have all shipped and are starting to show up in the hands of those who ordered before the cut-off date. So far, the feedback has been very positive. If you ordered a shirt (or shirts) send us a picture of yourself wearing your +10 to Awesome shirt and send it our way. Image via Skrull Bryan
This week Rodrigo is out of town, which gives Matthew and Stephen a chance to take another look at Starman. In this new, third volume, Starman’s hometown of Opal City is terrorized by Dr. Pip, an eccentric bomber. And with no demands from the mad villain, both Starman and the local authorities are unable to track him down. Also in this volume, Starman teams up with Batman to save the life of reformed villain Solomon Grundy, and readers learn the history of Starman’s enigmatic mentor, The Shade. As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers…
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew are tossed a copy of Larry Marder’s Tales of the Beanworld and told to get crackin’. Tales of the Beanworld is an independently published comic book, created by Larry Marder. Beanworld features stories about the life and times of the Beans, minimalistic characters which Marder has been drawing since childhood. The stories borrow concepts from various world mythologies, popular concepts of ecology, and pop culture. The first issue was published in 1985, and the series ran 21 issues until 1993. The first four issues were printed independently (under the imprint The…
Batman has fought vampires, gangsters, aliens, Julius Caesar, a giant chicken. (Or was that Peter Griffin?) Heck, the Batman family has fought pretty much everyone! But surely not EVERYONE, you say? Yes, EVERYONE.
Just a reminder for Critical Hit fans! The Limited Edition Season One Critical Hit T-Shirt sales close on December 15, 2010. Four Against the Void is over, but you can commemorate the trials and triumphs of the Torqueltones with the Critical Hit Season One Limited Edition T-Shirt. This classy, red armor-slot item features the likenesses of Orem, Randus, Torq and Smith! The season one shirt is perfect for a night on the town, gaming with friends, or facing down aberrant, poly-dimensional god-beings. (Funnelcakes and healing potions not included, Major Spoilers not responsible for excessive levels of awesome.) This is your…
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew cracks open the adaptation of Stephen King’s first Dark Tower Book. “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” With those words, millions of readers were introduced to Stephen King’s Roland – an implacable gunslinger in search of the enigmatic Dark Tower, powering his way through a dangerous land filled with ancient technology and deadly magic. Now, in a comic book personally overseen by King himself, Roland’s past is revealed! Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author…
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the Major Spoilers Crew takes a look at Grant Morrison’s All-Star Superman. All-Star Superman Witness the Man of Steel in exciting new adventures featuring Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Bizarro, and more! The Man of Steel goes toe-to-toe with Bizarro, his oddball twin, and the new character Zibarro, also from the Bizarro planet. And Superman faces the final revenge of Lex Luthor – in the form of his own death! Writer Grant Morrison teams with artist Frank Quitely on this spectacular reimagining of the Superman mythos, from The Man of Steel’s origin…
Here’s hoping your day is a great one! I know, I know, our friends to the North celebrated the day a while ago…
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the Major Spoilers Crew takes a look at Annihilation, Book 1 from Marvel. Annihilation, Book 1 The Annihilation Wave has come! Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone, has declared war! Hordes of loyal soldiers swarm from the center of the universe, and only a handful of heroes can resist destruction! As the Xandarian Nova Corps meet its doom, only Richard Rider – the man called Nova – survives. Now the sole custodian of the Worldmind, the Zandarian’s database of knowledge and experience, can he rediscover himself in time to lead the war effort…
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the trio take a look at Adam Warren’s Empowered Volume 1. Empowered Empowered is an original English-language manga written and illustrated by Adam Warren. Described by Warren as a “sexy superhero comedy”, Empowered began to take shape in 2004 with a series of commissioned sketches of a damsel in distress; these illustrations became the basis for short comic stories that helped develop the characters for the Empowered series. As always, the Major Spoilers Podcast is nothing without comments from great readers and listeners like you. You can use the comment section below, drop…
This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the Major Spoilers Crew takes a look at Brat Pack from Rick Veitch. Rick Veitch’s fierce and darkly comic BRATPACK has long been considered a subterranean classic of the genre. Now, at last, the notorious graphic novel that made the mainstream safe for totally twisted superhero satires is available in a new KING HELL trade paperback edition! Veitch’s no-holds-barred dissection of the hoary old ‘kid sidekick’ phenomena is as harrowing as it is hilarious; subversively subtle yet completely over the top. BRATPACK is an edgy and unforgettable dance macabre that is a must…
You’ve asked for it (heck, some of you have demanded it), and here it is! Four Against the Void is over, but you can commemorate the trials and triumphs of the Torqueltones with the Critical Hit Season One Limited Edition T-Shirt. This classy, red armor-slot item features the likenesses of Orem, Randus, Torq and Smith! The season one shirt is perfect for a night on the town, gaming with friends, or facing down aberrant, poly-dimensional god-beings. (Funnelcakes and healing potions not included, Major Spoilers not responsible for excessive levels of awesome.) This is your chance to own a piece of…