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Shhh… They’re listening to you Zach. This week Zach gets inside The Conversation.
As a comic-book fan for the better part of 35 years, I’ve seen a lot of change, but few properties (short of the Legion of Super-Heroes) have been through the iterations that have gripped The Batman. When I began reading comics, Bats was in his mid-30s, ready to adopt his ward and dealing with the likes of Nocturna, The Night-Slayer and Black Mask, in his very first appearance. Over the ensuring decades, DC has printed literally THOUSANDS of Bat-comics, some of which have been wonderful, and some of which have been All-Star Batman. Stephen likes to needle me that I…
The latest Dueling Review is up and running, and the content of the issue makes me once again wonder about the fate that DC editorial has planned for Dick Grayson, the man known as Nightwing. Many on the internet make a lot out of the previous plans to kill Nightwing (during 2006’s ‘Infinite Crisis’) and how this is just delayed editorial caveat, but there’s more to it than that. In a reworked ‘5 year old’ universe, Grayson is either younger than previously or became Robin at a *much* earlier age, in addition to having spent a much shorter time in…
Books We’ve Read Recently Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting – it’s Top Five. We do read other things besides comic books and cereal boxes – sometimes we actually read those other word books, and this week we run down five books we’ve read recently.
Matthew and Stephen are back, Jack! This week the duo take a gander at Nightwing #29 and discuss the issue of why every book is someone’s first book.
This summer marks the 15th Anniversary of the release of “Mystery Men,” a movie based on Bob Burden’s Flaming Carrot comics, and one which gets less respect than Rodney Dangerfield at Venice Beach. “At least it’s better than *Mystery Men*”, goes the refrain of certain wags at my comic shop, leaving me to wonder what the problem is. Admittedly, the film has its flaws (it willfully provides employment for Dane Cook, for one), but “weird” is not the same as bad. I have a similar problem with a friend’s assessment of “Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan”: She denounces…
It’s New Comic Book Day! What should you pick up this week? The Major Spoilers Staff runs down the titles they are most looking forward to this week.
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, more Flash, ComiXology get hacked, the Six Million Dollar Man, The Movement, Witchblade, and your comments! Thanks to Shades of Vengeance for sponsoring this episode, check out their Era: The Consortium Kickstarter Tabletop RPG campaign.
Even though this website is called MajorSpoilers.com, I still don’t like it when serious plot points in a story I’m looking forward to reading are given away. And I steer clear of ruining a story for anyone else as a result.
This week on Munchkin Land, a trio of players sit down to play another card game – FLUXX. Thanks to Shades of Vengeance for sponsoring this episode, check out their Era: The Consortium Kickstarter Tabletop RPG campaign.
Having grown up in the 1970s, I often find that my reference points and television memories are older than many of my colleagues here at Major Spoilers. Older than Zach, with fewer friends and distractions than Stephen and a better memory than that Rob kid, I often find myself referring to things that nobody else remembers, to the point where I’m sometimes accused of making up pop culture out of whole cloth. Sure, a lot of people remember that Captain Marvel/SHAZAM had a Saturday morning TV show back in the day, and fewer remember the companion show featuring The Mighty…
In this installment of The Want List, Star Wars themed football helmets, Joker Armor, and skull eggs make my morning brighter .
When I work at the comic store (Gatekeeper Hobbies, Huntoon & Gage, Topeka!), I am generally considered the go-to guy for comics trivia of the Silver and Bronze Ages of comics, but this has also led to the unfortunate perception (read: My boss likes to needle me) that I hate modern comics, especially those of the 1990s. While it’s true that the excesses of the 90s led to a lot of crap comics being produced, it’s only noticeable compared to the previous two decades because of the massive expansion in number of books produced. Moreover, a great many excellent characters…