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This issue: The Major Spoilers Crew dives into the Major Spoilers Mailbag to respond to listener e-mail, and hop on the Major Spoilers Hotline to answer some of the many messages they've received. Then Stephen chats with writer JM DeMatteis about his new work, The Life and Times of Saviour 28, being the Editor in Chief of Ardden Entertainment, and writing Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon series for Cartoon Network. Following that, the crew returns to give their spoiler filled review the Life and Times of Savior 28. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to

This issue: Planet ComiCon, hot girls in wheelchairs, Batman or clones, or possibly both. Plus: Ye can't mix Life and Anti-Life...And also Comics: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Spoilerprise, it's two year and counting mission, to review strange new comics, to seek out new stories and new takes on old stories. To boldly split infinitives that no man has split before! And Scott Johnson... NEWS Star Wars the Clone Wars and Batman: The Brave and the Bold Return for Another Season LINKAGE EMAILS Listener Greg wants to know if the Major Spoilers Crew made it to the Kansas City Planet ComiCon or not. REVIEWS Rodrigo Cars: The Rookie #1 Written by Alan J. Porter Drawn by Albert Carreres SC, 24 pgs, FC, (1 of 4), SRP: $2.99 Diamond Code: JAN094067 Cars fans, start your engines! Before the big Dinoco 400 race, rookie sensation Lightning McQueen is interviewed by Darrel Cartrip. Full of braggadocio, McQueen reveals his scrappy origins as “Bulldozer” McQueen–a local short track ra

In this issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast, Stephen sits down with Chip Mosher, Marketing and Sales Director of Boom! Studios, and Shannon Wheeler, creator of Too Much Coffee Man, to discuss marketing small and independent comic books. Anyone who yearns to become a successful publisher or creator of a popular comic series needs to listen to Comic Book Marketing 101. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

The Wheel of Morality will turn,turn,turn, and we'll think of something funny to say about wherever it stops... theoretically, anyway. Johnny's got his gun, and he's lookin' for Keanu. Bulletproof girls still like to play headgames. Plus: Is it #1 or #401? The Lion, the Witch, and the pyramids at Giza! And Rodrigo says It's time to get things started... (Why won't you get things started?) on the most sensational, inspirationational, spoiletational, majorational... NEWS Green Lantern Begins Shooting in September LINKAGE EMAILS Listener Gaumer wants to know what the MSP Crew thinks of comic book renumbering, which leads to Stephen ranting about the guy behind the counter at the local comic book shop. REVIEWS Rodrigo Muppet Show #1 Written by Roger Langridge Drawn by Roger Langridge SC, 24 pgs, FC, SRP: $2.99 The incomparable Roger Langridge (FRED THE CLOWN) brings his absurdist humor to THE MUPPET SHOW stage! Longing for the swamp, Kermit forlornly plucks his banjo, while Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo an

In this issue, Peter Coogan returns, and we tackle adaptations... Super Bat and Man-Man make their way to the screen... Felicity and her friends deflect bullets with their wrists... Plus: What went wrong with Denny Colt? Big eyed robots slay each other for your love. And the DEAD LIVE!!!  All this and much, much less, with a side of fries, and free cheese log with every fill up... NEWS Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Next DC Animated Movie LINKAGE EMAILS Listener Bruce writes in to let listeners know of an upcoming Dark Crystal showing in Denver. REVIEWS Rodrigo and Stephen Wonder Woman Animated Movie Warner Home Video On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud strong warrior race of Amazon Women live in a utopian civilization shielded from the corrupt world of man. But a betrayal within the Amazon sisterhood leads to the escape of Ares, the God of War, and Amazon Princess Diana must capture him before he unleashes global chaos and destruction. With the aid of cocky fighter pilot Steve Trevor, D

In this issue: Muppets, muppets, muppets! Zombies, zombies, zombies! Stephen says "Holy crap!" Rodrigo says "Why is this alien illeterate?" and Matthew just hums Paul McCartney tunes under his breath. Plus: pink pleather bikinis! The buying habits of of the North American comics fan! And two crazy mofos with big guns vy for your affections, and a teenage mutant ninja secretary is in the house, and she ain't bringing you your coffee, bucky.   When single shines the triple sun, What was sundered and undone The line between them was never so real, So have some beans at every meal. The Major Spoiler Podcast is on the air. NEWS Any Initial Watchmen Reactions? LINKAGE Saturn Girl Hero History LINKAGE EMAILS Listener David. writes in to tell us why comic companies should die. REVIEWS Rodrigo SUPER ZOMBIES #1 Writer: Marc Guggenheim and Vince Gonzales Penciller: Mel Rubi In a world filled with super-heroes, one man stands apart, Neuron, once known as Bernard Jaeger, the man responsible for saving the

In this issue: The Man of Steel on the auction block! The Commander In Chief takes over the industry! Wee Hughie oversteps his bounds! Plus: Deadshot's in your house, shootin' up your targets! I can has Silk Spectre? Chiana has invisible space blasters! And, Stephen Ignatius Schleicher is a rotten ol' somepin somepin, and all sorts o' mean nasty stuff, with 25 8 by 10 color glossy photographs with the circles and the arrows and the paragraph on the back describin' each one! So, when the chorus comes around, everybody sing together... with feelin'... NEWS Action Comics #1 Unrestored 6.0 up for auction LINKAGE Barack Obama on the cover of almost all comic books these days Suicide Squad: The Movie LINKAGE EMAILS Listener Thomas, CA. writes in to tell us he's become a comic nerd. ONEOFUS!ONEOFUS!ONEOFUS! REVIEWS Rodrigo FARSCAPE #3 (Boom! Studios) Written by Rockne S. O’Bannon, Keith DeCandido Drawn by Tommy Patterson TV’s science fiction masterpiece FARSCAPE returns! Farscape creator Rockne S

In this week's issue, we do what we do what we do... Rodrigo doesn't see the point in voting for a lesser evil... Steve knows what evil lurks in the heart's of fanboys (but not much else...) Matthew is smitten times two, but will they kiss? Plus: Doctor Peter Coogan returns for an analysis of why the other geeks are all better than you (and by you, I mean Stephen) and why they do that voodoo that they do so very well. Also, we wanna hear what you wanna hear! plus: matthew delves into poetry. NEWS Major Spoilers Podcast One Year Old! What do you want to hear in 2009? Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com REVIEWS Rodrigo CTHULHU TALES #12 (BOOM! Studios) Written by Jeff Lester, William Messner-Loebs Drawn by Jeremy Rock, Chee The NECRONOMICON team of William Messner-Loebs and Andrew Ritchie return for Arkham SVU! That’s Spectral Victims Unit, in case you didn’t know. Cover artist Shane Oakley writes up a story of the sea and one strange child in Whistle For the Deep! Matthew New Exiles #18 COV

In this issue, the last son of Gallifrey gets animated, British superheroes cross the Atlantic, there can be only one! My love for you is like a truck... BERZERKER! Plus: Ragnarok and roll is here to stay, the goddamn Riddler's got to go, two ladies in tiny costume go head to head...Plus: McLovin WINS! And evil exes doesn't always mean boyfriends, jadies and lentilmen. Remember to keep your head and arms inside the mixer at all times, put on your safety goggles and PREPARE to REPAIR... The Major Spoilers podcast is air NEWS Anime Doctor Who reactions LINKAGE goddamn Riddler LINKAGE No Heroics Comes to ABC LINKAGE REVIEWS Rodrigo Berserker #0 (Top Cow)
(W) Rick Loverd (A) Jeremy Haun (Cov) Dale Keown Jump on board the new comic series produced by “Heroes” star Milo Ventimiglia and his DiVide Pictures partner, Russ Cundiff. Created by screenwriter Rick Loverd, Berserker combines elements of superheroes with Norse mythology and weaves in the very human themes of self-worth, courage and determ

In this issue: It's a cartoon wonderland, as we seek out braveness, boldity, heroism, and truthiness! Wolverine leads the X-Men (hopefully they don't go into battle in a giant koala pouch!) New York Comicon! The Devil made Slick do it, at least as far as you know. And the Legion of Super-Heroes goes quietly into that good night... Again. NEWS New York Comic Con 2009 Thoughts and Reactions LINKAGE REVIEWS Rodrigo Wolverine and the X-Men Cartoon The story starts when the mansion explodes, apparently due to an attack targeted at telepaths, Professor Charles Xavier and Jean Grey are missing. The X-Men disband and Cyclops begins to suffer from depression. One year later, the MRD (Mutant Response Division) is starting to detain mutants causing Wolverine and Beast to get the X-Men back together. Matthew Legion of Super-Heroes #50 Written by Jim Shooter; Art and cover by Francis Manapul and Livesay It's the final issue! The climactic conclusion of the Universal Annihilation War is here and every Legionna

In this issue: $3.99! Too much to pay for a comic... or FAR too much to pay for a comic? The mysterious troubadour revealed! Two men will enter, one man will leave, but both men will make more money than all three of us put together. Also on tap: News you can use, reviews to he'p you choose, the pop culture blues, Deadpool's dancing shoes, ain't go no Tom Cruise, and the dreaded Ess- Ee-Ecks gets dragged out of the backseat of the Yaris and into the light, as we look as Super Happy Adult Fun Time Activities in comic terms. NEWS Are comic prices causing readers to cull their pull lists? Any upcoming comic book/pop culture movies that we’ve mentioned on the site strike your fancy? REVIEWS Rodrigo DEADPOOL #5 COVER BY: JASON PEARSON WRITER: DANIEL WAY PENCILS: CARLO BARBERI “HORROR BIZNESS,” Part 2 (of 2) This is what Deadpool has to resort to, only days after single-handedly saving the entire planet from Skrulls? Oh, that’s right—nobody knows about that…Deadpool didn’t even want this job. But here he i

The Major Spoilers Crew breaks down the last issue of DC's Final Crisis in a page by page commentary. Final Crisis #7 Written by Grant Morrison; Art by Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy; Covers by J.G. Jones and Doug Mahnke The dramatic finale to the epic, seven-part saga of the DC multiverse concludes with an apocalyptic battle for the soul of humanity that must be seen to be believed! Can the heroes of 52 Earths save the multiverse? And is the only way to save it, to change it forever? And as the skies bleed, as the walls between universes crumble and fall, the ultimate threat to life makes its presence felt as an evil beyond imagining arrives to claim its prize. Mandrakk the Dark Monitor is coming and the DC Multiverse will never be the same again! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! A big Thank You g

This week in Spoilers: Black Lanterns revealed, and people ain't happy... Sexy, sexy, lizard girls on parade... Phil Sheldon loses an eye, but the fun and games ain't over yet... Plus: Is a Robot Hottie a Robottie? Does sleeping with your alternate universe's girlfriend count as cheating? And what WAS the name of the cartoon cat with the garbage can on his head? All this and more, from the elegant Spoilers ballroom, adjacent to the lovely Pump Room, high above Chicago. NEWS Reactions to Martian Manhunter and Kal-L (Earth-2 Superman) outed as two of the Black Lanterns? LINKAGE Tom and Jerry back to the Big Screen LINKAGE ABC to Resurrect V LINKAGE REVIEWS Rodrigo Hero Squared: Love & Death #1 (Jan 28, 2009, Boom! Studios) It’s the return of Captain Valor, his parallel-world alter-ego, Milo, and at least one homicidal ex-girlfriend! DeMatteis’ and Giffen’s geeeenius super-hero series Hero Squared is back for a three-issue finale that will leave you gobsmacked! Interested in checking out Hero Squ

Wax on! Wax off! Who watches the Watchmen? All of us! Hush! Hush! Thought I heard it callin’ my name, yeah… The Commander In Chief is the Commander Out of Stock! Fan Feedback! Teen Titans! Nightwing Nocturnal! Witches Without Wardrobe! And this time, it’s personal! NEWS Amazing Spider-Man Barack Obama Cover Sells Out Karate Kid Remake? LINKAGE Watchmen Details Emerge LINKAGE REVIEWS Rodrigo Witchblade #123 (W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini wields half of the powerful ancient artifact known as the Witchblade. But now she faces a foe that predates even the mystical gauntlet, confronting a deadly horror that has descended upon Brooklyn’s Ultra Orthodox Jewish community. Could the biblical Angel of Death truly have been unleashed? Meanwhile, the bearer of the other half of the Witchblade, Dani Baptiste, goes to the aid of one of her dance students, but is she being reckless with her power? Matthew Teen Titans #66 Written by Sean McKeever; Ar

The Major Spoilers Crew breaks down the latest issue of DC's Final Crisis in a page by page commentary. Final Crisis #6 Written by Grant Morrison; Art and covers by J.G. Jones and Carlos Pacheco and Jesus Merino As the entire world turns against them, the last of Earth's Super Heroes must face the unstoppable power of the Gods of Apokolips for the final time. Supergirl vs. Mary Marvel! Superman vs. Darkseid! The fate of the Flash! And the incredible return of the New Gods! The End of Days has come and the ultimate war between good and evil will at last be decided on the battlefield of a broken world! And as the skies bleed, as the walls between universes crumble and fall, the ultimate threat to life makes its presence felt as an evil beyond imagining arrives to claim its prize. Mandrakk the Dark Monitor is coming and the DC Multiverse will never be the same again! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Ookla the Mok. You can visit them on the web at www.ooklathemok.c

We’ve said goodbye to 2008,and we’re ready to kick off 2009,with good news for Mark Millar fans,bad news for Wizard,the hunt gets wild,a trinity gets broken,and worlds collide,the dead walk,vampires among us, dogs and cats, living together… TOTAL CHAOS! Plus: Who will voice Hal Jordan?  Which metallic naked guy is better?  What evil lurks on the high seas?  NEWS Fantastic Force Returns in April LINKAGE Two Wizard World Shows Crash and Burn LINKAGE Green Lantern Next Warner Home Video Animated Movie LINKAGE Two Atomic Robo Series Planned for 2009 LINKAGE REVIEWS Rodrigo BROKEN TRINITY : Angelus (W) Ron Marz (A) Brian Stelfreeze (Cov) Brian Stelfreeze, Jeffrey Spokes A BROKEN TRINITY tie-in! In First Born, The Angelus power chose the troubled young woman Celestine as its host. Now, Celestine's split personality struggles with The Angelus force for ultimate control, even as a rogue contingent of Angelus warriors plot their leader's overthrow. This is the second of three tie-in stand-alone issues

Now entering the ring, at a combined weight of 745 pounds… The Best of the Year 2008! And their opponents… The reigning tag team champions of the world! Standing 7 foot 2 inches tall, from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania… The WORST of 2008! This match with be five falls with a 1 hour 30 minute time limit, and Stephen will certainly interrupt me any time I drift near a point… For the three schmucks in attendance, and the thousands listening at home... THE MAJOR SPOILERS PODCAST BRINGS YOU THE GOATS AND GODS OF 2008! MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK It’s a theme we just can’t stop talking about at Major Spoilers; which robot would win when pitted against another robot foe. This week we take two cuties and put them in the Robot Arena of Death to see who will live and who will join the junk heap. In one corner, the cute and loveable Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century television series, while in the other corner, is that cute, loveable robot from Disney’s Wall-E. A) Twiki B) Wall-E VOTE The best a

When three teens from the future show up to screw with your head, what do you do? What do you do? Set the time cube for the year 3008, put on your safety goggles to protect against bouncing boys, and make sure that you wear your Bat-Timber Wolf repellent, because we’re piercing the timestream in the hopes that we too can make the cut. But, if nothing else, I’m sure the Legion of Substitute Heroes Auxiliary can use the services of Spoiler Lad and Meteor Attractor Boy, who can telekinetically attract meteors, but only to his head. This is an all Legion of Super-Heroes episode, and joining Matthew and Stephen (I didn't know they were coming apart?) are Kristen and Adriana from the Super Future Friends Podcast, a show all about the Legion from start to finish. NEWS Who’s excited about the new Adventure Comics? Thoughts on the upcoming Smallville Legion Episode Anyone interested in REBELS by Tony Bedard? MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Since we're talking \about the Legion of Super-Heroes with Adriana and

In this bonus episode, the Major Spoilers Crew continue their discussion on messed up continuity, and why the industry might want to consider rebooting every 15 years. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

In this bonus episode, Rodrigo and Stephen continue their discussion on Heroes, X-Men, and what constitutes a rip-off vs. an homage. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.