Major Spoilers Comic Book Podcast

Major Spoilers Comic Book Podcast

Each week the panel of comic book enthusiasts take a look at current titles, collected trades, and give their take on current pop culture news. Comic book fans will love the interplay between the panelists as they review weekly comics, discuss comic book news, and geek out over everything in pop culture. This show offers real world reactions to comic book topics and often things get heated. If you are looking for a comic book podcast that is fair and balanced in its views on the industry, look no further than Major Spoilers. Oh… and expect Major Spoilers.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Sleeping Beauties

    A mysterious illness is putting the women of the world to sleep - perchance to dream of a better world? We talk the Sleeping Beauties adaptation from Dark Horse Comics this week! We also review Absolute Batman #2 from DC Comics, Jonny Quest #4 from Dynamite Entertainment, and Long Cold Winter from Mad Cave Studios. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Want to GIFT a Patreon subscription to a friend or family member? You Can! (and you should!) https://www.patreon.com/MajorSpoilers/gift REVIEWS STEPHEN ABSOLUTE BATMAN #2 Writer: Scott Snyder Artist: Nick Dragotta Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: November 13, 2024 Batman was born out of violence - a horrible tragedy that shaped the trajectory of his future. But when a vigilant MI6 agent starts tracking the lonely life of Bruce Wayne, he discovers the interconnectivity between a hero’s shell life and the many layers of the Black Mask Gang. It’s Batman versus Alfred Pennyworth! [rating:4.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YR8CfY MATTHEW JONNY QUEST #4 Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Sebastian Piriz Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: November 13, 2024 Jonny Quest has been kidnapped! Hadji, too! And the Quest family will do whatever it takes to find him! But once they do-the real work begins! Get ready to take the idea of a classic globe-hopping adventure to a whole new level! [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YZ2D8D RODRIGO LONG COLD WINTER Writer: Francesca Perillo Artist: Stefano Cardoselli Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: December 4, 2024 In the not-too-distant future, the air on Earth has become unbreathable. However, a multinational company called Air Co. has constructed generators that provide oxygen for those who can afford it. Peace Dog, a desperate ex-soldier, who has been willing to do anything to obtain breathable air is haunted by his past and hunted by bounty hunters, though, he may have found a way out of his current predicament by helping a mysterious robot child escape the dangerous and congested city. But, someone from his past has no intention of letting him leave...alive. [rating: 4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4eGvIM5 DISCUSSION SLEEPING BEAUTIES Writer: Rio Youers, Stephen King, Owen King Artist: Alison Sampson Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: April 20, 2021 A bizarre sleeping sickness, called Aurora, has fallen over the world. Its victims can’t wake up. And all of them are women. As nations fall into chaos, those women still awake take desperate measures to stay that way, and men everywhere begin to give in to their darkest impulses. Meanwhile, in the small town of Dooling, a mysterious woman has walked out of the woods; she calls herself Eve and leaves a trail of carnage in her wake. Strangest of all, she’s the only woman who can wake up. You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YWbp7o CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com 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!

    55 min
  2. The Steeple Podcast

    NOV 13

    The Steeple Podcast

    Here is the church, here is the Steeple, open the door for the Major Spoilers Podcast! This week we review Batgirl #1 from DC Comics, G.I. JOE #1 from Skybound Entertainment, and Synap #1 from Mad Cave Studios. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN BATGIRL #1 Writer: Tate Brombal Artist: Takeshi Miyazawa Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 6, 2024 Hold on to your seats, clutch your pearls, and rejoice in celebration because Cassandra Cain is taking center stage in her first solo Batgirl series in nearly two decades! When a deadly group of assassins shows up to kill Cassandra, Lady Shiva comes to the rescue, and they must put their complicated past aside and work together as mother and daughter to ensure they make it out alive. Unfortunately, things are never as easy as they seem, and Cass must embark on a jaw-dropping, martial-arts-filled adventure in her quest for truth and justice…and revenge?! It’s a Batgirl book like never before, so join us as we dive into the psyche of one of Gotham’s deadliest fighters while exploring her deep and complex relationship with her mother. [rating:4.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3CixkxY MATTHEW G.I. JOE #1 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Jordie Bellaire Publisher: Skybound Publishing/Image Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: November 13, 2024 Series Premiere. The biggest comic book launch of the decade! Conrad Hauser, Codename DUKE, has assembled a special force known as G.I. Joe to battle the rising power of the mysterious COBRA in the aftermath of the Autobots and Decepticons’ arrival on Earth. But the enigmatic Cobra Commander has unleashed the power of Energon like never before! Featuring many familiar faces and the first appearance of an all new character, this is the comic that will change everything you think you know about G.I. Joe... and that’s only half the surprises in store from the chart-topping Energon Universe dream team of Joshua Williamson and Tom Reilly! [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3O7814U RODRIGO SYNAP #1 Writer: Chris Moses Artist: Andrea Giannini Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: November 27, 2024 In the year 2030, a family-run private defense company, Synap, secretly puts together the pieces of a mysterious giant robot while training psychically gifted individuals to one day control it. However, with the startling increase in UFO sightings, the family finds their time is running out to assemble the ancient machine. [rating: 3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3O3mHlt DISCUSSION STEEPLE Volume 1 Writer: John Allison Artists: Sarah Stern, Jim Campbell Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: June 9, 2020 A supernatural tale of friendship, the devil, and moral gray areas. Two women with wildly different worldviews become unlikely friends as they navigate the supernatural happenings in a sleepy coastal parish--and soon find themselves forced to choose sides in the war between good and evil, facing demons, curses, and a miniature Rapture! You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3UKIIcs CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. 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! [su_signoff]

    51 min
  3. Agents of Podcast

    NOV 6

    Agents of Podcast

    It is time for a yearly check-in with Atomic Robo and the Agents C.H.A.N.G.E. We also check out FML #1 from Dark Horse Comics and Blood Squad Seven: Strikefile from Image Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN FML #1 Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick Artist: David Lopez Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: November 6, 2024 Riley is a teen that sketches out his heavy metal future with a ballpoint pen between monster movies and band practice. But musical stardom needs to compete with high school, the temper of a former Riot Grrrl mother, the morbid obsessions of a goth sister, and the eccentricities of bandmates that threaten to drive him and everyone around him insane. The balance gets harder after a ritual during a party in Portland’s Forest Park causes him to wake up one day to discover that the creatures, witchcraft, and metal world he’s obsessed with may be a bit closer to home than he preferred. [rating:4.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4fxPqu7 MATTHEW BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN: STRIKEFILE #1 Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Paul Fry Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: October 30, 2024 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MAN OF WAR? After several decades, the legendary cyborg super-soldier resurfaces-and Blood Squad Seven is deployed to bring him in from the cold in this extra-sized STRIKEFILE issue. But is he an ally...or an enemy? All this, and special guest-star: ERIK LARSEN’s classic hero, SUPERPATRIOT! [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3AvgImc DISCUSSION ATOMIC ROBO: AGENTS OF CHANGE Writer: Brian Clevinger Artist: Scott Wegener Publisher: Tesladyne LLC ATOMIC ROBO AND THE AGENTS OF C.H.A.N.G.E. is the latest chapter in Robo’s exciting life. Now he’s...sort of a university administrator? But for a sci-fi action school to train the next next generation of ACTION SCIENTISTS including his sorta-secret robot son with the rebooted intelligence core from the Advanced Learning Algorithm Network that nearly killed all life on Earth, and framed Atomic Robo for it, and got Tesladyne shut down by the secret fascist science police, which indirectly threatened all life on Earth (again), and got a bunch of his comrades probably killed and definitely hunted as terrorists for a few years. Uh, but that was the old ALAN. The new Alan is a much nicer fellow, but he’s still being kept secret on the Tesladyne campus because folks might link him to all that other stuff and, golly, that wouldn’t be pleasant. You can read Atomic Robo: Agents of Change, right now! https://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/archive CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. 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!

    48 min
  4. Something is Killing the Podcast

    OCT 30

    Something is Killing the Podcast

    A monster is killing people, and it is up to Erica Slaughter to put an end to the carnage in Something is Killing the Children. We review Zatanna - Bring Down the House #5 from DC Comics, Power Rangers: Across the Morphin Grid #1 from BOOM! Studios, and Exit City #1 from Mad Cave Studios. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN ZATANNA - BRING DOWN THE HOUSE #5 Writer: Mariko Tamaki Artist: Javier Rodriguez Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: October 23, 2024 And now for her grand finale! Zatanna’s been hunted by demons, terrorized by warring factions of magic, whisked halfway across the world by anex—always running from the past rather than daring to face it down. But when it becomes clear that the ghost that haunts her lies in the kaleidoscope of childhood memories she’s tried so hard to forget, will she be able to turn back the clock to not just save herself but the very fabric of magic? [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YDOChR MATTHEW POWER RANGERS: ACROSS THE MORPHIN GRID #1 Writer: David Yost, Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Mat Groom, Nakia Burrise, Jd Sutphin, Meghan Camarena Artist:Patrick Mulholland, Anand Ramcheron, Dominike “Domo” Stanton, Tango, Paulina Ganucheau Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $7.99 Release Date: October 30, 2024 What’s better than an anthology featuring a character of each main Power Ranger color? One where each corresponding actor writes their character’s story? Featuring Yellow Zeo Ranger Tanya Sloan, Black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Zack Taylor, Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Billy Cranston, the second Red Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Rocky DeSantos, and Pink Hyperforce Ranger Chloe Ashford, discover a whole host of exciting stories from every corner of the Morphin Grid! [rating:3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4e5AYZw RODRIGO EXIT CITY #1 Writer: Mark London Artist: Karl Mostert Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: November 6, 2024 In Exit City, there’s a thin line between good and evil, and Detectives McCormick and Miller are about to find out the hard way. When they come to the scene of a brutal accident, it becomes clear that the Major Crimes division was called in for a reason. With minimal evidence, McCormick and Miller must work together through a web of seedy criminals, genetic experiments, and a crooked government. But that’s not the only thing standing in their way, McCormick is hiding a secret that would make anyone question his capabilities. Exit City is the third thrilling title in Underworld, an all-new universe created by Mark London which also includes Revolution 9 (launching in September) and Hour of the Wolf (launching in October). Each miniseries set within can be savored as a standalone serial, while serving as a stepping stone towards ENDLESS NIGHT, the must-read crossover guaranteed to blow your mind in 2025! [rating: 2.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3UpYLfy DISCUSSION SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN VOLUME 01 Writer: James Tynion IV Artist: Werther Dell’Edera Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $14.99 Release Date: May 26, 2020 IT’S THE MONSTERS WHO SHOULD BE AFRAID. When the children of Archer’s Peak—a sleepy town in the heart of America—begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to

    52 min
  5. The Immortal Hulk Podcast

    OCT 23

    The Immortal Hulk Podcast

    Banner is not dead! He is The Immortal Hulk! This week, we look at the first volume of the Marvel Comics series. We also review Alien Romulus Annual from Marvel Comics, Local Man #25 from Image Comics, and the Metaphor: Refantazio video game. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN ALIEN ROMULUS ANNUAL Writer: Zac Thompson Artist: Daniel Picciotto Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: October 23, 2024 Following the theatrical release of the highly anticipated blockbuster Alien: Romulus, Marvel Comics presents an all-new story revealing secrets of the film’s legendary antagonists! How did Xenomorphs find Rain, Andy and their scavenger crew? Familiar faces lurk in the shadows; and this issue shines light on them all! Horror master Zac Thompson (ABSOLUTE CARNAGE, X-MEN) and rising star Daniel Picciotto (GHOST RIDER, X-FORCE) collaborate directly with filmmakers for this must-have collector’s item! [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3NzgMUK MATTHEW LOCAL MAN #25 Writer: Tim Seeley/Tony Fleecs Artist: Tony Fleecs/Tim Seeley Publisher: image Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: October 16, 2024 Just as the Image Comics line did back in 1995, LOCAL MAN jumps ahead a full year to give you a glimpse of what the future brings, from issue 13...to 25!Third Gen is back with a vengeance! Their first mission? Bring down the reckless young superheroes of Fourth Gen! But will Local Man side with the Zoomers? Or will he help take them down in exchange for getting back the shield and uniform of...CROSSJACK?!The past, present, and future of the Image Universe collide hard in LOCAL MAN #25! On the flip! A corporate retreat at Third Gen HQ leads to...beach volleyball? [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3A6YHdO RODRIGO METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO Publisher: Atlus, Sega Price: $69.99 Release Date: 10/11/2024 A mysterious and exciting story unfolds in a world where people must fight their own anxiety. Join the high-stakes Royal Tournament that promises hours of captivating exploration and discovery. [rating: 5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3NA0B9S DISCUSSION THE IMMORTAL HULK VOLUME 1 Writer: Al Ewing Artist: Joe Bennett Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $15.99 Release Date: November 20, 2018 Horror has a name. You’d never notice the man. He doesn’t like to be noticed. He’s quiet. Calm. If someone were to shoot him in the head…all he’d do is die. Until night falls - and someone else gets up again. The man’s name is Banner. The horror is the Immortal Hulk! And trouble has a way of following them both. As reporter Jackie McGee tries to put together the pieces, Banner treads a lonely path from town to town, finding murder, mystery and tragedy as he goes. And what Banner finds, the Hulk smashes! Elsewhere, the hero called Sasquatch can’t help but feel involved. In many ways, he’s Banner’s equal - and his opposite. Sasquatch is about to risk his life by looking for the man - and finding the monster! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. 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!

    55 min
  6. The Revival Podcast

    OCT 9

    The Revival Podcast

    This week, the dead have come back to life, as we take a look at Revival Volume 1 from Image Comics. We also review Jonny Quest #3 and Terminator #1 from Dynamite Entertainment. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN TERMINATOR #1 Writer: Declan Shalvey Artist: Luke Sparrow Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: October 09, 2024 The plans to kill Sarah Connor and her son John have failed, but the genocidal Skynet isn’t out of options yet. There are still a few more avenues into the past that will allow it to destroy the human resistance that is poised to smash its processors into silicon shrapnel - it just needs to expand its theater of operations. Opening a new front in the war, Terminators are dispatched across the globe and throughout time to target current resistance fighters, their ancestors, and anyone else unlucky enough to be in the strike zones. And while none of these secondary assignments are as straightforward as the missions of the first T-800 and T-1000, time is literally on the machines’ side. When all of history becomes a war zone, nowhere - and nowhen - is safe! [rating:4.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4dzAJWk MATTHEW JONNY QUEST #3 Writer: Joe Casey Artist: Sebastian Piriz Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: October 8, 2024 Jonny and the rest of Team Quest find themselves in the far east as they continue their search for a way back home, but death and danger are still hot on their heels - luckily, help is about to arrive in the form of a (sort of) familiar face! [rating:3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3BDdAFb DISCUSSION REVIVAL Volume 1: You’re Among Friends Writer: Tim Seeley Artist: Mike Norton and Mark Englert Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: December 25, 2012 For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it’s up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve a brutal murder, and everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect. The sell-out hit series created by New York Times Bestselling author Tim Seeley and Eisner Award winning artist Mike Norton is collected with bonus material! You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3TX8B8u CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. 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!

    38 min
  7. Super Hero No More

    OCT 1

    Super Hero No More

    Who owns the trademark on the word Super Hero? After last week, NO ONE! This week on the show, Dr. Peter Coogan and Adam Adler, J.D. talk about the history of the trademark dispute and how Marvel and DC Comics lost control of the trademark just last week. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) READ DR. PETER COOGAN’S BOOK Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre Writer: Dr. Peter Coogan Step into the extraordinary world of superheroes with ‘Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre,’ a masterful exploration by Peter Coogan. This book is not just a history but a deep analysis of the superhero genre, from its earliest incarnations to its modern-day prominence. Unravel the complex web of superhero conventions, from their extraordinary powers to iconic costumes and secret identities. You can purchase this book via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3XRkVZf ADAM ADLER, J.D. (BIO) ESCAPE FROM THE LAW - A collection of Adam Adler’s articles from The Escapist: https://web.archive.org/web/20230322034743/https://www.escapistmagazine.com/category/escape-from-the-law/ CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. 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!

    48 min
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Each week the panel of comic book enthusiasts take a look at current titles, collected trades, and give their take on current pop culture news. Comic book fans will love the interplay between the panelists as they review weekly comics, discuss comic book news, and geek out over everything in pop culture. This show offers real world reactions to comic book topics and often things get heated. If you are looking for a comic book podcast that is fair and balanced in its views on the industry, look no further than Major Spoilers. Oh… and expect Major Spoilers.

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