Major Spoilers Podcast #1158: Assorted Crises and Space Opera Mayhem
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Release Date: 01/21/2026
Major Spoilers Podcast #1172: Ultimate Ozma
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Marvel goes horror with the new Midnight Universe, Rockford Files gets a reboot, White Boat #3 and Catacombs of Torment #11 bring the scares, and then we head to Oz for a surprisingly rich discussion of Ultimate Oz Universe: The Lost Lands. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Thanks for listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. REVIEWS WHITE BOAT #3 Writer: Scott Snyder Artist: Francesco Francavilla Publisher: DSTLRY Cover Price: $8.99 Release Date: May 18, 2026 After...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1171: Go Podcasters, Go!
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Robots search for purpose in If Destruction Be Our Lot, Destination Kill brings blocky dystopian energy, and then we go deep on Speed Racer Vol. 1—why it still works, why the movie is finally getting its due, and how this new comic updates the classic formula. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Thanks for listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. REVIEWS IF DESTRUCTION BE OUR LOT #1 Writer: Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Matthew Rosenberg Artists: Francesco Segala, Andy...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1170: The Bitter Root Episode
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Hellboy gets a sad little ghost story, Garfield gets babyfied, and then we dive deep into Bitter Root Vol. 1—monsters, family fractures, Harlem in the 1920s, and one of the strongest art showcases we’ve read in a while. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Thanks for listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. REVIEWS HELLBOY IN LOVE: BLACK EYES (ONE-SHOT) Writer: Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden Artist: Alex Nieto Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Release Date: April 29, 2026...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1169: The Savage Podcast of Conan
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In this issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast: We share our thoughts on Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — Echoes of the Empire #1 and Speed Racer Adventures Vol. 1 before diving deep into The Savage Sword of Conan Vol. 1. Along the way, we talk about theme park continuity, all-ages comics, pulp heroes in the modern market, and why Conan remains such a flexible, enduring character while others from the same era don’t always make the leap. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Thanks for listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast!...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1168: Tomb Raider, The Raider of Tombs
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A spooky medieval opener in Corpse Knight, more intrigue in Radiant Black, and then a deep dive into Tomb Raider and the Frozen Omen—why it feels constrained, how Lara Croft works as a character, and where game-comic adaptations can go wrong. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Thanks for listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. REVIEWS RADIANT BLACK #41 Writer: Joe Clark and Kyle Higgins Artist: Marcelo Costa Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date:...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1165: The Secret of the Swordfish
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Flash Gordon returns, Darth Maul lurks in the background, Bill Schweigart talks Dirty 20, and we head into Euro-comics territory with Blake and Mortimer: The Secret of the Swordfish—great airplanes, dated politics, and a lot of weekly-serial energy. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! REVIEWS STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL #2 Writer: Benjamin Percy Artist: Derrick Chew Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: April 8, 2026 THE UNDERWORLD EXPLODES WITH SCUM AND VILLAINY AS MAUL LOOMS IN THE SHADOWS! Ruthless...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1166: The Adventure Begins
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Superman and Spider-Man finally team up again, Daredevil gets a fresh start as a law professor, and then we dive into Adventureman—a pulpy, magical, gorgeously drawn action comic that somehow slipped past too many readers the first time around. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! REVIEWS DAREDEVIL #1 Artist: Lee Garbett Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: April 01, 2026 YOU CAN BURY THE BODIES, BUT NEVER THE GHOSTS! Hell’s Kitchen is full of secrets - but no secret stays buried for long! As a fearsome...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1165: Absolute Wonder Woman
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In this issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast, we review Rafael Garcia: Henchman #1 and Estuary #1, then turn our attention to Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1 to ask a bigger question about DC’s Absolute line—why does Wonder Woman’s reimagining feel so much more natural than Batman’s? Along the way, we talk about how readers choose comics today, what makes a first issue click, and why myth, magic, and giant anime swords might be exactly what Diana needed. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! REVIEWS RAFAEL GARCIA:...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1164: Why Miles Morales Still Matters
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One Piece Season 2 works better than expected, Marvel still doesn’t know what to do with the Sentry, G.I. Joe keeps making the Energon Universe bigger, and Miles Morales proves—again—that Spider-Verse already had the blueprint in the comics. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! REVIEWS G.I. JOE #20 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Andrea Milana Publisher: Skybound Entertainment Release Date: March 18, 2026 Cover Price: $3.99 OPTIMUS PRIME AND DUKE MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME! What does this mean for future of the Energon Universe?...
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Major Spoilers Podcast #1163: What is Love?
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Radiant Black punches the bad guys! Ash Williams saves Archie! And we try to discover the meaning of love as we take a look at Cyberpunk 2077: XOXO from Dark Horse Comics. . It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! REVIEWS ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #2 Writer: Erick Burnham Artist: Bill Galvan Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: March 11, 2026 IT’S A DEADITE PARTY! Reggie’s lake house soirée was supposed to be the social event of the season, but now it may prove to be the town of Riverdale’s swan...
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REVIEWS
ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #8
Writer: Deniz Camp
Artist: Eric Zawadzki
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: January 21, 2026
LIFE IN THE GUTTER! A homeless comic book artist falls into the gutters – literally! Can Wally find his way back to life and reality, or is he lost in the blank white space between panels forever?
GATCHAMAN—JINPEI: HENSHIN (ONE-SHOT)
Writer: Tommy Lee Edwards
Artist: Daniel Hansen
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Cover Price: $6.99
Release Date: January 21, 2026
When Galactor’s new menace, Professor Toxoid, infects the God Phoenix with a bio-mech virus, Ken, Jun, Joe, and Ryu are fused to their stations and powerless to fight back. As a monstrous Mecha-Beast crushes South City Harbor, the fate of the Science Ninja Team falls to the youngest member, Jinpei. Armed with nothing but a spool of wire, raw nerve, and ninja-science ingenuity, he must reboot the Phoenix before the team--and the city--are lost forever. A pulse-pounding tech-horror one-shot with explosive battles and a blazing Firebird finale!
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SPACE OPERA XANADAX ACROSS THE UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS OF THE GALAXY
Writer/Artist: Tom Scioli
Publisher: Image Comics
Enter the strange new universe of SPACE OPERA XANADAX ACROSS THE UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS OF THE GALAXY! A supercharged cybernetically enhanced brooding loner known only as XANADAX is on a collision course with the kill-crazy COSMIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, an armada of ruthless SPACE PIRATES, slimy CRIME BOSSES, deadly BOUNTY HUNTERS, an oppressive STAR-SPANNING EMPIRE, and an army of HOMICIDAL ROBOTS!