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This week in Episode 511, it’s the return of George Michail, the creator of Resilient, who has teamed up with Chris Cam to create Cover of Darkness, a comic that is coming from Source Point Press! Here’s the book’s description: “How far would you go to find your family? On an epic journey, five heroes will travel unfathomable distances, make unlikely allies and encounter horrific, villainous creatures they never knew existed, all in a desperate attempt to reunite with each other.” We explore how the book came to be, who the characters are, and what we might expect from this team and series in the months ahead! Don’t miss it!

This week on Critical Hit, a Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast: The Redemption Run BEGINS! Character sheets for characters at level 6 are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [gallery link=“file” size=“medium” ids=“650859,650858,650857,650856,650855,650854”] 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site for more.

The Big Bad Wolf is lurking around Gotham, and the Bat is ready to take him down. Too bad the city is on fire… This week, we take a look at Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #3 from DC Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) BATMAN vs. BIGBY! A WOLF IN GOTHAM #3 Writer: Bill Willingham Artist: Brian Level Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: November 17, 2021 Batman and Bigby’s brawl comes to a grinding halt after a wave of explosions rocks Gotham. When a giant wolf emerges from the wreckage, Batman and his team of Robins stop at nothing to bring down the beast-and all goes according to the true villain’s master plan!

Get your Cowboy Bebop DVD cued up and watch along with the Major Spoilers Crew as they provide audio commentary for the episode, Stray Dog Strut. Stray Dog Strut Spike and Jet's next target is a serial pet thief who has stolen an apparently worthless dog from a research facility.. TRIVIA: This movie makes several references to Bruce Lee's Game of Death. Abdul Hakim appearance and name being modeled after NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabar. 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

When you are driving down the highway and you want to get a few more miles per gallon, you turn to drifting! This week, on Top Five… “Uh, I don’t think Dan means that kind of drafting, dude.” Wait… what? strong>Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure The Top Five Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

It is Election Day and the Legion of Super-Heroes members run in to their old enemies. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. 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) [caption id=“attachment_650615” align=“alignright” width=“235”] You can purchase this issue via the Amazon affiliate link[/caption] LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #269 “Who Shall Name The Dark Man?” November 1980 w: Gerry Conway a: Jimmy Janes The Fatal Five returns with a terrifying new member! [caption id=“attachment_650616” align=“alignright” width=“233”] You can purchase this issue via the Amazon affiliate link[/caption] LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #270 “Who Is The Dark Man?” December 1980 w: Gerry Conway a: Jimmy Janes Even The Fatal Five cannot stand against The Dark Man!

Get your Cowboy Bebop DVD cued up and watch along with the Major Spoilers Crew as they provide audio commentary for the episode, Asteroid Blues. Asteroid Blues (4/23/98) Fellow bounty hunters Spike Spiegel and Jet Black tracks down Asimov Solensan and his girlfriend, both of whom are looking for buyers for the "Red Eye drug". TRIVIA: This episode makes a homage to Desperado, with Asimov resembling very much like Antonio Banderas's mariachi character. 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

It is Thanksgiving in the Marvel U, and we have two issues to prove it! We review Amazing Spider-Man #78.BEY, Savage Avengers #26, Norse Mythology #6, and the new Netflix movie Power of the Dog. Plus, we share our reactions to the Disney Plus Day announcements… strong>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) NEWS https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/avatar-the-last-airbender-netflix-live-action-series-casts-its-uncle-iroh-gyatso-and-commander-zhao-1235113071/ https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/halo-live-action-paramount-plus-series-drops-first-teaser-trailer-1235112522/ https://variety.com/2021/film/box-office/eternals-box-office-milestone-clifford-opens-1235111868/ https://variety.com/2021/film/news/disney-plus-trailers-news-1235110365/ REVIEWS STEPHEN AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #78.BEY Writer: Jed MacKay Artist: Eleonora Carlini Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: November 17, 2021 The Daughters of the Dragon are Spider-Man’s trainers, and they are kicking his WEBBY BUTT! But is even their skill level enough for the mission that Beyond sends them on? Who is the new villain OBSIDIAN STAR and how will Misty and Colleen possibly take him down? Don’t miss this pivotal issue! [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW SAVAGE AVENGERS #26 Writer: Gerry Duggan Artist: Patch Zircher Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 10, 2021 The LAST Savage Avenger Standing! Kulan Gath has cleared the board of all his enemies… except one. ‘Nuff said! [rating:3/5] RODRIGO NORSE MYTHOLOGY #6 Writer: Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell Artist: Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Sandy Jarell Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 17, 2021 Frey, one of the Asgardian gods, falls madly in love with the giantess Gerd and in order to prove his love must determine whether he gives up his magical sword to the giants for her hand-a sword that is prophesied to saved him during Ragnarök. [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY POWER OF THE DOG Director: Jane Campion Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemmens, Kirsten Dunst Studio: Netflix Release Date: Nov 17, 2021 A domineering rancher responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, until the unexpected comes to pass. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION Vision and Scarlet Witch #6 Writer: Steve Englehart Artist: Richard Howell Publisher: Marvel Comics Vision and Wanda’s closest kin gather for Thanksgiving dinner. But this family affair is soon cut short- by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants? Daredevil #178 Writer: Frank Miller Artist: Frank Miller Publisher: Marvel Comics Foggy thinks Matt Murdock could use some bodyguards, so he enlists the help of the only people capable of doing the job: the Heroes For Hire. Featuring everyone’s favorite tag-team supreme Iron Fist and Power Man! 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!

Dan has a lot of board game news to share with you this week. Why are you still reading this? Take the jump and listen to the episode! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS New “Mystery Party” Games Coming Soon from Renegade Designer Diary  from Juliana Moreno Patel and Ariel Rubin — From BGG Crimes and Capers— High School HiJinks Crimes & Capers: Lady Leona’s Last Wishes Crimes & Capers: And the Winner Is… Dead  In some interesting industry news. French Board game company Iello has parted ways with Iello USA. In a release they said they are terminating their distribution agreement, effective December 31, 2021 Z-Man revealed Ultimate Railroads out this year (Collection of Russian Railroads, American Railroads German Railroads, some promos and the NEW Asian Railroads games all in one box $120) GaleForce9 announced an expansion for Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy  with the houses CHOAM & Richese. Q1 ‘22 $25 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – The Promised Day by Square Enix will release In April ‘22. Tenpenny Parks by Thunderworks Games Q1 ‘22 IOS Release! Evolution:Climate  Release about 11/19/21 Kickstarter Monsterpocalypse The Board Game The Realm of Shadows: A Trio of Solo Games Titania Ascending Age of Galaxy Heroes of the Shire Board Game Gartenbau Resurgence

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In Episode 510, it’s the return of Madeleine Holly-Rosing, the writer/creator of the successful steampunk supernatural series Boston Metaphysical Society! She is taking her “Society” to new heights, and that includes a high-power Kickstarter project going on right now for “The Ghost Ship!” It’s already into stretch goals, but be sure not to wait to support this excellent comic franchise! During our discussion, Madeleine talks about how you can catch up with comics and other venues the Society has explored, including their new audio drama, and what the future might hold for this great team of an ex-Pinkerton detective, a spirit photographer, and a genius scientist who battle supernatural forces in late 1800’s Boston. Don’t miss it! http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/WComics509.mp3 * Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patreon member. It will help ensure Wayne’s Comics Podcast continues far into the future!

This week, we’re slowing it down this week, and getting a little serious as we talk about the top five comics that made us cry. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure The Top Five Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! This week, on the Dueling Review podcast, we take a look at Robin and Batman #1 from DC Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id=“attachment_649469” align=“alignright” width=“228”] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link[/caption] ROBIN & BATMAN #1 Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist: Dustin Nguyen Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: November 9, 2021 Cover Price: $5.99 The legendary story of Batman and Robin has reached nearly mythic proportions: the crime-fighting Dynamic Duo, always one step ahead of the criminals they pursue and never meeting a case too big. This isn’t that story. This is the story of a young Dick Grayson, newly orphaned, struggling to find his way in a strange, difficult, dark new world…This is the story of Robin and Batman. The bestselling creative team behind the Eisner-winning Descender, Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, reunite in Gotham City to tell the story of a remarkable young man learning to navigate an incredible new world!

Let’s travel back to the early days of yesteryear as we explore the world of Steve Canyon! No, Really! We also discuss some movie news, and review Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 from Archie Comics, The Magic Order 2 #1, and Purgatori #2, just for you! 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! a href=“https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF”>Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN CHILLING ADVENTURES IN SORCERY #1 Writer: Amy Chu, Eliot Rahal, Evan Stanley Artist: Derek Charm, Vincenzo Federici, Matt Herms, Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 3, 2021 THE FUTURE OF ARCHIE COMICS STARTS HERE IN AN ALL-NEW ANTHOLOGY-STYLE ONE-SHOT! Madam Satan is our tour guide into this horrific world exploring the underbelly of Riverdale and its surrounding areas! Madam Satan is trying to escape Hell. She goes through the circles of Hell in reverse. Along the way she meets lost/tortured souls who tell their stories—like that of Archie Andrews, who accepted a seemingly normal job as the nighttime security shift at Riverdale’s local pizzeria and children’s mascot entertainment venue. Only to learn that the venue harbors a deep, dark, robotic, monstrous secret! And then there’s Jughead Jones, a teen who never met a food he didn’t like. Until now. What is that eerie noise coming from the kitchen…? All that plus more bonus frightful content sure to delight all Archie horror fans! [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/2Yobzt4) MATTHEW THE MAGIC ORDER 2 #1 Writer: Mark Miller Artist: Stuart Immonen Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 3, 2021 A magical turf war like you’ve never seen before! The London chapter of the Magic Order has entered the scene, and these tough Guy Ritchie-style gangsters have a problem with the Eastern European Warlocks moving into their territory. Can new leader Cordelia Moonstone keep the peace? [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/3D5C7P4) RODRIGO PURGATORI #2 Writer: Ray Fawkes Artist: Alvaro Sarraseca Publisher: DYNAMITE Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: November 17, 2021 Purgatori! She’s the girl with the great horns and the biggest body count. Now she’s fighting battles inside and out — monsters trying to kill her in the trackless forests of Europe, and witches trying to take control of her one-track mind. And through it all, one central question nags her over and over - How the hell did she end up in Norway?! She’d better figure things out, or someone’s gonna get gored in the fjord. [rating: 3/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link (comixology.sjv.io/0Jydx3) DISCUSSION STEVE CANYON VOLUME 4: 1953 - 1954 Writer/Artist: Milton Caniff Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $75.00 Release Date: April 1, 2014 The fourth volume of The Complete Steve Canyon opens with Steve as the newly-minted Light Colonel bringing the jet age to the town of Indian Cape — and the natives are after an old friend’s scalp! Can Steve and new sidekick Pipper the Piper find a way to still an entire town’s wrath? Canyon encounters old friends throughout 1953 and into 1954: Princess Snowflower, the irascible Dogie Hogan, and the leader of a band of Hooligans on horseback. Of course, there are girls, girls, girls — Herself Muldoon, Summer Olson, plus Miss Mizzou, still wearing that trenchcoat! Then Steve looks up the Indexes, and the sparks really start to fly near the top of the world! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939.

There’s a lot of great crowdfunding going on this week, so Episode 509 has two great interviews with comics creators you’ll enjoy listening to! First up is the return of Nathan Lueth, a favorite around this podcast! He has a Kickstarter underway for the last hardcover volume for the excellent Impure Blood series. Here’s how it’s described: “The fourth and final installment of the steam-fantasy graphic novel! Presented in a high quality deluxe hardcover edition!” For more, go to his Facebook page here! Then everything wraps up with my fun conversation with Royce Adkins from Stone Harbor Comics and Zoop.gg! He has two excellent comics you can support there—Legend of Althea and BioPunks! He describes Stone Harbor as “an indie comic book company driven to provide new and engaging science fiction stories that champion diversity.” We discuss both books in depth, so be sure to listen to our discussion, then support these terrific books!