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This week, before summer runs out, and we seek shelter from the coming cold, Dan Patriss share his top five sun games for us to enjoy! 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.

Archie Meets The Ramones! Southpark cranks the film count to 14 ,and things get dark in season two of Stargirl. Plus, we review Unbelievable Unteens #1, Sinister War #2, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and someone may have seen What If… before you did! 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/south-park-trek-parker-matt-stone-paramount-plus-movies-1235035295/ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed493880324/?ref_=bo_hm_hp https://bleedingcool.com/tv/stargirl-season-2-geoff-johns-talks-eclipso-the-shade-jay-garrick/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/87073-2021-scbwi-conference-significant-market-transformation-due-to-covid-19.html REVIEWS STEPHEN UNBELIEVABLE UNTEENS #1 Writer: Jeff Lemire, Tyler Crook Artist: Tyler Crook Publisher: Dark Horse Comcis Release Date: August 11, 2021 Cover Price: $3.99 After signing at a comic book convention, Unbelievable Unteens artist Jane Ito finds herself visited by one of the characters from her own creation—but was it her own creation? Were the Unteens an actual school of teenaged misfit superheroes who battled supervillains under the lead of the mysterious Dr. Miles Moniker? And if so, who wiped their memories and why? As Jane’s world is turned upside down and she learns the true nature of her identity she discovers a sinister plot leading her to assemble a team she had suspected was purely fictional. [rating:3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link (comixology.sjv.io/WD6L7M) MATTHEW SINISTER WAR #2 Writer: Nick Spencer Artist: Mark Bagley Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: August 4, 2021 Spidey’s classic problem has been multiplied by two and you don’t even know the HALF of it. Twelve of Spidey’s greatest villains are out for blood: Spider-Man’s and each other’s! Ock and Vulture make their big plays this issue that are going to shake up NYC in ways you didn’t think were possible! [rating:2/5] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link (comixology.sjv.io/Eazj74) RODRIGO THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY (Episode 8: “Big Day Today”) Platform: Disney+ Release Date: August 6, 2021 Four gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission; placed undercover at a boarding school known as The Institute, they must foil a nefarious plot with global ramifications. [rating: 4.5/5] ASHLEY MARVEL WHAT IF …? EP 1 Director: Bryan Andrews Starring: Hayley Atwell, Geoffrey Wright Service: Disney+ Release Date: Aug 11, 2021 Reimagining noteworthy events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and creating a multiverse of infinite possibilities. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION ARCHIE CROSSOVER COLLECTION Writer: Matthew Rosenberg, Alex Segura Artist: Various Publisher: Archie Comics Release Date: July 25, 2017 Hey! Ho! Let’s go! America’s favorite teens cross paths with the original NYC punks as part of spectacular collection that is not to be missed! When the Archies tank at the Riverdale High Battle of the Bands, a magical twist of fate sends them hurtling into the past—and face-to-face with none other than the Ramones! Can the legendary punks get the Archies to realize their own rock ’n’ roll potential and find their way home? Probably not—but it’ll be a blitzkrieg bop of a journey, as the two bands bounce from 53rd and 3rd to Rockaway Beach in this must-read crossover 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!

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This week in Episode 498, I talk with creators Joseph A. Michael, Jeremiah Stemple, and Donovan Petersen from Center Ice, which they describe this way: “Weston Hermann is a young man (currently going on 14), fighting brain cancer for the third time! Center Ice, inspired by Weston’s love for hockey and his heroic fight against brain cancer, will feature the all-new ice-based super hero as he battles the infamous villain Mr. I and his army of robotic counterparts, including GOAL-E.” They’re seeking your support, and you can help make this comic happen by going to this link! We discuss how the series came to be, who the characters are, and what else the Heroes With Causes Team may have in store for fans in the future! Don’t miss it!

In this installment of Critical Hit, a Major Spoilers Real Play RPG Podcast: The Party meets Mr. Blue. NOTE: There will be no show next week! 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) 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.

We’re having a spook-tacular time on this week’s Dueling Review, as Elvira meets Vincent Price! 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_636006” align=“alignright” width=“231”] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] ELVIRA MEETS VINCENT PRICE #1 Writer: David Avallone Artist: Juan Samu Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: The two titans of horror and comedy untie in comics for the very first time! Dynamite Entertainment Proudly Presents… Elvira Meets Vincent Price! Elvira is back, with her most historic AND greatest costar ever! The ghost of Vincent Price is a spirit with a mission, and only the Mistress of the Dark can help! The Apocalypse is coming, and it’s going to be live-streamed for binge-watching, but a long-lost movie can save the world… if only the movie star specter and the horror hostess with the mostest can find it in time! Thrills, chills, and all sorts of terrible puns!

This week, just because a movie is popular doesn’t mean everyone is going to like it. This week, we take a look at movies we really dislike, but for some reason everyone else thinks is brilliant. 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.

We take a look at the origin of The Suicide Squad this week! Plus, we review Batman: The Long Halloween Part 2, Commanders in Crisis #11, and KISS: Phantom Obsession #1 from Dynamite Entertainment. Plus, we have news about the return of Blacksad! 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) NEWShttps://variety.com/2021/film/news/colin-jost-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-1235032969/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scarlett-johansson-lawsuit-times-up-1234991071/ https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/marvel-zombie-hunter-spider-man-hot-toys-909046 https://bleedingcool.com/comics/return-blacksad-europe-comics-dark-horse/ REVIEWS STEPHEN BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN PART 2 Writer: Jeph Loeb, Tim Sheridan Director: Chris Palmer Stars: Jensen Ackles, Josh Duhamel, Naya Rivera Price: $19.99 Release Date: August 10, 2021 The killer known as Holiday continues to stalk the Falcone crime family while a new class of costumed criminal rises in Gotham City. Batman suspects that a former ally might be the serial killer. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW COMMANDERS IN CRISIS #11 Writer: Steve Orlando Artist: Davide Tinto Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: 8/4/21 The fate of all existence comes down to a fistfight. The credits DO say STEVE ORLANDO after all. This is a blockbuster! Every hero left on the last Earth left in the last reality left turns out against the Extinction Society. It’s a final race to stave off the very destruction we’ve brought on ourselves. Can we be good enough, long enough? We better hope so, because the fate of our Earth might’ve once rested in the hands of the Crisis Command, but they just put it in ours. [rating:4/5] RODRIGO KISS: PHANTOM OBSESSION #1 Writer: Ian Edginton Artist: Celor Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 11, 2021 KISS Comics are back! Dynamite Proudly presents the best, because you wanted the best… KISS in “Phantom Obsession”! Darius Cho is the richest man in existence and the most reclusive. To many, he’s a ghost, a phantom… whilst other believe he doesn’t exist and is actually a front for a maze of companies and consortiums. Truth is, he does exist and he’s a KISS fan! KISS are hired by Cho to play a private party and from there, Cho’s obsession takes center stage and it’s the fight of the band’s life! [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSIONSUICIDE SQUAD: TRIAL BY FIRE Writer: John Ostrander Artist: Luke McDonnell Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: July 27, 2021 In the late 1980s, a secret government program designed to neutralize super-powered threats to national security was reactivated. Task Force X had gone through many transformations since it was first created during World War II, but one thing had never changed: its members called themselves the Suicide Squad, and they lived up to their name. Faced with a rising tide of metahuman crime and terror, the program’s hard-headed director Amanda Waller sold the President on her vision of an updated Task Force X: a covert action team composed of incarcerated super-villains who earned time off their sentences for every mission they completed. Deniable, disposable, and deployable to any spot-on Earth, this new Suicide Squad would be the perfect weapon of last resort — as long as they could be kept under control. 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 Patriss is back to share the latest news from Restoration Games, Marvel Champions and Wiz Kids! 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 Restoration games Omega Virus Prologue  2p card game Q3 ’21 Marvel Champions:The Hood Scenario Pack This fall and $15 Steve Jackson games announce Munkin Farkle- - November $25 Wiz Kids will release new Versions of Mike Fitzgeralds great series the Mystery Rummy series called Detective Rummy and will be designed by Fitzgerald and Ralph Anderson Renegade Games G.I. JOE Deck-Building Game— October Release * PRE-ORDERS HERE — $45 Horrified:American Monsters October starting off exclusive to Target Cryptid:Urban Legends  April ‘22 release— 2p sequel to Cryptid Grand Gamers Guild will be doing a KS next month for the Artemis Odyssey- re-implementation of 2009 Ad Astra — Designers saying it will faster and more dynamic. KICKSTARTER Architects of the West Kingdom: Works of Wonder Thunder Rolls — Richard Launius GameFound * Divinus — Lucky Duck Games

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Legendary comics creator Ron Randall is back this week in Episode 497, and he talks with Wayne about his latest and already successful Kickstarter campaign called “Trekker: Reckoning on Rigel!” Ron Randall from Trekker has another successful Kickstarter campaign underway for “Reckoning on Rigel,” which funded in six hours! This latest is one you can support by going to this link: trekkerkickstarter.com. It’s the newest in the terrific series of graphic novels and other stories about Mercy St. Clair, a Trekker (bounty hunter) who’s a strong character as well as a great female lead! Ron and I talk about how he puts together these high-octane books, what we can expect from Mercy and Molly in this story and the future, and what you can get in this latest Kickstarter project so very worthy of your support! For more, go to this link! Ron’s project will conclude on Thursday, August 5, at 10:00 p.m. EDT. Be sure to support this great project!

In this installment of Critical Hit, a Major Spoilers Real Play RPG Podcast: There are a lot of feels in this week’s episode. 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) 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.

Let’s bookend this tale as we take a look at The Other History of the DC Universe #5 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_635375” align=“alignright” width=“273”] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] The Other History of the DC Universe #5 story by: John Ridley art by: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi cover by: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Marco Mastrazzo variant cover by Jamal Campbell ON SALE: 7/27/21 AGES 17+ | 5 of 5 $6.99 US | 48 PAGES | FC | DC BLACK LABEL Prestige Plus 8 1/2″ x 10 7/8″ Being a superhero runs in Anissa Pierce’s family. It’s been a part of her life in one way or another since her father, Jefferson Pierce, first started to fight crime as Black Lightning. Despite what her parents tell her, despite what the world tells her, Anissa knows that she has the same calling as her father. But as Anissa takes on the mantle of Thunder, she must grapple with a very different world than the one that her father first patrolled. The critically acclaimed creative team of Academy Award-winning screenwriter John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Let It Fall) and artists Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrea Cucchi bring The Other History of the DC Universe to a close.

A lot to unpack this week, as our heroes try to put Brainiac 5 back together. In the city of Metropolis, in the 30th Century, there exists one of the most amazing clubs of all time! Its members are teen-aged youths, each possessing on special super-powers! The club members have vowed to use their fantastic power to battle crime… This rocket-shaped building is the Legion Clubhouse! 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_635368” align=“alignright” width=“233”] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #256 “This Is Your LIfe… And Death, Brainiac 5!” October 1979 w: Gerry Conway a: Joe Staton It’s a battle for the mind of Brainiac 5! [caption id=“attachment_635369” align=“alignright” width=“233”] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #257 “Who Stole The Legion?” November 1979 w: Gerry Conway a: Joe Staton The Legion of Super-Heroes is under arrest! ———————————— “Once A Legionnaire!” November 1979 w: Gerry Conway a: Joe Staton Bouncing Boy and Duo Damsel face peril on a frozen world!

This week, Dan Patriss is keeping the summer theme going with a look at the top five games that feature a volcano. 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.