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It is trivia time! Who will come out on top as the mighty titans of the Major Spoilers Podcast go head to head as they attempt to answer questions spanning all corners of their knowledge! (There’s also some other talk about stuff and things.) 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) 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!

Big news for Marvel Champions fans, and more board game news than you can shake a stick at in this week’s Munchkin Minute. 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 Asmodee has purchased BGA (boardgamearena.com) Marvel Champions— Star Lord Pack coming in May $15 Plan B will be re-releasing Great Western Trail as well as 2 new versions over the next 2 years. Great Western Trail:  Second Edition Summer of 2021 Great Western Trail:  Argentina Summer ’22 Great Western Trail:  New Zealand. Summer ’23 Portal Games —Empires of the North: Egyptian Kings expansion in April $25 Pegasus Spiele revealed Space Dragons, a semi-trick taking game by Richi Haarhoff, out in June— $15 Ravensburer announced a new expansion to Disney Villainous: Despicable Plots —release in February. $25 Z-Man Games Announced — Cryo  by Tom Jolly and Luke Laurie Spring 2021— $60 * Thunderworks Announced — Cartographers:Heroes (Public release of the KS game) In July $25 CMON announced they will release a new version or skin of The Grizzled —We Care – A Grizzled Game, Q2.  A portion of the sales will go to benefit the medical charity Doctors Without Borders Grand Gamers Guild Announced Pre-order for The Belgian Beers Race KICKSTARTERS Ares Expedition— A Terraforming Mars Card Game Paladins of the West Kingdom: City of Crowns  Vault Wars— Relic Roadshow

356: Superboy (Jon Kent)

It’s the return of Marvin Wynn from The Edge in this week’s show, Episode 474! Marvin and I discuss what this excellent Indie comics series is about, who the characters are, and what we can expect from him in the future! We also discuss his involvement with Second Sight Publishing, an up-and-coming comics company that you can learn more about at their website! After you listen to this fun interview, you can also follow The Edge at this link!

In this installment of Critical Hit – A Major Spoilers Podcast: When Big 313 brings a problem to the crew, the crew figures out how to solve the problem… with lethal force. Character sheets for characters at level 4 are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers MajorSpoilers+ Podcast Feed if you enjoyed this episode, help make the next one happen 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. [su_signoff]

The new adventures of Young Hellboy are here! This week, we take a peek at Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land #1 from Dark Horse 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_603885” align=“alignright” width=“228”] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] YOUNG HELLBOY: THE HIDDEN LAND #1 Writers: Mike Mignola and Thomas Sniegoski Artist: Craig Rousseau Colorist: Dave Stewart Letterer: CLem Robins Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 17, 2021 Stranded on a strange island after a mishap on their way to a South American dig site, Hellboy and Professor Bruttenholm are confronted by all manner of monsters! But even when the stranger who rescues them turns out to be one of Hellboy’s heroes, they aren’t as safe as they think they are! Join Hellboy creator Mike Mignola as he teams with writer Thomas Sniegoski, artist Craig Rousseau, and colorist Dave Stewart to bring you a tale of Hellboy’s childhood!

It is Murder Most Foul in this installment of the Legion Clubhouse, as Jim Starlin steps up to tell a tale. 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! Listen to the Major Spoilers Podcast on Stitcher 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) SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #239 “Murder Most Foul” May 1978 w: Jim Starlin a: Jim Starlin/Joe Rubinstein A Legionnaire accused of murder… but is he truly innocent? SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #240 “The Man Who Manacled The Legion” June 1978 w: Paul Levitz a: Alan Kupperberg/Howard Chaykin Grimbor The Chainsman returns for deadly revenge! ————————— “Dawnstar Rising” June 1978 w: Paul Levitz a: James Sherman Can Dawnstar learn to work with her teammates before tragedy strikes?

This week, share five games you can play with a simple deck of cards. 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 https://playingcarddecks.com/blogs/all-in/40-great-card-games-for-all-occasions 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.

Superman takes on the Klan, Hasbro had a good 2020, and the War of the Bounty Hunters begins! We review American Born Chinese, Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #317, DC: Love is a Battlefield, and Stranger Things and Dungeons and Dragons Crossover #4. 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/wonder-girl-berlanti-series-not-moving-forward-1234907436/ https://investor.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2020-financial https://www.cbr.com/star-wars-marvel-boba-fett-war-of-bounty-hunters/ https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2021/2/3/life-on-the-edge/ REVIEWS STEPHEN STRANGER THINGS D&D CROSSOVER #4 Writer: Jody Houser and Jim Zub Artist: Diego Galindo Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 17, 2021 The young heroes of Hawkins find themselves swept up in a sea of change after saving their town from Soviet spies and horrific creatures. Their favorite bookstore has shuttered, and Will and Eleven are moving away, but before they go, the party has one last epic quest to finish. [rating:3.5/5] comixology.sjv.io/jWXRVP MATTHEW DC LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD #1 Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $9.99 Release Date: February 9, 2021 BLAM! KRACK! POW! Look out, it’s…love?! Falling in love is rough, even for DC’s greatest. Watch as Batman and Catwoman, Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor, Mister Miracle and Big Barda, and all the rest of your OTPs fight in vain against the all-powerful forces of romance (and super-villains)! Even Amanda Waller fights the urge to bail on her mystery date. We guarantee that this Valentine’s Day, someone’s taking a shot to the heart—from Cupid’s bow! [rating:3.5/5] comixology.sjv.io/4e5r9n RODRIGO ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #317 Writer: Ron Robbins Artist: Various Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Cover Price: $7.99 Release Date: Feb 17 More adventures with Archie and the gang! [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY American Born Chinese SC Writer/Artist: Gene Luen Yang Publisher: First Second Cover Price: $12.99 Release Date: February 17, 2021 Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he’s the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny’s life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN Writer: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Gurihiru Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: May 12, 2020 The year is 1946. Teenagers Roberta and Tommy Lee just moved with their parents from Chinatown to the center of Metropolis, home to the famous hero, Superman. Tommy makes friends quickly, while Roberta pines for home. Then one night, the family awakens to find their house surrounded by the Klan of the Fiery Kross! Superman leaps into action, but his exposure to a mysterious green rock has left him weak. Can Roberta and Tommy help him smash the Klan? 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!

355: Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars)

Episode 473 is another great Kickstarter doubleheader show, this one with Mike Kennedy and Caleb Thusat! First up is Mike Kennedy from Magnetic Press, one of my new favorite comics producers! Mike talks about their eclectic comics offerings, including Waluk by Emilio Ruiz and Ana Miralles! His Kickstarter is for Monolith, which is described as “BLACK MIRROR meets BREAKDOWN in this lushly illustrated survival tale.” It concludes on March 5, 2021, at 7 p.m. ET, and it is so very worthy of your support. Be sure to check out their online catalog here! A word of warning—I had some technical difficulties during our interview, so if you need to turn up the volume for this portion of the show, please do! Don’t miss what Mike has to say! Then everything concludes with the return of Caleb Thusat, who is crowdfunding his latest comic, Flytrap! It’s described this way: “Terminator meets Back to the Future. The 1986 remake of The Fly inspires the invention of time travel. What could possibly go wrong??” It will conclude on Sunday, February 28, at 11:00 p.m. ET. This is just the latest of Caleb’s excellent comics, the rest of which you can check out here! I highly recommend this terrific one-shot, so don’t miss it!

In this installment of Critical Hit – A Major Spoilers Podcast: An old friend comes a calling… Character sheets for characters at level 4 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.

This week, on a very special Top Five - It’s the Top Five Comics to Read in the DarK! 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.

ORCS! What’s to be done with these orcs today!? ORCS! Who can understand anything they say? It’s time once again to see how we feel about a new comics! And surprise! It’s ORCS! #1 from BOOM! Studios. 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_603218” align=“alignright” width=“228”] You can purchase this issue via the comiXology affiliate link[/caption] ORCS #1 Writer: Christine Larsen Artist: Christine Larsen Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: February 10, 2021 * For fans of The Adventure Zone and Critical Role, meet Bog and his misfit crew of Orcs as they adventure through the Known World courtesy of acclaimed cartoonist Christine Larsen (Adventure Time). * After being banished from their Orcish village by King Hrograhgah (it was a simple misunderstanding, involving an acorn-related prank!), Bog and his crew venture out into the world to seek their fortune, and hopefully find their way back home again. * Tag along with Bog, Zep, Pez, Utzu and Gurh as they venture through the dreaded Eerieasallhel Forest, face off against Trolls, Gnomes, squirrels and more, and follow in the footsteps of the legendary Orc hero, Drod One-Eye! * Every issue of Orcs! is oversized, featuring more than 30 story pages.

Before it was a major motion picture, The Kingsman was a comic booK! We take a look at The Secret Service, share news about the Blade movie, and review ICON #3, Mighty Morphin’ #4, and The Last Witch #2 on this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast. 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/marvel-blade-mahershala-ali-stacy-osei-kuffour-1234902062/ https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/dan-harmon-ancient-greece-comedy-series-fox-1234903322/ https://www.scoutcomics.com/collections/forever-maps REVIEWS STEPHEN THE LAST WITCH #2 Writer: Conor McCreary Artist: V.V. Glass Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: Febraury 10, 2021 Captured by the witch known as The Cailleach, Saoirse discovers the true power of her mysterious mark! But even as she attempts to save her brother Brahm with her newfound power, Saoirse must grapple with the truth about her family and their shocking connection to an enemy more dangerous than they ever imagined! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW MIGHTY MORPHIN’ #4 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Marco Renna Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 10, 2021 The UNLIMITED POWER era continues with the answer to the question everyone’s asking - Who Is The New Green Ranger? And what is their shocking connection to the Mighty Morphin team? It’s the last page shocker that no fan can miss! [rating:4/5] ASHLEY ICON #3 (Comixology Rerelease) Writer: Dwayne MacDuffie Artist: MD Bright Publisher: Comixology / Milestone Cover Price: 1.99 Release Date: Tuesday, Feb 9th, 2021 Rocket follows Payback into the tunnels beneath the city as Icon makes his first public appearance as the official hero of Dakota. Written by Dwayne Mc Duffie, with art by M.D. Bright and Mike Gustovich [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE Writer: Mark Millar Artist: Dave Gibbons Publisher: Image Comics THE SECRET SERVICE: KINGSMAN is the critically acclaimed comic book series by Kick-Ass writer MARK MILLAR and Watchmen’s DAVE GIBBONS. Now a Hollywood blockbuster starring Colin Firth and Taron Egerton, and directed by MATTHEW VAUGHN, KINGSMAN reinvents the spy genre for the 21st century. The story follows a British secret agent who takes his wayward nephew under his wing and trains him to become a gentleman spy. Together, they uncover a plot that links kidnapped celebrities with a plot to eradicate 90 percent of the human race! Collects THE SECRET SERVICE #1-6 You can purchase this book via the comiXology affiliate link. 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!