Podcast appearances and mentions of Don Kramer

Join the Campus Comics Cast for a special episode where we join podcasters across the globe to celelbrate JSApril! The Campus Comics Cast covers the Geoff Johns and Don Kramer story from JSA issues 68 to 72!

Esta noche hablaremos de "The Creator" el nuevo filme de Sci-fi dirigido por Gareth Edwards donde los humanos le han declarado la guerra a la IA en una forma extrema y nos llega casi casi un live action de uno de los capitulos oscuros de la "Animatrix". Seguimos luego con "Cuando acecha la maldad" el nuevo filme de Damien Rugan (director de "Aterrados" un gran filme que merece su atencion). Vamos a hablar tambien de la nueva entrega de la antologia de el videocassete : V/H/S 85. Y cerraremos con "Saw X" la mas reciente entrega de la Saga de Don Kramer, que ni muerto deja de poner a prueba a la gente que se pase de verde en los semaforos y se cruza en rojo. Todo esto y más en esta edición de “Filme, Tinta Y Sangre”… Lleguenle sin miedo!!.

Writer Joe Ciano joins us to talk about his debut graphic novel, "Children of the Woods." PLUS, one last interview from C2E2 with Keith Dallas and Don Kramer.

Thanksgiving #ComicBooks #Marvel #DC We're talking about our top Thanksgiving comics.  One will be extremely disturbing!   This episode is sponsored by Deadly Grounds Coffee "Its good to get a little Deadly" https://deadlygroundscoffee.com Retro Dorkening Shirts on Amazon! https://tinyurl.com/dorkshirts   Thanksgiving Comics Daredevil #178 - Paperchase Published Jan 1982 Written and Art by Frank Miller   JSA #54 Published January 2004 Written by Geoff Johns Art by Don Kramer and Keith Champagne   Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius: Happy Franksgiving! Published November 2006 Written by Marc Sumerak & Chris Eliopulos Art by Chris Eliopulos   Uncanny Tales #9 - The Executioner A story told from the point of view of a turkey on Thanksgiving day. Art by Myron Fass Written by Stan Lee   Follow our Hosts Rich Davis Former co-host of the clowns of cosplay podcast & Cesar Romero enthusiast https://www.facebook.com/bagelbar https://www.instagram.com/velvetjoker2021/   Leo Pond Owner and Producer of The Dorkening Podcast Network https://www.facebook.com/leopond https://www.instagram.com/leo.pond/   Drew Mollo https://www.facebook.com/drew.mollo/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-mollo https://screenrant.com/author/drew-mollo https://www.instagram.com/ghostbusterman1984   Produced by: The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening Instagram.com/TheDorkening Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/splash-pages-the-comic-book-cl/f109ddda-dca9-431e-85c9-79417b27cee0 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Amigas y amigos, hoy revisamos las lecturas de este mes entre nuestros integrantes e invitados. Los cómic reseñados fueron: - Fernando: "True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee" (en Inglés). Autor Abraham Riesman. "Daredevil" Run de Chip Zdarsky, dibujo de Marco Checchetto. Marvel Comics - Vicente: "Los 4 Fantásticos". Run de Jonathan Hickman. Dibujo: Adi Granov y Sean Chen. Editorial Panini (originalmente Marvel Comics - Rodrigo C "Batman: Un año después". Guión: James Robinson; Dibujo: Leonard Kirk y Don Kramer. Editorial Planeta de Agostini (originalmente DC Cómics) Este programa es posible gracias a nuestros patreons: - Rodrigo Agurto - Rodrigo Gamboa - Francisco Curihuinca - Iván Matamala - Sergio Matamala - Alejandro Herrera - Carlos Cepeda - Marcos Saldivia - Sebastian Vera - Manuel Villanueva - Carlos Muñoz - Nicolás Mena - Rodrigo Alcota Apóyanos en Patreon https://www.patreon.com/devorandocomics Recuerda que también pueden escuchar nuestro #Podcast de #DevorandoComics en: -ivoox: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-devorando-comics_sq_f1586450_1.html -spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dYRuOsPRRM5QM3hjbvuSx No olviden visitar #DevorandoComics en: -Web oficial: www.devorandocomics.cl -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devorandocomics.cl -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Devorandocomicscl-734381686931505 La música de fondo corresponde a: Happy Life - Americana Volume One by Ryan Andersen is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.music-for-sync.com or contact artist via email. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ryan_Andersen/Happy_Life_-_Americana_Volume_One

HO HO HO! WELCOME INTO THE HYPERTIME! We can't pass up a holiday episode on our first year now, can we? So pull up a chair, light a fire, drink some cocoa, and put on this podcast.In this audio-troubled bonus episode, Allan and Josh go through some holiday-themed DC stories. No special notes! Just us riffing on ten stories we enjoy that bring the holiday spirit. Plus, one book that Allan recommends that's NOT DC-Centric.We hope you all stay safe and take care. Happy holidays!Stories discussed:DC Rebirth: Holiday Special #1The Last Minute - Tim Seeley, Ian Churchill, and Alex SollazzoFor the Dog Who Has Everything - Eric Esquivel, Dan Jurgens, Norm Rapmund, and Hi-Fi DesignThe Night We Saved Christmas - Heath Corson, Gustavo Duarte, and Marcelo MaioloDreaming of a White Christmas - Mariko Tamaki, Matias Bergara, and J. NanjanA Flash Christmas Carol - James Tynion IV, Robbi Rodriguez, and Alejandro SanchezAdventures of Superman #520 - Christmas Thieves - Karl Kesel, Stuart Immonen, Jose Marzan, Jr., and Glenn WhitmoreSuperman #64 - Metropolis Mailbag - Dan Jurgens, Jackson Guice, and Glenn WhitmoreDetective Comics #826 - Slayride - Paul Dini, Don Kramer, Wayne Faucher, and John KaliszJLA #60 - Merry Christmas, Justice League - - Now Die! - Mark Waid, Cliff Rathburn, Paul Neary, and David BaronDCU Holiday Bash III - No, Bart, There Is No Santa Claus - Mark Waid, Devin Grayson, Craig Rousseau, Mike Sellers, and Jason Scott JonesKlaus - Grant Morrison, Dan MoraFollow the podcast on Twitter: @HypertimePod or send us an email at hypertime2podcast@gmail.comFollow Josh on Twitter: @jmille99Follow Allan on Twitter: @TheAllanMuirIntro and Outro Music: “RetroFuture Clean” by Kevin MacLeodRetroFuture Clean Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

join us for another character spotlight episode on Edward "E." Nigma also known as The Riddler created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. Batman Confidential 25,-28 by Andrew Kreisberg, Scott McDaniel Batman 279 by David Vern Reed, Ernie Chan The Question 26 by Dennis O'Neil, Bill Wray Detective comics ,822, 837 both by Paul Dini, Don Kramer, Green Arrow 35-39 by Judd Winnick, Phil Hester Detective Futures End by Brian Buccellato, Scott Hepburn, Cliff Richards, Fabrizio Fiorentino Follow us on twitter: @bygotham and email us gothambygeeks@gmail.com This podcast is part of the TaylorNetwork which is a home to many great podcasts all available on TaylorNetwork feed on Spotify, Itunes, stitcher radio and also google play

join us for another character spotlight episode on Edward "E." Nigma also known as The Riddler created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang. Batman Confidential 25,-28 by Andrew Kreisberg, Scott McDaniel Batman 279 by David Vern Reed, Ernie Chan The Question 26 by Dennis O'Neil, Bill Wray Detective comics ,822, 837 both by Paul Dini, Don Kramer, Green Arrow 35-39 by Judd Winnick, Phil Hester Detective Futures End by Brian Buccellato, Scott Hepburn, Cliff Richards, Fabrizio Fiorentino Follow us on twitter: @bygotham and email us gothambygeeks@gmail.com This podcast is part of the TaylorNetwork which is a home to many great podcasts all available on TaylorNetwork feed on Spotify, Itunes, stitcher radio and also google play

Campus Comics Cast 023 Interview with Joe Dodd and Don Kramer

ECC nos recopila la etapa de J. Michael Straczynski y dibujantes como Allan Goldman, Daniel HDR, Don Kramer o Eduardo Pansica con la Mujer Maravilla antes del cambio en New 52. Una etapa con una Wonder Woman mucho más callejera recomendable para un primer acercamiento del personaje.

Paul Dini joins us just in time to talk about the new definitive collection of his Jingle Belle stories from IDW "Jingle Belle The Full Package"Paul has written a lot of the new Justice League Action cartoons and we talk about some of his favorite stories coming up, and of course compare those to some of his past animation work on the Batman animated series and Justice League series. Dini has written the Harley Quinn wrap around story for DC Rebirth's Holiday special, and we look back at other classic comic book xmas stories including one he wrote for Detective comics with Don Kramer featuring Tim Drake (Robin)  being captured by The Joker on Xmas eve . 

Paul Dini joins us just in time to talk about the new definitive collection of his Jingle Belle stories from IDW "Jingle Belle The Full Package"Paul has written a lot of the new Justice League Action cartoons and we talk about some of his favorite stories coming up, and of course compare those to some of his past animation work on the Batman animated series and Justice League series. Dini has written the Harley Quinn wrap around story for DC Rebirth's Holiday special, and we look back at other classic comic book xmas stories including one he wrote for Detective comics with Don Kramer featuring Tim Drake (Robin)  being captured by The Joker on Xmas eve . 

Keith joins us to discuss his and Tom Nyguen's kickstarter campaign for The Switch a 64 page graphic novel. For a supervillain, growing apart from your friends can be murder.We also discuss his colaborations with other artists like Doug Mahnke and Don Kramer. We also talk about his part on the epic run of JSA for DC. 

Keith joins us to discuss his and Tom Nyguen's kickstarter campaign for The Switch a 64 page graphic novel. For a supervillain, growing apart from your friends can be murder.We also discuss his colaborations with other artists like Doug Mahnke and Don Kramer. We also talk about his part on the epic run of JSA for DC. 

Suspense Radio returns for a hard hitting two hour show. Fans of Tru Blood and Sookie will love to hear our first guest Charlaine Harris. Next will be author Robert Lewis, followed by Colin Campbell and finished up with Ace Atkins. www.suspenseradionetwork.com www.suspensemagazine.com Sookie Stackhouse has proven to be so popular that Alan Ball, creator of the HBO television series Six Feet Under, announced he would undertake the production of a new HBO series based upon the  books  He wrote and directed the pilot episode for that series, True Blood, which premiered in September of 2008. In October 2005, the first of Harris’s new mystery series about a young woman named Harper Connelly debuted with the release of Grave Sight. Harper has the ability to determine the cause of death of any body. After four novels, this series is on hiatus. Now Harris is working on a trilogy of graphic novels with Christopher Golden and artist Don Kramer, “Cemetery Girl.” On her own she is writing a new series set in the small town of Midnight, Texas.

In this episode Ellis speaks with Greg Johnson, CEO of Wellgreen Platinum (TSX:WG) about the Wellgreen PGM Project in the Canadian Yukon Territory. Ellis then chats with several of the principles of Nobilis Health based in Houston and Dallas, Texas as well as Phoenix with boutique surgical centers throughout their service areas and a recent share price double since January of 2015.

In this episode Ellis speaks with Greg Johnson, CEO of Wellgreen Platinum (TSX:WG) about the Wellgreen PGM Project in the Canadian Yukon Territory. Ellis then chats with several of the principles of Nobilis Health based in Houston and Dallas, Texas as well as Phoenix with boutique surgical centers throughout their service areas and a recent share price double since January of 2015.

On this week's program Ellis visits with Dr. Don Kramer, Chairman of Nobilis Health, trading on the TSX as NHC up almost double since they began on this program in early January. Next we'll hear from Greg Johnson, President of Wellgreen Platinum trading as WGPLF on the OTCQX and WG on the TSX. Then Ellis chats with Montreal based radio talk show host and sex therapist Dr. Laurie Betito, author of The Sex Bible for People Over 50. One of the things we'll discuss is how finances can affect one's relationship at home. …and we'll finish up with producer Bob Lange on the importance of video production for any business or corporation looking to increase their public profile.

On this week's program Ellis visits with Dr. Don Kramer, Chairman of Nobilis Health, trading on the TSX as NHC up almost double since they began on this program in early January. Next we'll hear from Greg Johnson, President of Wellgreen Platinum trading as WGPLF on the OTCQX and WG on the TSX. Then Ellis chats with Montreal based radio talk show host and sex therapist Dr. Laurie Betito, author of The Sex Bible for People Over 50. One of the things we'll discuss is how finances can affect one's relationship at home. …and we'll finish up with producer Bob Lange on the importance of video production for any business or corporation looking to increase their public profile.

Ellis speaks with the CEO of Gatekeeper Systems Inc. trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GSI.V. Gatekeeper provides on board camera security systems for school districts across the US as well as developing and deploying body camera technology for law enforcement. He'll chat with Dr. Donald Kramer, the Chairman of Nobilis Health Corp trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange as NHC.T0 operating profitable patient health care facilities in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. Additionally, Ellis will interview Greg Johnson, the CEO of Wellgreen Platinum trading as WG on the Toronto Exchange with one of the largest deposits of platinum and palladium in North America, metals necessary in the automotive industrial arena. Paul Mladjenovic talks Putin and David Morgan speaks precious metals. Finally, Ellis encourages listeners to enter mutually beneficial relationships only.

Ellis speaks with the CEO of Gatekeeper Systems Inc. trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GSI.V. Gatekeeper provides on board camera security systems for school districts across the US as well as developing and deploying body camera technology for law enforcement. He'll chat with Dr. Donald Kramer, the Chairman of Nobilis Health Corp trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange as NHC.T0 operating profitable patient health care facilities in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix. Additionally, Ellis will interview Greg Johnson, the CEO of Wellgreen Platinum trading as WG on the Toronto Exchange with one of the largest deposits of platinum and palladium in North America, metals necessary in the automotive industrial arena. Paul Mladjenovic talks Putin and David Morgan speaks precious metals. Finally, Ellis encourages listeners to enter mutually beneficial relationships only.

This week on the show: Top Tens, and number ones, Flash comics, and Major Spoilers takes a look at X-rated comics. NEWS None this week! REVIEWS Stephen Stephen Warlord of Mars #3
 Covers: J. Scott Campbell (50%), Joe Jusko (50%), Lucio Parrillo (1-in-15), Patrick Berkenkotter (1-in-10)
 Writer: Arvid Nelson Penciller/Inker: Lui Antonio We -- and John Carter -- dive into this issue head-first. At long last he arrives on Mars and meets the green Martian warrior Tars Tarkas. Carter butts heads with the brutal greens pretty quickly, but he's got an edge on them -- Mars's weaker gravity means he's got superhuman strength. Who said you can't beat the truth into somebody? [rating:4/5] Matthew Wonder Woman #605 Co-Written by J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester; Art by Don Kramer, Eduardo Pansica, Daniel HDR, Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira As Wonder Woman continues her quest to find out exactly what happened to her current reality and who is ultimately responsible, she encounters the first of the three most deadly gods known to man. Together, they comprise…the Morrigan! [rating:2.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Someone is gonna die in the Fantastic Four, bringing the team down to three.  While comic book deaths are seldom final, it can be fun to speculate and jump on board the hype wagon to see if you are right or not.  With the polybagged edition of Fantastic Four #587 arriving in stores on February 2, 2011, it’s time to start placing your bets on who will die, and who will live. VOTE MAJOR SPOILERS DISCUSSION: X-Rated Comics Penthouse Comix Penthouse Comix was an American mass-market, magazine-sized comic book, published by Penthouse International from its inception in spring 1994 through July 1998, and thereafter by General Media Communications, parent company of Penthouse magazine. Initially edited by writers George Caragonne and Horatio Weisfeld, it ran 32 issues plus one special edition. Xxxenophile XXXenophile is an American comic book series, published by Palliard Press and later Studio Foglio. It is an anthology of short, whimsical, erotic fantasy and science fiction stories, written and penciled by Phil Foglio. Each story is inked by a different artist. Ironwood (January 1991 - September 1995) Ironwood is a pornographic comic book series written and drawn by Bill Willingham in the 1990s, published in the United States by Eros Comix. It ran for 11 issues. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! 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.

This week on the show: Top Tens, and number ones, Flash comics, and Major Spoilers takes a look at X-rated comics. NEWS None this week! REVIEWS Stephen Stephen Warlord of Mars #3
Covers: J. Scott Campbell (50%), Joe Jusko (50%), Lucio Parrillo (1-in-15), Patrick Berkenkotter (1-in-10)
Writer: Arvid Nelson Penciller/Inker: Lui Antonio We -- and John Carter -- dive into this issue head-first. At long last he arrives on Mars and meets the green Martian warrior Tars Tarkas. Carter butts heads with the brutal greens pretty quickly, but he's got an edge on them -- Mars's weaker gravity means he's got superhuman strength. Who said you can't beat the truth into somebody? [rating:4/5] Matthew Wonder Woman #605 Co-Written by J. Michael Straczynski and Phil Hester; Art by Don Kramer, Eduardo Pansica, Daniel HDR, Jay Leisten, Marlo Alquiza, Wayne Faucher and Eber Ferreira As Wonder Woman continues her quest to find out exactly what happened to her current reality and who is ultimately responsible, she encounters the first of the three most deadly gods known to man. Together, they comprise…the Morrigan! [rating:2.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Someone is gonna die in the Fantastic Four, bringing the team down to three.  While comic book deaths are seldom final, it can be fun to speculate and jump on board the hype wagon to see if you are right or not.  With the polybagged edition of Fantastic Four #587 arriving in stores on February 2, 2011, it’s time to start placing your bets on who will die, and who will live. VOTE MAJOR SPOILERS DISCUSSION: X-Rated Comics Penthouse Comix Penthouse Comix was an American mass-market, magazine-sized comic book, published by Penthouse International from its inception in spring 1994 through July 1998, and thereafter by General Media Communications, parent company of Penthouse magazine. Initially edited by writers George Caragonne and Horatio Weisfeld, it ran 32 issues plus one special edition. Xxxenophile XXXenophile is an American comic book series, published by Palliard Press and later Studio Foglio. It is an anthology of short, whimsical, erotic fantasy and science fiction stories, written and penciled by Phil Foglio. Each story is inked by a different artist. Ironwood (January 1991 - September 1995) Ironwood is a pornographic comic book series written and drawn by Bill Willingham in the 1990s, published in the United States by Eros Comix. It ran for 11 issues. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! 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.

Espionage meets the DC Universe in this tense and exciting traded collection of 2009's JSA vs Kobra mini series. Writer Eric Trautmann talks about how the seeds for JSA vs Kobra started in Checkmate, but how the series stands on its own and isn't a straight continuation of DC's anti-terrorism title. The JSA must fight an unrelenting enemy that has faith as their most powerful and destructive weapon. A power struggle within JSA and a ruthless terrorist that is always two steps ahead bring the super team to the edge. Find out how the series originated and how Trautmann and artist Don Kramer collaborated to make this an easily accessible story for both old and new JSA fans. So take a listen and find out why JSA vs Kobra is a book you Don't want to Miss!

On this edition of the Word Balloon podcast, we wrap up our massive coverage of  the c2e2 comics convention . In part 2 we talk with Mike Perkins, who talks about being at the halfway point drawing Stephen King's  The Stand.. Raven Gregory writor/Editor of Zenescope  talks about Grimm's Fairy Tales, and the new Charmed series. Don Kramer discusses taking over the art duties on Wonder Woman, collaborating with J. Michael Straczynski. ArtistChris Samnee talks Area 10 his Vertigo Crime Novel with Christos Gage, his upcoming new Marvel all ages book Thor: The Mighty Avenger written by Roger Langridge, and the origin of Comic Twart, the online artist jam blog, featuring many top illustrators.  A massive Green Lantern creator conversation, with Doug Mahnke, Christian Allmay, Pete Tomasi and Patrick Gleason.Tom Stillwell talks about Honor Brigade and the new Toy Boy one shot. Zander Cannon discusses his work on Top 10 for Wildstorm and his book on the US-Soviet space race T-Minus with Kevin Cannon and Jim Ottaviani.Josh Elder talks about co-founding Reading With Pictures,a not for profit group trying to bring comics to the classroom, to help schools promote and encourage literacy . Andy Kuhn and Phil Hester  tell us about the return of their Image Comics series Firebreather, and its coming debut as an anime film for Cartoon Network directed by Peter Chung.. Matt Kindt talks about the Super Spy The Lost Dossier for Top Shelf  and his June Vertigo OGN Revolver. Web Comic creators Len Kody and Tony Maldanado talk Chicago 1968,. David Peterson talks Mouse Guard : Legends Of the Guard , and Janet Lee & Jim McCann discuss their childrenís book Return of The Dapper Men both from Archaia , Chris Burnam talks about Officer Downe his new collaboration with Joe Casey, and his work on Boomís Armory Wars with Peter David, and Tom Fowler wraps things up to talk about Mysterius The Unfathomable for Wildstorm, and his work for Mad

Don Kramer is back, and joins Chris, Tom and Chris Burnham on this week's panel. It's a review filled episode with discussions on Mighty Avengers, Hellboy: The Wild Hunt, Planetary, Fantastic Four, Sugar Shock, Abe Sapien, B.P.R.D. 1947, Superman: Secret Origin and more. Don and Chris talk about breaking through the isolation of being comics artists, working with their inkers and attending conventions. Chris's comics room is complete, and he may or may not have a popular comics writer trapped in his basement. Featured music by Stevie Ray Vaughn

Around Comics welcomes the amazingly talented Don Kramer to this week's panel. Join Chris, Tom and John Siuntres as they talk with Don about about Chicago music hotspots, Bears training cramps, The JSA, Detective Comics, and the soon to be concluded JSA vs Kobra. Writer Eric Trautmann joins in on the discussion and talks about working with Don on JSA vs Kobra as well as his other series The Shield. featured music by Grant Lee Buffalo

This issue: Planet ComiCon, hot girls in wheelchairs, Batman or clones, or possibly both. Plus: Ye can't mix Life and Anti-Life...And also Comics: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Spoilerprise, it's two year and counting mission, to review strange new comics, to seek out new stories and new takes on old stories. To boldly split infinitives that no man has split before! And Scott Johnson... NEWS Star Wars the Clone Wars and Batman: The Brave and the Bold Return for Another Season LINKAGE EMAILS Listener Greg wants to know if the Major Spoilers Crew made it to the Kansas City Planet ComiCon or not. REVIEWS Rodrigo Cars: The Rookie #1 Written by Alan J. Porter Drawn by Albert Carreres SC, 24 pgs, FC, (1 of 4), SRP: $2.99 Diamond Code: JAN094067 Cars fans, start your engines! Before the big Dinoco 400 race, rookie sensation Lightning McQueen is interviewed by Darrel Cartrip. Full of braggadocio, McQueen reveals his scrappy origins as “Bulldozer” McQueen–a local short track racer who dreams of the big time…and recklessly plows his way through the competition to get there! Matthew Nova #23 COVER BY: DANIEL ACUNA WRITER: DAN ABNETT ANDY LANNING PENCILS: WELLINTON ALVES INKS: SCOTT HANNA COLORED BY: GURU-EFX LETTERED BY: VC - CORY PETIT War of Kings brings a new status quo...and a new penciler Andrea DiVito (Annihilation)! Who is the new Protector of the Universe? Stripped of his Nova powers and facing death, Rich Rider must stop the Worldmind’s plans before it’s too late. But he needs power to do it, which may come from a source that will change his very identity! It’s another unpredictable episode of the comic Ain’t It Cool News calls “awesomely jaw-droppingly cool stuff.” Rated T+ …$2.99 Stephen Oracle: The Cure #1 Written by Kevin VanHook; Art by Don Kramer and Jay Leisten; Cover by Guillem March Part 1 of 3-part story that will change the life of Oracle forever! Barbara Gordon, after disbanding the Birds of Prey, returns to Gotham City as a recluse only to lose herself to her Oracle identity entirely. But when the evil Calculator seeks the remnants of the Anti-Life Equation to save the life of his daughter, Oracle will be caught in the crossfire, and Barbara Gordon will pay the ultimate price! MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Short and simple, Star Wars or Star Trek? A) Star Trek B) Star Wars VOTE MAJOR SPOILERS DISCUSSION Star Trek Scott Johnson from ExtraLife (www.myextralife.com) joins the Major Spoilers Crew this week to discuss all things Star Trek. In light of the upcoming movie franchise reboot, and Nerdtacular III, the panel waxes poetically about the best and the worst Star Trek has to offer, while Stephen loses all Trek-cred he has by saying he liked Enterprise over all the other series. It only gets better from there, in this lively discussion. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! 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.

This issue: Planet ComiCon, hot girls in wheelchairs, Batman or clones, or possibly both. Plus: Ye can't mix Life and Anti-Life...And also Comics: The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Spoilerprise, it's two year and counting mission, to review strange new comics, to seek out new stories and new takes on old stories. To boldly split infinitives that no man has split before! And Scott Johnson... NEWS Star Wars the Clone Wars and Batman: The Brave and the Bold Return for Another Season LINKAGE EMAILS Listener Greg wants to know if the Major Spoilers Crew made it to the Kansas City Planet ComiCon or not. REVIEWS Rodrigo Cars: The Rookie #1 Written by Alan J. Porter Drawn by Albert Carreres SC, 24 pgs, FC, (1 of 4), SRP: $2.99 Diamond Code: JAN094067 Cars fans, start your engines! Before the big Dinoco 400 race, rookie sensation Lightning McQueen is interviewed by Darrel Cartrip. Full of braggadocio, McQueen reveals his scrappy origins as “Bulldozer” McQueen–a local short track racer who dreams of the big time…and recklessly plows his way through the competition to get there! Matthew Nova #23 COVER BY: DANIEL ACUNA WRITER: DAN ABNETT ANDY LANNING PENCILS: WELLINTON ALVES INKS: SCOTT HANNA COLORED BY: GURU-EFX LETTERED BY: VC - CORY PETIT War of Kings brings a new status quo...and a new penciler Andrea DiVito (Annihilation)! Who is the new Protector of the Universe? Stripped of his Nova powers and facing death, Rich Rider must stop the Worldmind’s plans before it’s too late. But he needs power to do it, which may come from a source that will change his very identity! It’s another unpredictable episode of the comic Ain’t It Cool News calls “awesomely jaw-droppingly cool stuff.” Rated T+ …$2.99 Stephen Oracle: The Cure #1 Written by Kevin VanHook; Art by Don Kramer and Jay Leisten; Cover by Guillem March Part 1 of 3-part story that will change the life of Oracle forever! Barbara Gordon, after disbanding the Birds of Prey, returns to Gotham City as a recluse only to lose herself to her Oracle identity entirely. But when the evil Calculator seeks the remnants of the Anti-Life Equation to save the life of his daughter, Oracle will be caught in the crossfire, and Barbara Gordon will pay the ultimate price! MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Short and simple, Star Wars or Star Trek? A) Star Trek B) Star Wars VOTE MAJOR SPOILERS DISCUSSION Star Trek Scott Johnson from ExtraLife (www.myextralife.com) joins the Major Spoilers Crew this week to discuss all things Star Trek. In light of the upcoming movie franchise reboot, and Nerdtacular III, the panel waxes poetically about the best and the worst Star Trek has to offer, while Stephen loses all Trek-cred he has by saying he liked Enterprise over all the other series. It only gets better from there, in this lively discussion. Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! 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.

Wax on! Wax off! Who watches the Watchmen? All of us! Hush! Hush! Thought I heard it callin’ my name, yeah… The Commander In Chief is the Commander Out of Stock! Fan Feedback! Teen Titans! Nightwing Nocturnal! Witches Without Wardrobe! And this time, it’s personal! NEWS Amazing Spider-Man Barack Obama Cover Sells Out Karate Kid Remake? LINKAGE Watchmen Details Emerge LINKAGE REVIEWS Rodrigo Witchblade #123 (W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini wields half of the powerful ancient artifact known as the Witchblade. But now she faces a foe that predates even the mystical gauntlet, confronting a deadly horror that has descended upon Brooklyn’s Ultra Orthodox Jewish community. Could the biblical Angel of Death truly have been unleashed? Meanwhile, the bearer of the other half of the Witchblade, Dani Baptiste, goes to the aid of one of her dance students, but is she being reckless with her power? Matthew Teen Titans #66 Written by Sean McKeever; Art and Cover by Eddy Barrows and Ruy Jose Teen guest stars galore! With only four members left, it's time for the Teen Titans to hold a recruitment drive! Who will make the cut, and who will be sent packing? Who will refuse to even show up, and who will bring a boatload of trouble with them? Stephen Nightwing #152 Written by Peter J. Tomasi; Art by Don Kramer and Jay Liesten; Cover by Brian Stelfreeze A "Faces of Evil"issue! In this epilogue to "Batman R.I.P."and "The Great Leap,"both Nightwing and Dick Grayson are forced to deal with startling and tragic recent events, and things will never ever be the same – especially with Ra's al Ghul involved! EMAIL! The Major Spoilers Crew read and respond to listener e-mail. MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK With the news H’wood is going to remake the original Karate Kid movie, with Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi, it causes the crew at Major Spoilers to wax poetic about the multi-movie franchise. What flavor of The Karate Kid do you prefer? FIGHT! A) Morita Miyagi B) Chan Miyagi C) Don't care, as long as Hillary Swank is in it VOTE MAJOR SPOILERS Trade Paperback Review Hush (DC Comics) The complete 12-part saga written by Jeph Loeb (SUPERMAN/BATMAN, Smallville) with art by fan-favorites Jim Lee & Scott Williams (SUPERMAN, Uncanny X-Men) collected together for the first time in the oversized Absolute format! This slipcased edition includes BATMAN #608-619 as well as the the 2-page origin of Batman (originally seen only on dccomics.com) and the special story from Wizard: The Comics Magazine. The year-long “Hush” — an epic tale of friendship, trust, and betrayal that spans a lifetime — reinvigorated the Dark Knight, pitting him against the deadliest members of his Rogue’s Gallery and introducing his newest foe! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! 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.

Wax on! Wax off! Who watches the Watchmen? All of us! Hush! Hush! Thought I heard it callin’ my name, yeah… The Commander In Chief is the Commander Out of Stock! Fan Feedback! Teen Titans! Nightwing Nocturnal! Witches Without Wardrobe! And this time, it’s personal! NEWS Amazing Spider-Man Barack Obama Cover Sells Out Karate Kid Remake? LINKAGE Watchmen Details Emerge LINKAGE REVIEWS Rodrigo Witchblade #123 (W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Stjepan Sejic NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini wields half of the powerful ancient artifact known as the Witchblade. But now she faces a foe that predates even the mystical gauntlet, confronting a deadly horror that has descended upon Brooklyn’s Ultra Orthodox Jewish community. Could the biblical Angel of Death truly have been unleashed? Meanwhile, the bearer of the other half of the Witchblade, Dani Baptiste, goes to the aid of one of her dance students, but is she being reckless with her power? Matthew Teen Titans #66 Written by Sean McKeever; Art and Cover by Eddy Barrows and Ruy Jose Teen guest stars galore! With only four members left, it's time for the Teen Titans to hold a recruitment drive! Who will make the cut, and who will be sent packing? Who will refuse to even show up, and who will bring a boatload of trouble with them? Stephen Nightwing #152 Written by Peter J. Tomasi; Art by Don Kramer and Jay Liesten; Cover by Brian Stelfreeze A "Faces of Evil"issue! In this epilogue to "Batman R.I.P."and "The Great Leap,"both Nightwing and Dick Grayson are forced to deal with startling and tragic recent events, and things will never ever be the same – especially with Ra's al Ghul involved! EMAIL! The Major Spoilers Crew read and respond to listener e-mail. MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK With the news H’wood is going to remake the original Karate Kid movie, with Jackie Chan as Mr. Miyagi, it causes the crew at Major Spoilers to wax poetic about the multi-movie franchise. What flavor of The Karate Kid do you prefer? FIGHT! A) Morita Miyagi B) Chan Miyagi C) Don't care, as long as Hillary Swank is in it VOTE MAJOR SPOILERS Trade Paperback Review Hush (DC Comics) The complete 12-part saga written by Jeph Loeb (SUPERMAN/BATMAN, Smallville) with art by fan-favorites Jim Lee & Scott Williams (SUPERMAN, Uncanny X-Men) collected together for the first time in the oversized Absolute format! This slipcased edition includes BATMAN #608-619 as well as the the 2-page origin of Batman (originally seen only on dccomics.com) and the special story from Wizard: The Comics Magazine. The year-long “Hush” — an epic tale of friendship, trust, and betrayal that spans a lifetime — reinvigorated the Dark Knight, pitting him against the deadliest members of his Rogue’s Gallery and introducing his newest foe! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody's Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show! 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.

On this edition of the Word Balloon podcast, host John Siuntres sitsdown with DC artist Don Kramer. They go through Don's career path fromhis early days at Caliber Comics through his work on Dr Fate, JSA andBatman, collaborating with writers like Geoff Johns, James Robinson andPaul Dini.They also go in depth, discussing his current work onNightwing with writer Peter Tomasi . Today they start a new arc inissue #147, featuring a confrontation between Dick Grayson and Harvey(Two-Face)  Dent. Two face is the one  Batman Rouge that has alwaysshown contempt for Dick, going back to his early days as Robin.  "Dickhates Harvey, he doesn't feel the guilt that Batman does about him, andwe'll see that right away in part 1." says Kramer. We alsorevisit classic stories that Kramer has drawn, like the Black Reign arcin JSA that explored the hero/villain dichotomy of Black Adam. "He'sthe anti-hero, a Superman, with Punisher's mentality. A lot of fans canunderstand his motivations and sympathize with his point of view,that's what makes the best kind of villain." And Detective#826,Slay Ride, featuring the solo story of The Joker holding Robin(Tim Drake) bound, gagged and at gunpoint, as they drive through Gothamin a Black SUV. Two characters, one setting. "When I got the script Iread it,  and became giddy. I just made sure I didn't screw it up.Seriously, I'm very proud of my work on that particular story."

The 2nd half of my floor interviews from last weekend Wizard Chgo show.Marvel Editor Bill Roseman and artist Mike Perkins, who give the lowdown on the next Stephen King Marvel adaptation starting in September, The Stand. Geof Darrow is back to tell us about his contributions to the Wachowski's take on Speed Racer and his directorial debut on the animated version of his own creation for Burlyman comics, Shaolin Cowboy.Ande Parks talks about his recent Daredevil Annual for Marvel and his upcoming writing projects for both Image and Oni PressRyan Bodenheim, Jonathan Hickman's artistic collaborator on their new Image series Red Mass From Mars checks in with a look at that project.Artist Andy Owens talks about his work on the Buffy Season 8 project, and Trinity from DCWriter Jai Nitz discusses his new take on The DC Comics western hero El Diablo.Don Kramer updates us on Nightwing, including the long awaited showdown between Dick Grayson and Two-Face.And Phil Hester talks about writing for Top Cow on The Darkness and the Daredevil/Magdalena crossover. Plus two extra Con-versations from this spring...Artist Rags Morales talks about his work on Nightwing, and writer Larry Hama talks GI JOE, and his new Devil's Due spy series, Spooks.