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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 1910/1969/2009 and Black Dossier by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill from Top Shelf, Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory from Image, Warren Ellis and Gary Erskine's Jack Cross out of DC, IDW's KISS #1 by Chris Ryall and Jamal Igle, Godzilla, Baltimore: The Curse Bells by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck from Dark Horse, Batman Incorporated #2 and Chris Burnham, a trio from MonkeyBrain: Bandette #1 from Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, Edison Rex from Chris Roberson and Dennis Culver, and Amelia Cole and the Unknown World by Adam P. Knave, D. J. Kirkbride, and Nik Brokenshire, James Kochalka's massive American Elf digital collections from Top Shelf, Frankenstein Alive, Alive! by Steve Niles and Bernie Wrightson from IDW, Steve Gerber and Kevin Nowlan's Infernal Man-Thing #1, Tim Seeley and Mike Norton's Revival #1 from Image, and a whole mess more!
Reviews: Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1, Fatima The Blood Spinners #1, Hit-Girl #1, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 2009, Massive #1, The Amazing Spider-Man film Jimmy is joined in studio by good pal Matt Brick! They go over the recent Entertainment Weekly San Diego Comic Con edition and Jimmy chats about some of the highlights he's going to cover while out there next week. And in the last of the awesome Heroes Con interviews, Jimmy chats with favorite Francesco Francavilla about Batman, The Black Beetle and how drawing is his life. News includes: Marvel relaunches Marvel Now!, Tony Daniel leaves Detective Comics, MonkeyBrain Comics launches, a zombie restaurant shambles into Tokyo and Adam Cadwell founds The British Comic Awards. As always, listener feedback, the Top 3 and more! Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Tune in this Friday to listen to the last of the Heroes Con panels that Jimmy moderated. Vertigo Visions with Adam Hughes, Scott Snyder and Bill Willingham!
We dig in deep this week with long looks at Brandon Graham's King City from Image and TokyoPop (including Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, James Stokoe and Orc Stain, Thomas Herpich, and much more), Adventure Time, Jason Aaron's Wolverine and the X-Men (Chris Bachalo, Nick Bradshaw), Avengers Vs. X-Men #0 (Frank Cho, Bendis, John Romita Jr.), Cartoonapalooza with Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes, Green Lantern, Young Justice, Ultimate Spider-Man, and more, more on Dames in the Atomic Age, Art Adams' Monkeyman and O'Brien, Uncanny X-Force, Eerie Presents: Hunter - The Classic Warren Publishing Hero's Complete Adventures and Paul Ryan, Waid's Daredevil, Chris Samnee and Rocketeer, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009 from Top Shelf, Action Lab's Princeless, Brian Wood's DMZ, and a whole mess more!
Far more laid back than usual, we countdown the days to the 11 O'Closcars with talk on Red State, Jason Aaron and Wolverine's Revenge, Star Trek and the Legion of Superheroes from IDW (incorporating Spaced, Sherlock, and Doctor Who), Jim Woodring's Weathercraft and Congress of the Animals from Fantagraphics, Steve Rude and NEXUS (including Rob Liefeld, Matt Wagner, John Byrne and Cold War, and much more), Frank Miller and Sin City, Walking Dead, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969, Scott Snyder and Severed, Skyrim and Skylanders, and a whole mess more!
In Episode 3 of the Graphic Novel Book Club podcast, James and Seb discuss the latest instalment of the current League of Extraordinary Gentlemen epic, Century 1969. Written by Alan Moore and drawn by Kevin O'Neill. Further details at http://www.alternatecover.com. Helix Nebula by Anamanguchi taken from the album Power Supply and used under the Creative Commons license.
Chasing the white rabbit leads us to encounters with Jack Davis, Wally Wood, the NuDCU 52, Cracked Mazagine, Thunderbolts (Gage, Blanco, Diggle, Parker, Walker, Shalvey, and more), Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century 1969, Jesse Moynihan's FORMING from Nobrow Press and AdHouse Books, Chester 5000, Roger Langridge's Snarked! from Kaboom!, Chris Samnee and Captain America and Bucky, X-Men: Schism, Hack/Slash and Fletcher Hanks, Tim Seeley and Witchblade, Shaky Kane, Avengelyne from Rob Liefeld, Mark Poulton, and Owen Gieni from Image, Fanzine Flashback: Four Color Magazine, Gingerbread Girl from Top Shelf, Robert Kirkman and Cliff Rathburn's Reaper, John Constantine, Jeff Lemire's Jonah Hex, Moriarity: The Dark Chamber from Image, and a whole mess more!
In the third installment of our first episode, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk about Alan Moore, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century and the perils of grim and gritty comics
In this issue: The Major Spoilers Crew gets down to business and discuss The Pet Avengers, Archie's nuptials, Teri Hatcher, Lois Lane, Kevin Smith, the Green Hornet, answer listener e-mail, review some comics, and wrap up their discussion on Top Cow's Rising Stars. NEWS Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers LINKAGE Archie's Getting Married? LINKAGE Kevin Smith is on the Green Hornet LINKAGE EMAIL Constantine writes in asking about heroes from the past REVIEWS Rodrigo We Kill Monsters #1 (Diamond order code of MAY091014) Written: Laura Harkcom, Christopher Leone Art: Brian Churilla Colors: Ronda Pattison Letters: Jeff Powell Publication Date: 2009-07-08 Two unassuming auto repair shop owners discover that monsters are infesting the world. When they are attacked, the glowing blue juice from the monster's brain heals his arm and saves Jake's life. But this gift only begins a life-long link to the monster invasion. Matthew Top Shelf: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 Alan Moore The third volume detailing the exploits of Miss Wilhelmina Murray and her extraordinary colleagues, Century is a 216-page epic spanning almost 100 years. Chapter one is set against the backdrop of London in 1910, 12 years after the failed Martian invasion and nine years since England put a man on the moon. With Halley's Comet passing overhead, the nation prepares for the coronation of King George V, while far away on his South Atlantic island, the science-pirate Captain Nemo is dying. Stephen The Voyages of She Buccaneer #5 (May 13, 2009) Will and Heidi Hughes The SheBuccaneer finally meets Black Ben and his fleet of Chinese pirates upon angry waves. With the help of an ancient wizard, teh Vengeance is set ablaze, and the SheBuccaneer is brought before the wicked Governor of Shanghai. MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK Last week's Major Spoilers Poll of the Week, stirred up a lot of discussion over the actresses who have portrayed Lois Lane. This brings us to this week's Poll of the Week - Who is the best Lois Lane? A) Joan Alexander B) Noel Neill C) Philis Coates D) Patricia Marand E) Lesley Ann Warren F) Margot Kidder G) Terry Hatcher H) Dana Delaney I) Erica Durance J) Kate Bosworth VOTE MAJOR SPOILERS DISCUSSION Rising Stars is a 24-issue comic book limited series by J. Michael Straczynski about 113 people (called "Specials") born with special abilities following the appearance of a mysterious light in the sky above Pederson, Illinois. The series explores how society may react to the advent of superpowers, and how those who are Specials may react towards society and each other. Rising Stars was one of the first comics produced under Straczynski's own Joe's Comics imprint for Top Cow Productions. 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.
Guest Co-host: Mark "Wookie Wombat" Bovenzi! Movie Review: "Star Trek"! Movie News: Deadpool movie announced! Logan the Wolverine gets a sequel! Comics: Mark takes us through his favorite Deadpool teams! League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century - 1910! Video Games: What is worth playing on the PSP? PLUS! Mark's cross country adventure, the cousin of the Tauntaun and solving a crime!