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In this issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast: We share our thoughts on Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge — Echoes of the Empire #1 and Speed Racer Adventures Vol. 1 before diving deep into The Savage Sword of Conan Vol. 1. Along the way, we talk about theme park continuity, all-ages comics, pulp heroes in the modern market, and why Conan remains such a flexible, enduring character while others from the same era don't always make the leap.   RSS Feed 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) Thanks for listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. REVIEWS STAR WARS: GALAXY'S EDGE—ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #1 Writer: Ethan Sacks Artist: Roi Mercado, Jethro Morales Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: April 22, 2026 NEW SECRETS OF GALAXY'S EDGE REVEALED! LUKE SKYWALKER, PRINCESS LEIA and CHEWBACCA head to BATUU in search of important intel and stumble upon a dangerous relic - one that puts them on a collision course with the EMPIRE! Galaxy's Edge writer Ethan Sacks and artists Jethro Morales & Roi Mercado tell an all-new story inspired by Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4sOoX1U SPEED RACER ADVENTURES VOL 1 Writer: Franco Aureliani Artist: Derek Charm Publisher: Papercutz Cover Price: $12.99 Release Date: April 28, 2026 The best race car driver in the world has been invited to drive the most advanced artificial intelligent car in the world. Speed Racer is not that driver, and the Mach Five is not that car, but that's not going to stop him from entering that race and winning! When the world's richest man uses unlimited funds to build the most technologically advanced car in the world and hires Racer X to run a race he created, the deck is stacked against Speed Racer! Its not going to be an easy race, but with his secret weapons, his friends and family, Speed has a pretty good chance of getting in the race and winning, but he's going to hedge his bet by using a whole lot of candy! Come for the laughs, the hijinx and the amazing speeds the cars reach. Go Speed racer, GO! You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4t7z0PT TRADE DISCUSSION THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN Vol. 1 Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: Titan Comics SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1: CONAN THE GENERAL: Promised riches beyond imagining, Conan finds himself bound for war at the head of an exiled Hyrkanian Prince's army. But when ancient monsters are unleased and the Prince's recklessness imperils all, Conan will be forced to choose: abandon wealth for safety or face danger head-on to prevent innocent blood from drenching the desert sands. SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #2: Featuring a new CONAN epic from writer Jim Zub and artist Richard Pace, spectacular covers from Dave Dorman and Nick Marinkovich, jaw-dropping art pin-ups, and more. SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #3: Featuring a chilling CONAN tale from writer Frank Tieri and artist Cary Nord, the exciting conclusion of writer/artist Patch Zircher's SOLOMON KANE epic, a silent Conan story for writer/artist Alan Quah, a tantalizing sneak peak of John C. Hocking's novel CONAN: CITY OF THE DEAD, jaw-dropping covers from Alex Horley and Cary Nord, incredible art pin-ups, and more. You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4cw5RHz At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!  

A spooky medieval opener in Corpse Knight, more intrigue in Radiant Black, and then a deep dive into Tomb Raider and the Frozen Omen—why it feels constrained, how Lara Croft works as a character, and where game-comic adaptations can go wrong.   DIRECT DOWNLOAD RSS Feed 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) Thanks for listening to the Major Spoilers Podcast! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. REVIEWS RADIANT BLACK #41 Writer: Joe Clark and Kyle Higgins Artist: Marcelo Costa Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 15, 2026 Horizon is Chicago's hero, but the secrets waiting in a lab outside the city tell a different story. To get them, Radiant Black will need the help of an infiltration expert—if he and SHIFT don't kill each other first. Rating: 4/5 You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4tFBvJB CORPSE KNIGHT #1 Writer: Michael Chaves Artist: Rico Renzi, Matthew Roberts Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 22, 2026 MINISERIES PREMIERE As war ravages France, a young girl named Foy lives in relative peace with her father... until tragedy strikes. As Foy struggles to fend for herself, she's granted a miracle—her father returns from the dead to protect her. Now, they embark on a sacred quest, confronting murderers, wild animals, wandering armies, and black magic plaguing the countryside. As Foy comes face to face with the dark side of miracles and the secrets of the Corpse Knight, she must question if the man by her side has always been a monster... Acclaimed storytellers MICHAEL CHAVES (The Conjuring franchise) and MATTHEW ROBERTS (Universal Monsters: Creature from The Black Lagoon Lives!) present a haunting new horror series where family is family, whether they're alive or undead… You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3QabpQC TRADE DISCUSSION TOMB RAIDER AND THE FROZEN OMEN Writer: Corina Bechko Artist: Randy Green, Carmen Carnero Publisher: Dark Horse Comics It's up to Lara Croft and Carter Bell to stop a group of cultists from causing world-wide cataclysmic devastation! Ancient ivory artifacts hold the key to both salvation and destruction, and these rivals-turned-friends must recover them before the cultists in a race against time! Lara's newest quest is filled with incredible action, dual pistols, and high-spirited adventure in the same universe as the Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croftand the Temple of Osiris games! You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4vrzYbJ At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!

Flash Gordon returns, Darth Maul lurks in the background, Bill Schweigart talks Dirty 20, and we head into Euro-comics territory with Blake and Mortimer: The Secret of the Swordfish—great airplanes, dated politics, and a lot of weekly-serial energy. RSS Feed 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)   REVIEWS STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL #2 Writer: Benjamin Percy Artist: Derrick Chew Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: April 8, 2026 THE UNDERWORLD EXPLODES WITH SCUM AND VILLAINY AS MAUL LOOMS IN THE SHADOWS! Ruthless mercenaries are looking to unload IMPERIAL treasure! Crime lord DEEMIS will stop at nothing to get it! Will CAPTAIN LAWSON be able to thwart the exchange of the smuggled fortune? Rating: 4/5 You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4bXmIUI FLASH GORDON #0 Writer: Dan Abnett Artist: Manuel Garcia Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: April 8, 2026 A NEW ERA OF FLASH! Bestselling writer Dan Abnett and veteran artist Manuel Garcia blast off into new worlds! Flash Gordon has always been a maverick, on the football field and in the stars. But when he's offered a job training the next generation of explorers, he'll end up fighting for top gun! A "quick trip" around Neptune's moons with Flash's cadets turns into a deadly alien hunt – and one of the new recruits thinks they can save the day without the dusty instructor. Introducing a new supporting cast – enemies and allies alike – and setting the stage for a swashbuckling new story, Flash Gordon #0 is a can't-miss! Rating: 3/5 You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3O4oJp4 DIRTY 20 Writer: Bill Schweigart Release Date: May 12, 2026 Tommy Fugue never cared for the family business. But when his father—aka Big Al, aka King of the Denver Streets—assigns him the "summer job" of laundering money online, Tommy figures he can list some fake projects on FunFunder, pledge them with zombie accounts, and clean a dirty $20,000 in time for college in the fall. Unfortunately for Tommy, he's more creative than he thought. Just as he's about to give his father's capos a progress report, he sees that a roleplaying game he mocked up using his mom's old artwork has been funded to the tune of $650,000… and counting. The only thing scarier than an angry Big Al is a Big Al that smells cash and family bonding time. Voluntold by their mercurial boss to assist, various criminals and killers help playtest and produce Tommy's 1,000 Blades of Tergivers RPG in the hopes they can truly turn a dirty twenty into legit millions. At first Tommy sees game sessions with brothel owners, hit women, and a street captain with OCD as yet another example of why he needs to get out from under his father. But when Tommy realizes that being game master might help him uncover what these criminals know about his mother's disappearance, it's Game On. Playing a game while making a game is tricky—especially when elements of the fantasy world keep blending into the players' real lives. And when the streets declare the Family Fugue slipping, Big Al starts playing a new game, with rules only he knows. Support one of your own! Bill has been a Spoilerite since 2010, and Major Spoilers references are often found in his books (including this one)! You can purchase Dirty 20 via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/41laCi4 TRADE DISCUSSION THE ADVENTURES OF BLAKE AND MORTIMER By Edgar P. Jacobs At long last, a hardback collected edition of Blake & Mortimer is published in English! This first collection brings together the three episodes of our heroes' very first adventure, The Secret of the Swordfish, introducing their nemesis Olrik, their habit of saving the world … and Jacobs's love of airplanes! You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4sVlf7k At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!  

Superman and Spider-Man finally team up again, Daredevil gets a fresh start as a law professor, and then we dive into Adventureman—a pulpy, magical, gorgeously drawn action comic that somehow slipped past too many readers the first time around. RSS Feed 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)   REVIEWS DAREDEVIL #1 Artist: Lee Garbett Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: April 01, 2026 YOU CAN BURY THE BODIES, BUT NEVER THE GHOSTS! Hell's Kitchen is full of secrets - but no secret stays buried for long! As a fearsome new super villain named OMEN has targeted MATT MURDOCK, it will be his alter-ego DAREDEVIL who takes the hits! BUT BEWARE! This mysterious new player isn't all that they appear - a secret Daredevil will have to learn quickly as he scrambles to settle into a life and status-quo we've NEVER SEEN HIM IN BEFORE! Look alive, Marvelites, an all-new and unprecedented era of DAREDEVIL starts right here! Rating: 3/5 You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/47uPcCN DC/MARVEL: SUPERMAN/SPIDER-MAN Writer: VARIOUS Artist: EVEN MORE VARIOUS Publisher: DC Comics/Marvel Comics Cover Price: $7.99 Release Date: March 26, 2026 THWIP, THWIP AND AWAY! Fifty years ago, DC's Man of Steel met Marvel's friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, and the world of comics has never been the same! In celebration of that historic milestone, thrill to ALL-NEW tales of SPIDER-MAN and SUPERMAN and their friends and foes! Brad Meltzer and Pepe Larraz pit Spider-Man and Superman against LEX LUTHOR and NORMAN OSBORN as their greatest villains exploit some of their greatest weaknesses! In the shadow-laden 1930s, SPIDER-MAN NOIR encounters the original Golden Age SUPERMAN as told by Slott/Martin! A crisis ensues as Johns/Frank bring the Super- and Spider-families against each together at the summons of MYSTERIO...but is their true foe an ally out of control?! SYMBIOTE hordes invade METROPOLIS as a new War of the Realms ignites in Aaron/Dauterman's epic. Co-creator of STEEL Louise Simonson hammers out the tale of John Henry Irons' clash with the HOBGOBLIN, as drawn by Todd Nauck! Kelly/Ramos take us on a campus crossover between GWEN STACY and LANA LANG! MILES MORALES (SPIDER-MAN) teams with Superman, as Bendis and Pichelli re-team! All this, and more than a few super-surprises you'll be talking about for the next Fifty years! Featuring Brad Meltzer, Geoff Johns, Dan Slott, Louise Simonson, Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Joe Kelly, Jeph Loeb, Stephanie Philips, Pepe Larraz, Gary Frank, Marcos Martin, Todd Nauck, Sara Pichelli, Russell Dauterman, Humberto Ramos, Jim Cheung, and Phil Noto! Rating: 4/5 You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4sNjw47 TRADE DISCUSSION ADVENTURE MAN Volume 1: The End and Everything After Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson Publisher: Image Comics WHERE HIS STORY ENDED... HER STORY BEGINS! Everyone knows the story of how ADVENTUREMAN, the greatest pulp hero of ended in a heartbreaking CLIFFHANGER with our hero facing execution an the eve of the MACABRAPOCALYPSE... now learn the startling truth about how, eighty years after his seeming demise, single mother Claire and her Adventurefan son Tommy seem to spark his RESURRECTION! Can these inheritors of the Adventureman legacy rise up to face down the evil that bested the original? You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4uXnDvH At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!

In this issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast, we review Rafael Garcia: Henchman #1 and Estuary #1, then turn our attention to Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1 to ask a bigger question about DC's Absolute line—why does Wonder Woman's reimagining feel so much more natural than Batman's? Along the way, we talk about how readers choose comics today, what makes a first issue click, and why myth, magic, and giant anime swords might be exactly what Diana needed.   RSS Feed 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)   REVIEWS RAFAEL GARCIA: HENCHMAN #1 Writer: David Schrader, Peter Murrietta Artist: Ben Herrera Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: March 25, 2026 What if life in a super-villain organization was less like a James Bond movie and more like working at Walmart Corporate? Rafael Garcia: Henchman brings the old familiar tropes of a dark workplace comedy by way of a brand-new cinematic superhero universe. From Emmy Award-winning writer Peter Murrieta (Mr. Iglesias) and writer/filmmaker David Schrader (Baby Badass), comes an action comedy that mixes the daily grind of The Office with the slacker absurdity of Stripes - if the General in charge was more like Lex Luthor. 3/5 Stars You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4skP0ya ESTUARY #1 Writer: Tim Daniel, D.B. Andry Artist: Maan House Publisher: Oni Press Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: April 8, 2026 OUT OF THE BLOODSTAINED PAST OF OLD CALIFORNIA . . . A DIFFERENT KIND OF DEVIL IS RISING WITH THE TIDE! From rising stars Tim Daniel & David "D.B." Andry (Crush Depth, Morning Star) and modern horror virtuoso Maan House (Mine is a Long Lonesome Grave) comes a chilling tale of secrets buried deep beneath the surf of the idyllic California coast . . . Atop a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean sits the Mission at Arbués Point, a 400-year-old Spanish mission made infamous as one of California's oldest and most haunted historical sites. But beneath its crumbling, tourist-trap facade, a reclusive nun has spent decades within the Mission's walls, honing her prayers and practice in pursuit of a secret long-buried beneath the majesty of the chapel, and under the dark waves of the tidal estuary below. When marine archaeologist Maris Cristobal accepts the nun's offer to begin excavating a fabled shipwreck lying in wait beneath the Mission's turbulent waters, she'll soon discover that the sins of past and present are about to wash together into a harrowing surge of vengeance that can no longer be contained .  3/5 Stars You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3Ns4CRr TRADE DISCUSSION ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN VOL 1: THE LAST AMAZON Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Haydem Sherman Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $20.99 In a different, darker world, Diana of Themyscira was not raised in paradise, but instead was exiled to the underworld as a baby and raised by an enemy. Darkness and exile did not destroy her; instead, they made her all the stronger—honed into an even greater weapon by tragedy, danger, and magic. Long denied her Amazonian heritage, Diana has finally reached the time for her to rejoin the surface world. Armed with new weapons forged in Hell, and a mission that looks a bit more like justice than peace, Diana will not be stopped on her quest to save the world and discover her place in it, even if that means carving it herself! You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4lKOOpl At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!

One Piece Season 2 works better than expected, Marvel still doesn't know what to do with the Sentry, G.I. Joe keeps making the Energon Universe bigger, and Miles Morales proves—again—that Spider-Verse already had the blueprint in the comics. RSS Feed 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)   REVIEWS G.I. JOE #20 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Andrea Milana Publisher: Skybound Entertainment Release Date: March 18, 2026 Cover Price: $3.99 OPTIMUS PRIME AND DUKE MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME! What does this mean for future of the Energon Universe? 3.5/5 Stars THE SENTRY #1 Writer: Paul Jenkins Artist: Christian Rosado Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: March 18, 2026 HE'S BEEN AN AVENGER, A DARK AVENGER AND A THUNDERBOLT! THE SENTRY IS BACK - BUT SO IS THE VOID! From creator Paul Jenkins comes a bold, high-stakes epic about MARVEL'S most dangerous hero - the SENTRY, a man with the power of a million exploding suns- and the dark entity born from his own psyche: the VOID. When the Void resurfaces, threatening to unravel reality itself, the Sentry must battle not only cosmic forces and criminal empires, but the monster within. Guest-starring REED RICHARDS, SPIDER-MAN and the KINGPIN in a tale of impossible choices and devastating consequences. Can the Sentry save everything when the cost might be everything he loves? 3/5 Stars ONE PIECE (LIVE ACTION) SEASON 2 Streaming on Netflix Release Date: March 11, 2026 Luffy and the Straw Hats set sail for the extraordinary Grand Line — a legendary stretch of sea where danger and wonder await at every turn. As they journey through this unpredictable realm in search of the world's greatest treasure, they'll encounter bizarre islands and a host of formidable new enemies. 4/5 Stars TRADE DISCUSSION ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN Volume 3 #6-12 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Chris Samnee, Sara Pichelli, David Marquez Publisher: Marvel Comics The next chapter in the saga of Miles Morales starts here as New York feels the sting of the new Ultimate Scorpion! Meanwhile, still discovering the limits of his skills and powers, Miles must learn how to be a hero from Peter Parker?! Plus: News of the new Spider-Man has finally spread to some familiar characters. Is Miles' secret out? And what does Miles' uncle - Aaron, a.k.a. the Prowler - have planned for his nephew's new powers? At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!

Radiant Black punches the bad guys! Ash Williams saves Archie! And we try to discover the meaning of love as we take a look at Cyberpunk 2077: XOXO from Dark Horse Comics. RSS Feed 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)   REVIEWS ARCHIE X ARMY OF DARKNESS #2 Writer: Erick Burnham Artist: Bill Galvan Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: March 11, 2026 IT'S A DEADITE PARTY! Reggie's lake house soirée was supposed to be the social event of the season, but now it may prove to be the town of Riverdale's swan song! Following Archie Andrews's unwitting awakening of the Army of Darkness, chaos — in the form of an undead horde — has descended upon the shore. With slavering evil literally at their doorstep, the gang has only one hope of making it out alive — the Savior of S-Mart, one Ashley J. Williams. Unluckily for them, the Chosen One's car currently has four flat tires! RADIANT BLACK #40 Writer: Kyle Higgins & Joe Clark Artist: Marcelo Costa Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 4, 2026 For months now, Marshall has been the one and only Radiant Black, constantly striving to be better, to do better, to be the hero Chicago deserves. Not everything can be saved. TRADE DISCUSSION Cyberpunk 2077: XOXO Writer: Bartosz Sztybor Artist: Jakub Rebelka Publisher: Dark Horse Comics It's gang on gang violence as the Maelstroms plan an ambush on the Moxes. The target: corpo cargo worth a heavy sum of cash. But loyalty only goes as far to one's deepest desires, and one member of the Maelstroms has found something worth sacrificing for. Jaw-dropping, eyes popping, pulse racing—he's never known anyone like her . . . Created in close collaboration with CD Projekt Red, writer Bartosz Sztybor (Cyberpunk 2077: Blackout, Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners) and artist Jakub Rebelka (Judas, Origins) ramp up an explosive love story like no other. Collects Cyberpunk 2077: XOXO #1–#4. At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!  

What's the best starting anime for a non-anime person? Punch the monkey, but not THAT Punch the Monkey. Is DC KO gonna wrap up? And we pull a tarot card! RSS Feed 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)   At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching require significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them!  

In this issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast: Jujutsu Kaisen returns for Season 3, Scarlet Witch claims the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme, and Lara Croft dives into danger in Tomb Raider: Sacred Artifacts. Then we head back to Astro City for Shining Stars, exploring long-form superhero storytelling, legacy characters, and what makes Kurt Busiek's universe endure. Plus, a spirited discussion about why manga continues to outperform Western comics in today's market.   RSS Feed 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) REVIEWS TOMB RAIDER: SACRED ARTIFACTS #2 Writer: Casey Gilly Artist: Antonio Di Caprio Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Release Date: February 25, 2026 Cover Price: $4.99 In order to keep a dangerous and familiar relic out of the wrong hands, Lara Croft must travel to Italy and meet the mysterious, masked adversary who stole it from her. But when Lara enlists the aid of her old friend Carter Bell, his own request for help will lead her on a detour—one that will plunge her into the depths of the city of Paris! rating:4.5/5 Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link SORCERER SUPREME #3 Writer: Steve Orlando Artist: Bernard Chang Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 25, 2026 Wanda Maximoff has been many things, a mother, an Avenger and the Scarlet Witch. But in the wake of Victor Von Doom's fall, Wanda has claimed a new title: Sorcerer Supreme of Earth. The Vishanti, unwilling to validate Wanda's claim, have anointed their own Sorcerer Supreme: Agatha Harkness. After a fiery battle with her former mentor, Wanda wakes up in Limbo where nothing is as it seems. But if she's going to escape, she must first defeat its ruler... Maddie Pryor! rating:3.5/5 Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link JUJUTSU KAISEN Season 3 Ep 54 The third season of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime television series is based on the manga series Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami. An animated adaptation of the manga was originally announced in the 52nd issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, which was published in November 2019. Following the conclusion of the second season, an unspecified anime sequel covering the "Culling Game" story arc from the manga was announced. In August 2025, it was announced that the sequel would be the series' third season, currently titled The Culling Game: Part 1 (死滅回游 前編, Shimetsu Kaiyū: Zenpen), which premiered with a one-hour special featuring the first two episodes of the season on January 9, 2026. Shōta Goshozono returns from the previous season to direct, with Hiroshi Seko and Yoshimasa Terui [ja] respectively returning as series composition writer and music composer. The season is adapting the manga's "Itadori's Extermination", "Perfect Preparation", and "Culling Game" story arcs. The plot follows the Jujutsu Sorcerers entering the Culling Game, with the main objective of fighting off Kenjaku and freeing Satoru Gojo from the Prison Realm. A compilation film of Shibuya Incident, which also featured the first two episodes of The Culling Game: Part 1, premiered in Japanese theaters on November 7, 2025 rating 4.5/5   ASTRO CITY VOL. 8: Shining Stars Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Brent Anderson Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $16.99 Starring the adventures of Astro City's most popular heroes, collecting ASTRO CITY: SAMARITAN #1, ASTRO CITY: ASTRA #1-2, ASTRO CITY: SILVER AGENT #1-2 and ASTRO CITY: BEAUTIE #1. Astra Furst, a third-generation super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing relationships - and danger! Featuring the First Family, the creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a graduation night nobody's ever going to forget! Also in this volume: at last, the full story of the Silver Agent's fateful journey through time is revealed - including his origin, his greatest battles and his ultimate fate. Plus, Samaritan has his annual dinner with the Infidel, and Beautie, the life-size super-powered fashion-doll member of Honor Guard, doesn't know who she is. Now, she's determined to get answers. Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching requires significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. If you know someone who loves comics, share this post and episode with them! Share  

  The Major Spoilers crew returns after a brief hiatus with Marvel's Fantastic Four #8, Mad Cave's wild Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre, Titan's colorized Savage Sword of Conan, and a surprisingly glowing deep dive into Usagi Yojimbo: The Tengu War. Plus, a spirited debate on recoloring classic comics. RSS Feed 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) REVIEWS THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: REFORGED #3 Writer: Roy Thomas Artists: Various Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $9.99Release Date: February 18, 2026 In the desert city of Zamboula, Conan is attacked by a group of cannibals who feast on weary travelers. Together with a mysterious dancer named Zabibi, he learns the city's rulers turn a blind eye to the nightly hunts so long as those who live there aren't on the menu. But when Conan agrees to help Zabibi kill a depraved priest who cursed her lover, he'll find himself caught in a web of illusion and betrayal within the temple walls of the ape-god Hanuman! Reprinting the adaptation of the original Robert E. Howard story from Savage Sword of Conan #14, presented here for the first time in stunning color! Amazon affiliate link FANTASTIC FOUR (Vol. 8) #8 Writer: Ryan North Artist: Humberto Ramos Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 18, 2026 It's back before everything changed, and I'm still in grad school — just a kid, really. My name is Susan Storm, and I've just become the Invisible Girl. Our first encounter was with the Mole Man — he was the first time we found it necessary to use our powers, to truly become the Fantastic Four. Reed prayed it would be the last. But his prayers weren't the kind that got answered. What happened next wasn't what I thought would happen — it wasn't what any of us thought would happen. I want you to know that I tried. I really did. I didn't mean for things to end up the way they turned out. But there are some mistakes you can't take back. And there are some wounds that don't kill you, even though they should... Amazon affiliate link Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre #1 Writer: Fred Kennedy Artist: James Edward Clark Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: February 18, 2026 A no-nonsense federal agent and a lone-wolf cop chase down a brutal drug lord in a flooded amusement park swarming with blood-crazed hippos and cut-throat mercenaries. Disco Hippo Wonderland is the number one amusement park in Flamingo City. But few realize its corpulent owner, Jans M'jor Discau, is about to release the most potent drug ever created: Coke45! Fortunately for humanity, Agent Clarke Nebraska is on the case! She'll bring down Discau come heck or high water! That was the plan, until her undercover agent, Tico Senecoza, was captured! And before she can rescue him, Miquel—Tico's sexy loose cannon of an older brother beats her to the punch, storming into the park with bullets flying. Discau panics, dumping the Coke45 into the hippo enclosure and letting them loose on the park, before fleeing into Wonderland's tunnel network! Nebraska's plans are totally off the rails, and things get worse when a marijuana smoke fueled hurricane drowns the park in torrential rain! Now it's up to Nebraska and Miquel to create an uncomfortable truce to bring Discau down before he escapes! Become a Patron USAGI YOJIMBO: TENGU WAR! Creator: Stan Sakai Publisher: IDW Publishing Release Date: March 22, 2022 Cover Price: $35.00 Usagi seeks out an old teacher, Sojobo, but upon finding him, learns that a new brand of Tengu mountain goblins have invaded the Western Peak. Savage and relentless, they are determined to drive the established Tengu out and prey upon the people of the area. For the first time, Usagi must ally himself with yokai against an even greater enemy, in "Tengu War!" Then, in "The Master of Hebishima," Usagi delivers a basket of lizards to an eccentric monk who lives on a remote island infested with snakes, where he learns they share a history that goes back to the Great Wars and the Battle of Adachi Plain where Usagi became a ronin. In the final story, "Yukichi," Usagi encounters a young swordmaster carrying out the dying wish of his master. Yukichi must deliver Itsuki-Sensei's swords to his nephew, Daido, who will take over his school, however, they must pass through the territory of a rival school intent on preventing them from completing their mission. Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching requires significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today. Thanks for reading Major Spoilers! This post is public so feel free to share it.  

We are off this week… AGAIN! WTF is going on!? RSS Feed 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) At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching requires significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today.

This week, we react to Jason Momoa's Lobo look, review Harley Quinn x Elvira #4 and Amazing Spider-Man Annual 2026, break down Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn Eclipse (and that investor suit chatter), then go long on Absolute Batman Vol. 1—the smash that's redefining DC's 2026 strategy. RSS Feed 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) REVIEWS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 2026 Writer: Saladin Ahmed Artist: Federico Vicentini Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: January 28, 2026 RAPID RESPONDERS! SPIDER-MAN shows new speedster RAPID around the friendly neighborhood! Rapid has A LOT to learn about the super-hero game! But the training wheels come off when SCREWBALL live streams death and destruction across NYC! Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link   HARLEY QUINN x ELVIRA #4 Writer: Amanda Conner/Jimmy Palmiotti Artist: Juan Samu/Amanda Conner Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment/DC Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: January 28, 2026 With things getting too hot to handle back in Brooklyn, Elvira and Harley abscond to the cooler climes of Transylvania to crash with one of Elvira's best buddies in his tastefully appointed castle. But despite their reputation as old-school hedonists, the Count's already-invited guests don't much care for this pair of interlopers - and they've got some decidedly medieval ideas for how to deal with party crashers! Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link   Lorwyn Eclipsed (Magic Set) Release Date: January 23, 2026 Explore the forever day and eternal night of Lorwyn Eclipsed and you may find one of 500 serialized versions of Bitterbloom Bearer, illustrated by beloved artist Rebecca Guay in a special borderless showcase treatment. Available only in Collector Boosters. Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link TRADE PAPERBACK DISCUSSION   ABSOLUTE BATMAN VOLUME 1: The Zoo Writer: Scot Snyder Artist: Nick Dragotta Publisher: DC Comics Bruce Wayne comes from nothing. He's not the scion of a wealthy empire in Gotham City, he's the son of a public school teacher who he experienced the unimaginable horror of random gun violence as a child, changing the trajectory of his life forever. With no limitless resources, no billions to fund him, no mansion, and no butler to care for him, Bruce has shaped himself into an entirely different breed of Batman, one that is equal parts brain and brawn, who exists exclusively in the grittiest and most underserved parts of Gotham with no high society mask to fall back on. Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link At Major Spoilers, we strive to create original content that you find interesting and entertaining. Producing, writing, recording, editing, and researching requires significant resources. We pay writers, podcast hosts, and other staff members who work tirelessly to provide you with insights into the comic book, gaming, and pop culture industries. Help us keep Major Spoilers strong. Become a Patron (and our superhero) today.

  Stephen and Matthew are here with hot takes on the new Tomb Raider casting, a rave for Stephen's early pick for Best of 2026, a dive into Gatchaman: Junpei—Henchmen, and a wild, vibes-first tour through Space Opera Xanadax. We also talk publishers committing to bigger swings (and not just one-shot stunts) in 2026! Thanks for reading Major Spoilers! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. RSS Feed 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) REVIEWS ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #8 Writer: Deniz Camp Artist: Eric Zawadzki Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: January 21, 2026 LIFE IN THE GUTTER! A homeless comic book artist falls into the gutters – literally! Can Wally find his way back to life and reality, or is he lost in the blank white space between panels forever? Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link GATCHAMAN—JINPEI: HENSHIN (ONE-SHOT) Writer: Tommy Lee Edwards Artist: Daniel Hansen Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date: January 21, 2026 When Galactor's new menace, Professor Toxoid, infects the God Phoenix with a bio-mech virus, Ken, Jun, Joe, and Ryu are fused to their stations and powerless to fight back. As a monstrous Mecha-Beast crushes South City Harbor, the fate of the Science Ninja Team falls to the youngest member, Jinpei. Armed with nothing but a spool of wire, raw nerve, and ninja-science ingenuity, he must reboot the Phoenix before the team--and the city--are lost forever. A pulse-pounding tech-horror one-shot with explosive battles and a blazing Firebird finale! Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link TRADE PAPERBACK DISCUSSION SPACE OPERA XANADAX ACROSS THE UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS OF THE GALAXY Writer/Artist: Tom Scioli Publisher: Image Comics Enter the strange new universe of SPACE OPERA XANADAX ACROSS THE UNKNOWN DIMENSIONS OF THE GALAXY! A supercharged cybernetically enhanced brooding loner known only as XANADAX is on a collision course with the kill-crazy COSMIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE, an armada of ruthless SPACE PIRATES, slimy CRIME BOSSES, deadly BOUNTY HUNTERS, an oppressive STAR-SPANNING EMPIRE, and an army of HOMICIDAL ROBOTS! Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link Thanks for listening to our show! This post is public so feel free to share it.  

  We kick things off with Cyberpunk 2077: Chrome #1, celebrate Avengers #800 with a thunderous roll call, and dodge Nazis and kaiju in Escape from Skull Island #1! Then strap in for BIG RIG, where an 18-wheeler becomes a holy weapon in a swords-and-demons road movie. Also: bacon vs. sausage RSS Feed 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)   REVIEWS CYBERPUNK 2077: CHROME #1 Writer: Doug Wagner Artist: Tommaso Bennato Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: January 14, 2026 A group of friends including a netrunner, a fire graffiti artist, an aspiring rockerboy, and an autotechie set off for a fun photoshoot at a landfill, where among heaps of rubbish, scrap, and metal, they'll find a shot to die for! Rumor has it the place is haunted, and they're about to find out, in Night City, there are things far more frightening than ghosts. [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/49NZIX8 AVENGERS #34 (800) Writer: Jed McKay/Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Farid Karami/Mark Bagley Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $7.99 Release Date: January 14, 2026 AVENGERS LEGACY ISSUE #800! EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES mark a critical MILESTONE with eight hundred issues! Everything has been building toward this: MYRDDIN's ENDGAME! KANG stands revealed at the precipice of a NEW UNIVERSE! PLUS: This issue will feature a special 14-page backup story written by Bendis and drawn by superstar artist Mark Bagley, reuniting the powerhouse pair known for their work together on Ultimate Spider-Man and Avengers Assemble. [rating:3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4pEySFw ESCAPE FROM SKULL ISLAND #1 Writer: Simon Furman Artist: Christopher Jones Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: January 28, 2026 AN OFFICIAL CONTINUATION OF THE SKULL ISLAND ANIMATED SERIES! Trapped on Skull Island, a desperate band of survivors struggles against the land's relentless horrors while an ancient threat rises from below. But as chaos unfolds, flashbacks reveal Kong's turbulent youth. Now, as hordes of monstrous beasts close in on the stranded humans, the most dangerous enemy of all regains strength to once more challenge Kong's throne. [rating:2.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YGrSNt BIG RIG Writers: Post Malone, Adrian Wassel Artist: Nathan C. Gooden Publisher: Vault Comics Cover Price: $24.99 The Dark Ages… Demon hordes plague Europe as Hell invades Earth. The Six Petals, a secret sect of The Knights Templar, pray for a holy weapon to drive back the scourge. What crashes to earth instead is The Rig, a fully loaded tractor trailer. In the aftermath of its arrival, the only man left standing is an enigmatic former priest. He will become Trucker and lead the fight against Hell—with 25 tons and 18 wheels of demon-slaying machine. You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3LxFrvz Thanks for reading Major Spoilers! This post is public so feel free to share it.  

We are back to see what happens to Tintin when he lands on the Moon! Plus, we review Conan: Scourge of the Serpent #4, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Zordquest, and Where Does the Rainbow End? #1. RSS Feed 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) REVIEWS CONAN: SCOURGE OF THE SERPENT #4 Writer: Jim Zub Artist: Ivan Gil Publisher: Titan Comics Release Date: January 7, 2026 Conan of Cimmeria has encountered Stygian sorcery and snake-sent creatures many times in his grand adventures, but he has never faced the true unspeakable power of SET… until NOW. The serpent god's influence coils around the Hyborian Age and every other age linked to it. Three stunning supernatural stories will weave together to answer a chilling question of past and present – what is Set's grand plan for humanity, and how it's begun, can it be stopped? Rating:3.5/5 MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: ZORDQUEST Writer: Joey Esposito Artist: Gavin Smith Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date: January 7, 2026 What defines a hero? The Power Rangers discover that for themselves in this special one-shot! After a devastating encounter with the villainous Madame Axe-A-Lot, the Mighty Morphin team is left questioning whether they truly have what it takes. To regain their confidence, they'll each have to go on a spiritual quest of discovery to the breathtaking landmarks that the Zords call home! Will they be able to see for themselves the qualities that make them heroes at heart? Rating: 3/5 WHERE DOES THE RAINBOW END? #1 Writer: Francesca Perillo Artist: Stefano Cardoselli Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: January 14, 2026 A dramatic prequel to the hit story Love Me: A Romance Story, written by Francesca Perillo and drawn by Stefano Cardoselli. This story addresses universal themes of friendship, family, equality, and finding one's own truth. Gilda has been abandoned by her parents, but fortunately, she has been discovered in the Cacace Bros. Robot Dump…and has been raised by the robots who discovered her. She was lucky to be found in the Rainbow Sector by robots that cared for her. However, she has also been shielded from the outside world, other humans, and from a dangerous section of their robot world called the Dark Cage, where the most hostile of robots live. Word has spread about her ability to fix robots, though, and one vicious robot from the Dark Cage wants her to repair all of the violent robots that live there…and nothing will stop him. Artist Stefano Cardoselli (Don't Spit In The Wind, Long Cold Winter) and writer Francesca Perillo (Long Cold Winter) reunite once again in this exciting prequel to their hit story Love Me: A Romance Story. Rating:3/5 TRADE PAPERBACK DISCUSSION Tintin: Explorers on the Moon Writer/Artist: Herge Picking up where Destination Moon left off, Professor Calculus and Tintin discover a secret agent has managed to sneak onboard the rocket with plans to hijack it and abandon everyone on the moon! CLOSE Contact us at [email protected] 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!