Major Spoilers Podcast #362: Let's Kill Shakespeare

Published: Nov. 30, 2011, 6:44 a.m.

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This week on the show: The Bard must die! An infinite number of possibilities! And Star Wars meets James Bond! Plus Matthew and his Electric Light Orchestra doing the cha-cha (and old George Carlin routines).

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NEWS\\n
Man finds Amazing Fantasy #15 in attic\\n
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Contest\\n
Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series Winners Announced

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REVIEWS\\n
\\nStephen\\n
Pilot Season 2011: Theory of Everything\\u2028
story DAN CASEY\\u2028
art THOMAS NACHLIK\\u2028
cover ERIK JONES\\n
Charles Witten is a brilliant scientist capable of inventing devices that will change our world. Unfortunately, most of the scientific community thinks he\'s a crackpot. As does the government, until? a precision team of heist men rob a bank in Switzerland using what appears to be Witten\'s dimension hopping technology. Technology that Witten designed, but never completed?

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[rating:3/5]

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Rodrigo\\n
STAR WARS: AGENT OF THE EMPIRE #1\\n
The name\'s Cross. Jahan Cross. Move over, James Bond; there\'s a new secret agent in the galaxy, and he has the weight of the Empire behind him!

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Cross\'s mission takes him and his assistant IN-GA 44 to the affluent Corporate Sector. There, on the trail of stolen droid technology, they will rub elbows with diplomats and desperadoes, captains of industry and sergeants of the local police--and rub most of them the wrong way!

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* A view of the Star Wars galaxy from inside the Empire!\\n
* The author of the best-selling Star Wars: Legacy and Star Wars: Republic returns!

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[rating:2/5]

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Matthew\\n
All-Star Western #3\\n
Written by JUSTIN GRAY and JIMMY PALMIOTTI\\n
Art by MORITAT and JORDI BERNET\\n
Cover by MORITAT\\n
The Gotham City Police Department teams up with the vigilante Jonah Hex to bring a serial killer to justice, setting a dangerous precedent \\u2013 but even that won\\u2019t stop the Religion of Crime from staking its claim on these streets. Will Hex ever get away from this place that makes the Wild West seem tame \\u2013 and can he survive Gotham City\\u2019s first drive-by shooting? Plus: Will El Diablo\\u2019s rampage against a zombie horde be halted by the bloodthirsty White Arrow?\\n
[rating:4.5/5]

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week: Holiday Gift Giving Edition\\n
The winter holiday season is here, and so is the Major Spoilers Holiday Gift Guide! But not all gifts are welcome, and some prefer to buy their own gifts. Which brings us to the Major Spoilers Poll of the Week (suggested by Twitter Follower \\u2013 @J_Michael_T).

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Kill Shakespeare\\n
An epic adventure that will change the way you look at Shakespeare forever.\\n
In this dark tale, the Bard\\u2019s most famous heroes embark upon a journey to discover a long-lost soul. Hamlet, Juliet, Othello, Falstaff, Romeo and Puck search for a reclusive wizard who may have the ability to assist them in their battle against the evil forces led by the villains Richard III, Lady Macbeth and Iago. That reclusive wizard? William Shakespeare.\\n
A combination of \\u201cFables\\u201d, \\u201cThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen\\u201d and \\u201cLord of the Rings\\u201d, Kill Shakespeare offers a remixed re-envisioning of the greatest characters of all-time, featuring action, romance, comedy, lust, drama and bloody violence. It is an adventure of Shakespearean proportions.\\n
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