Major Spoilers Podcast #442: Of Daleks and Monsters

Published: Sept. 5, 2012, 4:16 a.m.

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In this issue: It\'s a Dalek party, and the Doctor is in the house! Monstrosis rips through the Silver Age of monsters, with Damsels in distress, a Scam is going on, and Peter Dragon battles The Dragon!

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DOCTOR WHO\\n
Your hosts sit down to discuss the Asylum of the Daleks episode of Doctor Who (SPOILER ALERT!)

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REVIEWS\\n
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DAMSELS #1\\n
Writer:LEAH MOORE & JOHN REPPION\\n
Artis: ANEKE\\n
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
SOLICITATION: Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and Snow White come together with other damsels in a new adventure filled with danger and intrigue. In Damsels, the alluring princesses of classic fairy tales take up arms to save their kingdoms from war. Rediscover the darkness at the heart of fairy tales and why they\\u2019ll be no happily ever after. Damsels opens with Rapa wishing she had not got out of bed that morning, if she had a bed to get out of that is. The day began badly and has gone rapidly and literally downhill ever since. A series of peculiar and baffling encounters throw obstacle after obstacle into her path, intent it seems on preventing her progress. The thing is, until today she had no idea she was trying to make any progress, toward anything! A collection of hazy memories and bewildering tattoos are all she has to help her figure it all out, and to be honest, she\\u2019d just as soon not bother. Around her, we see the mountain city of Caumont thrown into overdrive by the arrival of Queen Talia and King Aurore of Perrault. The streets are thronged with cheering people, does it matter they aren\\u2019t exactly sure why they are cheering, or for whom?\\n
[rating:3/5]

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Matthew\\n
PETER CANNON: THUNDERBOLT #1\\n
48 pages FC \\u2022 $3.99 \\u2022 Teen+\\n
Written by STEVE DARNALL & ALEX ROSS\\n
Art by JONATHAN LAU\\n
Covers by ALEX ROSS (25%), JOHN CASSADAY (25%), JAE LEE (25%), ARDIAN SYAF (25%)\\n
Fans, ask your retailer for these variant incentive covers!\\n
\\u2022 DAVE GIBBONS \\u201cclassic retro\\u201dcover retailer incentive\\n
\\u2022 PETE MORISI \\u201cclassic retro\\u201d cover retailer incentive\\n
\\u2022 GEORGE\\u2008TUSKA \\u201cclassic retro\\u201dcover retailer incentive\\n
\\u2022 JAE\\u2008LEE black & white art cover retailer incentive\\n
Peter Cannon is a world-famous author, an international celebrity, and the superhero known as Thunderbolt, acknowledged far and wide as the man who saved the world from destruction. Unfortunately, he has little interest in fame, even less interest in people, and the peace he has created is based on an illusion. Now, as old and new enemies plan to destroy his efforts\\u2014unaware of the secret he carries\\u2014Peter Cannon must fight to keep the peace and preserve his own existance, while fending off deadly foes\\u2026and mysterious admirers. Join co-writer Steve Darnall and co-writer/cover artist Alex Ross for the story of a hero who discovers that sometimes\\u2026things are not all what they seem!\\n
\\u2022 48 pages!\\n
\\u2022 FEATURING A forEwOrd by Mark (Kingdom Come) Waid\\n
AND PETER\\u2008CANNON\\u2019S NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED Origin by Pete Morisi!

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[rating:4/5]

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ZACH\\n
SCAM #1 \\u2028
Story & Art \\u2013 Joe Mulvey\\u2028
Digital Inks \\u2013 John Ercek and Jules Rivera \\u2028
Colors \\u2013 Andrew Crossley\\u2028
Letters \\u2013 AndWorld Design\\u2028
Cover \\u2013 JoeMulvey and Andrew Crossley\\u2028
Editor \\u2013 Tyler James and Steven Forbes\\u2028
Publisher: ComixTribe\\n
SCAM: \\u201cX-Men meets Oceans 11\\u201d where a team of super-powered grifters on the biggest con of their lives to take down a Vegas casino try to get revenge on a former teammate who double-crossed them.\\n
[rating:2.5/5]

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week\\n
This week, Major Spoilerite Silvergray (if that is his real name) once again ponders the on-going battle between Marvel and DC, but couches it in a way we haven\\u2019t thought of before. In each universe there is a major newspaper that circulates the news, both good and bad regarding superheroes. Each of those newspapers is run by an Editor in Chief, but who sells the more papers, Perry White or J. Jonah Jameson?

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Monstrosis\\u2028
MONSTERS! Giant monsters to be exact. Big bug-eyed monsters in the grand tradition of Jack Kirby and all of the comics we used to know and love. One of the oddest comics you will ever read, Monstrosis follows our favorite hero Doris Danger as she delves deep into the mystery of the giant monsters that seem to be everywhere.

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