Major Spoilers Podcast #548: DC's 52 - The First Six Weeks

Published: Nov. 20, 2013, 5:17 a.m.

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: The Doctor is in the house, we take a six week look at DC\\u2019s 52, Xbox games are played, and comics are reviewed.

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NEWS\\n
\\n The Night of the Doctor Mini-Episode (with Spoilers) \\n
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REVIEWS\\n
\\nSTEPHEN\\n
LEGO Space\\n
Building the Future\\n
Writers: Peter Reid, Tim Goddard\\n
This stunning hardcover book features custom models of sleek starships, cool robots, creepy aliens, fearsome space pirates, and much more. The latest from No Starch Press (publisher of such best sellers as Beautiful LEGO and The LEGO Adventure Book) takes readers on a fantastic voyage from Sputnik to a spacefaring civilization hundreds of years in the future. Readers will immerse themselves in photos of planets, hangars, spaceports, and moon bases as they experience a story of exploration, first contact, and sabotage.\\n
[rating:3.5/5]

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MATTHEW\\n
Sex Criminals #3\\n
Story By: Matt Fraction\\n
Art By: Chip Zdarsky\\n
Cover By: Chip Zdarsky\\n
Price: $3.50\\n
How did these two end up in that bank, with those guns? Because they seemed like such nice kids, right? Well, THE SEX POLICE have the same questions and descend on Susie and Jon. And we get the rest of Jon\\u2019s gory story \\u2014 if you read ONE weird sex and time comedy comic this year, make sure it\\u2019s \\u201cMy Sexual Errors 1998 \\u2014 Present!\\u201d

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[rating:5/5]

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RODRIGO\\n
Ascend: Hand of Kul for X-Box Live Arcade\\n
Wage war for your God as a brutal Caos warrior on a unique journey to Ascension. Destroy the spawn of the Titan, invade other players\\u2019 worlds, and tip the balance in the Crusade between the alliances. Ascend: Hand of Kul is a free-to-play third-person action RPG featuring innovative seamless single and multiplayer gameplay and multi-platform support.

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[rating:4/5]

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ZACH\\n
Cataclsym: The Ultimate Comics\\u2019 Spider-Man #1\\n
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis\\n
Artist: David Marquez\\n
MILES MORALES learned the meaning of having great responsibility and put his costume back on after mourning the tragic death of his mother. \\u2022 Now he stands to lose his entire world as a cosmic threat descends on earth. \\u2022 Can SPIDER-MAN and his friends, CLOAK & DAGGER and SPIDER-WOMAN make a difference in the face of apocalypse?

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[rating:4/5]

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week\\n
Doctor Who Villain Battle - Semi-Finals\\n
As we count down to the big Doctor Who episode this weekend, we continue our battle between the Doctor\\u2019s greatest villains. We know who won the first round of fighting, now it\\u2019s time to take those winners and have them fight it out Hunger Games style.

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[poll id="311"]

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Discussion: \\n
52 Volume 1\\n
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After the INFINITE CRISIS, the DC Universe spent a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman\\u2014a year in which those heroes were needed more than ever as the fate of the world hung in the balance.This is 52, a four-volume collection of the unprecedented, critically acclaimed weekly series of death, danger, romance, terror and the never-ending search for heroism in the DC Universe\'s most eventful year ever.52 features the best and brightest writers from the comic-book field including Geoff Johns (INFINITE CRISIS), Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN), Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN) and Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME), working together to tell the tale of a world awakening from a nightmare to face a new day. 52: A year without Superman; a year without Batman; a year without Wonder Woman\\u2026but not a year without heroes.

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