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Published: Dec. 4, 2013, 5:35 a.m.

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Frozen warms the heart, Sleeper gets mixed results, and DC may be looking to make inexpensive superhero flicks.

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NEWS\\n
\\nDC to Deliver Low-Budget Superhero Movies\\n
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REVIEWS\\n
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FROZEN\\n
Studio: Disney\\n
Walt Disney Animation Studios, the studio behind \\u201cTangled\\u201d and \\u201cWreck-It Ralph,\\u201d presents \\u201cFrozen,\\u201d a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey\\u2014teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven\\u2014to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf (voice of Josh Gad), Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.

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[rating:4.5/5]

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MATTHEW\\n
Hawkeye #14\\n
Writer: Matt Fraction\\n
Artist: Annie Wu\\n
Publisher: Marvel\\n
Cover Price: $2.99\\n
THAT THING THAT HAPPENED TO KATE IN THE ANNUAL IS TOTALLY FOLLOWED UP ON!This one has it all! Characters! Plot! Story! Dialogue! Theme! Meaning! Message! Action! A little exposition! Fire! Arrows! Criminals! Neighbors! Large bodies of water! Clients! Cops who don\'t care! A system that victimizes the victims! The dog!In a broken town where cynicism and apathy has its claws around the throat of the good and decent, LADY HAWKEYE is the only hero you can trust!

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[rating:4.5/5]

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RODRIGO\\n
Damsels #11\\n
Writer: Leah Moore and John Reppion\\n
Artist: Aneke\\n
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
Aided by the magic of the Green Knight, the depleted and exhausted compact armies galumph their way through the tulgy mire-lands towards the next step of their journey. Queen Talia has concerns about the Kings\' plans, but soon her own judgment is called into question. Meanwhile, Rapa, Heinrich and their band of merry women find themselves the unwitting folk-heroes of a backwoods hamlet.

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[rating:2/5]*

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ZACH\\n
Black Science #1\\n
Writer: Rick Remender\\n
Artist: Matteo Scalera, Dean White\\n
Publisher: image Comics\\n
Cover Price: $3.50\\n
Grant McKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally done the impossible: He has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriers of reality. But what lies beyond the veil is not epiphany, but chaos. Now Grant and his team are lost, living ghosts shipwrecked on an infinite ocean of alien worlds, barreling through the long-forgotten, ancient, and unimaginable dark realms. The only way is forward. The only question is how far are they willing to go, and how much can they endure, to get home again? Join writer RICK REMENDER and the superstar art team of MATTEO SCALERA & DEAN WHITE for this face-melting science fiction epic spanning the lifetimes of a cast of dimensional castaways lead by the man who caused it all.

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[rating:4/5]

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week\\n
Last week, Spoilerites had a chance to cast their vote in the second semi-final round to select the Doctor\\u2019s best villain. This week, the semi-finalists enter the ring for one final battle \\u2013 the victor emerging victorious as the biggest and baddest Doctor villain of them all \\u2013 it\\u2019s the Master vs. the Daleks in the Major Spoilers Poll of the Week (POW!)

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[poll id="313"]

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Discussion: \\n
Sleeper: Season 1\\n
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SLEEPER is the critically acclaimed graphic novel series written Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Philips, the Eisner Award winning creative team of Criminal, which tells the story of agent Holden Carver and the secret criminal organization he becomes enmeshed with. Carver is forced to live one day at a time in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse he plays with its leader, Tao, the amoral master of manipulation trying to elude detection since he has no way back in from the cold.

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