Wrestle Heist #1 steals the show, Mary Shelley gets her due, and Edenfrost sparks a deep discussion about folklore, history, and storytelling.

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Ryan and J.B. storm Ziktor Industries to save Kaitlin, only to find she’s suffered a humiliating fate! With a little help from Ryan’s mother, Amy, the Troopers battle back—but Grimlord has a new weapon in store…one with ties to Ryan’s past.

Will their greatest threat prove to be the one they never saw coming?

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RODRIGO

The extraordinary life of the woman who created one of fiction’s most enduring characters: Frankenstein’s monster. Born at the turn of the 19th century to the famous philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft (forerunner of the feminist movement) and William Godwin (novelist and radical politician), Mary Shelley lived a life in constant flight from social conformity. Her struggle birthed a pop culture phenomenon. Now in print for the first time in English, Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream chronicles Shelley’s relationships with other important artists and writers, including her eventual husband Percy Shelley, and the ‘butterfly effect’ of love, hardship, tragedy, and inspiration that led to the creation of the infamous monster.

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EDENFROST

After losing their parents in a pogrom, teenage siblings Alex and Yuli use the mystical power of a Golem to survive the chaos of the Russian Civil War. In a harrowing journey through war-torn Ukraine, the duo will face the harsh reality of warfare, ethnic bias, and national pride as they fight for their own place in the world.

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Death gets pink-slipped and sent to Mumbai—so we’re unpacking The Many Deaths of Laila Star and why its big ideas and electric colors hit so hard. We also review Inferno Girl Red: Book Two #1, Shiver Suspense Stories Two #1, and The New Space Age #1. Plus: the eternal debate—Wendy’s, McDonald’s, or Burger King?

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RODRIGO

Disgraced astronaut Mark Mitchell has only ever had one true mission—to find his little brother Joey, who was abducted by aliens from a crop circle when they were little. But when Mark’s hotshot piloting gets him grounded and the last of the public space program defunded, Mark loses his only means of finding Joey out in space.

Until Mark’s homemade scanning rig discovers the shocking truth about the crop circles—they’re instructions for space travel.

Mark will need to uncover the hidden messages that have been left on Earth for years, and reverse engineer the magic that can finally help him find Joey.

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THE MANY DEATHS OF LAILA STARR

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, we review Stranger Things Season 5 (Part 1), Doctor Strange #1, and Venom #252 before diving into one of the most surprising and effective horror books of the year: Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees.

We explore tone, character empathy, anthropomorphism, the ethics of serial-killer storytelling, narrative framing, and why this deceptively cute woodland setting hides some of the most unsettling violence in comics today.

Major Spoilers Book Club for November 2025: The Fisherman by John Langan.

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Venom has a brand-new red-and-blue suit – and a brand-new name to go with it! How will the people of New York react when they find out that the city’s newest Spider-Man is the SYMBIOTE they love to loathe? Luke Cage and Otto Octavius are ready to debate the matter – with their fists! PLUS: A bonus tale of the origin of an even All-NEWER Venom!

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BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES

This is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha Strong’s cardinal rule. After all, there’s a sea of perfectly ripe potential victims in the big city just beyond the forest, and when you’ve worked as hard as Sam to build a cozy life and a thriving business in a community surrounded by friendly fellow animal folk, warm decor, and the aroma of cedar trees and freshly baked apple pie…the last thing you want is to disturb the peace.

So you can imagine her indignation when one of Woodbrook’s own meets a grisly, mysterious demise—and you wouldn’t blame her for doing anything it takes to hunt down her rival before the town self-destructs and Sheriff Patterson starts (literally) barking up the wrong tree.

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Variety’s Top 100 Comedies sends Stephen & Rodrigo down a rabbit hole of critique theory, intentionalism, AI anxiety, canon building, and the real meaning of Civil War’s final image.

Variety’s list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes ‘Annie Hall,’ ‘Pretty Woman,’ ‘Waiting for Guffman’ and ‘Young Frankenstein.’

STEPHEN

In the second chapter of the stunning adaptation, H.P. Lovecraft’s personal history takes center stage. Follow along with this close examination of the famous author’s journey downward!

Writer Romuald Giulivo (Le Dernier Jour de H.P. Lovecraft) and artist Jakub Rebelka (Cyberpunk) craft a dark, art-driven portrait of legacy and madness unlike anything you’ve ever seen!

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This week: Matthew dives back into Minor Threats: The Last Devil Left Alive #2 (and yes, it slaps), Stephen tests Final Boss #1 and taps out at the gore, and Rodrigo takes Biker Mice from Mars #6 for a spin— minus the bikes. Then we crack open Atomic Robo and the Peril of Prometheus for rich-guy yachts, weather control, and is that Geoffrey… Zebos?

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ATOMIC ROBO AND THE PERIL OF PROMETHEUS

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In this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast #1148, Stephen, Rodrigo, and Matthew dive into a relaxed, wide-ranging conversation covering nostalgia, anime, noir films, and a brand-new trivia game segment.

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Supernatural hits comics, Godzilla stomps through Kansas City, and Circus Maximus brings ancient Rome to life — plus, the crew names their favorite heist movies before diving deep into Creepy Archives Vol. 11. From gothic horror to 8mm ads, this one’s creepy, classy, and classic Major Spoilers.

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In this first issue, the monster hunters must uncover the entity responsible for a series of mysterious fires in a decaying rust belt town — attacks that begin with a Windler Industries factory burning down, and then escalate to several Windler employees themselves going up in flames. But finding the malevolent force behind the otherworldly arsons may not be as straightforward as it might seem — especially once the suspiciously well-prepared CEO Steff Windler gets personally involved!

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CREEPY ARCHIVES VOLUME 11

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Terminator returns in comic form, Spider-Girl swings into a new era, and the Biker Mice ride again! Then we dive deep into Ray Fawkes’ Intersect: Metamorph — a haunting meditation on body horror, love, and identity. Plus: the Major Spoilers crew debates franchise fatigue, mid-budget movie death, and what it means for pop culture’s future.

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For one member of the Resistance, this means trusting his life to a reprogrammed Terminator. Trapped behind enemy lines, the soldier and his repurposed engine of destruction must find a way to both survive and complete their mission – an undertaking with such a low probability of success that it could reboot the Terminator back to its default settings!

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INTERSECT: METAMORPH

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This week, we review Hector Plasm: Hunt the Bigfoot #1 (Image), Fantastic Four/Gargoyles #1 (Marvel), and War Wolf #1 (Mad Cave)—then dive into the great publisher crossover boom and our dream team-ups. In TPB Corner, we time-hop through Batman & Etrigan team-ups (Brave & the Bold #109, Detective Comics #603, and Batman #544–546) to see what still sings (and what doesn’t).

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BATMAN AND ETRIGAN

Etrigan returned for a four-issue miniseries in 1987, written and illustrated by Matt Wagner. Alan Grant followed this with an Etrigan feature in Action Comics Weekly #636-641 and a second ongoing title in 1990. The 1990 series lasted 58 issues, two Annuals and one #0 issue. Garth Ennis took over the title beginning with issue #40. Ennis’ run included the first appearance of his character Hitman. This series was followed by a miniseries, Driven Out. Following this, John Byrne’s Blood of the Demon lasted 17 issues, and ignored much of the continuity that took place after Kirby’s initial run.

While his first monthly comic book series was short-lived, and his second was canceled after five years, Etrigan remains a popular supporting character with occasional additional miniseries. Series in which Etrigan has appeared include Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman, Kevin Smith’s Green Arrow and Batman: The Widening Gyre, Garth Ennis’s Hitman, and Cosmic Odyssey by Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola.

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This week we review White Tiger Reborn, The Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1, and Cowboys of Moo Mesa #2! Then we dig into Howard Chaykin’s Hey Kids! Comics and a spirited debate on whether heroes like Spider-Man should actually age.

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HEY, KIDS! COMICS! Volume 1

Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today’s biggest entertainment business — or at least the tail that wags the dog.

Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty…

…although in the end, everyone was guilty of something.

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