On the night before Christmas, we unwrap Will of Doom #1, visit the multiversal mayhem of TMNT: Battle Nexus #1, and debate Avatar: Fire & Ash. Then it’s tradition time: Asterix and the Great Crossing—fun gags, thorny depictions, and whether this one’s a recommend or a skip. Plus a quick Archie × Oni news chat. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: BATTLE NEXUS #1 Writer: Tom Waltz Artist: Esau Escorza, Isaac Escorza Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: December 24, 2025 The raddest TMNT event of the decade kicks off here! This blistering five-part WEEKLY series finds the Turtles fighting for their lives in a martial arts challenge unlike anything they've faced. For the first time, IDW's Heroes in a Half Shell meet allies from other fan-favorite TMNT universes as they fight for their lives & discover the unbelievable secrets of Battle Nexus!" rating:2.5/5 You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4pqda8p MATTHEW "THE WILL OF DOOM #1 Writer: Chip Zdarsky Artist: CAFU Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date:12/24/25 LONG LIVE, DOOM! As the Fantastic Four deal with the fallout from ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM, they're faced with big questions and a surprising new global menace! Will the White House have their backs? Will…the RED HULK? The next stage of the Marvel Universe starts here!" rating: 3/5 You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/44GDkvU RODRIGO "AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH Writer: James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver Director: James Cameron Studio: 20th Century Studios Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and more Release Date: December 19, 2025 Jake and Neytiri's family grapples with grief after Neteyam's death, encountering a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges." rating:3/5 ASTERIX AND THE GREAT CROSSING Writer: Rene Goscinny Artist: Albert Uderzo Publisher: Papercutz Land ho! Asterix and Obelix had been lost at sea, but they've finally reached what they think is a Roman colony. Then the Vikings turn up on a voyage of discovery, and the two Gauls realize that they've done something greater and more important: they've discovered a strange New World." You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4qG76JZ CLOSE Contact us at [email protected] A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

The holidays are a great time for family and friends. In Episode 724, it's the return of a great friend of the show, Tom Marvelli from Another Door Comics, who talks about his new book Apparition, which is followed by my yearly holiday tradition! "Scary ghost stories" are a staple for this season, so Tom and I talk about his new series that takes place in the world of The Boy in the Bot. Apparition is described this way: "Two men from opposite worlds, one seeking redemption, the other searching for answers, find themselves trapped in a single body and hunted by a force eager to claim them both. Now Michael must guide Thomas toward salvation while battling his own demons… before a greater evil consumes them. One body. Two souls. A battle for redemption and survival." We discuss how this book came to be, get an update on Another Door Comics, and explore what Tom will be up to in 2026. Be sure to support his current Kickstarter for this project at this link! Then everything wraps up with my annual holiday tradition, playing the audio from 'Twas the Dark Knight Before Christmas! You can see the video at this link! Don't miss next week's episode as we finish up 2025 with another terrific conversation with another great comics professional! Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patreon member. It will help ensure Wayne's Comics Podcast continues far into the future!

In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The party searches for the opening to Melvin's lair. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at [email protected] A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site for more.

With the new old Legion back, how will everyone deal with the threat of B.I.O.N.? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES V4 #25 January 1992 - On Sale November 21, 1991 w: Tom & Mary Bierbaum a: Dusty Abel/Brad Vancata Batch SW6 seeks help from an unlikely source. They call... Universo! LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES V4 #26 "The Terra Mosaic" February 1992 - On Sale December 19, 1991 w: Tom & Mary Bierbaum/Keith Giffen a: Keith Giffen/Jason Pearson/Al Gordon The end of the Dominator occupation is near... but first, there's BION!

Wrestle Heist #1 steals the show, Mary Shelley gets her due, and Edenfrost sparks a deep discussion about folklore, history, and storytelling. Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN WRESTLE HEIST #1 Writer/Artist: Kyle Starks Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: December 17, 2025 A former pro wrestler—who has a brush with death thanks to a crooked promoter—assembles a crew of fellow wrestlers he’s screwed over... to rob him blind during the biggest wrestling event of the year. From the outrageous, action-packed mind of multi-time Eisner nominee KYLE STARKS (Peacemaker Tries Hard, Sexcastle, I Hate This Place), with eye-popping colors by VLADIMIR POPOV (Where Monsters Lie, Fearscape), comes a no-holds-barred heist caper packed with body slams and backstabs. [rating:4.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4pAIAtg MATTHEW VR TROOPERS #5 Writer: Mairghread Scott Artist: Sebastián Píriz Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: Release Date: December 17, 2025 A daring rescue leads to shocking revelations! 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? [rating:3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/49fxtQP RODRIGO MARY SHELLEY - THE ETERNAL DREAM Writer: Alessandro di Virgilio Artist: Manuela Santoni Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: January 13, 2026 Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream is an expressively illustrated fictional account of the life of writer Mary Shelley, as told by her famous invention, Frankenstein’s monster. With cameos by a variety of other famous writers and historical figures, this graphic novel is perfect for fans of literary and feminist history. 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. [rating: 4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4q5mxL6 DISCUSSION EDENFROST Writer: Amit Tishler Artist: Bruno Frenda Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Release Date: 2024 Two Jewish siblings summon the power of a Golem to fight their way through the fires of the Russian Civil War. Will the monster be their salvation, or hasten their demise? 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. You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/498A7b0 CLOSE Contact us at [email protected] A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

After months of "technical difficulties", the third episode of TEX MEN is finally here! Tex Willerman and Kurt Wagner, the incredible NIGHTCRAWLER are back, and this time they’re joined by Kurt’s old buddy, the mysterious card throwing mutant known as Gambit, Remy LeBeau. Together, they dive into Tex's new fascination -- a little known Korean Documentary called Kpop Demon Hunters. Don’t worry, it’s not all demon drama. Tex also drops some fun facts about the news stories of June 2025, how the Saja Boys ripped off a Coca Cola Cowboy, and his plans for a new Piggly Wiggly Casino! Watch out and make sure you don't put your fist in anyone's mouth!(We’re as confused as you are).It’s a Geek History Lesson holiday special packed with geeky goodness, questionable tangents, and enough chaos to make Wolverine lose his cool.Featuring: Omar NajamGrab some eggnog, put on your 90s Head Cowl, and let’s do this!#SpookySeason2025 Merch ► https://www.teepublic.com/stores/jawiinFor exclusive bonus podcasts like our Justice League Review show our Teen Titans Podcast, GHL Extra & Livestreams with the hosts, join the Geek History Lesson Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/JawiinGHL RECOMMENDED READING from this episode► https://www.geekhistorylesson.com/recommendedreadingFOLLOW GHL►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geekhistorylessonThreads: https://www.threads.net/@geekhistorylessonTik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@geekhistorylessonFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/geekhistorylessonGet Your GHL Pin: https://geekhistorylesson.etsy.comYou can follow Ashley at https://www.threads.net/@ashleyvrobinson or https://www.ashleyvictoriarobinson.com/Follow Jason at https://www.threads.net/@jawiin or https://bsky.app/profile/jasoninman.bsky.socialThanks for showing up to class today. Class is dismissed!

The party touches down on one of the two moons to carry out an important escort mission. Character sheets and battle map images for this episode are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at [email protected] A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site for more.

You think Felix Unger has problems, this week, we run down the top five characters who would be the worst roommates. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure The Top Five Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at [email protected] A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

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? Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) REVIEWS STEPHEN SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 2 #1 Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: Oni Press Cover Price: $8.99 Release Date: December 10, 2025 AS IF THE HOLIDAYS WEREN’T HORRORIFIC ENOUGH?! EC Comics and Oni Press are BACK to stab your stocking for the second year running with all-new, all-terrifying tales of holiday horror and Christmastime catastrophe as SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES slays again! In this year’s giant-sized, 56-page tome of gruesomely gift-wrapped delights: We’re tying perpetual naughty-listers David M. Booher (Canto), Melissa Flores (Biker Mice from Mars), George Northy (Yuletide), and Ben H. Winters (Benjamin) to the dried-out Christmas tree in the family parlor . . . and gathering ‘round as artistic Tormentors-in-training Sami Kivelä (Abbott), Dan McDaid (Shazam!), and more surprise guests throw a few lit matches their way to get this old-fashioned solstice sacrifice started in style! Yes, we know: It smells like dinner might be getting a little overdone! Never fear, because EC’s newest annual tradition also comes complete with an extra-added EC Comics classic—newly restored back to its authentic original coloring! As you sift through the charred remains, just remember: SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES is here to bring the horror back to the holidays . . . and we wouldn’t want it any other way! [rating:3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4iIZJhN MATTHEW INFERNO GIRL RED: BOOK TWO #1 Writer: Mat Groom Artist: Erica D'Urso Publisher: Image Comics/Massive-Verse Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: December 3, 2025 INFERNO GIRL RED RETURNS! Cássia Costa has established herself as Apex City's protector — but now, still reeling from a heartbreaking loss, the consequences of her past victories have come back to haunt her. Who are the Twins, what are their plans for Apex, and what shocking revelation will leave Cássia reeling? [rating:3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3YflT1Q RODRIGO THE NEW SPACE AGE #1 Writer: Kenny Porter Artist: Mike Becker Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: December 17, 2025 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. [rating: 3/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4iKY5fD DISCUSSION THE MANY DEATHS OF LAILA STARR Writer: Ram V. Artist: Filipe Andrade Publisher: Archaia Release Date: February 1, 2022 Humanity is on the verge of discovering immortality. As a result, the avatar of Death is cast down to Earth to live a mortal life in Mumbai as twenty-something Laila Starr. Struggling with her newfound mortality, Laila has found a way to be placed in the time and place where the creator of immortality will be born. Will Laila take her chance to stop mankind from permanently altering the cycle of life, or will death really become a thing of the past? You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/4akSlY7 CLOSE Contact us at [email protected] A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

Looking for something to give to the gamer in your life? Dan is back with a rundown of gift ideas for the holidays. strong>Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at [email protected] GIFT GUIDE Some small great Stocking Stuffers Flip 7 (And Be SURE TO GET GRINCH Edition-- WalMart Exclusive) Mountain Goats Ruins Fight 5 Co-Operative style and/or Family The Lord of the Rings Trick Taking Game The Lord of the Rings Fate of the Fellowship Hot Streak -- Think Ready set bet but even lighter fun For your Heavy Game lovers in your group Speakeasy Shackleton Base Galactic Cruise FFG announced all the releases for 2026 for Marvel Champions WizKids will release more Marvel Remix in April ‘26 with Marvel Remix:The Cosmos ($20) Remix is the Marvel skinned Fantasy realms a drafting game with optimizing your hand based on scoring of the cards. Leder Games will release two small expansions for Root. The Squires and Disciples Deck ( Aug ‘26 $10) The Homeland Hireling Pack (Aug ‘26  $20) CROWD FUNDING KICKSTARTER Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Game Queen Carrom and Crokinole To Go The Great Library by Vital Lacerda with Art by Ian O'Toole GAMEFOUND Arydia 2nd print The Witcher Legacy Radiance Dragon Eclipse:The Grand Quest