Major Issues Podcast

Black Widow is officially out and many fans have been waiting with bated breathe to see what the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had in store. After watching her other founding Avengers get their own solo films, Natasha Romanoff grabs the reins in this action-packed film about family, espionage, and creating your own path. Join us as we gush over what could possibly be the last time we...

It's been 11 years since we were first introduced to Natasha Romanoff in the MCU, as she stole our hearts and dropped our jaws in her Iron Man 2 debut. Since then she has fought alongside our heroes but has rarely had the spotlight herself. That ends today. With the Black Widow film quickly approaching, we decided to cover the story that introduces ANOTHER Black Widow in Yelena Belova who will als...

Loki Laufeyson is a lot of things, but could he rule the free world? That's the premise of the 2016 4-issue miniseries "Vote Loki", which was written by Christopher Hastings for Marvel Comics. A loose commentary on the dumpster fire that was the 2016 Presidential Election, "Vote Loki" serves as both a cautionary tale AND a self-fulfilling prophecy, as it examines what happens when political candid...

When people think of their favorite cinematic versions of Superman, they tend to be split. Traditionalists will point to Christopher Reeve, and his series of films that made us "Believe A Man Could Fly". Others call the Reeve version "outdated", celebrating and favoring Henry Cavill's Man of Steel above all others. Right in the middle, sits Brandon Routh and his portrayal of the Big Blue Boy Scout...

Some consider it to be definitively his greatest story. Others say it made him a scapegoat for all the problems facing the publication. There are those who call its animated adaption the greatest DC Animated movie of all time, while a vocal few voiced anger by the changes that were to come of it. We're talking about Flashpoint and can you believe it's been 10 years since the groundbreaking time tr...

WHICH WAS WORSE IS BACK! The series that has The Don and Dan The Comic Man defending the indefensible returns with a rare wrinkle. In this episode, the guys pit 2010's Jonah Hex against 1986's Howard The Duck! Thing is, neither Dan nor The Don has seen EITHER film until this moment! What film will be crown definitively worse? You decide as you listen to another banger episode of the Major Issues P...

It's an X-Men Renaissance! After nearly a decade of aimless storytelling, the X-Men are in the hands of a master storyteller Jonathan Hickman and boy does he have plans for the World's Strangest Superheroes of All! Join us we marvel over the sweeping changes he's made to the franchise as it's laid out in his 2 part /12issue introduction to HIS X-Men universe..House of X and Powers of X! By the way...

It's 2017 and The Fingers of The Hand are up to no good! It's gonna take the combined strength of all of our Marvel Netflix heroes (minus Frank Castle) to stop them! Join us as we look back at the first meeting of The Defenders (Luke Cage, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and....sigh...Iron Fist) as they join forces to tackle their hardest obstacle yet! In this episode, we talk about how the series fell...

Five years ago, arguably the greatest entry in Marvel's Cinematic Universe Captain America Civil War made its debut in theaters around the world. Not only did it introduce us to the MCU Spider-Man and Black Panther but the film itself was a masterclass in building on the tension from past films. Half a decade later does the film still hold up? What are the effects the Disney+ shows have on films l...

When Barry Allen aka The Flash ends up on an alternate earth and face-to-face with the Justice Society of America, he may be what the team needs to turn the tide during World War II. Join us as we tackle the latest DC Comics animated feature, and discuss the JSA and their impact on comic books in this GOLDEN AGE edition of the Major Issues Podcast! Please leave us a review on ITunes so we can grow...

In today's age of comic book media you really need to do something different to stand out. If you can be unique you can capture the imagination of the fanbase and gain immortality. That is what Season 1 of Invincible on Amazon Prime managed to do in just 8 episodes. Based on the series written by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Invincible takes everything you know about the common origin stor...

Last we saw Sam Wilson, he was gifted the iconic vibranium shield by Steve Rogers aka Captain America, in hope that he would take up the role and follow the legacy. Since then we have all waited with bated breath to see how Falcon would uphold the mantle. Is the world ready for a black Captain America? Are Steve's shoes too big to fill? Why would a man represent a country that has committed atroci...

It's the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the creation of Comic Book Clique! To celebrate in style we decided to tell our OWN origin story for what would eventually become the latest and greatest thing to come to comic books and comic book media. How did CBC start? Did you know CBC was almost called something entirely different? What is in store for the next five years for the company. All that and more i...

Megan Huang is going to be the talk of the comic book world very soon, but until then she was graceful enough to talk to us about her pathway into comics, whether pineapple belongs on pizza, and her journey to creating her OWN comic book published by Dark Horse Comics, Rangers of The Divide! Join us as we talk to one of the brightest new talents to come to comic books and comic book media!  Megan...

With the destruction of The Darkest Knight at the end of Dark Knights Death Metal, the DC Universe looks forward to a familiar but also strange future. A future where Gotham is ruled by a militant force led by The Magistrate, Jon Kent is the savior of Metropolis and Diana faces off against a faceless foe at the end of time. Could this be a sign of things to come? What does this future say about wh...

With #RestoreTheSnyderVerse taking the internet by storm, there has been a lot of talk about bad film productions and unreleased directors cut. We thought we'd take the conversation ever FURTHER by talking about a comic book film that never OFFICIALLY saw the light of day; Roger Corman's Fantastic Four. More so than review the actual film we talk about the documentary surrounding the ill-fated fil...

The Which Was Worse series on the Major Issues Podcast is where we take two critically maligned films and debate which was actually worse. After 8 of those episodes, we had an idea. What if we put those 16 properties in a March Madness style tournament? Could we definitively figure out the worst film in the Which Was Worse series? Well we are going to do our best to find out! With heavy hitters li...

The bell has been rung. The fight has been won. After four years of campaigns, hashtags, and reshoots, Zack Snyder's original vision for the Justice League is here, but is it an improvement on the original? Coming in just a bit over four hours of content, there is a lot to discuss when it comes to an unshackled Snyder in regards to the DCEU. What direction will DC go in now? Should Snyder get anot...

Now that the dust has settled in Westview and with WandaVision in our rearview, now is the perfect time to talk what could quite possibly be the biggest Scarlet Witch story to date; the universe changing House of M written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Olivier Coipel. The story follows the horrific events of Avengers: Disassembled where The Scarlet Witch with revenge on her mind kills...

Oh MCU how we have missed you! Just like old friends meeting together for the first time in a long time it turns out we have ALOT to be filled in on when it comes to our favorite Avenging Couple of Wanda Maximoff and the Vision. Last we saw of these two, Vision was brutally neutralized by the Mad Titan Thanos, and Wanda was mourning her lost love after Avengers Endgame. How exactly has the Vision...

Sam Wilson just can't catch a break. Ever since he took on the mantle of Captain America (which was bestowed upon him by the original Steve Rogers) he has become a political lightning rod, inadvertently inciting divisiveness wherever the hero goes. In this retrospective, we take a deep look at Nick Spencer's take on the Sentinel of Liberty and why Sam's turn with the shield was met with so much co...

Valentine's Day 2021 has come and gone, but there seems to still be some love in the air! In a celebration of the diverse forms love can take, DC Comics decided to release 'Love Is A Battlefield', an 80-Page/ 10-story anthology series following specific DC characters on the most romantic of days. Join us as we discuss the "friendzone", talk gender roles and give our ideas of what other couples cou...

Hello Love Birds and Lonely Hearts! With the dust of Valentine's day 2021 finally settling, we decided to take a look a show that dissects love in all its various forms, from dealing with a bad breakup, to finding your soul mate. Harley Quinn, which debuted on the DCUniverse app in 2019 more heart than you expect, mixed with enough F-Bombs and gratuitous violence to appeal to the psycho in all of...

Perpetua, the creator of the Multiverse with the villainous Batman Who Laughs at her side, has taken over the Multiverse as we know it, plunging it into a dystopian hellscape filled to the brim with nightmare versions of Batman. Our heroes have been split up, some imprisoned, others in hiding and rulers like Wonder Woman and Aquaman have joined Perpetua to save their respective peoples. Can our he...

It was supposed to be the start of a new generation of heroes. It was supposed to be the last grasp at greatness for a franchise on it’s last legs. It was supposed to come out 4 separate times over the last 4 years. That’s right, this week we are talking The New Mutants in a full recap and review! The long-awaited, and incredibly frustrating entry in the Fox X-Men universe left many scratching the...