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Major Spoilers Podcast #1158: Assorted Crises and Space Opera Mayhem
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- Jan 21, 2026
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Summary
Stephen and Matthew are here with hot takes on the new Tomb Raider casting, a rave for Stephen's early pick for Best of 2026, a dive into Gatchaman: Junpei—Henchmen , and a wild, vibes-first tour through Space Opera Xanadax . We also talk publishers committing to bigger swings (and not just one-shot stunts) in 2026! Thanks for reading Major Spoilers! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. 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 ASSORTED CRISIS EVENTS #8 Writer: Deniz Camp Artist: Eric Zawadzki Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: January 21, 2026 LIFE IN THE GUTTER! A homeless comic book artist falls into the gutters – literally! Can Wally find his way back to life and reality, or is he lost in the blank white space between panels forever? Purchase via our Amazon affiliate link GATCHAMAN—JINPEI: HENSHIN (ONE-SHOT) Writer: Tommy Lee Edwards Artist: Daniel Hansen Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Cover Price: $6.99 Release Date: January 21, 2026 When Galactor's new menace, Professor Toxoid, infects the God Phoenix with a bio-mech virus, Ken, Jun, Joe, and Ryu are fused to their stations and powerless to fight back. As a monstrous Mecha-Beast crushes South City Harbor, the fate of the Science Ninja Team falls to the youngest member, Jinpei. Armed with nothing but a spool of wire, raw nerve, and ninja-science ingenuity, he must reboot the Phoenix before the team--and the city--are lost forever. A pulse-pounding tech-horror one-shot with explosive battles and a blazing Fire…