Major Spoilers Podcast #1152: Death Gets Downsized

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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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]

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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]

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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 get