Major Spoilers Podcast #1133: The Fight of the Century

Superman vs. Muhammad Ali! It's all going down as two titans take on the Scrubs! Then, Rick and Morty vs. The Universe and Benjamin #2 from Oni Press, and we peek at Captain America #1 from Marvel Comics.

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE
Writer: Daniel Kibblesmith
Artist: Jarrett Williams
Publisher: Oni Press
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: July 9, 2025
From the deviant psyches of comics mastermind and multiple Emmy Award–nominee Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and artistic annihilator Jarrett Williams (Speed Force), this summer’s seven-part countdown to the end of everything that was, is, and will be begins with . . . a bachelor party that gets a little out of hand?
Rick’s old buddy Dimension C-137 (where Rick and Morty Cronenberg’d Earth) has reached his UNIVERSAL HALF-LIFE and is getting MARRIED—to the female-presenting embodiment of the Parmesan Dimension! He’s found true love and wants his old pal Rick to plan his bachelor party! WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Answer: Pretty much everything . . . and it is all Rick’s fault! Now Rick and Morty are on the run from EVERY SINGLE UNIVERSE THEY’VE EVER MESSED WITH—meaning, no matter what dimension they escape to, the universe will literally be against them. And, to survive, Rick will be forced to something he hoped he would never have to do—a last resort of EPIC PROPORTIONS!

DON’T CALL IT A CRISIS! The FIRST RICK AND MORTY COMICS EVENT starts here with a cosmos-colliding spectacular TOO BIG FOR TV . . . and featuring, well, EVERYONE!
[rating:4/5]

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MATTHEW
CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Valerio Schiti
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: July 2, 2025
A NEW ERA FOR CAPTAIN AMERICA BEGINS HERE!

While Captain America slumbered in ice, the world changed - for better and for worse. Steve Rogers awakens to a reality where battles are fought in the shadows through secrets and subterfuge, and villains aren't so easy to identify. When a fledgling dictator named Victor Von Doom conquers Latveria, Steve faces a critical decision: adapt to a new kind of warfare, or forge his own path? And what will the choice he makes in the past mean for his future? Experience the untold tale of Captain America's first encounter with Doctor Doom as Chip Zdarsky and Valerio Schiti team up for a game-changing new era of CAPTAIN AMERICA!
[rating:3/5]

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RODRIGO
BENJAMIN #2
Writer: Ben H. Winters
Artist: Leomacs
Publisher: Oni Press
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: July 16
Legendary science-fiction novelist Benjamin J. Carp has just been resurrected 40 years after his death . . . and that’s not even the strangest thing that’s going to happen to him today.

In an effort to unravel the mystery of author Benjamin J. Carp’s unexpected reappearance, Benjamin and his newfound companion, Marcus, travel to the arid Joshua Tree desert, where they discover the secret lair of a cabal of scientists eager to revive the minds of some of history’s greatest thinkers in an effort to save humanity from its greatest weakness: lack of imagination. Are they to be believed . . . or is this just more sci-fi hokum torn from a chapter in one of Carp’s beloved novels?
[rating: 3.5/5]

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DISCUSSION

SUPERMAN VS. MUHAMMAD ALI
Writer: Dennis O'Neil
Artist: Neal Adams