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Guess the Real Spoiler! (December 1, 2010) Updated with Answer!
Two years ago, on the Wednesday after American Thanksgiving, Secret Invasion #8 came out. Last year, it was Siege: The Cabal #1. This year… not much. What gives, Marvel? But, even without any big event books, we’re still going to play everyone’s favourite Comics Should be Good game: Guess the Real Spoiler! The rules are simple: below the cut, I’ll provide a spoiler for all of the comics I read this week, only one of which is real, and you try to guess which one is real. Tomorrow, around noon, I’ll update the post with the solution. And, of course, if you don’t want anything spoiled, don’t click for more. So, let’s play the game!
The post has been edited to include the answer…
Nine books this week…
The Boys #49: Turns out that the Frenchman has been a mole for the Seven and that’s how things went bad with Mallory years ago… and it looks like it will happen again.
Bring the Thunder #1: A soldier in Afganistan finds a magic sword and becomes a lightning god, but destroys a big chunk of Asia in the process.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust #7: Turns out that Malcolm, the empath, is actually an android. An advanced, experimental model.
Irredeemable #20: The price for getting rid of the Plutonian is exposed and the Paradigm are left to face the wrath of the world’s governments as they’re declared war criminals.
RASL #9: Tesla appears, arriving from an alternate Earth where his ideas were embraced and humanity lives in immortal utopia.
Supergod #5: Jerry Craven, the American ‘supergod,’ fights and kills Krishna, destroying a big chunk of Asia in the process and dooming the world.
Thor: For Asgard #5: Loki returns at the end, killing Thor just like he killed Balder, declaring himself the ruler of the ruined, fallen Asgard.
What If? Iron Man: Demon in an Armor #1: Tony Stark rooms with Reed Richards in college and, when an experiment explodes in Stark’s face, he dedicates himself to a life of greed and selfishness, first using his family company to sell weapons and, then, creating the Iron Man armour… and using it for evil purposes.
Wolverine: The Best There Is #1: Logan goes to a club, gets high, styles women’s hair, and then hits the dance floor before his trip goes bad and he freaks out.
Now, guess the real spoiler!
EDIT! The answer to the game is… as many of you hoped, Wolverine: The Best There Is #1! Thanks for playing!






34 Comments
Rusty Priske
December 1, 2010 at 12:51 pm
PLEEEEEEAAAASSSSSEEEEE let it be the last one…
Michael P
December 1, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Jesus, I *hope* that’s not the ending to RASL.
And I really hope that *is* the ending to Wolverine.
Cisco Kid
December 1, 2010 at 12:56 pm
The Boys spoiler, if true, would be a huge swerve!
Bill Reed
December 1, 2010 at 1:08 pm
Man, you really have it out for Asia today.
I’ll go with, I dunno, Supergod? I know zilch about most of these comics.
Spider Jerusalem
December 1, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Even money on Supergod.
Chad Nevett
December 1, 2010 at 1:11 pm
Yeah, Bill, not the best week to screw with people like I usually do…
Daryll B.
December 1, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Ya know…I think I am going to pick up that What If now on just that potential(?) spoiler alone….
I’m with Cisco Kid, if The Boys spoiler is the true one, my mouth will break the floor!
I have to guess RASL because Jeff Smith would try something that off the wall….
jjc
December 1, 2010 at 1:54 pm
I could see the Wolverine one being true if Lapham were writing it.
Get on it Lapham!
bongoes
December 1, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Oh, please be Wolverine.
Adam K
December 1, 2010 at 2:23 pm
I really hope it’s Wolverine. Since it’s not, this should serve as your pitch for Marvel.
Apodaca
December 1, 2010 at 2:39 pm
It’s definitely not The Boys. That just wouldn’t make any sense. Frenchie’s affection for the Female wouldn’t jive with him setting up Mallory’s grandkids to suffer. And the preview pages contradict the What If? one…
I’m in the same boat as Bill, not really knowing anything about most of these comics. I’ll pick…
Irredeemable.
Lando
December 1, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Man, after reading the boys 48…it would not shock me if it turns out that is the real one. I think it’ll be supergod…but of course I really want it to be Wolverine.
Simon
December 1, 2010 at 3:03 pm
I’m guessing it’s the What If, because the whole What If line is pretty as programmatic and fill-in-the-blanks as that sounds.
Dalarsco
December 1, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I’m guessing Wolverine because it explains the ridiculous disclaimer on the cover and is so absurd that no one would bother to seriously get it.
funkygreenjerusalem
December 1, 2010 at 4:16 pm
It better not be The Boys one!
Zdenko
December 1, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Please God let it be Wolverine!!! And with Madcap being the villain I think it is…
Mike Loughlin
December 1, 2010 at 6:29 pm
What the hell, I’ll go with Thor: For Asgard, because no one else picked it.
Tom Fitzpatrick
December 1, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I’d say What If? Iron Man: Demon in an Armor.
Why not? Why not?
Isn’t it the 21st century?
Travis Pelkie
December 1, 2010 at 7:13 pm
I dunno, but as Simon said, (ahem), that What If sounds like a typical What If fill in the blanks type story.
I don’t really have a guess, but as everyone else is saying, that Wolverine one would be awesome.
Let’s say Bring the Thunder, since I have no idea what that book is.
What I wonder is how close your other “spoilers” are to the actual events in the books above. Obviously you’ve got to make things seem reasonable for at least some of these books for there to even be a game.
Dominic
December 1, 2010 at 7:26 pm
I hope it’s The Boys because it would be utterly horrible and depressing but I’m guessing…Irredeemable…hard though there are some great legit sounding scenarios here.
comixkid2099
December 1, 2010 at 7:49 pm
There should have been just one more destruction of Asia, to commedically top it off.
Luis Dantas
December 1, 2010 at 8:20 pm
It really looks like the Irredeemable spoiler could be true.
TimCallahan
December 1, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Hmmm…did anyone else catch the hidden message in this post?
Look what happens if you highlight random letters…
The Boys #49: Turns out that the Fren[CH]man h[A]s been a mole for the Seven and that’s how things went ba[D] w[I]th Mallory year[S] a[GO]… and it looks like it will happen again.
Bring the Thunder #1: A sol[D]ier in Afganistan finds a magic sword and becomes a lightning god, [BUT DESTROYS A BIG CHUNK OF ASIA IN THE PROCESS].
That is hubris, and an entire continent will pay the price, sir.
Chad Nevett
December 1, 2010 at 9:43 pm
…I… er… I don’t… well… uh…
HEY, ASIA STARTED IT!
Travis Pelkie
December 1, 2010 at 11:10 pm
See, you let Burgas on the podcast last week, and this is what it led to.
I knew I didn’t trust those shifty Canadians!
But you never start a land war in Asia, c’mon man.
Chad Nevett
December 2, 2010 at 10:23 am
The answer is Wolverine: The Best There Is #1. Thanks for playing everyone!
Chad Nevett
December 2, 2010 at 10:32 am
Oh, and because someone asked, most of the fake spoilers here are very different from what actually happens. The only one that’s a small, subtle change is Supergod #5. The rest are all creations of my imagination basically.
Greg Burgas
December 2, 2010 at 10:49 am
I wasn’t going to buy the Wolverine book, but with an ending like that, I might just have to!
T.
December 2, 2010 at 11:11 am
I haven’t bought an American superhero comic in years, but now I have to. Man, Marvel’s current crop of writers right now is on fire.
Lando
December 2, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Ok, I was already sold with Wolverine goes to Hell, but it looks like I got another monthly in my sights. How is that not a MAX book?
Bill Reed
December 2, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Shit, now I have to buy Wolverine: Shampoo Night Fever.
Dominic
December 2, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Am still clinging to the hope that I’ve hallucinated the reveal and the real spoiler is still The Boys…
Shenkar
December 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Now I actually wanna read that Wolverine book.
Dalarsco
December 2, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Also, you might want to read solicits before you do these. The Iron Man one was impossible since the solicit says that what happened was that Doom and Tony switched bodies.