Spoilers

Welcome to Give ‘Em Elle, a weekly column that hopes to bridge the gap between old school comics fandom and the progressive edge of comics culture. This week, like a lot of us, I’m thinking about spoilers and how they related to comics. I don’t have any big answers, or any axes to grind, but as usual I do have some thoughts.

Since her debut in September, Marvel has been making a lot of hay out of the new Thor being somebody readers will recognize, and playing up her secret identity as a big reveal. As often happens, that big reveal was leaked online before the release of Wednesday's Thor #8. In response, Marvel confirmed the news to The New York Times, and the holder of the hammer is definitely someone longtime fans will be familiar with. Spoilers ahead.

Over a lifetime of reading comics, Senior Writer Chris Sims has developed an inexhaustible arsenal of facts and opinions. That's why, each and every week, we turn to you to put his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...

If you thought that the debut of the Phoenix Five was shocking, Marvel Comics is teasing an even bigger reveal for the later issues of Avengers vs. X-Men - even if it's one that some people have been waiting for since the first announcement of the series...

After months of anticipation, the reboot is finally here with this week's release of Justice League #1, ushering in a new era for the DC Universe. It's an era of big changes, and if you want to experience them for yourself, it's obviously best to avoid the spoilers that are going to be cropping up on the Internet. If, however, you want to be thoroughly entertained, those spoilers are exactly what

Last week, the ending of the Death of Spider-Man story was revealed at major media outlets like the Associated Press and USA Today the day before the book hit shelves in comic book stores, to the consternation of many devoted readers (including our own David Uzumeri) who would have preferred to learn what happened by reading the comic, not a headline...

Echoing the media full-court press that Marvel employed with the death of Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four #587, Marvel has released big news about the conclusion of the "Death of Spider-Man" storyline in USA Today, the New York Post and the Associated Press...

Last night before signing off from the blogosphere I promised myself I wouldn't get on Twitter for fear of spoiling "Lost's" Season Six premiere. Long story short, it didn't work out that way. Fortunately, instead of running into any actual spoilers, I ran into "Nedroid Picture Diary" creator Anthony Clark's "spoilers," hilarious sketches chock full of "Lost"