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DC spoiling the events of this week’s Batman #50 in The New York Times has stirred a lot of controversy among comic book fans and retailers, and also brings the subject of spoilers to the forefront of the national comic book conversation again. Writer Dan Slott, who has dealt with a number of major spoilers involving his long run on Marvel’s The Amazing Spider-Man, posted a self-described rant on Facebook voicing his displeasure with “spoiler culture” that also serves as a warning to fans to avoid having the story of Batman #50 ruined for them. RELATED: Batman/Catwoman Wedding Spoilers Have King ‘Pissed’ & ‘Excited’ He explained the main concern he has about spoiler culture is that it deprives the storytellers of the joy of surprising fans and prevents readers from experiencing the twists in the story in the context of the issue itself, as opposed to a recap of the story somewhere else. He notes,

Last week, a number of years-old comments made by James Gunn, in which the writer/director made off-color jokes about topics including rape and pedophilia, surfaced online. Though Gunn apologized for his comments, it was announced the next day that Disney had severed all business ties with him, including his current job writing and directing Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. While Gunn subsequently released a statement in which he took full responsibility for his comments, and that he accepted and understood Disney’s actions, one of his GotG stars has a different stance. Dave Bautista, who portrays Drax in the popular Marvel franchise, released a brief statement on Twitter last night in support of his friend and director. What’s more, he blatantly condemns the decision to fire him. RELATED: James Gunn Apologizes For Old, Offensive Jokes About Rape & Pedophilia “I will have more to say but for right now all I will say i

Following a controversy involving Marsha Cooke, the widow of the late comic book legend, Darwyn Cooke, both Jeff Lemire and Bill Sienkiewicz separately posted denunciations of the ‘Comicsgate’ movement. In a recent video interview on YouTube, comic book creator Billy Tucci casually referenced the late Darywn Cooke. This led to a fan to post an old interview of Darwyn Cooke and claim that Cooke would have supported the ‘Comicsgate’ movement, which generally argues against what they feel is “forced diversification” of comic books. This has often led to harassment of minority creators and LGBTQ creators by a number of the supporters of Comicsgate. Marsha Cooke then reactivated her Twitter account to say that her husband was not a supporter of Comicsgate. We don’t deserve Marsha Cooke ❤️ pic.twitter.com/bMq2SGUJtq — rosie knight @ home ✨ (@RosieMarx) August 21, 2018 Cooke stated, &ld