Major Spoilers Comic Book Podcast

We look at the House of X this week, talk on the news out of DC FanDome, and welcome a special guest! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) DC FanDome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-g_YNZ90tI https://youtu.be/HI0FyOsACyQ https://www.cbr.com/the-batman-hbo-max-series-year-one-prequel-matt-reeves/ https://variety.com/2020/film/news/the-flash-ezra-miller-dc-fandome-1234744694/ https://variety.com/2020/film/news/ben-affleck-batman-the-flash-1234741992/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-QSZKxkBjo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGWPIOKc1aQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5npfFzwWqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EVFYstVuVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhVf_3TeTQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJjRRErYdO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N73oTiIIJe0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh3AK1nQ-R4 https://variety.com/2020/film/news/justice-society-of-america-black-adam-hawkman-cyclone-1234744998/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6512XKKNkU https://variety.com/2020/film/news/static-shock-movie-dc-1234744940/ DISCUSSION HOUSE OF X Writer: Johnathan Hickman Artist: Pepe Larraz Publisher: Marvel Mutants are the future, and the future begins now! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (INFINITY, SECRET WARS) takes the reigns of the X-Men universe with artists Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva to change the way you look at every X-Men story. HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X intertwine to reveal the secret past, present, future, and far future of Mutantkind! It all starts when Charles Xavier reveals his new masterplan for Mutantkind, one that will bring mutants out of the shadow of humanity and into the light. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

We move East of West this week, and talk Stranger Things, DC FanDome, Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason, The Muppets NOW, and Spider-Woman! Take the jump and check out this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWShttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stranger-things-creators-departure-halloween-spookiness-season-4-plans-1307226 http://majorspoilers.com/2020/08/14/dc-comics-for-november-2020/ https://majorspoilers.com/2020/08/14/dc-fandome-release-full-programming-schedule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-fandome-release-full-programming-schedule https://www.idwpublishing.com/seven-of-nine-helms-new-star-trek-voyager-comic-book-miniseries-from-idw/ REVIEWS STEPHEN LOVECRAFT COUNTRY EPISODE 1 HBOMAX Release Date: August 16, 2020 Based on Matt Ruff ’s novel of the same name, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback. Lovecraft Country is executive produced by showrunner Misha Green along with J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim, and David Knoller. [rating:5/5] MATTHEW SPIDER-WOMAN #3 Writer: Karla Pacheco Artist:Pere Perez Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 19, 2020 With another all-out attack on her client, Spider-Woman is really beginning to regret taking this gig. As the tables turn yet again, a quick escape leads to the last place on Earth Jess wants to be. \The shocking return of someone from Jess’s past ups the ante and throws Spider-Woman’s life into chaos! [rating:2.5/5] RODRIGO MUPPETS NOW Directed By: Vito Masano, Rufus Scot Church, Chris Alender Service: Disney + Release Date: Weekly Episodes Starting July 31 Muppets Now “Muppets Now” is The Muppets Studio’s first unscripted series and first original series for Disney+. In the six-episode season, Scooter rushes to make his delivery deadlines and upload the brand-new Muppet series for streaming. They are due now, and he’ll need to navigate whatever obstacles, distractions, and complications the rest of the Muppet gang throws at him. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY PERRY MASON CHAPTER 8 Writer: Rolin Jones & Ron Fitzgerald & Kevin J. Hynes Director: Tim Van Patten Starring: Matthew Rhys Network: HBO [Max] Release Date: August 9, 2020 Set in 1932 Los Angeles, this edgy, noirish update puts a new spin on the iconic character with Mason (Matthew Rhys) as a low-rent private investigator who digs into a controversial and politically loaded case. [rating: 4.5/5] DISCUSSION EAST OF WEST VOLUME 1 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Nick Dragotta Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $14.46 This is the world. It is not the one we wanted, but it is the one we deserved. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and our best hope for life, lies in DEATH! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

European comics land at Major Spoilers this week, and… oh boy… Plus we review Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons, Fantastic Four #22, and the series finale of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/dc-universe-dc-comics-layoffs-warnermedia-restructure-1234731181/ https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/46300/idw-ends-jud-meyers-short-tenure-publisher https://bleedingcool.com/tv/christopher-eccleston-returns-to-doctor-who-as-the-doctor-in-2021/ https://collider.com/bill-and-ted-3-face-the-music-release-date-featurette/ REVIEWS STEPHEN DEATHSTROKE: KNIGHTS AND DRAGONS: THE MOVIE Director: Sung Jin Ahn Writer: J. M. DeMatteis Staring: Michael Chiklis, Sasha Alexander, Chris Jai Alex, Faye Mata, Griffin Puatu Ten years ago, Slade Wilson-aka the super-assassin called Deathstroke-made a tragic mistake and his wife and son paid a terrible price. Now, a decade later, Wilson’s family is threatened once again by the murderous Jackal and the terrorists of H.IV.E. Can Deathstroke atone for the sins of the past-or will his family pay the ultimate price? [rating:2/5] MATTHEW FANTASTIC FOUR #22 Writer: Dan Slott Artist: Paco Medina Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 5, 2020 The return of the new Fantastic Four?! The events of EMPYRE threaten all life on Earth and the future balance of power throughout the cosmos! And the secret mission that the FF have placed into Valeria and Franklin’s hands requires some big-league help! [rating:3.5/5] ASHLEY I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK SERIES FINALE Writer: Michelle McNamara Starring: Patton Oswalt, Karen Kilgariff, et al Network: HBO Max Release Date: Aug 2, 2020 An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara’s obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION TORPEDO VOLUME 1 Writer: Enrique Sanchez Abuli Translation: JImmy Palmiotti Artist: Alex Toth and Jordi Bernet Publisher: IDW Publishing The story of a gangster whose life is traced from the innocence of childhood to amoral adulthood, and nearly every stop explored along the way. Abuli’s distinctive narrative builds the story over time and Jordi Bernet’s masterful renditions of the title character are stunningly cinematic-Torpedo is the Godfather of comics, in both subject matter and execution. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

We take a look at The Fade Out Volume 1, Ice Cream Man #20, Pulp, Vampire the Masquerade #1, and the pilot for Other Space. Spider-Man is in the Avengers, Hellboy is a RPG, Mulan gets a PVOD, and Netflix is looking for the next big thing in this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://bleedingcool.com/games/marvels-avengers-will-be-getting-spider-man-as-a-character/ http://majorspoilers.com/2020/08/04/hellboy-rpg-heads-to-kickstarter/ https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disney-plus-60-5-million-paid-subscribers-1234725409/ https://lrmonline.com/news/netflix-wants-to-find-their-own-harry-potter-or-star-wars/ REVIEWS STEPHEN PULP Writer: Ed Brubaker Art: Sean Phillips Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $16.99 Release Date: July 29, 2020 Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at five cents a word—tales of a Wild West outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past? [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW ICE CREAM MAN #20 Writer: W. Maxwell Prince Artist: Chris O’Halloran/Martin Morazzo Publisher:Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date:August 5, 2020 “FOR KIDS” One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Three fish, four fish, have some more fish. Five fish, six fish—are you sickish? Seven fish, eight fish…it’s getting late fish. Nine fish, ten fish, everyone you love will die and life is pointless so why even get out of bed you little worm you sick little insect with your sad flailing arms and creepy-crawly legs my god I’ve never seen such a pathetic specimen how sad how truly tragic…red fish, blue fish. [rating:4/5] RODRIGO VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE #1 Writer: Tim Seeley, Tini Howard, Blake Howard Artist: Dev Pramanik, Nathan Gooden Publisher: Vault Comics Cover Price: 3.99 Release Date: August 5, 2020 From the internationally best-selling World of Darkness universe, Vault brings readers a brand-new Vampire: The Masquerade comic series, Winter’s Teeth. When Cecily Brine, a courier for the Twin Cities Camarilla, takes a mysterious younger vampire under her wing, she’s dragged into an insidious conspiracy. Will she be able to escape with her unlife and protect her aging, Alzheimer’s afflicted sister, or will she be yet another pawn sacrificed to the Masquerade? Meanwhile, an Anarch coterie investigates a mysterious killing. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY OTHER SPACE Episode: Pilot DIrector: Paul Feig Network: DUST (originally Yahoo! Screen) Premier Date: August 1st, 2020 Starring: Karan Soni, Neil Casey, Eugene Codero A young and inexperienced crew venture into space to face mysterious clouds, folds in time and the occasional alien attack, as well as more household challenges. [rating: 1/5] DISCUSSION The Fade Out Volume 1 Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Sean Phillips Publisher: Image Comics Hollywood - 1948. A noir film stuck in endless reshoots. A writer plagued with nightmares from the war and a dangerous secret. An up-and-coming starlet’s suspicious death. And a maniacal Studio Mogul and his Security Chief who will do anything to keep the cameras rolling before the Post-War boom days come crashing down. THE FADE OUT is the most ambitious series yet from the award-winning Noir Masters. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

“Listen to them, the children of the podcasts. What music they make, as they talk Vampire Tales Volume 1, Legion of Super-heroes #7, Empyre #2, and Atlantis Wasn’t Built for Tourists, on this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast… blah-blah!” Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! * Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS http://majorspoilers.com/category/video/ REVIEWS STEPHEN LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #7 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Art: Ryan Sook Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 28, 2020 Jonathan Kent, intergalactic fugitive! The United Planets is less than thrilled with the decision to bring Superboy a thousand years into the future to protect the past. Planet Gotham is under siege. Ultra Boy’s homeworld is on the verge of all-out war. And as if that weren’t enough, new Legionnaire drama unfolds as Saturn Girl and Cosmic Boy throw down over who should take on the Legion’s leadership! Plus, Brainiac 5 will reveal a secret that will make one Legionnaire quit the team-and we ask the burning question: Who is the strongest Legionnaire? Find out in the only book telling you the future of the DC Universe every month! [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW EMPYRE #2 (OF 6) Writer: Al Ewing/Dan Slott Artist:Valerio Schiti Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 22, 2020 Three Avengers are trapped on the moon as war breaks out on Earth - and an ancient enemy reveals a scheme decades in the making! Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four fight against a creeping horror that might destroy them all - starting with the Thing! Captain Marvel is their last, best hope… But if Carol Danvers survives, what will she become? [rating:4/5] RODRIGO ATLANTIS WASN’T BUILT FOR TOURISTS #1 Writer: Eric Palicki Artist: Wendell Cavalcanti Publisher: Scout Comics Cover Price:$3.99 Release Date: August 5, 2020 Lovecraft meets Sergio Leone in a modern tale of corruption, family legacies, and nightmarish dread. Lucas Lewis drifts into Atlantis County, Oregon wanting nothing more than a hot meal and a soft bed for the night. What he finds instead is a small town in thrall to eldritch creatures lurking in the surrounding wilderness, possibly guided by an even more sinister force. Lucas becomes determined to eradicate all Atlantis’s demons, but these monsters are not what they seem. Unfortunately for the monsters, neither is Lucas. [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION VAMPIRE TALES VOLUME 1 Writers: Various Artists: Various Publisher: Marvel Comics Collects Vampire Tales #1-3. Morbius the Living Vampire and Satana the Devil’s Daughter - the reluctant revenant and the sinister succubus, two of Marvel’s most preternatural protagonists - up against demons, cults and mortals even more monstrous than themselves! Black-and-white horror tales from the 1970s horror boom and some of the genre’s greatest talents! Plus: adaptations of classic terror tales from literature! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

Back to the Crossroads this week, as we check out Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt’s followup to The Sixth Gun. Also, a while Jason Inman appears (He’s super effective). We also review Green Hornet #1, Strange Adventures #3, and Savage Dragon #250. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-bad-batch-series-announce REVIEWS STEPHEN STRANGE ADVENTURES #3 Writer: Tom King Artists: Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 14, 2020 Can Adam Strange handle the truth? After the cosmic adventurer was accused of murder and had his whole record as a soldier questioned, he turned to Batman for help clearing his name. But someone else was needed to ensure that the investigation would be truly impartial. Enter Mr. Terrific, the man for whom “Fair Play” is a credo to live by. Be careful what you wish for, Adam Strange, because your life is about to be turned upside down. This could be one of the greatest tests you’ve ever faced. Like when you had to prove yourselves in Rann’s gladiatorial arena. This adventure between two worlds continues, with Mitch Gerads drawing the gritty Earth sequences and Doc Shaner showing us the splendor of Adam Strange’s battles in outer space! [rating:3/5] MATTHEW SAVAGE DRAGON #250 Writer: Erik Larsen Artist: Erik Larsen Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $9.99 Release Date: July 15, 2020 For 28 years, ERIK LARSEN has chronicled the lives and times of the Dragon and his extended family in one of comics’ only series set in real time. This monumental oversized milestone issue is a sweeping culmination that sets the stage for the next phase of comics’ most uncompromising series with its most shocking story yet! Forces have conspired against Malcolm Dragon and his family—but is this a turning point or…THE END?! [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO THE GREEN HORNET #1 Writer: Scott Lobdell Artist: Anthony Marques Publisher: Dynamite Cover Price:$3.99 Release Date: July 22, 2020 From writer Scott Lobdell (Flash, Uncanny X-Men) and artist Anthony Marques (Vampirella, Red Sonja) comes the return of the Green Hornet! The Green Hornet and Kato have met their fair share of villains over the years, but when an alien infant crashes to Earth, the two heroes must keep him safe from a whole new type of nemesis. Are they prepared to take on a series of dark and deadly enemies willing to stop at nothing and do whatever it takes to save the child? [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK EP 4 Writer: Michelle McNamara Network: HBO Max Release Date: July 19, 2020 Starring: Patton Oswalt, Karen Kilgariff A six-part documentary series based on the book of the same name, I’ll Be Gone In The Dark explores writer Michelle McNamara’s investigation into the dark world of the violent predator she dubbed “The Golden State Killer,” the man who terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s and is responsible for 50 home-invasion rapes and 12 murders. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION Shadow Roads Volume 1: The Crossroads Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Brian Hurtt Publisher: Oni Press Release Date: June 18, 2019 SHADOW ROADS, a stand-alone story, is set in the world that remains after the conclusion of Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree’s critically-acclaimed series, The Sixth Gun. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

Who are the people that inhabit Astro City? We'll discuss volume five of the series, as well as talk the Aliens and Predator move to Marvel Comics. Plus we talk Hamilton, Usagi Yojimbo, Ash and Thorn #2, and Sacred Six #1. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS http://majorspoilers.com/2020/07/03/marvel-nabs-aliens-and-predator-franchise/ REVIEWS STEPHEN USAGI YOJIMBO COLOR CLASSICS #4 Writer/Artist: Stan Sakai Colorist: Ronda Pattison Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 8, 2020 Featuring parts 7 and 8 of the essential “Samurai” storyline, plus a bonus story, this issue delves into Usagi’s early days of training and the start of his storied career! Featuring brand new colors from Ronda Pattison (TMNT). [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW ASH & THORN #2 Writer: Mariah McCourt Artist: Soo Lee Publisher: Ahoy Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 8, 2020 Continuing the epic tale of two little old ladies vs. the apocalypse! Now that Lottie has accepted her fate, she has to do what all Champions do: train to stop the demons that threaten to take over the Earth. [rating:4/5] RODRIGO SACRED SIX #1 Writer: Christopher Priest Artist: Jae Lee, Gabriel Ibarra Publisher: Dynamite Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 8, 2020 Spinning out of the current hit series, VAMPIRELLA! Four women are lured to rural Georgia as part of a mysterious scheme to defend an impoverished farming town which finds itself under siege by zealots. But this isn’t just any impoverished farming town, and these aren’t just any four women. The all-new Draculina, Pantha, Nyx, and Chastity have been brought together in Ashthorne in an effort to avert all-out war against nearby Sacred, Georgia. But Ashthorne has a deadly secret, Sacred has a deadly purpose, and lurking in the shadows is Lilith, the immortal sorceress and mother to Vampirella. Written by Vampirella’s own Christopher Priest, drawn by Gabriel Ibarra in his mainstream debut, and featuring a special contribution by superstar Jae Lee. [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY HAMILTON (FILM) Writer/Composer: Lin-Manuel Miranda Starring: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Philippa Soo, Leslie Odom Jr., Christopher Jackson Streaming: Disney+ Release Date: July 3, 2020 The story of Alexander Hamilton — politician, statesman and Founding Father. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION Astro City Volume 5 Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Brent Anderson Publisher: DC Comics The fifth volume in the ASTRO CITY collection includes ASTRO CITY VOL. 2 #21-22, ASTRO CITY: LOCAL HEROES #1-5 and the ASTRO CITY special, plus the the short story from DC’s SEPTEMBER 11th VOL. 2 and the promotional story done to announce the LOCAL HEROES miniseries! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

We cover so much ground on this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast, including figuring out what the greatest ice cream of all time really is. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!

Let’s travel the astral plane… with a cat!  We also talk the Batman rumors, and review The Vast of Night, The Ludocrats #2, and Dryad #3. Plus, CAT TALK! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWShttps://www.thewrap.com/batman-returns-michael-keaton-bruce-wayne-the-flash-movie/ REVIEWS STEPHEN THE VAST OF NIGHT Writer/Director: Andrew Patterson Cinematographer: M.I. Littin-Menz Starring: Sierra McCormick, Jake Horowitz Amazon Studios In the twilight of the 1950s, on one fateful night in New Mexico, young switchboard operator Fay and charismatic radio DJ Everett discover a strange audio frequency that could change their small town and the future forever. [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW THE LUDOCRATS #2 Writer:Keiron Gillen/Jim Rossignol Artist: Tamra Bonvillain/Jeff Stokely Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 17, 2020 How could we follow the startling first issue of LUDOCRATS? With issue two. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to overthink these things.How could we follow the startling first issue of LUDOCRATS? With issue two. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to overthink these things. [rating:3/5] RODRIGO DRYAD #3 Writer: Kurtis J. Wiebe Artist: Justin Osterling Publisher: ONI Press Inc. Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 08, 2020 Things just got personal, and the entire Glass family finds themselves the target of a mysterious attack on Frostbrook. But they’re not going down without a fight and it seems that Yale and Morgan have a few tricks up their sleeves, and not to mention, a few secrets that have come back to bite them. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY JOHN WICK TP VOL 1 Writer: Greg Pak Artist: Matt Gaudio Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: June 24, 2020 When a young John Wick embarks upon an epic vendetta, he comes up against a strange, powerful community of assassins and must learn how to master the rules that guide their lethal business. What are the Three Bills? Who is Calamity? And why is John Wick seeking vengeance? [rating: 3/5]  DISCUSSION STRAYED Volume 1 Writer: Carlos Giffoni Artist: Juan Doe Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $19.99 A cat will astral project and attempt saving humanity from its biggest threat, the all-powerful military industrial complex colonizing the galaxy. In the far future, a military-industrial complex reigns over all humanity and actively destroys distant alien worlds. The galaxy’s only hope can be found through an unlikely pair: an astral-projecting cat named Lou and his loving owner Kiara. Trading nine lives for the well-being of billions, their revolt is a battle for love, friendship, compassion, and the soul of humanity. Writer Carlos Giffoni makes his comics debut alongside veteran comics artist Juan Doe with a sci-fi adventure powered by feline ferocity. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

We venture back to the world of My Hero Academia this week, and talk movie pushes. We also review Dark Night Death Metal #1, Faithless II #1, Sleeping Beauties #1, and Bandette Volume 1 on this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://variety.com/2020/film/news/christopher-nolan-tenet-delayed-coronavirus-1234576169/ REVIEWS STEPHEN DARK NIGHT: DEATH METAL #1 Writer: Scott Snyder Artist: Greg Capullo Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: June 17, 2020 Get ready for the earth-shattering encore! The legendary team behind Dark Nights: Metal and Batman: Last Knight on Earth take center stage and reunite for one last tour. When the Earth is enveloped by the Dark Multiverse, the Justice League is at the mercy of the Batman Who Laughs. Humanity struggles to survive in a hellish landscape twisted beyond recognition, while Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman have all been separated and fight to survive. Unleash the beast and let the head banging begin! [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW FAITHLESS II #1 Writer: Brian Azzarello Artist: Mana Llovet Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 10, 2020 The best-selling erotic thriller returns from the acclaimed team of Brian Azzarello (Batman: Damned) and artist Maria Llovet as Faith, and her lovers, Louis (a.k.a. The Devil) and Poppy (his daughter), bring magic and chaos to the streets of Italy. Turin, known as the epicenter of black magic, is also a place of high fashion, art, and literature. Now, Faith is in the center of it all and with that, her own power grows. But any power comes with a price. Faith has only just begun to pay for hers. [rating:3/5] RODRIGO SLEEPING BEAUTIES #1 Writer: Rio Youers Artist: Annie Wu Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 24, 2020 A strange sleeping sickness, known as Aurora, has fallen over the world, and strangest of all, it only affects women. In the small town of Dooling, a mysterious woman has walked out of the woods; she calls herself Eve and leaves a trail of carnage behind her. More mysterious: she’s the only woman not falling asleep. [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY BANDETTE VOL 1: PRESTO TP (SECOND EDITION) Writer: Paul Tobin Artist: Colleen Coover Publisher: Dark Horse Cover Price: $14.99 Release Date: June 17, 2020 The world’s greatest thief is a costumed teen burglar by the nome d’arte of Bandette! Gleefully plying her skills on either side of the law alongside her network of street urchins, Bandette is a thorn in the side of both Police Inspector Belgique and the criminal underworld. But its not all breaking hearts and purloining masterpieces when a rival thief makes a startling discovery. Can even Bandette laugh off a plot against her life? * Now available as a trade paperback with new cover art. * The multi Eisner-winning series returns in a new edition. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION My Hero Academia Vol. 5 Creator: Kohei Horikoshi Publisher: VIZ Media The final stages of the U.A. High sports festival promise to be explosive, as Uraraka takes on Bakugo in a head-to-head match! Bakugo never gives anyone a break, and the crowd holds its breath as the battle begins. The finals will push the students of Class 1-A to their limits and beyond! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

This week we take a deep dive into Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia and Batman: Bruce Wayne - Murderer? Plus, we talk about that DC news that has everyone twisted in a knot. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF)< NEWS DC Cuts Ties with Diamond Comic Distributors https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-cuts-ties-diamond-comic-distribution-1297309 DISCUSSION “WONDER WOMAN: THE HIKETEIA Writer: Greg Rucka Artist: J. G. Jones, Wade Von Grawbadger, Dave Stewart Publisher: DC Comics When Danielle Wellys invokes the ritual of Hiketeia, Wonder Woman takes her on as student and servant and, by the laws of the gods, must protect her even against Batman, who wishes to bring Danielle to justice for past crimes.” “BATMAN: BRUCE WAYNE - MURDERER? Writer: Ed Brubaker, et al Artist: Scott McDaniel, et al Publisher: DC Comics After being found with the dead body of Vesper Fairchild in his arms, Bruce Wayne is arrested for her murder. Looking to prove Bruce’s innocence, Nightwing, Robin and Batgirl quickly begin an investigation to discover the true killer. But as the mystery unfolds, evidence of Bruce’s guilt mounts and even his closest allies begin to question their mentor’s innocence. Tired of portraying himself as someone he is not and further embracing the freedom of his masked identity, Bruce decides to lay his millionaire playboy alter ego to rest and live life only as the Batman. This new edition includes stories that have never been reprinted before and collects Batgirl 24, 27, Batman 599-602, Batman: Gotham Knights 25-29, Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure 1, Birds Of Prey 39-41, Detective Comics 766-770, Nightwing 65-66, 68-69 and Robin 98-99.” CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

This week we take a look at the Dead End Kids, but not THOSE Dead End Kids. Plus, Internet shenanigans, Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Ghosts #2, Forgotten Home #8, Dryad #2, and Betty & Veronica head to the Danger Zone. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWShttps://deadline.com/2020/05/labyrinth-sequel-scott-derrickson-director-maggie-levin-write-script-doctor-strange-1202943188/ REVIEWS STEPHEN Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Ghosts #2 Writer: Jennifer Rostowsky Artist: Jennifer Rostowsky Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 20, 2020 Synopsis: A young Khmer woman turns to black magic that promised to give the caster wealth, power, and beauty unlike that of any other human. When the spell turns on its caster, she must learn to deal with the consequences of magic, and what it means to be an Ahp. [rating:2.5/5] You can buy this issue via ComiXology MATTHEW FORGOTTEN HOME #8 Writer: Erica Schultz Artist: Marika Cresta Publisher: Vices Press Cover Price: $2.99 Release Date: May 26, 2020 A regime comes to an and, and a throne is left empty. Who will rule: mother or daughter? [rating:3/5] You can buy this issue via ComiXology RODRIGO DRYAD #2 Writer: Kurtis J. Wiebe Artist: Justin Osterling Publisher: ONI Press Inc. Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June, 10 2020 DESCRIPTION: Rana and Griffon dread that they’ve released an ancient evil from the temple, but Morgan and Yale battle fear with logic and reason. Amid all the chaos, one thing is clear. The town of Frostbrook has been set ablaze with demons roaming the streets in search of one target — Yale Glass. [rating: 3/5] You can buy this issue via ComiXology ASHLEY BETTY & VERONICA FRIENDS FOREVER DANGER ZONE Writer: Bill Golliher Artist: Dan Parent Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $2.99 Release Date: May 27, 2020 Betty and Veronica risk life and limb in these bold and entertaining daring stories, from skydiving to trail running, to competing as warriors and exploring a shipwreck at sea! [rating: 4/5] You can buy this issue via ComiXology MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK DISCUSSION DEAD END KIDS Written by Frank Gogol. Cover by Nenad Cvitcanin. It’s 1999. Ben, Murphy, Tank, and Amanda are four screwed-up kids from broken homes… but they have had each other. When Ben is murdered, Murphy and his friends set out to find who killed him and find themselves in the cross-hairs! Dead End Kids is a dark coming-of-age murder mystery set in the ‘90s, from the creative team behind 2018’s critically acclaimed Grief. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

This week, we look into the archives and have a Question. Plus, Avenger of the Wasteland #4 is digital only, Red Sonja #15 gives up the throne, Scoob is… ALSO Nailbiter is back! And we ask the question, “What’s gonna happen with Batgirl?” Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWShttps://variety.com/2020/tv/news/batwoman-ruby-rose-exit-season-2-1234611163/ REVIEWS STEPHEN RED SONJA #15 Writer: Mark Russell Artist: Bob Q Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 20, 2020 The epic continues. Sonja The Red can save her kingdom…by abdicating her throne. If she agrees to lead a man’s army, and kill indiscriminately, then her people will be fed. By MARK RUSSELL (DC’s Year Of The Villain) and BOB Q (Captain America). Buy This Issue Here [rating:4/5] MATTHEW AVENGERS OF THE WASTELANDS #4 Writer: Ed Brisson Artist: Jonas Scharf Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 13, 2020 IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE GREEN GOBLIN! Welcome to Osborn City! THOR, ANT-MAN, CAPTAIN AMERICA and HULK JR. have fallen into the clutches of NORMAN OSBORN, A.K.A. the GREEN GOBLIN. Let’s just say, the years have not been kind to the Goblin’s psyche… A knockdown drag-out fight between the AVENGERS and the likes of ENCHANTRESS, WILD CHILD, ABSORBING MAN and more reveals the true nature of DOOM’s mission, and the hidden betrayal that may crush all hope in the Wastelands! Buy This Issue Here [rating:2/5] RODRIGO NAILBITER RETURNS #1 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Mike Henderson Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 3, 2020 SERIES PREMIERE! JOSHUA WILLIAMSON & MIKE HENDERSON’S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED HIT HORROR SERIES RETURNS! Sixteen of the world’s worst serial killers were all born in the same small town…but Agent Finch and Sheriff Crane solved and buried that mystery. Didn’t they? Violent copycat murders imitating the infamous Buckaroo Butchers have begun in Portland, Oregon, and if Finch wants the killings to stop, he’ll have to team up with the daughter of the Nailbiter himself. A brand-new mystery begins in this EXTRA-LENGTH FIRST ISSUE! Buy This Issue Here [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY SCOOB Director: Tony Cervone Starring: Frank Welker, Will Forte, Zach Efron Studio: WB VoD Price: $19.99 Release Date: May 15, 2020 With hundreds of cases solved and adventures shared, Scooby and the gang face their biggest, most challenging mystery ever — a plot to unleash the ghost dog Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global dog-pocalypse, the gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than anyone could have imagined. [rating: 3/5] DISCUSSION THE QUESTION: Zen and Violence Volume 1 Writer: Dennis O’Neil Artist: Denys Cowan, Rick Magyar Publisher: DC Comics Created by comics legend Steve Ditko, the faceless avenger known as The Question is one of comics’ most mysterious and fascinating heroes!In the corrupt, crime-ridden Hub City, investigative reporter Vic Sage strives to tell his viewers the truth - and philosophical, trenchcoated hero The Question, whose face is a featureless blank - uncovers what Sage cannot. But with deadly martial artist assassins and political intrigue to contend with, will one man - even a master of unarmed combat - be able to make a difference?Legendary “Batman” writer Dennis O’Neill and penciller Denys Cowan (Deathlok) present one of the most acclaimed comics of the 1980s! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

Darn right we are talkin’ Heck-Boy and his adventures in the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks this week, so if discussions of digital comics, Lois Lane #10, Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity #4, Rogue Planet #1, or The Doctors Are Out are too much for your young-uns, you better cover their ears now! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWShttp://majorspoilers.com/2020/05/07/marvel-announces-digital-first-titles-ahead-of-print-comics-return/ REVIEWS STEPHEN LOIS LANE #10 (Buy Here) Writer: Greg Rucka Artist: Mike Perkins Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 13, 2020 Armed with new information about the assassin stalking her, Lois goes on the offensive, while Renee struggles with wielding what may be the most powerful weapon of them all: the truth. [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW JOKER/HARLEY: CRIMINAL SANITY #4 (Buy Here) Writer: Kami Garcia Artist:Jason Gadower, Mico Suayan Publisher:DC Comics Black Label Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: May 6, 2020 When murder is your art, it’s not enough to leave behind a body-the only true satisfaction lies in creating a display worthy of your genius. But elaborate crime scenes also lend themselves to analysis. While the GCPD might not find all the clues, forensic psychiatrist and profiler Harley Quinn is getting closer to the truth…and the killer [rating:2/5] RODRIGO Rogue Planet #1 (Buy Here) Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Andy MacDonald Publisher: Oni Press Inc. Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 27, 2020 Salvage vessel Cortes tracks the Lonely Orphan, a planet with no star system to call its own. Somewhere on this hostile rock is a payload fit for a king. To attain it, though, the crew of the Cortes must brave razor rock, poisonous vapors, treacherous footing, and… the most mind-numbing horrors imaginable. Something nightmarish is at work on Lonely Orphan. Something cruel. Something hungry. [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY THE DOCTORS ARE OUT (Read Here) Writer/Artist: Blau Publisher: Webtoons Latest Release: May 10, 2020 The beloved Dr. Matias Guevara tends to his patients in his little neighborhood health clinic, unaware that Dr. Fernando Guevera opened his new veterinary clinic right next door! With their patients confused and their tolerance running thin, the two grown men constantly bicker and compete! Will their similar names and professions cause their rivalry to go untreated, or will they heal each others broken hearts?! https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/the-doctors-are-out/list?title_no=1910&page=1 [rating: 3.5/5]  DISCUSSION Hellboy in Hell Volume 1: The Descent Writer/Artist: Mike Mignola Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $17.99 Hellboy creator and comics superstar Mike Mignola returns to draw Hellboy’s ongoing story for the first time since Hellboy: The Conqueror Worm. It’s a story only Mignola could tell, as more of Hellboy’s secrets are at last revealed, in the most bizarre depiction of Hell you’ve ever seen! Comic Book Resources said, “Hellboy in Hell shows a master returning to his craft and exceeding reader expectations. This is a horror comic that reminds just how good both the genre and the medium can be.” CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

Welcome back to the Undertow, as we look at three stories and three intertwined lives in Criminal Volume 3. We take a look at Flash #753, Superman: Man of Tomorrow #2, Osiris Path #1, and the webcomic, Darbi! Plus, who would win in a fight? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWSTaika Watiti to direct new Star Wars movie https://variety.com/2020/film/news/taika-waititi-star-wars-1234597104/ REVIEWS STEPHEN FLASH #753 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Howard Porter Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: May 5, 2020 (Digital First), May 20, 2020 (Print) Cover Price: $3.99 In this “Flash Age” interlude, the Fastest Man Alive must find the Reverse-Flash to stop Paradox’s annihilation of the Flash legacy. But catching a time-traveler is extremely difficult, and the Flash’s quest to find Eobard Thawne takes him to tragic moments in time he never thought he’d have to revisit. You can buy this book from comiXology [rating:3/5] MATTHEW SUPERMAN: MAN OF TOMORROW #2 Writer: Robert Venditti Artist: Paul Pelletier Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price:99 Cents Release Date: April 27, 2020 Someone is running bets on Superman’s exploits throughout Metropolis and putting ordinary citizens in harm’s way. Can Superman locate this villainous gambler in time or will the house take all?! You can buy this book from comiXology [rating:4/5] RODRIGO OSIRIS PATH #1 Writer: Christian Moran, Corey Kalman, Brockton McKinney Artist: Walt Barna, Daniel Arruda Massa Publisher: Behemoth Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 13 An archaeologist is recruited to join a covert, military space program where he and his team must face a black magic cult that will stop at nothing to prevent the crew from deciphering the meaning of The Osiris Path. The Osiris Path is like Indiana Jones in space! [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY Darbi Writer/Artist: Sherard Jackson Publisher: Webtoons Cover Price: FREE Release Date: 5/5/2020 (last update) The misadventures of a blood-thirsty baby T-Rex. [rating: 4.5/5] DISCUSSION CRIMINAL VOLUME 3: The Dead and The Dying Writer: Ed Brubaker Artist: Sean Phillips Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $14.99 The best-selling crime series continues in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image. CRIMINAL, VOL. 3: THE DEAD AND THE DYING - It’s the ultimate ‘70s noir from the noir masters! A beautiful but damaged woman returns home with nothing but vengeance on her mind, and two best friends, one the son of the city’s crime kingpin, are caught in the crossfire. BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS get experimental, with three interlinking viewpoints that tell a tragic tale. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok and is used with permission..