Major Spoilers Comic Book Podcast

No, we aren’t talking about Black Widow this week, so don’t even ask. We do talk about D&D, Star Wars, and Hot Dogs, so there is that. 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!

The final battle is here in Harrow County Volume 8! Plus we talk about DC Comics coming back, Tales from the Loop, Batman: The Adventures Continue #2, and some new Pokemon shorts! 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) NEWSDC begins shipping comics http://majorspoilers.com/2020/04/17/dc-ships-new-comics-on-april-28th/ REVIEWS STEPHEN TALES FROM THE LOOP Directors, Mark Romanek, So Yong Kim, Dearbhla Walsh, Andrew Stanton, Tim Mielants, Charlie McDowell, Ti West, Jodie Foster Amazon Video Release Date April 3, 2020 Inspired by the wondrous paintings of Simon Stålenhag, Tales from the Loop explores the mind-bending adventures of the people who live above the Loop, a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe - making things previously relegated to science fiction, possible. [rating:5/5] MATTHEW BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE #2 Writer:Paul Dini, Alan Burnett Artist: Ty Templeton Publisher:DC Comics Cover Price: 99 Cents Release Date: April 15, 2020 Batman’s in the clutches of Lex Luthor and his powerful robot as the mad genuis races to open the vault he stole from Wayne Industries and claim his prize! The Dark Knight will need to utilize experimental tech if he’s going to topple the billionaire before he leaves Gotham, but where is Superman and why can’t Batman get in touch with him?! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO POKEMON: TWILIGHT WINGS #4 - EARLY EVENING WAVES. Platform: Pokemon Youtube Channel. Release Date: April 21, 2020 (English) Pokémon: Twilight Wings is a Japanese original net animation anime series produced by Studio Colorido and released on YouTube by The Pokémon Company. [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY BATMAN THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES #2 Writer: Alan Burnett & Paul Dini Artist: Ty Templeton Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $0.99 Release Date: April 15, 2020 Batman’s in the clutches of Lex Luthor and his powerful robot as the mad genuis races to open the vault he stole from Wayne Industries and claim his prize! The Dark Knight will need to utilize experimental tech if he’s going to topple the billionaire before he leaves Gotham, but where is Superman and why can’t Batman get in touch with him?! [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 8: DONE COME BACK Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Tyler Crook Publisher: Dark Horse Comics An old enemy of Harrow County has returned with more power than ever and intent on consuming Emmy and her powers in this terrifying final chapter! 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 sail the seven seas looking for treasure as we explore Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure. We review Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Zombie Tramp #70, and Vampironica; New Blood #4 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) NEWSDisney plans “live-action” anthropomorphic Robin Hood https://www.cbr.com/live-action-anthropomorphic-robin-hood-disney REVIEWS STEPHEN STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: THE BAD BATCH Director: David Filloni Publisher: Disney+ Release Date: February 21 - March 19, 2020 Rex, Cody, and Clone Force 99, an unorthodox, elite squad also known as the Bad Batch, look to recover the Republic’s strategy algorithm from Admiral Trench. But a haunting truth awaits… [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW ZOMBIE TRAMP #70 Writer: Vince Hernandez Artist: Marco Maccagni Publisher: Action Lab - Danger Zone Cover Price: $2.99 Release Date: April 8, 2020 Angel Lynch relives some of her darkest memories—in her teenage years! Her nightmare journey continues as a mysterious spell has cast her into a dimension she is unable to escape from! Meanwhile, her past may literally tear her psyche apart… if her physical form isn’t murdered first! [rating:3/5] RODRIGO VAMPIRONICA: NEW BLOOD #4 Writer: Frank Tieri, Michael Moreci Artist: Audrey Mok Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 22, 2020 The clock is ticking on Veronica Lodge as she learns the terrible secrets hidden deep in her family’s history-and comes to understand that her horrifying past isn’t as distant as she’d like. Now, if she wants to keeps her family and friends safe, Veronica will face her most chilling challenge yet. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: GONE WITH A TRACE Director: David Filloni Publisher: Disney+ Release Date: March 20 - April 11, 2020 Ahsoka befriends a pilot but must hide her Jedi past while trying to stop a dangerous droid. [rating: 3/5] DISCUSSION Tintin: Red Rackham’s Treasure By Herge The classic graphic novel. Tintin and Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the sunken remains of the Unicorn ship and notorious pirate Red Rackham’s treasure. 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.

The name is Bond. James Bond, and this week, he has an odd job for all of us. We review, Afterlift, Sabrina: Something Wicked #1, Persona 5 Royal, and Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter on this installment of the 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 All the DC Comics on the auction block https://www.sothebys.com/en/press/sothebys-books-manuscripts-to-offer-dc-complete-the-ian-levine-collection-the-complete-run-of-40-000-dc-comics-published-from-1935-2014 REVIEWS STEPHEN Afterlift Writer: Chip Zdarsky Artist: Jason Loo Publisher: ComiXology Originals Price: Originally $6.99 (currently 99-cents) Release Date: April 1, 2020 Ride-share driver Janice Chen has enough to deal with, from annoying passengers to overbearing parents. But when she picks up a pair of mysterious passengers who are pursued by otherworldly forces, Janice realizes that her already-terrible day might be headed straight to hell. From CHIP ZDARSKY (Sex Criminals, Daredevil) and JASON LOO (The Pitiful Human-Lizard) comes a new series featuring car chases, demon bounty hunters, and figuring out your place in this world and the next. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW SABRINA: SOMETHING WICKED #1 Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Veronica & Andy Fish Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 1, 2020 Sabrina saved the day—saved her friends, her family—the whole town of Greendale really, and she should be riding high. But things are never quite that simple. She’s trapped in a love triangle, she’s having trouble balancing the mortal and witch parts of herself, oh yeah, and she’s being blackmailed. As if all that wasn’t enough, while trying to help Radka and Ren with their…supernatural problem, her aunts suddenly starting to look like people she can’t trust. What’s a teen witch to do?! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO PERSONA 5 ROYAL Developer: Atlus, P Studio Publisher: Atlus, Sega Cover Price: $59.99 Release Date: March, 31 2020 With a new semester at shujin academy, get ready to strengthen your abilities in the Multiverse and in your daily life Even for the most seasoned Phantom Thieves among US, Persona 5 royal is a new challenge to defy conventions, discover the power within, and fight for justice Wear the Mask. Reveal your truth [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY COUNT CROWLEY: RELUCTANT MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER vol 1 Writer: David Dastmalchain Artist: Lukas Ketner Publisher: Dark Horse Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: May 26, 2020 Lock your doors and gather close . . . if you dare! Once a rising TV journalist, Jerri Bartman has returned to her small Midwest hometown station. Demoted to hosting the nightly Creature Feature, Jerri's professional humiliation is eclipsed by the discovery that her new job comes with a secret, supernatural duty. [rating: 3.5/5] DISCUSSION JAMES BOND: 007 Vol. 1 Writer: Greg Pack Artist: Marc Laming The ODD JOB epic begins in a new ongoing James Bond comic series by superstars GREG PAK (Planet Hulk, Mech Cadet Yu) and MARC LAMING (Star Wars, Wonder Woman)! Agent 007 tracks a smuggler into Singapore to secure a dangerous case, contents unknown. But a Korean mystery man wants the case as well, for very different reasons. And if Bond and this new rival don’t kill each other, the ruthless terrorist organization known as ORU will be more than happy to finish the job! 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.

Welcome back to Astro City, be on the lookout for Tarnished Angels… We also review Legion of Super-Heroes #5, Immortal Hulk #33, Year Zero #1, and Tiger King on Netflix. 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://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45530/sony-pushes-back-morbius-ghostbusters-warners-delays-wonder-woman REVIEWS STEPHEN LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #5 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Ryan Sook Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 25, 2020 DC’s far-flung future is happening right now! With the secret of Jon Kent revealed, the Legion of Super-Heroes is united to save New Earth from those who would destroy it. Will Aquaman’s lost trident be the key to New Earth’s demise? Plus, Mon-El comes clean about his connection to Jon, and Cosmic Boy and Ferro Lad find out they both have a crush on the same Legionnaire. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW IMMORTAL HULK #33 Writer: Al Ewing Artist: Joe Bennett Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: Mar 25, 2020 Something is wrong. Something has compromised the simulacrum. Banner is refusing to yield. Something is wrong. Something is wrong. Something is wrong. Something is wrong. [rating:5/5] RODRIGO YEAR ZERO #1 Writer: Ben Percy Artist: Ramon Rosanas Publisher: Artists Writers & Artisans Inc. Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 1, 2020 Ben Percy (Wolverine) and Ramon Rosanas (Star Wars: Age of Resistance) team up to present an epic tale that offers a global look at the Zombie Apocalypse. A Japanese hitman, a Mexican street urchin, an Afghan military aide, a Polar research scientist, a midwestern American survivalist - five survivors of a horrific global epidemic who must draw upon their unique skills and deepest instincts to navigate a world of shambling dead. Year Zero wrestles with the weighty moral and theological questions posed by the pandemic and investigates its cause and possible cure. [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY TIGER KING Network: Netflix Genre: Documentary Cover Price: Subscription Release Date: March 20, 2020 An exploration of big cat breeding and its bizarre underworld, populated by eccentric characters. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION ASTRO CITY: TARNISHED ANGEL Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Brent Eric Anderson, Will Blyberg (and more) After serving his time, super-villain Steeljack finds himself back on the streets. But for a man who has learned to live and thrive in a world behind bars, freedom can be the greatest prison. Intent to make good with his second chance, Steeljack is unsuccessful finding work until he takes on a dangerous job investigating the murder of several super-villains in his neighborhood. But as he solves the mystery, Steeljack soon finds that he may be the latest victim on the list of deceased 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.

Death rode into the West on this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast. Plus, we share our reactions to Diamond shutting down distribution, and review Folklords #5, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #49, Steven Universe Future, and The Hunt! 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://icv2.com/articles/news/view/45490/diamond-halting-distribution-new-product-alliance-shutting-down-completely REVIEWS STEPHEN FOLKLORDS #5 Writer: Matt Kindt Artist: Matt Smith Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 25, 2020 Ansel and his motley crew converge on the Library of Banned Books, and finally come face to face with a Folklord-but are any of them ready for this encounter, and what it will mean for their entire world? [rating:3/5] MATTHEW MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #49 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Daniele di Nicuolo Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 25, 2020 NECESSARY EVIL CONTINUES! The Power Rangers are outnumbered! Even with THE OMEGA RANGERS and the POWER RANGERS reunited again, the Anointed have them surrounded. Will the arrival of an old friend-and an older enemy-turn the tide in this battle? [rating:4/5] RODRIGO STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE Showrunner: Rebecca Sugar Cartoon Network Release Date: Final Episode March 27 After saving the universe, Steven is still at it, tying up every loose end; as he runs out of other people’s problems to solve, he’ll finally have to face his own. [rating: 4.5/5] ASHLEY THE HUNT Writer: Damon Lindelof, Nick Cuse Director: Craig Zobel Producers: Damon Lindelof, Jason Blum Studio: Amazon Prime VoD Release Date: March 13, 2020 Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are — or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted, Crystal, turns the tables on her pursuers. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION PRETTY DEADLY VOLUME 1: THE SHRIKE Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick Artist: Emma Rios Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $9.99 KELLY SUE DeCONNICK (Avengers Assemble, Captain Marvel) and EMMA RÍOS (Dr. Strange, Osborn) present the collected opening arc of their surprise-hit series that marries the magical realism of Sandman with the western brutality of Preacher. Death’s daughter rides the wind on a horse made of smoke and her face bears the skull marks of her father. Her origin story is a tale of retribution as beautifully lush as it is unflinchingly savage. 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.

Three short tales from Atomic Robo, plus VOD DAD? We also review Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4, X-O Manowar #1, and No One’s Rose #1 in this week’s episode. 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.polygon.com/2020/3/16/21182138/universal-pictures-trolls-world-tour-invisible-man-hunt-rent-digital-release-dates-coronavirus REVIEWS STEPHEN POWER RANGERS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #4 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Simone Di Meo Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 18, 2020 It’s the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as you’ve never seen them before vs Shredder! No, really. Just imagine the coolest thing we could do and, yeah, we’re doing it. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW X-O MANOWAR #1 Writer: Dennis Hallum Artist: Elmilio Laiso Publisher: Valiant Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 25, 2020 Harvey Award-winning writer Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum (Star Wars: Darth Vader–Dark Visions) and breakout star Emilio Laiso (Marvel’s Spider-Man: Velocity) unleash Valiant’s most powerful protector! Torn from the past and bonded with a living alien armor, will X-O Manowar become the hero the world needs? As a futuristic force arises to destroy the planet, only this ancient warrior king has the courage to stand against impossible odds! [rating:3/5] RODRIGO NO ONE’S ROSE #1 Writer: Zac Thompson & Emily Horn Artist:Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque Publisher: Vault Comics Cover Price: Release Date: March 25, 2020 “Centuries after the fall of the Anthropocene, the last vestiges of human civilization are housed in a massive domed city powered by renewable energy, known as The Green Zone. Inside lives teenager Tenn Gavrilo, a brilliant bio-engineer who could rebuild the planet. But there’s one problem: her resentful brother Seren is eager to dismantle the precarious Utopia. From the minds of Zac Thompson (X-Men, Yondu) and debut writer Emily Horn with artist Alberto Jimenez Alburquerque (Letter 44, Avengers) comes a gorgeous and green solar-punk world filled with strange biotechnology, harsh superstorms, and divisive ideologies-ideologies that will tear Tenn and Seren down to their roots as they fight for a better Earth.” [rating: 3/5] DISCUSSION Atomic Robo B-SIDES Writer: Brian Clevinger Artist: Scott Wegener A collection of short tales set in the world of Atomic Robo, that you can read for FREE! City of Skulls https://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/city-of-skulls-01 The Revenge of Dr. Dinosaur https://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/the-revenge-of-dr-dinosaur-cover Bug Hunt https://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/bug-hunt-cover 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 talk the postponement of Emerald City Comic Con and chat up X-Men Grand Design. Plus we review, Flash #751, Marvel #1, and Second Coming Volume 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 https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/About/A-Statement-From-Reedpop/ REVIEWS STEPHEN FLASH #751 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artists: Rafa Sandoval, Howard Porter Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 11, 2020 The Flash battles Godspeed as “Flash Age” continues! In this issue, Paradox enlists Godspeed in his mission to erase the Flash legacy from existence! But when Godspeed’s allegiance comes into question, Paradox proves he may be the strongest foe Barry Allen’s ever faced! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW MARVEL #1 Writer: Alex Ross, Kurt Busiek Artist: Steve Rude, Frank Espinosa Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: March 4, 2020 Thirty years ago, Alex Ross had a vision of a new series showing the Marvel heroes in a way they’d never been seen before. The first realization of that idea became the blockbuster MARVELS - but today Alex finally brings about his original vision: An anthology of stories by unique, exceptional talents, many of whom are doing Marvel characters for the very first time. Over this showcase series you’ll see work by such artists as Adam Hughes, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dan Brereton and more, linked together by an overarching story by Alex and Steve Darnall. This inaugural issue kicks it all off with superstar artists Frank Espinosa (Rocketo, Looney Tunes) telling an unusual Spider-Man story and Steve Rude (Nexus), teaming up with Kurt Busiek (Marvels, Avengers) for an Avengers story, framed by Alex and Steve Darnall (Uncle Sam, Marvels) presenting a tale of the dread dreamland Nightmare, and his threat to the entire Marvel Universe…and possibly beyond. [rating:3/5] ASHLEY SECOND COMING VOL 1 Writer: Mark Russell Artist: Richard Pace Publisher: Ahoy Comics Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: 2/26/2020 The book everyone’s talking about, by award-winning writer Mark Russell (Snagglepuss, The Flintstones) and artist Richard Pace (Pitt, New Warriors)! God commands Earth’s mightiest super-hero, Sunstar, to accept Jesus as his roommate and teach him how to use power more forcefully. Jesus, shocked at the way humans have twisted his message over two millennia, vows to straighten them out. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION X-Men: Grand Design Wirter/Artist: Ed Piskor Over six tumultuous decades, the X-Men have carved a singular place in comic book lore and popular culture. Now, New York Times best-selling author Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree, Wizzywig) takes you on a pulse-pounding tour of X-Men history unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before - an intricate labor of love that stitches together hundreds of classic and obscure stories into one seamless X-Men masterpiece! All three of Piskor’s GRAND DESIGN series are collected in a single volume for the first time - taking you from Professor X’s formation of the original team, through the Second Genesis of the All-New, All-Diff erent X-Men and the devastating Dark Phoenix Saga, to the 1980s epics like Inferno that pushed mutantkind to the brink of X-tinction! 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 are all over the map this week, as we talk comics, movies, television, and books! Plus, the surprise no one was expecting! It all goes down 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) 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 are motoring our way through Motor Crush Volume 1, and talking about some personnel changes to boot! Plus, we review Hidden Society #1, Wonder Twins #12, Mr. Beaver #1, and Zatanna and the House of Secrets, too! It all goes down 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) Check out the Major Spoilers Pre-Show for even more MSP fun! NEWShttp://majorspoilers.com/2020/02/24/comics-portal-dc-without-dan-didio/ REVIEWS STEPHEN HIDDEN SOCIETY #1 Writer: Rafael Scavone Artist: Rafael Albuquerque Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 26, 2020 A new series from Rafael Albuquerque and Rafael Scavone, the team behind Neil Gaiman’s A Study in Emerald! Hidden from ordinary eyes, there is a world alongside our own full of deities, demons, and danger-where magic wins out over science and dark secrets lie in wait. Ulloo, the last wizard from the Hidden Society, enlists the aid of a blind girl and her demon, a young magician, and a cursed bounty hunter in order to stop a group of nihilist warlocks from waking the Society’s greatest nemesis: a primeval force that, unchecked, will scorch the planet bare of all life. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW WONDER TWINS #12 Writer: Mark Russell Artist: Stephen Byrne Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: February 19, 2020 Release Date: $3.99 The world is saved again! But now Zan and Jayna must answer to the Justice League for the choices they made in order to save it. Meanwhile, the League of Annoyance is back in action, and Cell Phone Sylvia will do whatever it takes to get her revenge on the twins-but they might get a little help from an unexpected ally! The critically acclaimed series ends here-don’t miss it! [rating:3/5] RODRIGO MR. BEAVER #1 Writer: Pablo Verdugo Muñoz Artist: Pablo Verdugo Muñoz Publisher: Action Lab Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 4, 2020 The latest Action Lab: Danger Zone title to burst onto the scene is MR. BEAVER! Imagine the Dark Knight, but instead of the caped crusader taking on the dark underbelly, a special agent, Mr. Beaver, is called upon as the crime levels hit an all time high. A beaver in a man’s world, he has a secret agenda that he’ll try to accomplish using his numerous skills and secret techniques. With an insatiable hunger for justice and empanadas, Mr. Beaver is begrudgingly paired up with a junior detective in order to take down the criminal organization known as “The Twelve”. [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY ZATANNA AND THE HOUSE OF SECRETS Writer: Matthew Cody Artist: Yoshi Yoshiani Publisher: DC Kids Cover Price: $9.99 Release Date: 2/18/2020 Welcome to the magical, mystical, topsy-turvy world of the House of Secrets, where Zatanna embarks on a journey of self-discovery and adventure … all with her pet rabbit, Pocus, at her side [rating: 3.5/5] Use the code MAJOR at isotoner.com to save 25% at checkout. DISCUSSION MOTOR CRUSH VOLUME 1 Writer: Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart Artist: Cameron Stewart, Babs Tarr Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $9.99 The team behind the critically acclaimed revamp of Batgirl returns with an exciting sci-fi action-adventure series! By day, Domino Swift competes for fame & fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting “machine narcotic” known as Crush. 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.

Bloodshot is back! But what is up with Kay and Bloodsquirt? We have a few hot takes on recent news and announcements, plus we talk Pokemon Home, Runaways #30 and BANG! #1 in this week’s episode of the 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)< HOT TAKEShttps://www.bleedingcool.com/2020/02/18/disney-pixar-onward-movie-poster-classy/ https://www.bleedingcool.com/2020/02/17/legendary-marvel-deckbuilder-gets-new-expansions/ https://youtu.be/8sa8EDeb3eQ http://majorspoilers.com/2020/02/18/shadowman-1-arrives-in-may/ REVIEWS STEPHEN BANG! #1 Writer: Matt Kindt Artist: Wilfredo Torres Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 19, 2020 A best-of-the-best secret agent with memories he couldn’t possibly possess, a mystery writer in her 60s who spends her retirement solving crimes, a man of action with mysterious drugs that keep him ahead of a constant string of targeted disasters, a seemingly omnipotent terrorist organization that might be behind it all… And they’re all connected to one man: a science-fiction author with more information than seems possible, whose books may hold the key to either saving reality or destroying it. [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW RUNAWAYS #30 Writer: Rainbow Rowell Artist: Andres Genolet Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 19, 2020 The biggest adventure of the Runaways career continues as they continue to clean up L.A. with Doc Justice as his J-Team! But not all the Runaways are so gung-ho about this new lifestyle. If RUNAWAYS has one tradition, it is painful twists, and you’ve got another big one coming, True Believers. [rating:3/5] RODRIGO POKEMON HOME Publisher: Pokemon Co. Price: Free or 15.99/year premium subscription Release Date: February 2020 Pokémon HOME is a cloud service for Nintendo Switch and compatible mobile devices designed as a place where all Pokémon can gather. By linking the same Nintendo Account to both the Nintendo Switch version and mobile version of Pokémon HOME, you’ll be able to access the same Pokémon Boxes on both versions! With Pokémon HOME, you can move Pokémon between compatible games, trade Pokémon on the go, and more! [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION Bloodshot Reborn Volume 1: Colorado Writer: Jeff Lemire Artist Mico Suayan Publisher: Valiant Entertainment Cover Price: $9.99 Bloodshot’s nanites made him a nearly unstoppable killing machine. His enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and healing made him the perfect weapon, and he served his masters at Project Rising Spirit ― a private contractor trafficking in violence ― very well. Now, Bloodshot is a shadow of his former self. He lives in self-imposed exile, reeling from the consequences of his past life and the recent events that nearly drove him mad. But when a rash of shootings by gunmen who appear to look just like Bloodshot begin, his guilt will send him on a mission to stop the killers, even if it means diving head-long into the violence that nearly destroyed him. 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.

It is the Death of Oracle this week on the Major Spoilers Podcast! Plus, we hear that Cullen Bunn is a Necromancer, which shouldn’t be bad… but it kind of is… We review Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown #1, Captan America: The End, Diablero, and Shrill. 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 So… an editor called me last night to tell me that someone is telling other editors and publishers that I use ghost writers. This infuriates me for so many reasons, not the least of which is that it is 1000% untrue. (Thread) — Cullen Bunn (@cullenbunn) February 3, 2020 REVIEWS STEPHEN CONAN BATTLE FOR SERPENT CROWN #1 Writer: Saladin Ahmed Artist: Luke Ross Publisher: Marvel Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 5, 2020 A DEADLY QUEST AND A DARING HEIST… IN THE AGE OF MARVELS! CONAN wanders the desert, and as he reaches the city, no Stygian temple nor Vendyhan fortress greets him. No, something far stranger: the lights of fabulous Las Vegas! Conan is far from home, and it’s time for him to tread the thrones of the Marvel Universe under his sandaled feet! The City of Sin is just the beginning for Conan’s solo jaunt by Eisner award-winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT, MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN) and Luke Ross (STAR WARS: ALLEGIANCE, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN), as the barbarian finds himself on a quest for a relic that predates even his Hyborian Age: the Serpent Crown of Atlantis! But will his battle for this crown earn Conan his own kingdom, or doom him to a nefarious trap set forth by MEPHISTO? Featuring a wide array of Marvel heroes and villains, this is an adventure you can’t afford to miss! [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE END #1 Writer: Erik Larsen Artist: Erik Larsen Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: February 5, 2020 THE FINAL CAPTAIN AMERICA STORY! Steve Rogers fights for survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteland populated by hordes of Red Skulls! [rating:2/5] RODRIGO DIABLERO (SEASON 2) Writer:Verónica Marza, Augusto Mendoza, Pablo Tébar Director: José Manuel Cravioto Studio: Netflix A fallen priest, a legendary demon hunter, and a modern day superhero join forces to battle evil. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY SHRILL (SEASON 2) Starring: Aidy Bryant Network: Hulu Release Date: Jan 24, 2020 A struggling young journalist is determined to change her life without changing her body. While dealing with an unreliable boyfriends, sick parents and a perfectionist boss, she begins to understand that she’s just as good as everyone else. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION Birds of Prey: The Death of Oracle Writer: Gail Simone, Mark Andreyko Artist: Ardian Syaf, Gulliem March Publisher: DC Comics Oracle, Black Canary, Lady Blackhawk, Huntress and Dove: A collection of the world’s most notable heroines, and one of the DC Universe’s most impressive superteams. In an effort to conceal her identity from the world at large, the data specialist Oracle plans to fake her own death, but we all know what happens to the best-laid plans of mice and women…When her evil, scheming mirror image, the Calculator, hires a team of superpowered heavies to take out his nemisis, Oracle’s plan puts her teammates right in the line of fire. Has the world’s premier infojack completely lost control, or is it part of her master plan? Only the Oracle knows for sure. 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 return to Harrow County, and things reach a climax! Also, Action Comics #1019, Kill Whitey Donovan #3, and Atlantis Attacks #1 get reviewed, and we share some thoughts on Cyberpunk 2077’s delay. 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.polygon.com/2020/1/16/21068996/cyberpunk-2077-delayed-to-september REVIEWS STEPHEN ACTION COMICS #1019 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: John Romita, Klaus Janson Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: January 29, 2020 One of the biggest battles in Superman history tears through Metropolis as the super-villain team-up of Lex Luthor, the Legion of Doom, and Leviathan come to change Superman’s city forever! The blockbuster creative team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artists John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson create a Superman epic for the ages-as the Man of Steel deals with the public disclosure of his secret identity! [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW ATLANTIS ATTACKS #1 Writer: Greg Pak Artist: Ario Anindito Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: January 22, 2020 The armies of ATLANTIS face ATLAS in a showdown destined to shake allegiances and break hearts! AMADEUS CHO, SILK, WAVE, SHANG-CHI, and all the heroes of the Atlas have bonded with each other after the challenges of WAR OF THE REALMS. But when a terrible secret incurs the wrath of KING NAMOR, who’s the true friend — and who’s the true enemy? A titanic tale of love and betrayal, heroes and monsters, gods and underdogs — plus the shocking return of JIMMY WOO and the original AGENTS OF ATLAS! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO KILL WHITEY DONOVAN #3 Writer: Sydney Duncan Artist: Natalie Barahona Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 5, 2020 As the third chapter of this thrilling journey unfolds, more history between Hattie and Anna is revealed—but the answers provide little comfort. Meanwhile, in the present, Tyson draws ever closer, while the distance to Donovan feels farther away than ever. [rating: 3.5/5] DISCUSSION HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 7: DARK TIMES A’COMING Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Tyler Crook Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Something evil has returned from the grave and joins forces with Emmy’s wicked family for a brewing monster war! Will she be able to protect her home and herself alone, or will Emmy need to gather some allies in order to defeat this evil once and for all in this coming of age 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.

Sometimes you gotta have Faith - more specifically, we take a look at Faith: Hollywood and Vine Volume 1 in this week’s show. We also review Folklords #3, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #47, and Triage. PLUS, Everything is renewed at The CW! 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 Everything gets renewed at The CW http://majorspoilers.com/2020/01/17/cw-gains-mcu-loses-did-you-hear-week-of-january-17th-2020/ SUPPORT JUPITER JET VOLUME 2! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jawiin/jupiter-jet-and-the-forgotten-radio-original-graphic-novel?ref=profile_created REVIEWS STEPHEN FOLKLORDS #3 Writer: Matt Kindt Artist: Matt Smith Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: January 22, 2020 Outside of the village, life is no fairy tale-and Ansel has learned this the hard way. Betrayed by one of his traveling companions, Ansel finds himself at the mercy of Hanz and Greta. He needs to escape before the worst happens, but the siblings have a story for him, and the truth is more gruesome than he could have imagined. [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS #47 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Daniele di Nicuolo Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: January 22, 2020 After a shocking betrayal, the Omega Rangers are forced to return to earth-and to reveal their identities to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. But can either team of Power Rangers survive the truth? [rating:3/5] ASHLEY TRIAGE Writer/Artist: Phil Sevy Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: May 12, 2020 A dedicated nurse named Evie Pierce awakens to an unfamiliar world alongside two doppelgangers—one, a young and snarky superhero; the other, a hardened rebel military commander of a post-apocalyptic world. When a mysterious figure begins to hunt them down, the three women must work together to survive and discover why they were assembled. This volume collects issues #1-#5 of the glorious, multiverse sci-fi epic, Triage, written and illustrated by revered comics veteran Phillip Sevy (The Freeze, The House, Tomb Raider). [rating: 3.5/5] DISCUSSION FAITH VOLUME 1: HOLLYWOOD AND VINE Writer: Jody Houser Artist: Francis Portela Publisher: Valiant Entertainment Cover Price: $9.99 Orphaned at a young age, Faith Herbert - a psionically gifted “psiot” discovered by the Harbinger Foundation - has always aspired to greatness. But now this once ordinary teenager is taking control of her destiny and becoming the hard-hitting hero she’s always known she can be - complete with a mild-mannered secret identity, unsuspecting colleagues, and a day job as a reporter that routinely throws into her harms way! Well, at least she thought it would… When she’s not typing up listicles about cat videos, Faith makes a secret transformation to patrol the night as the City of Angels’ own leading superhero - the sky-soaring Zephyr! But flying solo is going to be tougher than she ever thought when Zephyr uncovers a deep-rooted alien conspiracy. Two-bit burglars and car thieves are one thing, but when the world needs a hero to stave off an full-blown extraterrestrial invasion, will Faith find herself in over her head…or ready for her biggest challenge yet? 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. Buy the album Super Secret here https://amzn.to/3ayDgkj

It’s Moebius the Living Vampire! Or is it Morbius? We also talk Hellboy Winter Special 2019, Daphne Byrne #1, and Tartarus #1. Plus Criminal Volume 2: Lawless. 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://youtu.be/jLMBLuGJTsA REVIEWS STEPHEN HELLBOY WINTER SPECIAL 2019 Writers: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Scott Allie Artists: Mark Laszlo, Leila Del Duca, Andrea Mutti Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: Janaury 15, 2020 Celebrate the season in true Hellboy fashion! Meet a ghostly miser in an alternate reality, fear the Boogam of rural New York, and embrace the wrath of St. Hagan in this trio of occult winter tales! The familiar faces of Hellboy, Sarah Jewell, and the legendary Knights of St. Hagan will help you ring in the new year with all the shivers you can take-and not all of them from the cold! [rating:5/5] MATTHEW DAPHNE BYRNE #1 Writer: Laura Marks Artist: Kelley Jones Publisher: DC/Hill House Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: January 8, 2020 In the gaslit splendor of late 19th-century New York, rage builds inside 14-year-old Daphne. The sudden death of her father has left her alone with her irresponsible, grief-stricken mother who becomes easy prey for a group of occultists promising to contact her dead husband. While fighting to disentangle her mother from these charlatans, Daphne begins to sense a strange, insidious presence in her own body…an entity with unspeakable appetites. What does “Brother” want? And could she even stop him if she tried? [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO TARTARUS #1 Writer: Johnie Christmas Artist: Jack T. Cole Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: February 12 A new adventure series with all the sci-fi drama of Breaking Bad set in Mos Eisley! Promising young cadet Tilde is framed for crimes against the empire after discovering her mother was the ruthless warlord of the deadly colony Tartarus, a vital player in the galactic war. Now, Tilde’s only way home may be to reclaim her mother’s dark crown.#1 New York Times bestseller JOHNNIE CHRISTMAS (Alien 3) and artistic phenom JACK T. COLE (The Unsound) kick off this ongoing series with 44 big pages of story! [rating: 4.5/5] DISCUSSION CRIMINAL VOLUME 2: LAWLESS 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! LAWLESS: A story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless finally returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much their family history has doomed them both. This is where BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS take the world they created in CRIMINAL, VOL. 1 and begin stretching the boundaries of what crime comics 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.