Major Spoilers Comic Book Podcast

Atomic Robo is back… to the past? Marvel gets on the YA bandwagon, and Overwatch is coming to the Switch! Plus, Red Sonja #8, Go Go Power Rangers #23, and Steeple #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/2019/09/04/marvel-announces-all-new-shuri-novel-for-may-2020-release/ REVIEWS STEPHEN RED SONJA #8 Writer: Mark Russell Artist: Bob Q Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 11, 2019 Hyrkania burns, from flames allowed by its ruler, Sonja The Red. In The Clearing, Lord Oak will hear her call for alliance with the woodland tribes. But trust does not come easily to either folk. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW GO GO POWER RANGERS #23 Writer: Ryan Parott, Sina Grace Artist: Francesco Mortarino Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 11, 2019 NECESSARY EVIL continues as Jason begins to remember the truth about Shattered Grid - and he begins the path to forming a new, covert team of Power Rangers. [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO STEEPLE #1 Writer: John Allison Artist: John Allison Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 18, 2019 A supernatural tale of friendship, the devil, and moral gray areas. Two women with wildly different worldviews become unlikely friends as they navigate the supernatural happenings in a sleepy coastal parish—and soon find themselves forced to choose sides in the war between good and evil, facing demons, curses, and a miniature Rapture! [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION Atomic Robo and the Knights of the Golden Circle Writer: Brian Clevinger Artist: Scott Wegener There was an explosion, some crystals, a lot of lava, and several nuclear warheads. Plus, a crazy time-traveling dinosaur. Now it’s 1884 and Atomic Robo is up against the notorious ‘Butcher Boys.’ The fate of the West is at stake, but can Atomic Robo save the day before his nuclear fuel runs dry? https://www.atomic-robo.com/atomicrobo/archive 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.

Harrow County!? Late Comics!? Steven Universe!? All this, plus Mother Maiden Crone, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8, and the final issue of the Wicked + Divine. 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) REVIEWS STEPHEN BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #8 Writer: Jordie Bellaire Artist: David Lopez Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 4, 2019 The Hellmouth is about to break open and unleash all kinds of nightmares onto Sunnydale. And Buffy, no matter how hard she tries, is not ready for it. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #45 Writer: Keiron Gillen Artist: Jamie McKelvie Publisher: Image comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: September 4, 2019 “OKAY,” Conclusion Thanks for reading. We’ll miss you. [rating:5/5] RODRIGO Steven Universe: The Movie Initial release: September 2, 2019 Director: Rebecca Sugar Original network: Cartoon Network Production company: Cartoon Network Studios Music composed by: Rebecca Sugar, Aimee Mann, Gallant, Estelle, Ted Leo, Mike Krol, OHMME, StemageIn his first musical TV movie, Steven Universe thinks his time defending the Earth is over. But when a new gem comes to Beach City seeking revenge, Steven faces his biggest challenge yet. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY MOTHER MAIDEN CRONE Editor: Gwen Benaway Publisher: Bedside Press Cover Price: $15 Release Date: August 21, 2019 Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Fantastical Trans Femmes is a Bedside Press anthology of new fantastical short fiction by trans women and trans feminine writers curated by celebrated poet and author Gwen Benaway. Drawing on high fantasy and other genres of fantasy writing, Maiden, Mother, and Crone is the first anthology by trans femme authors to explore the realms of magic, supernatural beings, and alternate universes. Enter a universe of wonder where trans femmes are powerful heroines, sorceresses, and warriors fighting against dark forces in vivid magical worlds. Created by celebrated trans femme writers this anthology will transform the landscape of fantasy fiction and offer radical portals into excitement, danger, and transformation. [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 5: ABANDONED Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Tyler Crook Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $17.99 The Abandoned, that hulking figure with haunting yellow eyes, rarely leaves his ramshackle cabin deep in the woods of Harrow County. But it wasn’t always so. And when hunters travel to Harrow County in search of big game, they get a lot more than they bargained for. As Emmy meets more visitors from the outside world, she discovers secrets of her own past and the very foundations of Harrow County. Including a story illustrated by guest artists Carla Speed McNeil and Jenn Manley Lee, this paperback collects issues #17-#21 of the award-winning horror comic Harrow County. 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.

Robin will die because the Joker wants revenge! Plus Detective Comics #1010, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #42, and Adorned by Chi! 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/2019/08/25/marvel-at-d23/ REVIEWS STEPHEN DETECTIVE COMICS #1010 Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Artist: Christian Duce Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 28, 2019 In part two of “Take Your Shot,” Batman confronts Deadshot only to learn he’s come to Gotham City to enlist the skills of the World’s Greatest Detective! Can the two of them work together—or will their opposing ideologies get the best of them? [rating:3.5/5] MATTHEW MIGHTY MORPHIN’ POWER RANGERS #42 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Daniele di Nicuolo Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: #3.99 Release Date: August 28, 2019 NECESSARY EVIL continues as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers have returned-just in time to discover a secret that may tear apart the team! [rating:4/5] ASHLEY ADORNED BY CHI THE GRAPHIC NOVEL Writer: Jacque Aye Artist: Magus Ato Publisher: Self-Published Cover Price: $25.00 Release Date: August 2019 Adorned by Chi tells the tale of Adaeze, a painfully shy Nigerian college student who discovers she has Goddess-like powers and must, reluctantly, lead a team of young warriors to defeat an apocalyptic monster that threatens to destroy humanity. Adorned by Chi is inspired by the Japanese Magical Girl genre and series like Revolutionary Girl Utena, Madoka Magica, and, of course, Sailor Moon. The story also takes elements from Igbo culture & lore, including Goddesses like Ala, Uhamiri and more. We were moved to create our series after noticing a lack of African representation in the Magical Girl Genre…we actually couldn’t find any! So we created what we yearned to see. Want to know more about the team behind the project? [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION BATMAN: A DEATH IN THE FAMILY Writer: George Perez, Marv Wolfman, Jim Starlin Artist: Jim Apara, Tom Grummett Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $16.99 Batman readers were allowed to vote on the outcome of the story and they decided that Robin should die! As the second person to assume the role of Batman’s sidekick, Jason Todd had a completely different personality than the original Robin. Rash and prone to ignore Batman’s instructions, Jason was always quick to act without regard to consequences. In this fatal instance, Robin ignores his mentor’s warnings when he attempts to take on the Joker by himself and pays the ultimate price. Driven by anger with Superman by his side, Batman seeks his vengeance as he looks to end the Joker’s threat forever. Collects Batman #426-429, 440-442, The New Titans 60-61 and material from Batman Annual #25. 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.

Rolling D&D with Rick and Morty! Plus, Tommy Gun Wizards #1, Livewire #9, and Super Fun Sexy Times! Oh… and Kevin Smith is working on a new He-Man animated series. 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/2019/tv/news/kevin-smith-masters-of-the-universe-revelation-netflix-he-man-series-1203305649/ REVIEWS STEPHEN TOMMY GUN WIZARDS #1 Writer: Christian Ward Artist: Sami Kivela, Christian Ward Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 28, 2019 Eliot Ness and his team of Untouchables work overtime taking on dangerous criminals that hide in the seedy underbelly of 1930s Chicago. Except in this world, Al Capone isn’t dealing in alcohol, but in magic. With Lick, a drug that grants magical powers to anyone who ingests it, mobsters become wizards, ordinary men become monsters, and darker secrets than Ness can imagine lie at the heart of it all. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW LIVEWIRE #9 Writer: Vita Ayala Artist: Tana Ford Publisher: Valiant Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 21, 2019 Wanted fugitive Livewire has been on the run for months from the authorities for shutting down the country’s power in an effort to protect people gifted with powers. Will a shocking offer to go public pull Livewire into a political spotlight? [rating:2.5/5] RODRIGO SUPER FUN SEXY TIMES VOL 1 Writer: Meredith McClaren Artist:Meredith McClaren Publisher: Oni Press Inc. Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: Sep, 4 2019 Cartoonist Meredith McClaren (Hinges) tells five short, sexy stories featuring superheroes, supervillains, sidekicks, and the people who love them. Showing consent and character-driven erotic relationships, Super Fun Sexy Times answers the age-old question: what happens when the mask comes off? Two sidekicks on opposite sides get stuck in an underground lab together, and find a great way to pass the time. A tactician and superhero discuss their desires, limits, and kinks before their first time, and perhaps get a little too excited in the process. A pair of supervillains explore gender and sex together, while growing closer in their relationship. Lesbian heroes try out a kinky roleplaying scenario, and discover how to make it work for both of them. And an exhausted assassin relaxes after a long day with the kind (yet firm) attentions of his husband. Told with care, sex-positivity, and humor, and featuring a wide variety of sexualities and bodies, Super Fun Sexy Times aims to create an erotic reading experience that lives up to its name [rating: 4.5/5] DISCUSSION Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons Writers: Patrick Rothfuss and Jim Zub Artist: Troy LIttle Publisher: Oni Press and IDW Publishing You’ve got to—belch!—roll for initiative, Morty! Two pop culture juggernauts are teaming up and neither multiverse is prepared for what comes next! When Morty sees a cute girl at school playing Dungeons & Dragons, he asks Rick to show him the ropes, only to discover that his grandfather is a veteran gamer. Next thing he knows, the entire family has been pulled into a campaign that escalates from virtual D&D simulations to alternate universes governed by the rules of the game. And as it turns out, Rick isn’t the only one who knows his way around a d20. 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 to the center stage - SPIDER-GWEN! Batman/Hush is here, and what it does is interesting. Powers of X #1 has dropped and Matthew shares his thoughts. 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/2019/08/04/kevin-conroy-joins-crisis-on-infinite-earths-crossover/ REVIEWS STEPHEN BATMAN/HUSH Director: Justin Copeland Writers: Ernie Altbacker Stars: Jason O’Mara, Jennifer Morrison, Stuart Allan Studio: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Release Date: July 20, 2019 A mysterious villain uses Catwoman, Riddler, Ra’s al Ghul and several of Batman’s other enemies and allies in a game to create chaos in Batman’s life. [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW POWERS OF X #1 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: R. B. Silva Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: July 31, 2019 FEAR THE FUTURE! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (INFINTY, NEW AVENGERS, FF) continues his revolutionary new direction for the X-Men. Intertwining with HOUSE OF X, POWERS OF X reveals the secret past, present and future of mutantkind, changing the way you look at every X-Men story before and after. You do not want to miss the next seminal moment in the history of the X-Men! [rating:3.5/5] DISCUSSION Spider-Gwen Vol. 0: Most Wanted? Writer: Jason Latour Artist: Robbi Rodriguez Publisher: Marvel Comics The breakout hit of the biggest Spider-Event of the century is taking the comics world by storm with her own series! Gwen Stacy is Spider-Woman, but you knew that already. What you DON’T know is what friends and foes are waiting for her in the aftermath of Spider-Verse! From the fan-favorite creative team that brought you Spider-Gwen’s origin story in EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE, Jason Latour and Robbie Rodriguez! 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 Justice Society Returns! No, really! We also talk The Joker, The Boys, Fire Emblem Three Houses, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #98. 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/t433PEQGErc REVIEWS STEPHEN The Boys is an American superhero dark comedy web television series based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The series was developed by Eric Kripke. It premiered on July 26, 2019.[2] In early July 2019, Amazon renewed the series for a second season ahead of the series premiere. [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #96 Writer: Tom Waltz/Kevin Eastman Artist:Michael Dialnyas Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price:$3.99 Release Date: July 31, 2019 As the war for New York reaches a fever pitch, Splinter makes his final gambit for complete victory. Meanwhile, the Turtles are on the run and may not be able to count on each other for survival! [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO FIRE EMBLEM: THREE HOUSES Nintendo Switch Publisher: Nintendo Cover Price: $59.99 Release Date: July 26 2019 Here, order is maintained by the Church of Seiros, which hosts the prestigious Officer’s Academy within its headquarters. You are invited to teach one of its three mighty houses, each comprised of students brimming with personality and represented by a royal from one of three territories. As their professor, you must lead your students in their academic lives and in turn-based, tactical RPG battles wrought with strategic, new twists to overcome. Which house, and which path, will you choose? The game features the refined gameplay the Fire Emblem franchise is known for. Command a party of warriors to move and fight on a grid-based battlefield and, for the first time in the series history, assign battalions of troops to support individual units in battle. As a professor, you are responsible for teaching your students and improving their skills in their academic lives and in battle. These may be school assignments, but the stakes are very real. Your students’ lives depend on your leadership. It’s up to you to guide each of them, so that they may wield a variety of weapons, master the study of magic, and acquire special skills such as horsemanship. But there’s more to being a professor than commanding armies. Freely roam Garreg Mach Monastery and the academy within it, while interacting with talented students to build relationships and gather intel. After meeting one enigmatic girl named Sothis…you’ll come to realize that she appears only within your mind. What other mysteries await? [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION JUSTICE SOCIETY RETURNS Writers: Various Artists: Various Publisher: DC Comics The superheroes that make up the Justice Society of America take on the disciples of a mad god named Stalker, who is out to eliminate war by ending life itself. 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 give our hot takes on some of the news from the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, plus we revisit Harrow County once more! We review The Flash #75, Dear Justice League, Loki #1 and Manor Black #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/2019/07/21/dc-comics-at-sdcc/ http://majorspoilers.com/2019/07/20/hasbro-reveals-mighty-morphin-power-rangers-helmet/ http://majorspoilers.com/2019/07/19/after-marvel-the-russo-brothers-take-on-grimjack-and-battle-of-the-planets/ http://majorspoilers.com/2019/07/20/diamond-select-toys-unveils-black-hole-and-the-rocketeer-action-figures/ https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/project-booster-fun-2019-07-20 http://majorspoilers.com/2019/07/19/first-look-at-the-rocketeer-television-show-appears/ https://deadline.com/2019/07/young-justice-outsiders-renewed-season-4-dc-universe-1202649901/ https://www.comicsbeat.com/bedside-press-sdcc-19-schedule/ REVIEWS STEPHEN THE FLASH #75 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artust: Christian Duce, Scott Kolins Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 24, 2019 [rating:3/5] MATTHEW LOKI #1 Writer: Daniel Kibblesmith Artist: Oscar Bazaldua Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 17, 2019 [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO MANOR BLACK #1 Writer: Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt Artist: Tyler Crook Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 31, 2019 [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY DEAR JUSTICE LEAGUE Writer: Michael Northrop Artist: Gustavo Duarte Publisher: DC Kids Cover Price: $9.99 Release Date: Aug 6, 2019 [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 4: FAMILY TREE Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Tyler Crook Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Emmy believes she is one of a kind, that there is no one else in the world quite like her. As strangers arrive in Harrow County, though, she discovers just how wrong she is. Are these beings—each possessing strange and ghastly supernatural abilities—her family? 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 Astro City! Have you met the Confessor? We talk Vertigo, Hellblazer, Batman #75, Go Go Power Rangers #1, and Stuber on 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) NEWS http://majorspoilers.com/2019/07/10/hellblazer-enters-the-sandman-universe-in-october/ REVIEWS BATMAN #75 Writer: Tom King Artist: Tony S. Daniel Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: July 17, 2019 “City of Bane” begins! Bane’s minions have moved into Gotham City, taken control and are ruling with an iron fist-including rounding up any villain who refuses to sign onto Bane’s program-and Batman is nowhere to be found. At least not the Batman anyone knows. It’s like someone has replaced the real Gotham City with a twisted funhouse-mirror version of it. Meanwhile, the real Bruce Wayne is on a spiritual quest to regain his fighting spirit after his showdown with his father in the desert. Can the people of Gotham hold on until their protector is strong enough to come to their rescue? Plus, what does Lex Luthor’s scheming mean for Gotham City when Bane and the villains are already in control? This extra-sized anniversary issue kicks off a new multi-part storyline that ties together all the threads of the first 74 issues of Tom King’s epic BATMAN run! GO GO POWER RANGERS #21 Writer: Ryan Parrott, Sina Grace Artist: Francesco Mortarino Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 10, 2019 The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers have survived the shocking events of Shattered Grid and reality has now been reset…but has the danger truly passed? And how much of that war can the Power Rangers even remember? The answer to this question will set one of the Rangers on a path that will reveal an explosive, previously untold story in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers mythos that will change everything you thought you knew. The writing duo of Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) & Sina Grace (Iceman) and artist Francesco Mortarino (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), begins the reveal of the secret history behind the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers with the introduction of all new characters, new alliances and jaw-dropping answers to some of the biggest questions that fans have always asked. STUBER Director: Michael Dowse Screenplay: Tripper Clancy When a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) picks up a passenger (Dave Bautista) who turns out to be a cop hot on the trail of a brutal killer, he’s thrust into a harrowing ordeal where he desperately tries to hold onto his wits, his life and his five-star rating. Directed by Michael Dowse, this action-comedy from 20th Century Fox also stars Iko Uwais, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpin, Jimmy Tatro, Mira Sorvino and Karen Gillan. [rating: 4/5] DISCUSSION KURT BUSIEK’S ASTRO CITY: CONFESSION Writer: Kurt Busiek Artists: Brent Anderson Publisher: Vertigo After leaving his rural home and working his way into the superhero scene as a busboy and waiter, Brian Kinney attracts the attention of Astro City’s vigilante, Confessor. Dubbed “Altar Boy,” Brian becomes the Confessor’s sidekick just in time to witness Astro City suffer under the looming threat of a serial killer on the loose. As shadows approach and the city’s leaders move to ban superheroes altogether, Brian is forced to question the actions of his mentor. Will their partnership be doomed before it can even begin? CLOSE 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.

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, It’s the return of Atomic Robo… but for how long? Plus there’s a new Blade Runner in town, and she’s the best, we go where no one has gone before, and Yesterday, all our troubles seemed so far away, but today it is time for 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 Mad Magazine Comes to an End https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mad-magazine-ends-production-20190704-story.html REVIEWS STEPHEN BLADE RUNNER 2019 #1 Writer: Michael Green, Mike Johnson Artist: Andres Guinaldo Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: July 10, 2019 In the neo-noir city of Los Angeles, 2019, Ash, a veteran Blade Runner, is grappling with a new case: a billionaire’s wife and child, apparently kidnapped by Replicants for dark purposes … An all-new ongoing comic series from the pen of Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Michael Green (Blade Runner 2049, Logan, American Gods), with longtime co-writer Mike Johnson (Batman/Superman, Supergirl, Star Trek), illustrated by Andres Guinaldo (Justice League Dark, Captain America). The first comic to tell original, in-canon stories set in the Blade Runner universe! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO THE ORVILLE #1: NEW BEGINNINGS PART 1 OF 2 Writer: David A. Goodman Artist: David Cabeza Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price:$3.99 Release Date: July 17, 2019 On their way to a fleet conference via shuttle, Ed and Gordon pick up a distress signal from a century-old buoy belonging to a Union ship and decide to investigate. Meanwhile, back on the Orville, Kelly tries to mediate when Bortus insists on enrolling Topa into school even though he is only a few months old. [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY YESTERDAY Director: Danny Boyle / Written by: Richard Curtis Starring: Himesh Patel Release Date: June 28, 2019 Yesterday is a 2019 British romantic comedy film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Richard Curtis, based on an original screenplay by Jack Barth and Mackenzie Crook. It stars Himesh Patel as a struggling musician who, after an accident, finds himself the only person who remembers the Beatles; he becomes famous taking credit for writing and performing their songs. The film also features Lily James as Himesh’s love interest, Kate McKinnon as his manager, and Ed Sheeran as a fictionalized version of himself. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION ATOMIC ROBO AND THE SAVAGE SWORD OF DR. DINOSAUR Writer: Brian Clevinger Artist: Scott Wegener Publisher: IDW Publishing (print) Atomic Robo investigates cryptid sightings near the old Nazi space program, “Science City,” buried deep in the Venezuelan wilderness. Meanwhile, a mysterious package is delivered to Tesladyne - from Hashima Island Quarantine Zone. Is it from Alan? Majestic 12? Or something else entirely? If only the title could shed some light on this mystery! 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’s Just Us this week, as we take a look at Young Justice Volume 1, talk J.J. Abrams on Spider-Man, and review Flash #73 and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40! 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/2019/06/21/cryptic-spider-man-countdown-reveals-j-j-abrams-and-son-spider-man-1/ REVIEWS STEPHEN FLASH #73 Writer: Joshua Williamson Art: Howard Porter Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 26, 2019 “The Flash Year One” continues! As our hero picks up the pieces from his disastrous defeat at the hands of the Turtle, the rise of the Rogues in Central City gives the Flash renewed resolve. But Barry is still learning to master his abilities, and while an experienced speedster might know how to outrun a gun, this time he may not be so lucky… [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW MIGHTY MORPHIN’ POWER RANGERS #40 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Daniele di Nicuolo Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: June 26, 2019 Last year, Shattered Grid made comic book history-this year NECESSARY EVIL changes what you think you know about the Power Rangers with a reveal that will have everyone talking! The Power Rangers comic book event of 2019 begins here with the first appearance of the Power Ranger everyone’s been asking about-the fan favorite White Ranger! The all-new team of creators from record breaking Power Rangers; Shattered Grid; Ryan Parrot and Daniele Di Nicuolo present the return of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers-but what happened to the universe after the defeat of Lord Drakkon, and what do our Rangers remember? [rating:4/5] DISCUSSIONYOUNG JUSTICE BOOK ONE Writer: Various Artist: Various Publisher: DC Comics Batman. Superman. The Flash. The incredible members of the Justice League of America cast a long shadow, and the members of Young Justice are eager to step out of it. Robin, Superboy and Impulse want to prove to their superhero mentors that they’re capable of tackling super-villains on their own. Under the guidance of the stoic, wise Red Tornado, the three teen heroes begin their quest to make a name for themselves, apart from their famous friends. When the team gains three new members-shy but powerful Wonder Girl, champion archer Arrowette and mystical Secret-Young Justice is ready to take on one of the toughest foes the universe has ever seen: the giant tyrant Despero. But it’s a race against the clock: if Young Justice can’t work together and defeat Despero within 22 minutes, the Justice League will disband Young Justice permanently. Can the team come together to stop Despero’s reign of terror, or will Young Justice be separated forever? Witness the epic battles the Young Justice team faces in these classic stories written by critically acclaimed author Peter David. YOUNG JUSTICE BOOK ONE collects YOUNG JUSTICE #1-7, JLA: WORLD WITHOUT GROWN-UPS #1-2, YOUNG JUSTICE: THE SECRET and YOUNG JUSTICE: SECRET FILES #1. 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 finally take another look at Blacksad, as he travels the south. We review Last Stop on the Red Line #2, Sabrina The Teenage Witch #3, and the Dark Phoenix movie. Plus, what is going on with that Spider-Man teaser? 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.bleedingcool.com/2019/06/17/marvel-posts-another-spider-man-teaser-dispelling-all-prevailing-theories/ REVIEWS STEPHEN LAST STOP ON THE RED LINE #2 Writer: Paul Maybury Artist: Sam Lotfi Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 19, 2019 Another passenger falls victim to the phantom killer on the Boston Orange Line. This sparks Detective Torres and her new partner to investigate evidence which incriminates Yusef. Meanwhile, Yusef must control his unearthly visions while on the run to avoid being captured by the determined detectives. [rating:3/5] MATTHEW SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #3 Writer: Kelly Thompson Artist: Veronica Fish Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 19, 2019 As danger intensifies and mysteries deepen in Greendale, Sabrina finds it increasingly difficult to keep her own secrets. And while the whole town is on edge from the most recent “monster” attack, Sabrina has tracked the source of the disturbances back to her high school. It may be up to Sabrina to save her new town by solving this one her own…but when the secrets she uncovers hit too close to home she’ll have to make some very tough choices. [rating:3/5] ASHLEY DARK PHOENIX Director/Writer: Simon Kinberg Studio: Fox/Marvel Studios Release Date: June 7, 2019 This is the story of one of the X-Men’s most beloved characters, Jean Grey, as she evolves into the iconic DARK PHOENIX. During a life-threatening rescue mission in space, Jean is hit by a cosmic force that transforms her into one of the most powerful mutants of all. Wrestling with this increasingly unstable power as well as her own personal demons, Jean spirals out of control, tearing the X-Men family apart and threatening to destroy the very fabric of our planet. The film is the most intense and emotional X-Men movie ever made. It is the culmination of 20 years of X-Men movies, as the family of mutants that we’ve come to know and love must face their most devastating enemy yet — one of their own. [rating: 3.5/5] DISCUSSION Blacksad: Amarillo Writer: Juan Diaz Canales Artist: Juanjo Guamido Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Hard-boiled feline detective John Blacksad is back in the latest tour de force from the multiple-award-winning duo of writer Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido! Taking a much-needed break after the events of A Silent Hell, Blacksad lands a side job driving a rich Texan’s prized yellow Cadillac Eldorado across 1950s America, hitting the back roads from New Orleans to Tulsa. But before long, the car is stolen and Blacksad finds himself mixed up in another murder, with roughneck bikers, a shifty lawyer, one down-and-out Beat generation writer, and some sinister circus folk! When John Blacksad goes on the road, trouble is dead ahead! 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, Savage Dragon: Changes… Oh, boy… Also, Godzilla, Event Leviathan, and Banjax all get the Major Spoilers review treatment! 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 Swamp Thing Cancelled https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/06/08/why-on-earth-was-dc-universes-swamp-thing-cancelled-after-one-episode/#6a3ca69c3bd1 REVIEWS STEPHEN EVENT LEVIATHAN #1 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Alex Maleev Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 12, 2019 The groundbreaking and always-inventive team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev (Jinxworld’s SCARLET, Marvel’s Daredevil) reunite on a mystery thriller that stretches across the DC Universe and touches every character from Batman to Superman to the Question to Talia al Ghul. With startling ease, a newly dangerous and aggressive Leviathan wipes out all its competition and now turns its sights to molding the world into its vision of order. Can the new threat’s growth be stopped…and who’s guiding its new agents of chaos? [rating:4/5] MATTHEW BANJAX #1 Writer: Rylend Grant Artist: Fabio Alves Publisher: Action Lab Danger Zone Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 12, 2019 Liard Mason, a disgraced former superhero, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, brought on by years of using his powers. Defending what he has deemed an ungrateful and ultimately unworthy city is literally killing him. With just months to live and a legacy hanging in the balance, Mason launches a violent and misguided Death Wish-like campaign to purge the city of supervillains before he dies. [rating:1/5] RODRIGO GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Release date: May 31, 2019 (USA) Director: Michael Dougherty Members of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species-thought to be mere myths-rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE May 31, 2019 Director: Nahnatchka Khan Starring: Ali Wong, Randall Park It stars Wong and Park as childhood friends from San Francisco who have not been in touch since a brief teenaged fling ended badly. In the 16 years since, they have grown up in vastly different circumstances: Wong’s character, Sasha, is a celebrity chef while Park’s Marcus is still living in his childhood bedroom and working for his father’s air conditioning service, his life largely frozen since his mother’s premature death. Sasha and Marcus reconnect when Sasha returns to San Francisco to open a restaurant and romantic chemistry from their teenager years remains, but Marcus’s fears and Sasha’s fame and demanding career challenge their relationship. [rating: 4/5] TRADE PAPERBACK Savage Dragon: Changes Writer/Artist: Erik Larsen Publiserh: Image Comics Cover Price: $15.99 Malcolm Dragon’s girlfriend moves in with him and things get pretty wild. Collects SAVAGE DRAGON #199-204. 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 it is all about Spawn, Super Soldiers, and Jason Inman joins us to talk about both! 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 What’s going on with the Spawn movie? https://www.slashfilm.com/spawn-movie-update-todd-mcfarlane/ https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/todd-mcfarlane-spawn-movie-update-may-2019 Jason Inman Wrote a Book! The military in comic books: Comic book superheroes have been influenced by the true heroes of our armed forces for decades. They frequently recreate the actions of presidents, military leaders, and soldiers. From Captain America punching Hitler in the jaw on his very first cover, to The Punisher surviving the battle of Firebase Valley Forge, there are countless instances when the military has crossed over to the pages of comic books. Soldiers and superheroes: A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Jason Inman re-discovered his childhood love of comic books during long days at the Tallil Air Base in southern Iraq. He couldn’t help but ask why so many comic books are filled with service members. Maybe it’s their loyalty to everyday citizens and the never-ending quest for justice. The men and women who lace up their books and sacrifice their lives know that battle can change a person. What kinds of soldiers were these fictional characters, and how were they changed by war? Discover the super soldiers in Marvel comics, DC comics and beyond: Super Soldiers: A Salute to the Comic Book Heroes and Villains Who Fought for Their Country looks at the intersection between war and pop culture to understand these questions and more. Each chapter revisits military comic book characters and compares them to personal stories from Inman’s military career. Describing superhero soldiers from DC comics and Marvel comics, including lesser-known characters lost to time. DISCUSSION SPAWN ORIGINS VOLUME 1 Writer: Todd McFarlane Artist: Greg Capullo Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $9.99 Featuring all-new cover art from creator TODD McFARLANE, SPAWN: ORIGINS, VOL. 1 reprints the stories and artwork that laid the groundwork for the most successful independent comic book ever published, including the introduction Spawn himself, and a number of other memorable and menacing characters. Collects SPAWN #1-6 HOLLYWOOD NEWS! Soon to be a major motion picture from Blumhouse Productions, directed by Todd McFarlane, and starring Jamie Foxx as Spawn and Jeremy Renner as Twitch. 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 taking the first detective north to Britannia in this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast. We review Rick & Morty #50, Heroes in Crisis #9, Calamity Kate #4, and the first season of What We Do In The Shadows. Plus, will Swamp Thing make you become a DC Universe member? Did you enjoy this show? Become a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS New Swamp Thing drops ahead of season premiere https://youtu.be/xVnHZ5SF1Jg REVIEWS STEPHEN RICK & MORTY #50 Writers: Kyle Starks, Tini Howard, Marc Ellerby, Benjamin Dewey, Sarah Graley, Josh Trujillo Artists: Marc Ellerby, Kyle Starks, Andrew MacLean, Benjamin Dewey, Rii Abrego, Sarah Graley, Jarrett Williams Publisher: Oni Press Cover Price: Release Date: May 29, 2019 It’s just Rick and Morty. Rick and Morty and their adventures, Morty… Rick and Morty, forever and forever, FIFTY ISSUES Rick and MortyTM! Join us as we celebrate this milestone with a special, super oversized MORTY’S MINDBLOWER issue! Featuring creators from the previous 49 issues! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW HEROES IN CRISIS #9 Writer: Tom King Artist: Clay Mann Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 29, 2019 The most-talked-about miniseries of the year reaches its stunning finale! The mystery behind the murders at Sanctuary is solved, but the mind behind it is one the heroes never expected. With their deepest secrets exposed, the Trinity has to consider how to carry on. Should the tragedy cause them to redouble their efforts to help their hurting comrades, or will they need to close up shop? The answers will be found in the ashes of this final showdown, and the fates of Booster Gold, Harley Quinn and the rest hang in the balance. [rating:3/5] RODRIGO CALAMITY KATE #4 Writer: Magdalene Visaggio Artist: Corin Howell Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: June 12, 2018 From the Eisner and GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer of the breakout hit Kim & Kim and DC Comics’ Eternity Girl with Gerard Way, and artist on IDW’s Ghostbusters and X-Files, comes this modern-day adventure of heroes and monsters. Everything comes to a boiling point as Kate comes face-to-face with the monsters she fights and the demons inside her in this conclusion to the hit series! [rating: 1/5] ASHLEY WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS SEASON ONE Network: FX Showrunner: Jemaine Clement Starring: Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillen, and Mark Proksch Finale Release Date: May 29th, 2019 What We Do in the Shadows is set in Staten Island and follows four vampires who have been roommates for hundreds and hundreds of years. [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION BRITANNIA VOLUME 1 Writer: Peter Milligan Artist: Juan Jose Ryp Publisher: Valiant Entertainment Cover Price: $4.99 On the fringes of civilization, the world’s first detective is about to make an unholy discovery? Ruled by the Fates. Manipulated by the Gods. Commanded by Caesar. In the year 65 A.D., one’s destiny was not his own. At the height of Nero’s reign, a veteran of Rome’s imperial war machine has been dispatched to the farthest reaches of the colonies to investigate unnatural happenings? In the remote outpost of Britannia, Antonius Axia - the First Detective - will become Rome’s only hope to reassert control over the empire’s most barbaric frontier?and keep the monsters that bridge the line between myth and mystery at bay? From comics mastermind Peter Milligan (X-Statix, Shade the Changing Man) and incendiary artist Juan Jose Ryp (NINJAK, Clone) comes a psychological journey into terror, temptation, and bloodshed in Valiant’s latest magnum opus. 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.

We return to U.A. High school to check in on young Midoriya, and his friends. Plus, Faithless #2, The Terrifics #16, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. 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! REVIEWS STEPHEN FAITHLESS #2 Writer: Brian Azzarello Artist: Maria Llovet Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: May 22, 2019 Faith is drawn into a new world when she attends a party at the home of world renown artist Louis Thorn. It’s a world of opulence, excess, and sensuality-and something darker that she can’t put her finger on. There is something… curious about these people, a darkness or shadow just at the edge of reason… and maybe it is exactly what Faith is looking for. [rating:3/5] MATTHEW THE TERRIFICS #16 Writer: Gene Luen Yang Artist: Stephen Segovia Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 22, 2019 The Terrifics have entered cyberspace for a battle unlike any they have faced before. It’s a battle against…God? Well, the science is still out on that, but as our heroes face off against all manner of monstrous plagues, things do seem to be reaching biblical proportions. Could the key to all this be the mysterious Pixel? [rating:3.5/5] RODRIGO MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 #6 Writer: Joel Hodgson, Harold Buchholz, Matt McGinnis, Mary Robinson, Seth Robinson, Sharyl Volpe, Mimi Simon Artist: Todd Nauck, Mike Manley, Jack Pollock Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 29, 2019 Mad scientist Kinga Forrester, determined to become the Queen of All Media, nearly has the world of comics in her grasp. But she has not reckoned with the nihilistic power of the Crow Keeper! Joel Hodgson and the MST crew do for comic books what they’ve done for movies, and the results are laugh-out-loud funny! [rating: 3/5] DISCUSSION MY HERO ACADEMIA, VOLUME 2: Rage, You Damned Nerd Creator: Kohei Horikoshi Publisher: Shueisha/VIZ Media Cover Price: $7.99 Getting into U.A. High School was difficult enough, but it was only the beginning of Midoriya’s long road toward becoming a superhero. The new students all have amazing powers, and although Midoriya has inherited All Might’s abilities, he can barely control them. What’s more, the first-year students are told they will have to compete just to avoid being expelled! 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.