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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: The party walks into the courtyard, and you won’t believe what happens next! Visit the Major Spoilers store for Critical Hit and Major Spoilers merchandise! Character sheets for characters at level 28 are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF)

The Legion welcomes a new member - DAWNSTAR! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. 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) SUPERBOY #225 “And Who Shall Lead Them?” March 1977 w: Paul Levitz a: James Sherman Will Legion leader elections tear the team apart? —————————————————————— “A Matter Of Priorities” March 1977 w: Jim Shooter a: Michael Netzer An undercover mission threatens Timber Wolf’s life! SUPERBOY #226 “The Dazzling Debut of Dawnstar” April 1977 w: Paul Levitz a: James Sherman Another hero joins the team… but can Dawnstar last as a Legionnaire? —————————————————————— “Five Against One” April 1977 w: Paul Levitz a: Michael Netzer What threat could drive Brainiac 5 to murder?

This week we review Marvel Action: Spider-Man #3 from… IDW Publishing? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Marvel Action: Spider-Man #3 Writer: Delilah S. Dawson Artist: Fico Ossio Colorist: Ronda Pattison Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 As if Peter Parker didn’t have enough problems at high school, suddenly New York’s crawling with Spider-People! Peter has no choice but to forge a tentative partnership with Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy as a larger mystery threatens the trio! All-new web-swinging action in the Mighty Marvel Manner!

In this episode of Top Five Express, Dan Patriss runs down his top five games from Acchittocca Games. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure The Top Five 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 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

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

321: The Secret World of Arrietty

Time for another great Kickstarter doubleheader this week in Episode 444! It all starts with the return of Russell Brettholtz from Side-Kicked, who has a Kickstarter underway to support #6 of this excellent series! The issue is described this way: “The sidekick strike is over. Can the heroes & sidekicks learn to work together when an alien invasion threatens their peace?” We discuss the series, how Russell has kept the characters growing, and what we can expect in the months ahead! Then everything wraps up with my fun chat with Rob Stanley from The Bite of Brenna Barlow! His Kickstarter has already met its funding goal, but stretch goals are on the way! His book is described as: “The heartwarming tale of a telepathic blind vampire and her sarcastic dachshund.” Be sure to support this terrific project after you listen to this episode!

In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: We have a plan, we have a formula, and then there is that big thing just standing there… Visit the Major Spoilers store for Critical Hit and Major Spoilers merchandise! Character sheets for characters at level 28 are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site for more.

This week, sometimes the remake IS better than the original. Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF)

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

Dan Patriss is here to drop the news about all the cool gaming news coming down the pipe, including the prequel to Pandemic! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Z-Man announced Pandemic Season 0 for release later this year. (Rob Daviau and Matt Leacock) Queen Games to release the Stephan Feld “City Collection”. Renegade Announces More Details on Vampire the Masquerade Expandable Card Game Asmodee Acquires Libellud Asmodee USA will be releasing Al Leduc’s Yukon Airways in Mid August. Mid Weight Euro 1-4 players 90 mins retail $50 Pegasus Spiele will release Hansa Teutonica: Big Box, Q3.  It will include all expansions  $59.99. Blue Orange has announced Meeple Land a game where you are building a theme $35 to be released in Q3 Finally in Marvel Champions news! there’s a scenario pack coming soon and it will be Kang The Conquerer. MSRP for $20 Kickstarters Whaler Riders Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria Studio X Mobile Mini Painting Studio

320: MAILBAG: The Weirdest Comics We've Ever Read

Wayne Hall loves to talk with creative science-fiction writers, so this week in Episode 443, he welcomes Jonathan Thompson, who shares some of his excellent stories on his website, SpaceStationZed. Jonathan has an anthology book coming called Tales from the Dead Astronaut, You can also delve into Multi-dimensional Time Box, The End of Times, and Seek/Repair, so head to his website after listening to this fun conversation! Don’t miss it! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patreon member. It will help ensure Wayne’s Comics Podcast continues far into the future!

In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers Podcast: This city is so confusing, sometimes it feels like we are running in circles. Visit the Major Spoilers store for Critical Hit and Major Spoilers merchandise! Character sheets for characters at level 28 are available at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Critical Hit continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) 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 about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site for more.