Summary: “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.
