#779: Sheriff of Babylon Vol. 1

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Who is the Sheriff of Babylon? Is Cobra Kai any good? Who is excited for Sandman Universe? Also, we review Scooby Apocalypse #25 and Jirni #3.

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NEWS
Vertigo Announces Sandman artists

http://majorspoilers.com/2018/05/15/vertigo-announces-sandman-universe-artists/


REVIEWS

STEPHEN


COBRA KAI


Directors: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Jennifer Celota, Josh Heald, Steve PInk


Writers: Jason Belleville, Stacy Harman, Josh Heald, John Hurwitz, Robert Mark Kamen, Joe Piarulli, Hayden Schlossberg, Michael Jonathan Smith, Luan Thomas


Distributor: YouTube Red


Cast:


Ralph Macchio - Daniel LaRusso


William Zabka - Johnny Lawrence


Courtney Henggeler - Amanda LaRusso


Xolo Mariduena - Miguel Diaz


Tanner Buchanan - Robby Keene


Mary Mouser - Samantha LaRusso


Release Date: May 2, 2018

Set thirty years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, the series focuses on Johnny Lawrence reopening the Cobra Kai dojo, which causes his rivalry with Daniel LaRusso to be reignited.

[rating:5/5]

MATTHEW


SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #25


Writer: Keith Giffen/J.M. DeMatteis


Artist: Ron Wagner/Andy Owens/Sam Lofti


Publisher: DC Comics


Cover Price: $3.99


Release Date: May 9, 2018

After nearly fifty years of Scooby-Doo, the unthinkable occurs! This month death claims one of the most beloved figures in pop-culture history: Fred Jones! This stunning turn of events will have repercussions that you won't want to miss!

[rating:3/5]

RODRIGO


JIRNI VOL. 3 #3


Writer: J.T. Krul


Artist: Michael Santamaria, Elias Pineda, Mauricio Campetella


Publisher: Aspen


Cover Price: 3.99


Release Date: May 16

Ara takes to the skies once again in her airship, soaring higher than ever in the hopes of reaching the realm of the D’jinn, but danger lurksall around her. Meanwhile, Torinthal reveals his true purpose in capturing Luna and the other D’jinn, and it could spell doom for them and all the D’jinn - in this world and beyond.

[rating: 3.5/5]


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TPB DISCUSSION

SHERIFF OF BABYLON VOLUME 1: Bang. Bang. Bang.


Writer: Tom King


Artist: Mitch Gerads


Publisher: Vertigo

One of the most poignant retellings of the Iraq War, Tom King's critically acclaimed series SHERIFF OF BABYLON begins here, in Baghdad, 2003. The reign of Saddam Hussein is over. The Americans are in command, and no one is in control.

Former cop turned military contractor Christopher Henry knows that better than anyone. He’s in the country to train up a new Iraqi police force, and one of his recruits has just been murdered. With civil authority in tatters and dead bodies clogging the streets, Chris is the only person in the Green Zone with any interest in finding out who killed him—and why.

Chris’s inquiry brings him first to Sofia, an American-raised Iraqi who now sits on the governing council, and then to Nassir, a grizzled veteran of Saddam’s police force—and probably the last real investigator left in Baghdad. United by death but divided by conflicting loyalties, the three must help each other navigate the treacherous landscape of post-invasion Iraq in order to hunt down the killers. But are their efforts really serving justice—or a much darker agenda?

CLOSE

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