Major Spoilers Podcast #828: The Snake Doctor

THE HAINTS ARE BACK! THE HAINTS ARE BACK! We explore Harrow County Volume 3, and talk the new Spider-Man trailer. Plus, we review Red Sonja and Vampirella Meet Betty & Veronica #1, Savage Avengers #1, Calamity Kate #, and Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale.

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NEWS

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN

RED SONJA & VAMPIRELLA MEET BETTY & VERONICA #1

Writer: Amy Chu

Artist: Maria Sanapo

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 8, 2019

Mystery, murder, and mayhem descends on Riverdale as four of your favorite comic book women meet for the first time. A string of paranormal, unsolved murders leads the vampire hunter Vampirella and her sword-wielding barbarian partner Red Sonja to the small, sleepy town where things always seem to happen… There they discover Betty and Veronica, investigative reporters for the high school newspaper, also hot on the trail of the same killer.

[rating:3.5/5]

MATTHEW

SAVAGE AVENGERS #1

Writer: Gerry Duggan

Artist: Mike Deodato

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 1, 2019

The most savage, most unkillable team of characters in the Marvel Universe is assembled! Wolverine! Venom! Elektra! Punisher! And in their midst - Conan the Barbarian! Conan has returned to the Marvel Universe and his new adventures begin here. What is the City of Sickles? Who is the Marrow God? How is the Hand involved? The roughest and most dangerous characters rumble through this new title starting with...Conan vs. Wolverine? 'Nuff said.

[rating:2/5]

RODRIGO

CALAMITY KATE #3

Writer: Magdalene Visaggio

Artist: Corin Howell

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: May 15, 2019

Delving into Kate's past, we discover what brought the monster hunter to the West Coast, and the painful destruction of a relationship. As Kate feels she has adjusted to her new locale, a face from her past throws everything in Kate's life out of control.

[rating: 4/5]

ASHLEY

UNDER THE MOON: A CATWOMAN TALE

Writer: Lauren Myracle

Artist: Isaac Goodhart

Publisher: DC Ink

Cover Price: $12.99

Release Date: 5/7/2019

When fifteen-year-old Selina Kyle, aka the future Catwoman, becomes homeless, she must confront questions of who she is and who she will become.

She rejects human cruelty, but sometimes it seems as though brute force is the only way to "win." And if Selina is to survive on the streets, she must be tough. Can she find her humanity and reconcile toughness with her desire for community ... and love?

From Lauren Myracle, the New York Times best-selling author of books like ttfn and ttyl, comes a new graphic novel that tells the story of a teenage Catwoman, as she struggles to find her own identity while living on the streets of Gotham.

[rating: 2.5/5]

DISCUSSION

HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 3: SNAKE DOCTOR

Writer: Cullen Bunn

Artist: Tyler Crook

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Release Date: October 2016

The Skinless Boy seeks to understand the mysteries of his past, Emmy investigates a haunted house, and a malevolent serpent sows madness and malice in the minds of the Holler’s residents. Collects issues #9–#12 of the hit series!

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