Major Spoilers Podcast #831: All Hail Britannia!

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?

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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.

CLOSE

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