Major Spoilers Podcast #949: American Vampire

Vampires are everywhere! This week we take a look at TWO volumes of American Vampire. We talk the news of the day, and review Better Angels from BOOM! Studios, Gunslinger Spawn #1 from Image Comics, and Batman, The Long Halloween Special #1 from DC Comics.

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NEWS

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/brendan-fraser-batgirl-movie-1235097056/

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/dune-sequel-denis-villenevue-1235097103/

https://twitter.com/Legendary/status/1453058884516466691

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dune-2-greenlit-movie-release-date-1235036655/

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/printwatch-no-more-second-printings-from-image-comics/

REVIEWS

STEPHEN

BETER ANGELS

Writer: Jeff Jensen

Artist: George Schell

Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Cover Price: $19.99

Release Date: October 27, 2021

In 1861, America is at a crossroads. Abraham Lincoln, the man tasked with healing the nation, and his family are the targets of a conspiracy to assassinate them. Their safety – and the future of the American experiment – hinges on the success of a new kind of lawman, known by a word still novel in the culture: detective.

But there was only one who would prove to be up to the task—an individual whose extraordinary cleverness and resourcefulness would alter the course of history from deep within the shadows of domestic spycraft. Her name was Kate Warne.

This is the story of America’s first female detective, a trailblazing working woman trying to make a living and do some good in a tumultuous, sexist age, and whose mysterious life and tall tale exploits are truly the stuff of legend.

[rating:4/5]

You can purchase this issue via the comIXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/3py92ry)

MATTHEW

GUNSLINGER SPAWN #1

Writer: Todd McFarlane/Aleš Kot

Artist: Kevin Keane/Brett Booth/Philip Tan

Publisher: Image Comics

Cover Price: $5.99

Release Date: October 27, 2021

Introducing the launch of the second new monthly title spinning out of the SPAWN UNIVERSE, with one of the most popular characters in the entire SPAWN mythology! This book contains three separate GUNSLINGER stories, each taking a look at his journey through time—from the wild, wild west to the 21st century. Will his 200-year-old past come back to haunt him as he navigates the strange world of 2021? Get ready for the past and present to collide in this new ongoing title!

[rating:2/5]

You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/2ZpfcPA)

ASHLEY

BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1

Writer: Jeph Loeb

Artist: Tim Sale

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $7.99

Release Date: Oct 26, 2021

Twenty-five years ago, you thought you knew the whole story of Batman: The Long Halloween. Now, legendary creators Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale return to Gotham City to reveal that no secret remains buried forever!

Join us for the return of the Batman Halloween specials and a mystery that could destroy Batman, Commissioner Gordon, Two-Face, and…well, that would be telling, wouldn't it?

[rating: 4/5]

You can purchase this issue via the comiXology/Amazon affiliate link (https://amzn.to/3w19Iad)

DISCUSSION

AMERiCAN VAMPIRE VOLUME 2

Writer: Scott Snyder

Artist: Rafael Albuequerque

Publisher: Vertigo

While trafficking in a bestselling sub-genre, AMERICAN VAMPIRE introduces a new strain of vampire -- a more muscular and vicious species, born of the American West. It's Las Vegas circa 1935, and Skinner Sweet and our gal Pearl are about to learn the hard way that the bloodsuckers in Hollywood were nothing compared to what awaits them in Sin City. In just a few short years, young police Chief Cash McCogan has watched his native city of Las Vegas go from cow-town to wild, glittering boomtown. And when the bodies of prominent businessmen start showing up drained of blood, Chief McCogan finds himself facing a threat much darker and deadlier than anything he could have imagined . . . and the only sure bet in town is that Skinner and Pearl are right in the thick of it. Collects American Vampire #6-11

AMERICAN VAMPIRE VOLUME 3

Writer: Scott Snyder

Artist: Rafael Albuequerque

Publisher: Vertigo

This volume of the critically-acclaimed AMERICAN VAMPIRE follows the star of AV Volumes 1 and 2, Pearl, and her husband Henry, as he is recruited by a mysterious group of vampire hunters, off to World War II Japan to find a new breed of blood sucker. But what does the notorious vampire Skinner Sweet have to do with it? Collects American Vampire #12-18 and American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest #1-5


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