#763: Batmanga!


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Jan 23 2018 56 mins   143

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Batmanga! Plus we talk Dan Scott and the Amazing Spider-Man, and review Blue Beetle #17, Avengers #676, and The Harcourt Legacy #3.

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NEWS
Dan Slott to leave Amazing Spider-Man with issue #801
http://www.vulture.com/2018/01/dan-slott-leaving-amazing-spider-man-will-write-iron-man.html

REVIEWS
STEPHEN
BLUE BEETLE #17
Writer: Chris Sebela
Artist: Scott Kollins
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
“Road TO NOWHERE” finale! Blue Beetle faces off against the deadly Stopwatch, a man who uses time as a weapon to pull threats from the future and age the Scarab into dust. While Jaime fights for his life, his friends are left to fight for their own against Stopwatch’s unhinged minions, the Short Timers.
[rating:3/5]

MATTHEW
AVENGERS #676
Writer: Mark Waid, Al Ewing, Jim Zub
Artist: Pepe Larraz
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price:$3.99
The Black Order. The Lethal Legion. Two teams of powerful villains bent on destroying each other have arrived on Earth, and they don't care who gets caught in the crossfire. But who's pulling their strings? And what is the secret of the lost Avenger?
[rating: 4/5]

RODRIGO
THE HARCOURT LEGACY #3
Writer: Brendan Cahill
Artist: Jason Federhenn
Publisher: Action Lab: Danger Zone
Cover Price: 3.99
Edwina’s attempt to control Edward’s legacy leaves Violet with a difficult decision to make. But even with the help of some unlikely allies, can she find the strength to do the right thing—or even figure out what the right thing is?

The conclusion of the three-issue occult family drama!
[rating: 4/5]

MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK
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DISCUSSION
BATMANGA
Jiro Kuwata
At the height the 1960's Batman television shows popularity, a shonen manga magazine in Japan serialized fifty-three chapters, starring The Dark Knight, which were all written by Jiro Kuwata. These rare Batman tales were known by relatively few outside of Japan until award-winning designer Chipp Kidd's 2008 book, Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan (Pantheon Books), introduced them to a whole new generation of Batman fans.

In BATMAN: THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA VOL. 1, see The Dark Knight and his sidekick Robin fight against some of his strangest villains, including Dr. Faceless and the Human Ball! DC Comics is proud to publish the complete Jiro Kuwata penned Batman Manga adventures in three painstakingly restored and translated volumes. This collection is not to be missed by both Batman and Manga fans alike!

CLOSE
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