Major Spoilers Podcast #791: Locke and Key: Alpha and Omega


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Aug 07 2018 65 mins   129

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, we wrap up our look at Locke and Key, and things are going to get really, really dark. Plus, Jean Luc Picard is back! We review Dungeons and Dragons: Evil at Baldur's Gate #4, Go Go Power Rangers #12, The Terminator: Sector War #1, and Fantastic Four #1.

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NEWS

http://majorspoilers.com/2018/08/04/patrick-stewart-returns-to-trek-did-you-hear-week-of-august-3-2018/

REVIEWS

STEPHEN
Dungeons & Dragons: Evil at Baldur’s Gate #4
Writer: Jim Zub
Artist: Ramon Bachs
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Nerys Kathon—Beyond Death
The Baldur’s Gate heroes return to the city at last, but their time adventuring in Ravenloft and the frozen northern reaches of the Realms has changed them. Each of them must face great trials ahead before they’ll be ready to embrace their destiny.

The beast within Nerys Kathon has lain dormant for weeks, but now its hunger must be satiated. Can the Baldur’s Gate heroes save their friend or is death the only answer for one of Kelemovor’s chosen?
[rating:4/5]

MATTHEW
SABAN'S GO GO POWER RANGERS #12
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Dan Mora
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: August 1, 2018

The Rangers team up with an unlikely ally to battle Rita's new monster as the Ranger Slayer inches ever further towards her goal...
[rating:4/5]

RODRIGO
THE TERMINATOR: SECTOR WAR #1 (of 4)
Writer: Brian Wood
Artist: Jeff Stokely
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: 3.99
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Two Terminators went back in time to 1984, one to kill Sarah Conner, and another targeting NYPD Officer Lucy Castro, a rookie cop assigned to one of the worst sections of the city. Isolated and unable to call for backup, Castro faces off against the relentless T800, relying on unlikely allies to see her through to dawn.
[rating: 3.5/5]

ASHLEY
FANTASTIC FOUR #1
Writer: Dan Slott
Artist: Simone Bianchi, Sarah Pichelli, Skottie Young
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: 8/8/18
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT – THE WORLD’S GREATEST COMIC MAGAZINE IS BACK! Since the end of SECRET WARS, there’s been a gap in the Marvel Universe. A void no other team can fill. And it’s time for the world to move on. But can it? A life-changing decision by the Thing! A momentous declaration by the Human Torch! A clarion call-to-arms that summons Doctor Doom! And a signal in the sky that heralds the return of hope to the Marvel Universe! All this, and Alicia Masters adopts kittens! So cute! Plus, the Impossible Man! AND BONUS STORIES ILLUSTRATED BY SIMONE BIANCHI AND SKOTTIE YOUNG! IF YOU READ ONLY ONE MARVEL COMIC THIS MONTH, THIS IS THE ONE!
[rating: 3.5/5]

MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK

http://majorspoilers.com/2018/08/05/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-to-boldly-go-edition/

DISCUSSION

Locke and Key: Alpha and Omega
Writer: Joe Hill
Artist Gabriel Rodriguez
Publisher: IDW Publishing
The shadows have never been darker and the end has never been closer. Turn the key and open the last door; it's time to say goodbye. Omega and Alpha, the final two storylines of the New York Times bestselling series, are collected together to offer a thunderous and compelling conclusion to Locke & Key. An event not to be missed!
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