Apr 07 2020 76 mins 107
The name is Bond. James Bond, and this week, he has an odd job for all of us. We review, Afterlift, Sabrina: Something Wicked #1, Persona 5 Royal, and Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter on this installment of the Major Spoilers Podcast.
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NEWS
All the DC Comics on the auction block
https://www.sothebys.com/en/press/sothebys-books-manuscripts-to-offer-dc-complete-the-ian-levine-collection-the-complete-run-of-40-000-dc-comics-published-from-1935-2014
REVIEWS
STEPHEN
Afterlift
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artist: Jason Loo
Publisher: ComiXology Originals
Price: Originally $6.99 (currently 99-cents)
Release Date: April 1, 2020
Ride-share driver Janice Chen has enough to deal with, from annoying passengers to overbearing parents. But when she picks up a pair of mysterious passengers who are pursued by otherworldly forces, Janice realizes that her already-terrible day might be headed straight to hell. From CHIP ZDARSKY (Sex Criminals, Daredevil) and JASON LOO (The Pitiful Human-Lizard) comes a new series featuring car chases, demon bounty hunters, and figuring out your place in this world and the next.
[rating:4/5]
MATTHEW
SABRINA: SOMETHING WICKED #1
Writer: Kelly Thompson
Artist: Veronica & Andy Fish
Publisher: Archie Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 1, 2020
Sabrina saved the day—saved her friends, her family—the whole town of Greendale really, and she should be riding high. But things are never quite that simple. She’s trapped in a love triangle, she’s having trouble balancing the mortal and witch parts of herself, oh yeah, and she’s being blackmailed. As if all that wasn’t enough, while trying to help Radka and Ren with their…supernatural problem, her aunts suddenly starting to look like people she can’t trust. What’s a teen witch to do?!
[rating:4/5]
RODRIGO
PERSONA 5 ROYAL
Developer: Atlus, P Studio
Publisher: Atlus, Sega
Cover Price: $59.99
Release Date: March, 31 2020
Prepare for an all-new RPG experience in Persona 5 royal based in the universe of the award-winning series, Persona! Don the Mask of Joker and join the Phantom Thieves of hearts
Persona 5 royal is packed with new characters, confidants, story depth, new locations to explore, and a new grappling hook mechanic for Stealthy access to new areas
With a new semester at shujin academy, get ready to strengthen your abilities in the Multiverse and in your daily life
Even for the most seasoned Phantom Thieves among US, Persona 5 royal is a new challenge to defy conventions, discover the power within, and fight for justice
Wear the Mask. Reveal your truth
[rating: 4/5]
ASHLEY
COUNT CROWLEY: RELUCTANT MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER vol 1
Writer: David Dastmalchain
Artist: Lukas Ketner
Publisher: Dark Horse
Cover Price: $19.99
Release Date: May 26, 2020
Lock your doors and gather close . . . if you dare! Once a rising TV journalist, Jerri Bartman has returned to her small Midwest hometown station. Demoted to hosting the nightly Creature Feature, Jerri's professional humiliation is eclipsed by the discovery that her new job comes with a secret, supernatural duty.
Her missing predecessor, Count Crowley, was one of the last "Appointed" hunters of monsters. Yes. Monsters. They're real and they're hell bent on controlling the news and information consumed by humans. Everything we've ever been taught about monsters is a lie and Jerri's only possible advisor is a senile male chauvinist. It's 1983 and the outlook for humanity is getting . . . gnarly and their only hope is an alcoholic, acerbic horror host from Missouri.
David Dastmalchian's authorial comics debut with artist Lukas Ketner--this terrifying trade collects issues #1-#4 of the Dark Horse Comics series Count Crowley: Reluctant Midnight Monster Hunter![rating: 3.5/5]
DISCUSSION
JAMES BOND: 007 Vol. 1
Writer: Greg Pack
Artist: Marc Laming
The ODD JOB epic begins in a new ongoing James Bond comic series by superstars GREG PAK (Planet Hulk, Mech Cadet Yu) and MARC LAMING (Star Wars, Wonder Woman)! Agent 007 tracks a smuggler into Singapore to secure a dangerous case, contents unknown. But a Korean mystery man wants the case as well, for very different reasons. And if Bond and this new rival don't kill each other, the ruthless terrorist organization known as ORU will be more than happy to finish the job!
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