Major Spoilers Podcast #1018: The First Thunder Podcast

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Superman and Captain Marvel are together again for the first time in Superman/Shazam: First Thunder! We talk Tintin, Star Wars, and Battle Chasers, too. We review Superman Lost #1 from DC Comics, Star Trek Defiant #1 from IDW Publishing, Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #312 from Archie Comics, and The Forged #1 from Image Comics.

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NEWS

https://youtu.be/xlWZAwK_cNc

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/star-wars-kevin-feige-patty-jenkins-movies-shelved-1235545774/

https://majorspoilers.com/2023/03/01/battle-chasers-returns/

REVIEWS

STEPHEN
SUPERMAN LOST #1
Writer: Christopher Priest
Artist: Carlo Pagulayan
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: March 14, 2023
SUPERMAN'S ODYSSEY OF SOLITUDE! After Superman is called away on a routine Justice League mission, Lois Lane awakens to find a complete stranger standing in her living room. The Man of Steel, home much sooner than expected, reveals he has, in fact, been lost in space for 20 years. Nothing and no one seem familiar to him anymore, and the timeless bond between them has been severed...or has it? Can love conquer all? Superman's 85th anniversary celebration continues with this all new blockbuster 10-issue series from the creators of the Eisner-nominated Deathstroke series!
[rating:4/5]

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MATTHEW
STAR TREK: DEFIANT #1
Writer: Christopher Cantwell
Artist: Angel Unzueta
Publisher:IDW Publishing
Cover Price:$4.99
Release Date:March 15, 2023

Someone is killing the gods. But Benjamin Sisko's Prophets-guided dealings of the higher cosmos has led him to forget about the very real casualties on lower ground.

The enemy is a MAN, not a god. And Worf of House Martok has put together his own crew aboard the U.S.S. Defiant in hopes of defeating the dangerous messiah behind this genocidal cult.
[rating:3.5/5]

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RODRIGO
BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #312
Writer: Various, Ian Flynn
Artist: Various, Steven Butler, Pat & Tim Kennedy
Publisher: Archie Comic Publications
Cover Price: $9.99
Release Date: March 15, 2023
TWO BRAND NEW STORIES! First, in "The Foxy New Kid," Kevin asks Veronica to help him out with an important request. The new kid-Shinji-is really cool but also mysterious. He can't get a read on him. But when the two of them decide to just confront him, he's nowhere to be found. Instead, they get ambushed by Ghost Fox. Why are they after Shinji? Who hired them? What's their scheme?
Then, in "Real Horse Power," Betty and Veronica are on Lodge's ranch. The newly hired manager, Nevada Jones, is a bit much-does Mr. Jones really need to wear the mask? But when the horses spook and stampede, he's immediately chasing them down. Betty joins the chase and helps to lasso the wild stallions!
[rating: 3/5]

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RAND
THE FORGED #1
Writer: Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann
Artist: Mike Henderson
Publisher: Image
Cover Price: $5.99
Release Date: March 15, 2023
An over-the-top pulp adventure of sex, violence, and sci-fi inspired by Conan, Heavy Metal, and other comics you tried to hide from your parents. In the 11th Millennium of the rule of the Eternal Empress, a squad of planet-smashing super soldiers find their routine mission to be anything but. These are the Forged. They take no prisoners.
[rating: 3/5]

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DISCUSSION

SUPERMAN/SHAZAM!: FIRST THUNDER
Writer: Judd Winick
Artist: Joshua Middleton
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $29.99
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Witness the thunderous first meeting between Superman and Shazam in this thrilling tale of magic, mayhem and monsters.

While Superman must stop members of a cult from stealing ancient artifacts from the Metropolis Natural History Museum, Billy Batson must battle giant robots rampaging through the streets of Fawcett City. The Man of Steel and Earth’s Mightiest Mortal are on the case, but so are Lex Luthor, Dr. Sivana, Eclipso and the monstrous Sabbac!
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