Major Spoilers Podcast #322: The Great Darkness Podcast

Published: July 13, 2011, 6:02 a.m.

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The Great Darkness Saga

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This week on the show: Kolchak meet Edward Scissorhands, Batman meet Red Hood. Hellboy, meet the demons of hell, and prepare for battle. Also, DARKSEID!

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NEWS\\n
Night Stalker getting Johnny Depp/Disney Big Screen Treatment\\n
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REVIEWS\\n
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Batman and Robin #25\\n
Written by JUDD WINICK; Art by GREG TOCCHINI; Cover by GUILLEM MARCH; Variant cover by J.G. JONES\\n
The most unlikely team-up ever comes to an end. It\'s the crashing finish to the brief alliance of Batman, Robin and Jason Todd, a.k.a. The Red Hood, against a common foe. After all, the three "sons of Wayne" can put their differences aside for just so long. And when one fight ends, another will begin...

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[rating:4/5]

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Rodrigo\\n
Rodrigo\\n
HELLBOY: THE FURY #2\\n
Creators: Mike Mignola\\n
Writer: Mike Mignola\\n
Artist: Duncan Fegredo\\n
Colorist: Dave Stewart\\n
Cover Artist: Mike Mignola\\n
While Hellboy makes one last stand against the Queen of Blood the war between the forces of good and evil rages on the battlefield with heaps of dead monsters and knights!\\n
[rating:3.5/5]

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Matthew\\n
Dollhouse: Epitaphs #1 (Phil Noto Regular cover)\\n
Writer: Andrew Chambliss, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon\\n
Penciller: Cliff Richards\\n
Inker: Andy Owens\\n
Colorist: Michelle Madsen\\n
Cover Artist: Phil Noto\\n
The fight for free will starts now!\\n
Alpha was the perfect product of Rossum Corporation\\u2019s mind-altering technology, until he snapped, burdened by the dozens of personalities they\\u2019d downloaded into his brain. Now the technology has gone viral, turning the entire population into murderous automatons, and it\\u2019s up to the psychotic Alpha and a small group of survivors to save mankind.

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[rating:3.5/5]

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Trade Paperback of the Week\\n
The Great Darkness Saga\\n
Writer: Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen\\n
Artist: Keith Giffen, Larry Mahlstedt\\n
The godlike Darkseid emerges in the 30th century with an ingenious plot to finally conquer the universe in this Deluxe Edition hardcover of Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen\\u2019s timeless Legion of Super-Heroes epic! Not only is THE GREAT DARKNESS SAGA collected here for the first time in hardcover, this edition also includes several LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES issues written by Levitz that have never before been collected in any format!\\n
Using his faithful minions to acquire all of the mystic artifacts of the time, Darkseid gains mental control over a race of three billion all-powerful beings. Now, as their universe teeters on the edge of Armageddon, the Legion of Super-Heroes amass their own army of every champion who ever held the status of Legionnaire to stand against the Dark Lord and his invincible soldiers. But as the Legion suffers defeat after defeat, they realize that salvation and victory rest in the hands of a mysterious baby that has aged into adulthood before their very eyes!

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