Major Spoilers Podcast #336: Y: The Last Man Volume 3

Published: Aug. 24, 2011, 5:05 a.m.

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Y: The Last Man

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This week on the show: Why the last man? Why Not!? JLA pre-sales top 200k, and reviews, reviews, reviews!

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NEWS\\n
Justice League of America to sell over 200,000 copies?\\n
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REVIEWS\\n
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WAREHOUSE 13 #1\\n
32 pages FC\\xa0 \\u2022 $3.99\\xa0 \\u2022\\xa0 Teen + \\n
Written by BEN RAAB & DERIC A. HUGHES \\xa0\\n
Art by BEN MORSE\\n
Covesr by BEN MORSE (50%), PHOTO (50%)\\n
Enter a world of endless wonder as Syfy\\u2019s smash-hit dramedy makes its comic book debut!\\xa0 When a series of sudden, unexplained sinkholes appear beneath the streets of Rio de Janeiro, the Warehouse team heads down to Brazil in the middle of Carnival to uncover the cause. What they discover is that someone is using an ancient artifact to move massive chunks of earth and mine huge, underground gold deposits.\\xa0 With the ground becoming increasingly unstable, our heroes find themselves in a race to retrieve the artifact before the entire city collapses!\\xa0 Written by the writers of WAREHOUSE 13, this thrilling 5-issue action-adventure/mystery series promises to snag, bag and tag fans of the show and new readers alike!

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[rating:4/5]

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Rodrigo\\n
WORDGIRL: COALITION OF MALICE\\n
Written by Chris Karwowski\\n
Drawn by Steve Young, Pat Lapierre\\n
Word up! KABOOM! proudly brings you all-new adventures of WordGirl \\u2014based on the Emmy Award-winning animated children\\u2019s show of the same name. Join WordGirl and Captain Huggy Face as they fight for truth, justice and use of the right word! But a titanic team-up spells trouble when WordGirl\\u2019s arch-villains The Butcher, Mr. Big, Dr. Two-Brains, Granny May and Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy join forces\\u2026as the fearsome Coalition of Malice!\\n
[rating:3/5]

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Matthew\\n
Justice League of America #60\\n
Written by JAMES ROBINSON; Art by DANIEL SAMPERE; Cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO; 1:10 Variant cover by DAVID MACK\\n
In the aftermath of "Eclipso Rising," the team faces an uncertain future. Be here for a tale of love, friendship and heroism when this incarnation of the JLA must decide whether they have anything left to offer the DC Universe. And the mystery of Jesse Quick\'s wavering speed powers is solved in a revelation that will shock everyone.\\n
[rating:4/5]

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MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK\\n
A long time ago, in the dark ages of television, two animated robot series arose.\\xa0 In this corner, hailing from the planet Cybertron \\u2013 THE TRANSFORMERS!\\xa0 And in this corner, hailing from Japan, but co-opted for American purposes \\u2013 THE GO-BOTS!

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Trade Paperback of the Week\\n
Y: The Last Man Volume 03\\u2028
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan\\u2028
Artist: Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan Jr.\\n
Y: THE LAST MAN is the gripping saga of Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker who discovers that he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, York embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on Earth.\\n
Now, the entire critically acclaimed Y: THE LAST MAN saga written by Brian K. Vaughan, one of the writers of LOST, is collected into a series of oversized, hardcover editions. In this third volume, Yorick\\u2019s unbalanced sister Hero tracks him to San Francisco, only to find him seemingly succumbing to the male-killing plague after losing his still-unused engagement ring to agents of the Setauket Ring. Plus, Yorick, Agent 355 and Dr. Mann ship out across the Pacific to Japan in pursuit of Yorick\\u2019s stolen monkey Ampersand, whose innards may hold the key to mankind\\u2019s future

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