Major Spoilers Podcast #445: Criminal: Coward

Published: Sept. 19, 2012, 5:36 a.m.

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In this issue: Criminal: Coward, DC\'s Zero Month, and we want to know - Action Figures, or Statues? All this, plus Rodrigo returns!

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NEWS\\n
\\n New RoboCop Suit

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REVIEWS\\n
\\nStephen\\n
The Ravagers #0\\n
Writer: Howard Mackie\\n
Artist: Ian Churchill and Norm Rapmund\\n
Publisher: DC Comics\\n
\\u2022 Detailing the brutal abduction by N.O.W.H.E.R.E. of Beast Boy and Terra\\u2028
\\u2022 Learn how the paths of these two heroes will affect the entire team!\\n
[rating:0/5]

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RODRIGO\\n
Madoka Magica\\n
In the city of Mitakihara, a schoolgirl named Madoka Kaname and her friend Sayaka Miki are approached by an adorable familiar named Kyubey, who offers to grant each of them one wish. A mysterious third girl named Homura Akemi has already made this deal, and tries to prevent Madoka from accepting it. Kyubey encourages Madoka by telling her she will become the most powerful magical girl. Madoka hesitates, seeing her friends suffer from having to use their supernatural powers to fight \\u201cwitches\\u201d, creatures responsible for murders and suicides. The most powerful known witch is called Walpurgisnacht.

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[rating:4/5}

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Matthew\\n
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #13\\n
Writer: Andrew Chambliss\\n
Artist: George Jeanty, Nathan Massengli\\n
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics\\n
Acting as bodyguard for her first-ever client, Buffy has found herself entangled in some nasty demon business with ties to Angel and his time in LA. Through the social network Tincan, some demons have been able to connect to our world, and any attempts to sever that connection will lead Buffy and her client into increasingly dangerous territory.

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[rating:3.5/5]

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ZACH\\n
Grifter #0\\u2028
Writer: Rob Liefeld\\u2028
Artist: Scott Clark\\u2028
Publisher: DC Comics\\u2028
\\u2022 What is the dark truth behind Grifter\\u2019s powers? Find out in this issue!\\n
\\u2022 Plus: More on the Daemonite threat, new characters are introduced, and tons of bullets fly!\\n
[rating:1/5]

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week\\n
Since moving into Stately Spoiler Manor, the the Nerd Room of Doom has accumulated \\u201cstuff\\u201d to the point where I can\\u2019t even open the door any more. Statues, action figures, posters, and props line the shelves and spill onto the table tops to create a collection that looks like the comic book industry puked all over the place. When it comes time to clean up the room (Young Zach has something to do this summer), we will have to make a choice \\u2013 Action Figures or Statues?\\n
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LINK

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Discussion: \\n
Criminal: Coward\\u2028
The series\\u2019 story arcs are self-contained and focus on different characters, but these central characters inhabit the same world, grew up in fictional Center City, frequent the same bar, and share a common history of two generations of crime. With his partner Ivan, Tommy Patterson ran the city\\u2019s most proficient crew of pickpockets and taught the trade to his eight-year-old son, Leo. When Tommy was arrested and imprisoned for the murder of Teeg Lawless, Ivan took care of Leo and explained to him how following certain rules can keep a criminal \\u201cout in the world,\\u201d out of both prison and the morgue.

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