Major Spoilers Podcast #464: American Vampire

Published: Nov. 7, 2012, 7:39 a.m.

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In this issue: Zach and Rodrigo return! Del Toro wants to do a Justice League Dark movie? A look at American Vampire by Scott Snyder and Stephen King.

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NEWS\\n
\\n Guillermo del Toro interested in Justice League Dark movie? \\n
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REVIEWS\\n
\\nSTEPHEN\\n
Freelancers #1\\u2028
Written by Ian Brill\\u2028
Art Joshua Covey\\n
Money Talks. Val and Cassie are two women trying to make it in L.A\\u2026who just happened to grow up in a Kung Fu Orphanage, and now make their way in the ultra-competitive world of bounty hunting . They\\u2019ve watched each others\\u2019 backs since they could stand, and those bonds are tested daily as they navigate a city where loyalty usually only runs as deep as one\\u2019s bank account. Val and Cassie take the most dangerous jobs, and watch as others bask in the glory. But now, as their former mentor becomes L.A.\\u2019s most wanted fugitive, Val and Cassie will fight through L.A.\\u2019s glitziest and grimiest hoods as they learn just what sacrifices are necessary to make Hollywood dreams come true.\\n
[rating:3.5/5]

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MATTHEW\\n
Hit Girl #4\\n
Writer: Mark Millar\\n
Artist: John Romita, Jr.\\n
Mindy finally gets an ultimatum: No more Hit-Girl or else. But when danger lands on her doorstep, Hit-Girl may face her biggest challenge yet: not spilling blood on the living room carpet.

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[rating:3/5]

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RODRIGO\\n
Punch Quest for the iPad\\u2028
Punch Quest is an arcade-style fighting game, entirely controlled by taps with your left and right thumbs.

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Jab, uppercut, slam, and otherwise pummel your way through dungeons full of monsters, branching path choices, rare events, and fragile pottery.

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[rating:4/5}

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ZACH\\n
ZACH\\u2028
Perhapanauts: Danger Down Under! #1 (of 5)\\u2028
When an Australian contingent of Bedlam goes missing, the remaining agents from the American teams join forces to find them. But what foul Beast lurks beneath the billabongs?\\n
Plus: Requiem for a gremlin.\\n
[rating:4/5]

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week\\n
DC Comics has announced it will release Justice League of America with 52 variant covers. With the flood of variants on the way this February, we want to know if you are on board with the idea.\\n
[poll id="259"]

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Discussion: \\n
American Vampire Volume 1\\n
From writers Scott Snyder and Stephen King, AMERICAN VAMPIRE introduces a new strain of vampire \\u2013 a more vicious species \\u2013 and traces the creatures\' bloodline through decades of American history.This first volume of the critically acclaimed series collects issues #1-5 and follows two stories: one written by Snyder and one written by King, both with art by future superstar Rafael Albuquerque. Snyder\'s tale follows Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, who is brutally turned into a vampire and sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European monsters who tortured and abused her. And in King\'s story set in the days of America\'s Wild West, readers learn the origin of Skinner Sweet, the original American vampire \\u2013 a stronger, faster creature than any vampire ever seen before.

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