Major Spoilers Podcast #682: Promethea Vol. 1

Published: June 22, 2016, 3:40 a.m.

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Promethea, Superman, The Flash, Han Solo, Wonder Woman, and Creepy Comics! Plus, you pick the next trade paperback we read on the show!

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NEWS\\n
Superman has been found for Season 2 of Supergirl\\n
http://majorspoilers.com/2016/06/16/television-meet-superman/

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Make sure to head to https://members.majorspoilers.com to get a bonus track where we discuss Flashpoint, the first episode for Flash Season 3.

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REVIEWS\\n
\\nSTEPHEN\\n
THE FLASH #1\\n
Writer: Joshua Williamson\\n
Artist: Carmine Di Giandomenico\\n
\\u201cLIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE\\u201d Chapter One\\n
A new storm brews over Central City and disproves the old adage about lightning never, well\\u2026you know. Just as Barry begins to feel overwhelmed fighting crime, a new speedster debuts\\u2014but just where did this amazing new friend come from?

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MATTHEW\\n
Star Wars: Han Solo #1\\n
Story by Marjorie Liu\\n
Art by Mark Brooks\\n
Publisher: Marvel Comics\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
Everyone\'s favorite scoundrel gets his very own series! Han is given a top-secret undercover mission for the Rebellion -- rescuing a number of informants and spies. His cover for the assignment? Only the biggest and most infamous starship race in the galaxy! You know -- the race Han has dreamt of winning his entire life. Will he keep his mind on the mission? And can he manage to pull it off while keeping the lead? Best-selling author Marjorie Liu (X-MEN) comes to the Galaxy Far, Far Away along with superstar cover artist Mark Brooks (ULTIMATE X-MEN) in his return to interior art! Face it, readers -- there aren\'t enough scoundrels in your life!

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RODRIGO\\n
CREEPY COMICS #24\\n
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics\\n
We\\u2019re bringing Richard Corben back to the pages of Creepy! Regular contributor Dan Braun will collaborate with Corben on an all-new story, writer Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein joins forces with Portuguese artist Ricardo Cabral, and Peter Bagge revisits the Creepy Family Tree! Tony Guaraldi-Brown delivers a killer Monster Gallery piece, Glenn Fabry provides a disturbing color pinup, and more surprises fill this foray into fright!

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ASHLEY\\n
WONDER WOMAN #1 \\n
Writer: Greg Rucka\\n
Artist: Liam Sharp \\n
\\u201cTHE LIES\\u201d Chapter One\\n
Why has the Lasso of Truth stopped working for the Amazon Princess? Start down the rabbit hole as dark secrets from Wonder Woman\\u2019s past unravel her present!

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DISCUSSION: PROMETHEA VOLUME 1\\n
Sophie Bangs was a just an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York when a simple assignment changed her life forever. While researching Promethea, a mythical warrior woman, Sophie receives a cryptic warning to cease her investigations. Ignoring the cautionary notice, she continues her studies and is almost killed by a shadowy creature when she learns the secret of Promethea. Surviving the encounter, Sophie soon finds herself transformed into Promethea, the living embodiment of the imagination. Her trials have only begun as she must master the secrets of her predecessors before she is destroyed by Promethea\'s ancient enemy.

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CLOSE\\n
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