Major Spoilers Podcast #884: Take Me Home, Shadow Roads

Published: July 22, 2020, 4:12 a.m.

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Back to the Crossroads this week, as we check out Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt\'s followup to The Sixth Gun. Also, a while Jason Inman appears (He\'s super effective). We also review Green Hornet #1, Strange Adventures #3, and Savage Dragon #250.

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NEWS

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-bad-batch-series-announce

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REVIEWS

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STEPHEN\\n
\\nSTRANGE ADVENTURES #3\\n
\\nWriter: Tom King\\n
\\nArtists: Mitch Gerads, Evan Shaner\\n
\\nPublisher: DC Comics\\n
\\nCover Price: $4.99\\n
\\nRelease Date: July 14, 2020\\n
Can Adam Strange handle the truth? After the cosmic adventurer was accused of murder and had his whole record as a soldier questioned, he turned to Batman for help clearing his name. But someone else was needed to ensure that the investigation would be truly impartial.

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Enter Mr. Terrific, the man for whom \\u201cFair Play\\u201d is a credo to live by. Be careful what you wish for, Adam Strange, because your life is about to be turned upside down. This could be one of the greatest tests you\\u2019ve ever faced. Like when you had to prove yourselves in Rann\\u2019s gladiatorial arena.

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This adventure between two worlds continues, with Mitch Gerads drawing the gritty Earth sequences and Doc Shaner showing us the splendor of Adam Strange\\u2019s battles in outer space!\\n
[rating:3/5]

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MATTHEW\\n
\\nSAVAGE DRAGON #250\\n
\\nWriter: Erik Larsen\\n
\\nArtist: Erik Larsen\\n
\\nPublisher: Image Comics\\n
\\nCover Price: $9.99\\n
\\nRelease Date: July 15, 2020

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For 28 years, ERIK LARSEN has chronicled the lives and times of the Dragon and his extended family in one of comics\\u2019 only series set in real time. This monumental oversized milestone issue is a sweeping culmination that sets the stage for the next phase of comics\\u2019 most uncompromising series with its most shocking story yet! Forces have conspired against Malcolm Dragon and his family\\u2014but is this a turning point or\\u2026THE END?!\\n
[rating:3.5/5]

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RODRIGO\\n
\\nTHE GREEN HORNET #1\\n
\\nWriter: Scott Lobdell\\n
\\nArtist: Anthony Marques\\n
\\nPublisher: Dynamite\\n
\\nCover Price:$3.99\\n
\\nRelease Date: July 22, 2020\\n
From writer Scott Lobdell (Flash, Uncanny X-Men) and artist Anthony Marques (Vampirella, Red Sonja) comes the return of the Green Hornet! The Green Hornet and Kato have met their fair share of villains over the years, but when an alien infant crashes to Earth, the two heroes must keep him safe from a whole new type of nemesis. Are they prepared to take on a series of dark and deadly enemies willing to stop at nothing and do whatever it takes to save the child?\\n
[rating: 3/5]

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ASHLEY\\n
\\nI\'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK EP 4\\n
\\nWriter: Michelle McNamara\\n
\\nNetwork: HBO Max\\n
\\nRelease Date: July 19, 2020\\n
\\nStarring: Patton Oswalt, Karen Kilgariff\\n
A six-part documentary series based on the book of the same name, I\\u2019ll Be Gone In The Dark explores writer Michelle McNamara\\u2019s investigation into the dark world of the violent predator she dubbed "The Golden State Killer," the man who terrorized California in the 1970s and 80s and is responsible for 50 home-invasion rapes and 12 murders.\\n
[rating: 5/5]\\n
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DISCUSSION

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Shadow Roads Volume 1: The Crossroads\\n
\\nWriter: Cullen Bunn\\n
\\nArtist: Brian Hurtt\\n
\\nPublisher: Oni Press\\n
\\nRelease Date: June 18, 2019\\n
SHADOW ROADS, a stand-alone story, is set in the world that remains after the conclusion of Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree\\u2019s critically-acclaimed series, The Sixth Gun.

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The world is thinnest at The Crossroads, a mythical plane that serves as a doorway throughout the universe. It is here that a band of adventurers throughout the Wild West gather, brought together by Kalfu and Abigail Redmayne with a singular purpose: to fight back against the creatures that would endanger the sanctity of all creation.\\n
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