MSP#92: The GCPcast (That's the Gotham City Podcast to You Citizen)

Published: April 22, 2009, 5:01 a.m.

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Gotham Central, DC Comics, Major Spoilers, Podcast

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Featuring, in this issue: Beauties and Beasties and Big Bad Wolves! Faceless Fellows Furiously Fighting! Someone\'s Son Seems Superhuman! Plus: Kidnappings, Outings, and Crime, oh my! Half-sister Christian, oh, the time has come! Comfortable surfaces for your pet rodent! SKAAR... IS COMING. And: LOBSTER STICKS TO MAGNET!! KOWA KOWA!! You don\'t drink, you don\'t smoke, what do you do? Subtle innuendo follows, there must be something inside... Settle in, grab a frosty beverage to wash down your hamburger (the CORNERSTONE of every nutritious breakfast) and get ready for the good, the bald, and the wonderful personality. We\'re gonna totally blow your mind, duuuude...

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NEWS\\n
SKAAR IS COMING!\\n
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REVIEWS\\n
\\nRodrigo\\n
\\nRunaways #7\\n
COVER BY: HUMBERTO RAMOS\\n
WRITER: TERRY MOORE\\n
PENCILS: TAKESHI MIYAZAWA\\n
INKS: TAKESHI MIYAZAWA\\n
LETTERED BY: VC - JOE CARAMAGNA
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\\nThe spookiest Runaways tale ever starts here! The Val Rhymin subplot has been brewing since issue one and peeks here! Chase\\u2019s boss is not what he seems! Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise, Echo) welcomes former RUNAWAYS artist Takeshi Miyazawa aboard for this creepy tale of magic and mayhem!\\n
Rated T+ \\u2026$2.99

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Matthew\\n
\\nDYNAMO 5 #21\\n
story JAY FAERBER, art MAHMUD A. ASRAR, YILDIRAY CINAR, & RON RILEY, cover MAHMUD A. ASRAR & RON RILEY\\n
32 PAGES, FC, $3.50
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\\nVisionary\\u2019s going on his first date! And it\\u2019s with that cute Firebird, too. But you know what happens when two super-heroes try to take a night off, don\\u2019t you\\u2026? The answer may surprise you!

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Stephen\\n
\\nFables #83\\u2028Written by Bill Willingham and Matthew Sturges; Art by Mark Buckingham and Andrew Pepoy ; Cover by Joao Ruas\\n
\\nPart 1 of "The Great Fables Crossover"! Thrill! To the adventures of your favorite Fables as they fight for their very existence in the greatest Fables epic yet! Shudder! To the danger as all of existence is about to be wiped out with the stroke of a pen! Featuring Brazilian newcomer Joao Ruas, who brings his exquisite style and elegance as our new cover artist!

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MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK\\n
Watching the Watchmen and Their Counterparts\\n
We\\u2019re almost done with the battle between the Watchmen and the characters that inspired them. This week it\\u2019s a battle of the faceless ones as The Question takes on Rorschach.

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A) The Question\\n
B) Rorschach\\n
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MAJOR SPOILERS Trade Paperback Review\\n
\\nGotham Central\\n
From Amazon\\n
\\n The first ten issues of the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series is collected in hardcover for the first time! Written by Ed Brubaker (Captain America) and Greg Rucka (Detective Comics, 52), this series pitted the detectives of Gotham City\\u2019s Special Crimes Unit against the city\\u2019s greatest villains \\u2013 in the shadow of Batman himself.

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This volume collects two cases of the Gotham Special Crimes Unit. In the first, a cop is killed by Mister Freeze, and the squad is in a race against time to bring him in without the help of the Dark Knight. In the second story\\u2013the acclaimed, award-winning \\u201cHalf a Life\\u201d\\u2013Detective Renee Montoya is outed as a lesbian and finds her work environment and personal life turned upside down. Things only become more complicated when she\\u2019s kidnapped by Two-Face. This debut volume features an introduction by acclaimed mystery author Lawrence Block.

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Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com

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Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody\'s Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show!

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A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

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