Major Spoilers Podcast #787: Battle Angel Alita

Alita: Battle Angel arrives in theaters in December, but this week we take a look at Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1 to see what the heck is going on. Plus we review Flash #50, Immortal Hulk #2, RoboCop: Citizen’s Arrest #4 and take a look at Nailed It Season 2. Plus, who should Batman marry?

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
FLASH #50
Writer: Joshua Williamson
Artist: Howard Porter
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: July 11, 2018
The lightning-fueled finale of “Flash War”! Zoom adapts two new Speed Force powers into his arsenal against both Barry Allen and Wally West. What are these strange new powers? What can they do? And how will this haunt the Scarlet Speedster long after “Flash War” is over? It’s the power of two Flashes pitted against the seemingly unstoppable Hunter Zolomon!

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MATTHEW
IMMORTAL HULK #2 (#719)
Writer: Al Ewing
Artist: Joe Bennet, Ruy Jose
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: July 4, 2018
A random small-town tragedy. A mystery illness that spreads with grief. A green glow on a lonely mountain. Three puzzle pieces that fit together to make a nightmare. And the only mind on Earth than can connect them up…belongs to the Immortal Hulk.

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RODRIGO
ROBOCOP: CITIZEN’S ARREST #4
Writer: Brian Wood
Artist: Jorge Coelho
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Cover Price: 3.99
Release Date: July 11, 2018
OCP announces their plan to reform the Ruins into a new neighborhood called the Plateau, as well as the devastating methods they plan to use.

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ASHLEY
NAILED IT
Season 2
Home bakers who have a poor track record in the kitchen seek redemption — and cash — on this series. In each episode, three contestants try their hand at re-creating edible masterpieces. The projects don’t always turn out great, but whichever amateur baker comes closest to a successful dessert by the end of the episode takes home the $10,000 prize, which they might want to use on baking lessons. Comic Nicole Byer and renowned pastry chef Jacques Torres host the culinary competition that features such challenges as painting self-portraits on cookies.

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DISCUSSION

Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1
Yukito Kishiro
In a dump in the lawless settlement of Scrapyard, far beneath the mysterious space city of Zalem, disgraced cyber-doctor Daisuke Ido makes a strange find: the detached head of a cyborg woman who has lost all her memories. He names her Alita and equips her with a powerful new body, the Berserker. While Alita remembers no details of her former life, a moment of desperation reawakens in her nerves the legendary school of martial

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