PC Peter Grant takes center stage this week on the Major Spoilers Podcast as we look at Rivers of London: Night Witch. Plus, we review In The Heights, Mighty Morphin #8 and Radiant Black #5. We also share some news items that may interest you!
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NEWS
Square Enix’s Guardians of the Galaxy game lets you be Star-Lord
E3 2021 takes place June 12-15 as a re-imagined, all-virtual online event. Nintendo, Xbox, Bethesda, Square Enix, Sega, Bandai Namco, Ubisoft, Capcom, and others will deliver new video game announcements, trailers, release dates, and more. Years after Eidos-Montréal’s Guardians of the Galaxy game was leaked in 2017, the Deus Ex developer is finally ready to show it off.
Wizard World Tickets, Events and More!
Wizard World, Inc. produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate graphic novels, comic books, movies, TV shows, gaming, technology, toys and social networking. The events often feature celebrities from movies and TV, artists and writers, and events such as premiers, gaming tournaments, panels, and costume contests.
‘The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf’ Headlines Netflix’s Upcoming Anime Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)
As streamers continue to carve out their niches for specialized content, Netflix has established a firm foothold in original anime production of both established and original IP. On Tuesday morning, the platform outlined a group of exciting upcoming titles, headlined by the hugely anticipated “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf” animated spinoff, in a pre-recorded Studio Focus panel, streamed as part of the Annecy Film Festival.
REVIEWS
STEPHEN
RADIANT BLACK #5
Writer: Kyle Higgins
Artist: Marcelo Costa
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: June 16, 2021
The first arc of RADIANT BLACK ends here! Radiant Red is still out there. He needs to be stopped before anyone else gets hurt. But after the events of last issue left Lockport—and the world—reeling, is Radiant Black up to the task? And will he be in this fight alone?
[rating:4.5/5]
MATTHEW
MIGHTY MORPHIN' #8
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Marco Renna
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: June 9, 2021
* Will the Power Rangers be able to save Angel Grove from Lord Zedd and his Putty Primes?
* With Tommy's life on the line, the rest of the team will have to rely on new allies with their own agenda.
* Meanwhile, past and present collide as another player finally reveals themselves and makes their move...
[rating:4/5]
ASHLEY
IN THE HEIGHTS
Director: Jon M Chu
Starring: Lin Manuel-Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Melissa Berrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins
Platform: HBOMax & Cinemas
Release Date: June 11, 2021
In Washington Heights, N.Y., the scent of warm coffee hangs in the air just outside of the 181st St. subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies a vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is a likable and magnetic bodega owner who hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
[rating: 3/5]
DISCUSSION
RIVERS OF LONDON: NIGHT WITCH
Writers: Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel
Artist: Lee Sullivan
Publisher: Titan Comics
Release Date: November 2016
Press-ganged into helping a Russian oligarch hunt his missing daughter, PC Peter Grant and his boss, Thomas Nightingale, London's only wizarding cops, find themselves caught up in a battle between Russian gunmen, a monstrous forest creature – and their nemesis: The Faceless Man. But as Grant and Nightingale close in on the missing girl, they discover that nothing about this case is what it seems! An all-new story that takes place before the new Rivers of London novel – The Hanging Tree!
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