Major Spoilers Podcast #922: Young Heroes in Love

Sex, drugs, and super-hereos in love? Will they live up to the challenge, or will Young Heroes in Love completely fall apart? We talk Looney Tunes LEGO, Jenny Zero #1, Doctor Who: Missy #1, Orphan and the Five Beasts #2 and talk up the Invincible animated series.

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NEWS

‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Casts Lucy Liu as Villain

Lucy Liu is officially a god. The “Elementary” and “Why Women Kill” star has joined the DC Comics adaptation ” Shazam! Fury of the Gods” as the villain Kalypso, the sister of Helen Mirren’s villainous character Hespera. Along with Liu and Mirren, the core filmmaking team from 2019’s “Shazam!”

‘Gundam’ Live-Action Movie Set at Netflix With Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts

From giant apes to giant robots: Filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts (“Kong: Skull Island”) is set to direct and produce a live-action adaptation of wildly popular anime series ” Gundam” for Legendary and Netflix, the streamer announced on Monday. Famed comic book writer Brian K. Vaughan (“Y: The Last Man”) is writing the screenplay and will executive produce.

‘She-Hulk’ Disney Plus Series Adds Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry is in talks to star in the “She-Hulk” series at Disney Plus, Variety has confirmed with sources. She joins previously announced series lead Tatiana Maslany and Ginger Gonzaga. The series centers on lawyer Jennifer Walters (Maslany), cousin of Bruce Banner, who inherits his Hulk powers after she receives a blood transfusion from him.

LEGO Announces Looney Tunes Minifigures Are On Their Way

LEGO has been teasing new mini-figures that were coming soon, and all has been revealed with the Looney Tunes! Everyone’s favorite Saturday Morning Cartoon comes to life in amazing LEGO format as 12 iconic wacky toons are ready to create some chaos and laughter in your own sets.

REVIEWS

STEPHEN
JENNY ZERO #1
Writer: Dave Dwonch, Brockton McKinney
Artist: Magenta King
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 14, 2021
Meet Jenny Tetsuo, the hard drinkin’, hard partyin’ daughter of beloved superhero, Mega Commander Zero. After washing out as the military’s top kaiju killer, “Jenny Zero” now lives the celebutante life with her hotel heiress and publicist best friend, Dana Sheraton. But when the massive creatures return, Jenny must decide if she can sober up and save the world!
From Dave Dwonch (Cyrus Perkins and the Haunted Taxi Cab, Mind Palace), Brock McKinney (MAD Magazine, Full Moon Deadly Ten films) and superstar in the making, Magenta King comes a new hero for a new decade!

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MATTHEW
DOCTOR WHO: MISSY #1
Writer: Joey Hauser
Artist: Roberta Ingranata
Publisher: Titan Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 14, 2021

MISSY wages war on the THIRD AND TWELFTH DOCTORS! Can they stop her from executing her lethal plot?

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RODRIGO
ORPHAN AND THE FIVE BEASTS #2
Writer: James Stokoe
Artist: James Stokoe
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 21, 2021
A brave warrior, following her master’s final wish, finds the dreaded bandit leader that used to be a hero–but is now a force of destruction that threatens all life in the valley with his indestructible legs and ”Two Trees Bearing Heaven” fighting style.

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ASHLEY
INVINCIBLE EPISODE 5 “THAT ACTUALLY HURT”
Writer: Christine Lavaf
Starring: Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, JK Simmons
Network: Amazon Prime
Release Date: April 9th, 2021
Feeling confident in his new abilities, Mark risks a team-up with a local villain to take down a crime lord, while simultaneously juggling school and a new relationship.

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DISCUSSION

Young Heroes in Love
Writer: Dan Raspier
Artist: Dev Madan
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: June 1997
Young Heroes in Love was an American comic book series published by DC Comics; it ran for 18 issues (including the #1,000,000 issue) from 1997 to 1998. An uncommon combination of the superhero and romance genres, it introduced two LGBT male characters into the DC Universe – Frostbite and Off-Ramp – who were depicted becoming a couple, which was considered groundbreaking for the time. Unusual for a comic set in an established publisher-owned universe, Dan Raspler and Dev Madan retained copyright to the stories and art.

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