#764: Locke & Key: The Crown of Shadows

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: This week we go after the Crown of Shadows, and review Doomsday Clock #3, Monstress #13, Steven Universe #12, and Silencer #1. Plus, do you Switch? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! NEWS First Ant-Man and The Wasp Trailer has arrived http://majorspoilers.com/2018/01/30/movies-first-teaser-trailer-ant-man-wasp-arrives/ REVIEWS STEPHEN DOOMSDAY CLOCK #3 Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Gary Frank Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $4.99 The story takes a turn in the third chapter of this 12-issue series you never thought you’d see, from writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank. [rating:4/5] MATTHEW MONSTRESS #13 Writer: Marjorie Liu Artist: Sana Takeda Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Hugo Award-winning MONSTRESS returns with a new arc and an oversized issue! Maika has spent most of her life learning how to fight, but how will she fare when the only way to save her life…is to make friends? [rating: 3.5/5] RODRIGO Steven Universe #12 Writer: Grace Kraft Artist: Rii Abrego Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Steven and the Gems throw Connie a sleepover to help her de-stress before she takes a big test. [rating: 3/5] ASHLEY SILENCER #1 Writer: Dan Abnett Artist: JRJR Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 "CODE OF HONOR” part one! She’s one of the DC Universe’s deadliest assassins…and you’ve never heard of her. Super-strong, highly trained, armed with devastating and stealthy meta-human abilities, the Silencer is virtually invincible. Or at least she was. After decades as Leviathan’s chief assassin, Honor Guest put in her time and managed to get out with her skin intact. Now she lives a normal life with a normal family in a normal house on a normal street. But the past has come back to haunt her in the form of her old employer and a deadly new mission...and Talia Al Ghul won’t take no for an answer. [rating: 4.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2018/01/28/major-spoilers-poll-week-switch-edition/ DISCUSSION LOCKE & KEY VOL. 3: CROWN OF SHADOWS Writer: Joe Hill Artist: Gabriel Rodriguez Publisher: IDW Publishing The dead plot against the living, the darkness closes in on Keyhouse, and a woman is shattered beyond repair in the third storyline of the award-winning series, Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows. Dodge continues his relentless quest to find the key to the black door, and raises an army of shadows to wipe out anyone who might get in his way. Surrounded and outnumbered, the Locke children find themselves fighting a desperate battle, all alone, in a world where the night itself has become the enemy. CLOSE Contact us at [email protected] Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. 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! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.