Major Spoilers Podcast #778: The Harcourt Legacy

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: We travel to East to check out The Harcourt Legacy, review, Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #3, You Are Deadpool #1, and Savage Tales: Vampirella One-Shot. Plus, which Infinity Gem will you control? 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! NEWSAre we hitting a variant tipping point? http://majorspoilers.com/2018/05/07/tony-stark-iron-man-1-to-have-20-variant-covers/ REVIEWS STEPHEN SAVAGE TALES: VAMPIRELLA ONE-SHOT Writer: Erik Burnham Artist: Anthony Marques, J.Bone, Fernando Ruiz, Daniel HDR Publisher: Dyanmite Entertainment Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: May 9, 2018 A dead city in the middle of a world filled with violent barbarians is the last place Vampirella would expect to find herself, but here she is — and there’s no time for introspection because someone is out for her blood! She may be lost in a kill-or-be-killed world filled with swords and sorcery, but she still knows how to hold her own… and when she finds out who has it in for her, she’s going to prove it. [rating:2.5/5] MATTHEW YOU ARE DEADPOOL #1 Writer: Al Ewing Artist: Salva Espin Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 2, 2018 DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE DEADPOOL??? Now's your chance! This weekly series is not JUST the most amazing comic book you've ever read...it's also a role-playing adventure! YOU decide what choices Deadpool makes! YOU keep track of your scores issue by issue! YOU roll dice to combat various foes! Travel through Marvel history as Deadpool to meet Hulk in the swinging '60s! To smell Man-Thing in the swampy '70s! To be "seen" by Daredevil in the hard-boiled '80s! And avoid the many BAD ENDINGS you could fall into...or suffer the consequences! [rating:4/5] RODRIGO USAGI YOJIMBO: THE HIDDEN #3 Writer: Stan Sakai Artist: Stan Sakai Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: May 16, 2018 Investigating the deaths of two samurai, Usagi and Ishida stumble upon shogunate officials, smuggled contraband, foreign acquisition merchants, and insolent thieves! On the heels of unraveling exactly what everyone is after, however, the duo is stopped in their tracks--as assassins are afoot! [rating: 4/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEKhttp://majorspoilers.com/2018/05/06/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-fave-rave-infinity-gems/ DISCUSSION THE HARCOURT LEGACY Writer: Brendan Cahill Artist: Jason Federhenn Publisher: Action Lab Entertainment Release Date: March 2018 Rich occultist Edward Harcourt is dying, and, after a lifetime of searching for true magic, he thinks he’s found some answers, and wants to pass along what he’s discovered. He names as his heir his grandniece, gloomy teenager Violet, but that’s a problem for his sister Edwina, who wants his legacy for herself. All Violet wants is some harmony in her troubled family life, and it seems like Edward’s magic may offer a solution. But is it real, or just a flight of fancy that will leave Violet even more lost than before? 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.