Major Spoilers Podcast #816: X-Men Red: The Hate Machine

There's a lot of hate and politics in comics, and we're looking at X-Men Red: The Hate Machine this week to prove it! Also, Go Go Power Rangers #17, Young Justice #2, and The Amazing World of Gumball: Spring Break Special One-Shot! 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 Howard the Duck gets animated treatment https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/marvel-hulu-howard-the-duck-modok-hit-monkey-dazzler-tigra-1203134321/ REVIEWS STEPHEN AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL: SPRING BREAK SMASH #1 Writer: Mirka Andolfo, Lucie Ebrey, Chelsey Furedi, Caleb Goellner, Julia Prescott Artist: Lucie Ebrey, Chelsey Furedi, George Mager, Mattia Di Meo Publisher: KaBOOM, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $7.99 Release Date: February 13, 2019 It’s spring break in Elmore. Let the vacations begin! Tobias is planning an epic house party, Hot Dog Guy is looking for love, the Watterson’s turn their house into a resort, and more! [rating:3/5] MATTHEW GO GO POWER RANGERS #17 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Eleonora Carlini Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 13, 2019 Rita needs the Green Power Coin to create a Ranger of her own, but in order to move forward she must first go back to the home she left behind? [rating:3/5] ASHLEY YOUNG JUSTICE #2 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Patrick Gleason & Emmanuella Lupacino Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: 2/6/2019 The new teen super-team unites as Robin (Tim Drake), Wonder Girl, Teen Lantern and Jinny Hex join forces to help Amethyst free Gemworld from those who control it. In another section of the strange dimension, Connor Kent and Impulse find themselves taken captive—but if this is really Superboy, why isn’t he putting up a fight with his friend and former teammate against the bad guys? [rating: 3.5/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2019/02/10/major-spoilers-poll-of-the-week-best-of-the-worst-edition/ DISCUSSION X-Men Red Volume One: The Hate Machine Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Mahmud Asrar Publisher: Marvel Cover Price: 10.99 Collects X-Men Red #1-5 and Annual #1. Jean Grey is back — and recruiting her own team of X-Men! Reborn into a world very different than she remembers, Jean gathers allies including Nightcrawler, Namor and the All-New Wolverine to combat a growing anti-mutant movement that threatens to tear down Xavier’s dream! Jean has a vision and a plan — but first her Red squad must infiltrate a top-secret compound to save a mysterious new mutant. Avoiding guards with high-tech weapons, protestors with burning hate and gigantic mutant-killing Sentinel robots is all in a day’s work for the X-Men! But Jean’s newest recruit will be the key to the whole team’s survival as battles break out across India! Gambit finds himself caught up in the intensifying global frenzy of mutant hate as well — but could one of Jean’s oldest friends become a deadly foe? 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.