Major Spoilers Podcast #989: Modesty Blaise

Because our Patron demanded it! This week, we take a look at Modesty Blaise and the Gabriel Setup. We also review Hellboy and the BPRD 1957: Falling Sky from Dark Horse Comics, Survival Street #1 from Dark Horse Comics, and Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia Volume 2 #1 from Titan Comics. We talk Pac-Man! Substack, and a certain pharma bro! 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://bleedingcool.com/comics/martin-shkreli-gets-a-dc-comics-batman-allegory-as-marvin-falcone/ https://majorspoilers.substack.com/p/coming-soon https://deadline.com/2022/08/pac-man-live-action-pic-in-works-from-wayfarer-studios-bandai-namco-1235087466/   REVIEWS STEPHEN HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1957: Falling Sky Writer: Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson Artist: Shawn Martinbrough Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Release Date: August 10, 2022 Cryptozoologist Woodrow "Woody" Ferrier joined the B.P.R.D. to find exciting and previously undocumented cryptids, but unfortunately, most of his cases end in disappointment. But a trip with Hellboy to small-town Virginia where a huge and mysterious creature stalks the woods might provide him with just the opportunity he's been waiting for! Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and longtime collaborater Chris Roberson gives us a new tale from the world of Hellboy. Featuring art by Shawn Martinbrough, colors by Dave Stewart, and letters by Clem Robins. What's hiding in West Virginia? [rating:4/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3BNOBgu MATTHEW SURVIVAL STREET #1 Writer: James Asmus/Jim Festante Artist: Abylay Kussainov Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 3, 2022 After an unbridled wave of corporations take over America, the country is left completely deregulated and effectively carved up into feudal states where billionaires and businesses make their own laws. Among the wreckage, mass privatization shuts down public broadcasting, forcing all the beloved edutainers out on the down and dirty streets. One group of them stick together, determined to keep helping kids across the country and do it by becoming an A-Team-esque band of mercenaries fighting for (And educating!) kids in the crumbling, corporate war zone of New Best America. [rating:2.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3PdAnYY RODRIGO SHERLOCK: A SCANDAL IN BELGRAVIA VOL 2. #1 Writer: Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss Artist: Jay Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: August 17, 2022 THE BEST-SELLING MANGA ADAPTATION OF SHERLOCK RETURNS! Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and John Watson (Martin Freeman) are called to save the royal family from blackmail at the hands of Irene Adler! Adler pulls Sherlock into a complex web of mysteries involving the CIA and the MoD, with secrets that could threaten to threaten international security and topple the monarchy. [rating: 3.5/5] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link - https://amzn.to/3QAGUyj  DISCUSSION MODESTY BLAISE: THE GABRIEL SETUP Writer/Artist: Peter O'Donnell Publisher: Titan Comics Modesty Blaise, cult creation of best-selling author Peter O’Donnell, is back! The London Evening Standard newspaper strip adventures of this all-round bad girl and spy are now collected in this stunning new Collectors’ Edition paperback! Thrown into searing hotbeds of intrigue, and up against impossible odds, Modesty Blaise proves once and for all that the female of the species is deadlier than the male. With her trusted right-hand man, Willie Garvin, and the underworld resources of ‘The Network’ on tap, no job is too big, no threat too great! 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!