Major Spoilers Podcast #767 - Black Lightning Year One

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Black Lightning Year One, Super Sons #13, Kick-Ass #1, and Jin Henson Storyteller Fairies #3 are all discussed this week. 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 Marvel Announces a Fresh Start http://majorspoilers.com/2018/02/20/solicitations-marvel-announces-fresh-start/ REVIEWS STEPHEN SUPER SONS #13 Writer: Peter J. Tomasi Artist: Carlo Barberi Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 “Mother’s Day” part one! Talia al Ghul returns for her son Damian, whom she trained from birth to be an assassin. With the evil in Robin’s past finally revealed to Superboy, it might be too much for the Sons’ partnership to survive…especially when the boys find out her next victim is one of the most important people in their lives! [rating:4/5] MATTHEW KICK-ASS #1 Writer: Mark Millar Artist: John Romita Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 KICK-ASS IS BACK-ready to wipe out the city's criminal lowlives, destroy its gangs, and save its communities from decay. But there's a new face beneath the old mask, a new figure wearing that famous green and yellow spandex. Who is this new vigilante superhero? Who can fill Dave Lizewski's shoes? WHO IS THE NEW KICK-ASS? Find out in the first issue of this new, ongoing monthly series. Comic book legends MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA, JR. reunite for the next chapter of the greatest superhero comic of all time. [rating: 3.5/5] RODRIGO JIM HENSON STORYTELLER FAIRIES #3 Writer: Tyler Jenkins Artist: Tyler Jenkins Publisher: Boom Studios Cover Price: 3.99 Tyler Jenkins (Grass Kings) brings life to the Menehune, the fairies of Hawaiian folklore. [rating: 4/5] MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK http://majorspoilers.com/2018/02/20/major-spoilers-poll-week-favorite-cover-madness-edition-week-three/ DISCUSSION Black Lightning Year One Writer: Jen Van Meter Artist: Cully Hamner Publisher: DC Comics Meet Jefferson Pierce. He's the greatly renowned teacher who's going to clean up Metropolis's Suicide Slum as the school's new principal and restore hope to the community of Southside. Unfortunately, it's a community completely in the grip of Tobias Whale and the crime organization known as the 100, and the only way to fight it may be on the outside as BLACK LIGHTNING. 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.