Major Spoilers Podcast #1063: The Shirtless Bear Podcast

02/14/24 • 67 min

This week on the show, it's SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER! We also talk The Displaced #1 from BOOM! Studios, the latest installment of 2000 AD, and Night People #1 from Oni Press. So put on your headphones, grab some flapjacks, and get ready to punch some bears! (NOTE: No real bears were harmed in the making of this episode.)

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
THE DISPLACED #1
Writer: Ed Brisson
Artist: Luca Casalanguida
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: February 14, 2024
The city of Oshawa, Ontario has vanished without a trace. Even worse, nobody remembers it or the 170,000 missing residents that disappeared along with it.
As the survivors also fall into the forgotten, they must seek each other out, if they hope to have any chance of surviving in a world where no one believes they exist...
Highly acclaimed writer Ed Brisson (Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Predator), rising star artist Luca Casalanguida (Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body, James Bond), and red hot colorist Dee Cunniffe (Barnstormers, Crossover) pose the question... how can you feel connected to reality or each other if by all veritable means, you don't exist?
[rating:4.5/5]

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RODRIGO
2000AD Prog 2370
Writer: Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: Rebellion
Cover Price: $4.49
Release Date: February 21, 2024
The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic returns with another action packed edition!
[rating: 4.5/5]

RAND
NIGHT PEOPLE #1
Writer: Chris Condon (based on the novel by Barry Gifford)
Artist: Brian Level
Publisher: Oni Press
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: March 6, 2024
From literary icon Barry Gifford-internationally renowned creator of Wild At Heart and cowriter of David Lynch's neo-noir masterpiece Lost Highway-Night People is a pulsating roadmap of the American subconscious, where neon-lit Southern nights give way to lipstick, sweat, and blood, and the odd, innocent, and evil are all fellow travelers down an interstate of dark, elusive dreams. Adapted from Gifford's acclaimed novel by breakout writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, The Enfield Gang Massacre) and a rotating cast of stunning artistic talents, follow an uneasy company of wanted criminals, cartel killers, and lost souls through four interlocking tales as they travel a path of intoxication, lust, and spontaneous violence from New Orleans to Egypt City, Florida, and back again.
[rating: 2.5/5]

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DISCUSSION

SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER VOLUME 01
Writer: Jody LeHeup, Sebastian Girner
Artist: Nil Vendrell, Mike Spicer
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $16.99
Release Date: 2017
After being betrayed by the bears that raised him, the legendary SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER wanders the forest he’s sworn to protect, fist-fighting bears, eating flapjacks, and being the angriest man the world has ever known! When wild-eyed, super-strong bears attack the citizens of Major City, Shirtless ventures into the human world to do what he does best...PUNCH THOSE BEARS IN THE FACE! But all is not as it seems. Someone is manipulating Shirtless...and only by confronting the demons of his past can Shirtless hope to save his future! A heart-filled, hilarious tall tale for the ...

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DISCUSSION

Previous Episode

Major Spoilers Podcast #1062: The Schicklgruber Podcast

We are traveling back in time with the Strontium Dogs this week as we take a look at the Schicklgruber Grab from 2000 AD. We also review Count Crowley's Mediocre Midnight Monster Hunter #2 from Dark Horse Comics, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Return #1 from BOOM! Studios, and Morning Star #1 from Mad Cave Studios.

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
COUNT CROWLEY: MEDIOCRE MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER #2
Writer: David Dastmalchian
Artist: Luka Ketner
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: February 7, 2024
In spite of her rising popularity as a horror host, Jerri Bartman is trying to resurrect her career as a legit journalist. Meanwhile, a local scientist is trying to resurrect the dead through some less-than-ethical methods. One of these people is getting results and it sure isn't Jerri. Meanwhile a creepy spook in an old truck is handing out free Halloween disguises to children in Beloit. Remember, kids, never take candy (or a mask!) from strangers!
[rating:4/5]

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MATTHEW
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: THE RETURN #1
Writer: Amy Jo Johnson/Matt Hotson
Artist: Nico Leon
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: February 7, 2024
In an alternate universe, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers finally defeated Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd, but at a terrible cost... In the wake of tragedy, the team went their separate ways. 22 years later, the long-disbanded team reunites to mourn the losses of beloved friends, but Zack and Billy have some unexpected information to share-Jason, the Red Ranger, has been operating as a lone vigilante, and has since disappeared. Will the remaining Rangers be able to track him down, especially with a mysterious figure in pursuit?
[rating:4.5/5]

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RODRIGO
MORNING STAR #1
Writer: Tim Daniel
Artist: Marco Finnegan
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: March 27, 2024
LOOKOUT
1956. Kootenai National Forest, Montana. When smokejumper Nathan Garrett perishes in a raging wildfire, his surviving family’s hopes and happiness turn to ashes.

Now, one year following Nathan’s death, wife, and mother of two, Jolene Garrett, takes her crumbling family to the Morning Star lookout seeking solace through closure–to scatter her husband’s remains. But something far beyond the reach of their wildest imaginings awaits the Garrett family in the Montana wilderness–something more powerful than their anguish and torment. Something that transcends space and time. No telephones. No electricity. No transportation. No escape.
[rating: 4/5]

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DISCUSSION

STRONTIUM DOG: SEARCH AND DESTROY 2
Writer: John Wagner and Alan Grant
Artist: Carolos Ezquerra
Publisher: 2000AD
Strontium Dog Search and Destroy 2 - The 2000 AD Years, collects the earliest SD strips to appear in 2000 AD after the sci-fi comic it originally appeared in, Starlord, was merged with the 'galaxy's greatest comic!'

Co-created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, the team behind Judge Dredd, this collection includes the beautifully-coloured spreads that appeared in the original 2000 AD run and includes the classic Stront...

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