The Demon Bear Saga

Major Spoilers Comic Book Podcast

This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: The New Mutants get scary, and we want to know who you are reading besides DC and Marvel. Plus, New Super Man and the Justice League of China #22, and Gideon Falls #2!

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NEWS
Marvel has plans for the reintroduced Ultimate Universe
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-ultimate-universe-plans/

REVIEWS
STEPHEN
GIDEON FALLS #2
Writer: Jeff Lemire
Artist: Andrea Sorrentino
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 11, 2018
The brand-new supernatural mystery series by the acclaimed team of JEFF LEMIRE and ANDREA SORRENTINO (Old Man Logan, Green Arrow) continues. The mysteries of the "Black Barn" heighten as the reclusive Norton begins to unravel new clues just as a murder spree breaks out in the town of Gideon Falls. But how is it all connected?! The puzzle pieces begin to fall.
[rating:4/5]

MATTHEW
NEW SUPER MAN & THE JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CHINA #22
Writer: Gene Luen Yang
Artist: Brent Peeples, Matt Santorelli
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 11, 2018
"SEAS OF CHANGE" part three! The saga of the Aqua-Man of North Korea crashes to a close! As the Justice League of China heads off an international incident on their shores, our heroes discover that sometimes villainy is only a matter of perspective - and reasoning with North Korea's most menacing metahuman and his marine militia may be the only hope both countries have of survival!
[rating:4/5]

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DISCUSSION
THE NEW MUTANTS: THE DEMON BEAR SAGA
Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Bill Sienkiewicz
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Release Date: 1984
When Mirage is severely injured after a confrontation with the mystical Demon Bear, the same creature believed to be responsible for the deaths of her parents, it's up to her teammates The New Mutants to find a way to thwart the deviant machinations of the sinister entity before it infects the world with it's shadow. Meanwhile, Mirage clings to life in the Mid-County Medical Center near Salem, New York, unable to aid her friends in their fight.

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