Major Spoilers Podcast #1129: Battle of the Podcasts!

Always five, fighting as one! This week, we look at the Gatchaman series from Mad Cave Studios, and we discuss which Spider-Man foe would be a great foil for Batman. Plus, we review Be Not Afraid #1 from BOOM! Studios, Ghost Rider vs. Galactus #1 from Marvel Comics, and Blue Palo Verde #1 from Mad Cave Studios.

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
BE NOT AFRAID #1
Writer: Jude Ellison S. Doyle
Artist: Lisandro Estherren
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: June 04, 2025
Cora Reims lived the isolated life of a simple farm girl until one fateful summer day, prophetic visions brought her a visitor made of pure light... an angel. In the aftermath, Cora gave birth to a child, a Nephilim: the offspring of an angel and a human woman, seemingly imbued with evil itself. 17 years later, that child's cherubic appearance can no longer hide his monstrous nature. Frogs boil in their skins as he passes. Crops rot. The townspeople live in fear, knowing that atrocities follow closely behind him. Now, on the eve of his 18th birthday, Cora receives a new vision... Heaven itself has called upon her to destroy the abomination born of her own flesh and blood.
[rating:2.5/5]

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MATTHEW
GHOST RIDER VS. GALACTUS #1
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Artist: Juan Ferreyra
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: June 4, 2025
THE DEVOURER OF WORLDS BATTLES THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE!

GALACTUS roams the cosmos in search of sustenance he extracts from thriving planets, leaving them as dying husks. GHOST RIDER, Johnny Blaze, punishes souls who are deemed worthy of vengeance. What happens when these two powers collide? Find out when superstar artist JUAN FERREYRA joins J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI for the penultimate pairing across the mighty Marvel landscape
[rating:4/5]

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RODRIGO
BLUE PALO VERDE #1
Writer: Ray Fawkes
Artist: Rimanti
Colorist: Rifan Kartakusumah
Letterer: Frank Cvetkovic
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Release Date: June 11, 2025

On her first day out of jail, Kristine Woods discovers that her father has disappeared into a mysterious isolated town hidden in the New Mexico desert. Now it’s up to her to find him and rescue him from a bizarre and unnatural threat. An atmospheric folk-horror story of dread and redemption set in the American Southwest, starting in June 2025!
[rating: 4/5]

DISCUSSION

GATCHAMAN VOLUME 1
Writer: Cullen Bunn
Artist: Chris Batista