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The Fighting Gobblers meet with the President of the United States of America.

Nothing can go wrong here, right? Riiiiight?

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Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting - it's Top Five.

This week, we take a trip down memory lane and peek over the covers at our favorite movies of the 1980s.

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Adam Strange is a man of two worlds, and this week, we look at the book that feels like it should have been a Vertigo title. We review Archie Comics: Judgment Day #1, and Blood Squad Seven #1, plus we talk about Storm joining the Avengers.

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
ARCHIE COMICS: JUDGMENT DAY #1
Writer: Aubrey Sitterson
Artist: Meghan Hutchinson
Publisher: Archie Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 22, 2024
In a world overrun with demons, Archie Andrews is on a quest to cleanse Riverdale of all wicked-kind. Harnessing the destructive power of a captive fiend, he will have to destroy corrupted and possessed versions of the people closest to him. Questioning his own morality and forced to make difficult sacrifices, are Archie's efforts truly good, or the work of pure evil? Traverse the most horrifying version of Riverdale yet in the first Archie Premium Event.
[rating:3/5]

MATTHEW
BLOOD SQUAD SEVEN #1
Writer: Joe Casey
Artist: Paul Fry
Publisher: Image Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: May 22, 2024
Thirty years ago, they were America's premiere celebrity superhero team. Seen on television, on tabloid magazine covers, scoring million-dollar endorsement deals...they were everywhere!
Now, a new generation takes up the mantle-or perhaps, the poisoned chalice-fulfilling a promise made decades ago: to be the heroes that a fractured America needs!
[rating:4/5]

DISCUSSION

ADAM STRANGE: THE MAN OF TWO WORLDS
Writer: Richard Bruning
Artist: Adam Kubert
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: 1990
One of the DC Universe's best-known science fiction heroes, Adam Strange is an Earth man who travels via the Zeta beam to the far planet of Rann. There he becomes a hero to his adopted world.
In THE MAN OF TWO WORLDS, we discover the man behind the myth. Adam Strange's childhood on Earth is explored, his relationship with his estranged family is revealed, and secrets of Rann - and of Adam's new life - are uncovered.

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In Episode #641, Wayne talks with Trevor Mueller, the award-winning writer for Los Ojos, which is launching on Zoop.gg on Tuesday, May 21!

Trevor is the scripter for Reading with Pictures and Albert the Alien, and he’s working with artist Francesco Iaquinta on Los Ojos, which is described as “John Wick meets John Constantine, one man with two guns fighting his demons, both literal and imaginary.” We talk about where this story came from, who the characters are, and what we might expect from him and his collaborators in the coming months! Be sure not to miss this excellent and enjoyable conversation!

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In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers Real Play Podcast: The team searches through the mine for the lost artifact, and meets someone who has a lot of answers.

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Who is Validus? The shocking - SHOCKING - reveal happens this week!

In the city of Metropolis, in the 30th Century, there exists one of the most amazing clubs of all time! Its members are teenage youths, each possessing one special super-powers! The club members have vowed to use their fantastic power to battle crime... This rocket-shaped building is the Legion Clubhouse!

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LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 3 ANNUAL #2
"Child Of Darkness, Child Of Light"
October 1986 - July 1, 1986
w: Paul Levitz
a: Keith Giffen/Curt Swan/Ernie Colón/Larry Mahlstedt

The secret of Validus is revealed, but will it be too late to save him from Darkseid?

LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES VOL 3 #28
"The Lost Hero"
November 1986 - On Sale July 15, 1986
w: Paul Levitz
a: Greg LaRocque/Mike DeCarlo/Arne Starr

A Legionnaire is forced to resign and his replacement may not be all that he seems!

TURTLE POWER! We take a look at the beginning of the IDW Publishing series this week! We review Batman/Dylan Dog #3 from DC Comics, Uncanny Valley #2 from BOOM! Studios, and Atta Boy from Mad Cave Studios! There's a lot to talk about, so let's get going!

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
BATMAN/DYLAN DOG #3
Writer: Roberto Recchioni
Artists: Werther Dell'Edera, Gigi Cavenago
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 15, 2024
THE UNLIKELIEST ALLY ARRIVES: THE JOKER! Merciless Christopher Killex is back from the grave and starts to fill Gotham City's streets with blood and horror! Dylan Dog and Batman are faced with an unsolvable dilemma: whether to accept the help of The Joker, who could prove to be a key ally in catching the serial killer. But can they really trust him?
[rating:5/5]

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MATTHEW
UNCANNY VALLEY #2
Writer: Tony Fleecs
Artist: Dave Wachter
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: May 15, 2024
As the mystery of Oliver's origins continues to unfold, the literal cartoonish realism of his existence has to somehow be connected to his mother's origins in Burbank, California. And with his uncanny powers setting him apart from the other kids, what will Oliver do to make his own way in the world?

Especially considering that there are sinister forces at play, watching from the other end of a portal...
[rating:5/5]

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RODRIGO
ATTA BOY
Writer: Tony McMillen
Artist: Tony McMillen
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Cover Price: 17.99
Release Date: May 29, 2024
"There's a video game from when I was a kid that no one else seems to remember."

Attaboy is an action-adventure comic disguised as an illustrated instructional booklet for a video game. The "byte"-sized hero is forced to avenge the destruction of his father and creator, Dr. Atta, by the sinister rebellious mechazoid Motherboard. However, the turn of each page unravels a much deeper story of pixelated thoughts, real world references, and heartbreaking truths.
[rating: 5/5]

DISCUSSION

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 1
Writer: Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman
Artist: Brya Lynch, Mateaus Santolouco, Dan Duncan
Publisher: IDW Publishing
TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman and writer Tom Waltz guide readers through a ground-breaking new origin and into epic tales of courage, loyalty, and family as the Turtles and their allies battle for survival against enemies old and new in the dangerous streets and sewers of New York City.

Collects the first 12 issues of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series, plus the Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Splinter Micro-Series one-shots.

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This week, Dan has a rundown on Ticket to Ride South Korea, new Atomic Mass expansions, and more!

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NEWS

• Days of Wonder will release a new TTR Expansion-- Ticket to Ride Iberia & South Korea June ‘24. $45
• Rio Grande Games is releasing the next expansion to Dominion Late Q2-- Dominion: Rising Sun ($45)
• Atomic Mass teased This is Some Rescue Squad Pack for Star Wars Shatterpoint, that they will open for pre-order June 3 (~$40)
• Finally W. Eric Martin had a great article on a bunch of 25th Century Games releases coming the rest of the year and into 2025
  • One being Grand Central Skyport a card based tableau building game with a rondell by Dan Germain
  • Other Releases by 25th Century coming soon
  • Sand Art by Kory Jordan
  • Big Sur By Mondo Davis
  • Circus Flohcati and Penguin Party, by Reiner Knizia
  • Vampire Queen, by Wolfgang Kramer
  • Jalape-NO!, by Kramer and Michael Kiesling
  • Tasso Banana, by Philippe Proux and Junghee Choi

CROWDFUNDING

GAME FOUND

• Long Dark Sea
• I C E Unlimited

KICKSTARTER

• Canvas Big Box
• Mad Matchup
• House of Fado
• Children of Morta:The board game
• Wicked Cribbage

Matt Kindt, known for working with Keanu Reaves and Jeff Lemire, has a surprising new collaborator who joins us in Episode #640 this week!

The new mini-series is Gilt Frame, and eccentric and electrifying crime thriller starring the most unlikely detective duo in the history of murder mysteries! It’s described this way: “Bestselling cartoonist Matt Kindt has shattered crowdfunding records with Keanu Reeves on their blockbusterBRZRKRgraphic novels. He’s created acclaimed comics with fellow indie comics darlings Jeff Lemire and David Rubínand his talented studio mate, Brian Hurtt. And now the creator ofMind MGMTandDept. H. has a new and entirely unexpected writing partner: his mother, Margie Kraft Kindt!” We talk about where the story came from, who the characters are, how the creators worked with each other to make this book happen, and what we might expect from Matt and Margie in the future! Don’t miss this fun and enjoyable conversation!

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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast:The team makes it into the mine, but what evil lurks below?

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