Dueling Review

Matthew and Stephen Marvel at the all-new Ant-Man book out this week from Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas. ANT-MAN #1 Writer: Nick Spencer Artist: Ramon Rosanas Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $4.99 Scott Lang has never exactly been the world’s best super hero. Heck, most people don’t even think he’s been the best ANT-MAN -- and the last guy invented Ultron and joined the Masters of Evil, so that’s saying something. • But when the SUPERIOR IRON MAN calls with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Scott’s going to get a chance to turn it all around and be the hero he’s always dreamed of being. • Sure he’s been to prison! Sure he’s been through a messy divorce! Sure he’s been, um... dead. But this time is different! This time nothing is gonna stop the astonishing ANT-MAN! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

Get your hands off me... and grab a copy of IDW Publishing and BOOM! Studios' Star Trek/Planet of the Apes crossover event.  Matthew and Stephen tell you why you need to beam this issue into your hands. STAR TREK/PLANET OF THE APES - THE PRIMATE DIRECTIVE #1 Writers: Scott Tipton, David Tipton Artist: Rachael Stott Letterer: Tom B. Long Colorist: Charlie Kirchoff Publisher: IDW Publishing/BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 It’s the crossover nobody ever expected! STAR TREK: The hope for the best of mankind’s future! PLANET OF THE APES: A chilling look at the fall of humanity! How could these worlds possibly collide? What could possibly cause Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise to side with Dr. Zaius to protect Ape City?  And what does Colonel George Taylor have to say about it? It’s a madhouse! A madhouse!! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

Time to check in the Doc Savage's cousin, Patricia, to see what happens when she takes on babysitting. Doc Savage Special 2014: Woman of Bronze David Walker (w) Kewber Baal (a) Robert Hack (c) FC • 48 pages • $7.99 • Teen+ Known as the cousin of world famous adventurer Doc Savage, Pat Savage wants nothing more than to prove she has what is takes to be a hero. What starts out as a thankless job as a babysitter, soon turns into an epic life-and-death struggle that finds Pat squaring off against sinister forces. It’s a double-size tale of two-fisted action starring the first lady of pulp adventure, Pat Savage, Woman of Bronze. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

What happens when Morpheus meets his dad?  Matthew and Stephen try to make sense of it all in this review of The Sandman: Overture #4. THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE #4 Writer: Neil Gaiman Artist: J.H. Williams III Publisher: Vertigo Cover Price: $3.99 In an asylum in the City of the Stars, Morpheus comes face to face with the creature at the center of the war that will destroy the universe. Time is running out... This issue is also offered as a combo pack edition with a redemption code for a digital download of this issue. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

It's the big anniversary issue of Savage Dragon #200!  Will Matthew and Stephen love it, or hate it? Take a listen to find out. SAVAGE DRAGON #200 Writer: Erik Larsen, Joe Keatinge, Gary Carlson Artist: Erik Larsen, Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Herb Trimpe Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $8.99 Savage Dragon is out of prison and the Vicious Circle is gunning for him. Malcolm Dragon and his stepsister Angel join forces to keep their father alive against an all-out assault in this movie-length epic. Back up stories include an Angel and Mr. Glum story drawn by Batman alum CHRIS BURNHAM, Malcolm and Savage Dragon in WWII by legendary Incredible Hulk artist HERB TRIMPE, Special Agents Strikeforce by NIKOS KOUTSIS, Vanguard by GARY CARLSON and FRANK FOSCO and Malcolm Dragon by TRAVIS SENGAUS. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

Gail Simone returns the The Secret Six! But this is the New 52, with a new group of characters thrown together to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real. SECRET SIX #1 Writer: Gail Simone Artist: Ken Lashley Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 SOLICITATION: Gail Simone is back with the NEW 52 debut of the fan-favorite team--THE SECRET SIX! Six strangers are brought together under mysterious circumstances for an explosive first issue that will leave everyone asking, "What is the Secret?" Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

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Time to take a break from the antics on Earth to see what Thragg has been up to in Spaaaace as Matthew and Stephen review Invincible #115. Invincible #115 Story By: Robert Kirkman Art By: Ryan Ottley Art By: Cliff Rathburn Art By: John Rauch Price: $2.99 As the events on Earth grow more dire, we turn our attention toward space...we turn our attention toward...THRAGG VS. BATTLE BEAST! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

Matthew and Stephen travel back in time to 1948, and explore the seamy underbelly of the last days of the Hollywood studio system in The Fade Out #3. The Fade Out #3 Story By: Ed Brubaker Art By: Sean Phillips Art By: Elizabeth Breitweiser Cover By: Sean Phillips Cover By: Elizabeth Breitweiser Cover Price: $3.50 Digital Price: $2.99 Diamond ID: AUG140646 BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS' new crime noir masterpiece is just getting started! Remember, every month THE FADE OUT has exclusive back pages articles that are only available in the single issues. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/DuelingBauldersgate.mp3 Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week, some sparks fly when Stephen questions Matthew on Dungeons and Dragons in comic book form as the two look at Dungeons and Dragons Legends of Baldur's Gate #1 from IDW Publishing. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS LEGENDS OF BALDUR'S GATE #1 Writer: Jim Zub Artist: Max Dunbar Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 Evil, meet my sword! Sword, meet evil! Generations have passed since the original Heroes of Baldur's Gate saved the city and the Realms. Now a new threat rises and an unlikely group of misfits are thrust into adventure with MINSC, the legendary Ranger do-gooder with a heart of gold, brain of lead, and hamster of pronounced wisdom. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week, the podcast is bigger on the inside than it is the outside, as Stephen and Matthew bask in the glow of Titan Comics' Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #1. DOCTOR WHO 12TH #1 Writer: Robbie Morrison Artist: Dave Taylor Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Clara thought she was in for an evening of marking essays on the Metaphysical Poets, followed by going out on a date – or at least trying to. You know, normal stuff. Instead, she’s facing down exotic flora and fauna in her best dress, backing up the Doctor on a trek through traumatically alien undergrowth – and she doesn’t even know what the Doctor is searching for, or what will try to kill them should they find it! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week, Matthew and Stephen take a look at Klarion #1 from DC Comics, and Stephen goes on a tirade about price and quality. KLARION #1 Writer: Ann Nocenti Artist: Trevor McCarthy Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 Klarion the Witch Boy makes his New 52 debut and stands for the forces of chaos in this new ongoing series! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

School is in session, and Maps, Olive, Matthew and Stephen check out Gotham Academy #1! NOTE: There is some strange noise on Stephen's track this week. We have no idea how this happened, and we haven't had it repeat. We apologize, and we hope it doesn't happen again. GOTHAM ACADEMY #1 Writer: Cloonan, Becky Artist: Kerschl, Karl Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 SOLICITATION: WELCOME TO GOTHAM ACADEMY! Gotham City's most prestigious prep school is a very weird place. It's got a spooky campus, oddball teachers, and rich benefactors always dropping by...like that weirdo Bruce Wayne. But nothing is as strange is the students! Like, what's up with Olive Silverlock? Is she crazy or what? Where did she go last summer? And what's the deal with her creepy mom? And how come that Freshman MAPS is always following her around? And is she still going out with Kyle? P.S. Did you hear the rumor about the ghost in the North Hall?! GOTHAM ACADEMY is a new, monthly teen drama set in the shadow of Batman and t

Matthew and Stephen partake in the mystical, magical, mayhem and soak up the love in this week's review of Lumberjanes #6 from BOOM! Studios. Lumberjanes #6 Writers: Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson Artist: Brooke Allen An intense game of Capture the Flag gets even crazier when mythical ancient beings get involved! Does Jo have magical powers? Is Diane totally cheating at this game? Can the girls save Ripley from the other team’s jail?! Questions are getting answered and flags are getting captured! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week, we read a comic, and talk about it... explicit tag turned on! #NSFW! ITTY BITTY BUNNIES IN RAINBOW PIXIE CANDYLAND: SAVE X-MAS Writer(s): Dean Rankine Artist Name(s): Dean Rankine Cover Artist(s): Dean Rankine Itty Bitty Bunnies creator and cartoonist extraordinaire Dean Rankine lives down under, where Christmas is celebrated in the summer, so it makes perfect sense for his depraved creations to go on a holiday adventure now stateside. It also makes sense to the Bunnies to cook up a big batch of meth to help fund their Yuletide activities! Also available in a “Tickle Me Tyrone gift” variant cover, limited to 1500 copies! 32 pgs/ FC/ Mature Readers $3.99 (reg.) / $4.99 (var.) Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

Spider-Man Noir? Superior Spider-Man? 1939 New York? That can only mean one thing - Matthew and Stephen are reviewing Marvel's Edge of Spider-Verse #1! EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #1 Writer: Fabrice Sapolsky Artist: Richard Isanove SPIDER-MAN NOIR RETURNS! Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 The Peter Parker of the 1930's finds himself not only up against Mysterio, but knee-deep in the Spider-Man event of 2014! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

The Names is a suspense thriller, which should be right up the alley of at least one of your hosts, right? THE NAMES #1 Writer: Peter Milligan Artist: Leonardo Fernandez Publisher: Vertigo Cover Price $2.99 New York City. Forty-year-old Kevin Walker is a successful trader. He’s incredibly rich. He has a young, sexy wife and a son he adores. He has everything. Until… The mysterious man known as the Surgeon walks into Kevin’s office. He takes a seat and tells Kevin to write a suicide note. Trembling but obedient, Kevin does what the Surgeon says. Then, at a word from this well-dressed figure, Kevin jumps out his window and falls fifty stories to his death. Thus begins THE NAMES, an 8-issue miniseries by writer Peter Milligan (HELLBLAZER, SKREEMER) and artist Leandro Fernandez (Wolverine, Punisher: Max). THE NAMES is a dark, contemporary thriller set in the world of Big Money: hedge funds, leveraged buyouts, market raids, flash crashes. High-end finance that can ruin entire economies, run by a cabal of the w

Got a hankerin' for some grilled ground beef between two buns? Matthew and Stephen discuss Bob's Burgers #1, why network cartoons work or don't work, and talk about Lois Lane (Fallout). BOB’S BURGERS #1 Rachel Hastings, Mike Olsen, Justin Hook, Jeff Drake (w) Frank Forte, Brad Rader, Bernard Derriman, Tony Gennaro, Liza Epps, Tyler Garrison, Kimball Shirley, Anthony Aguinaldo, Hector Reynoso (a) Devin Roth (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+ • A new series from the hit TV show “Bob’s Burgers,” created by Loren Bouchard! All right! The very first Bob’s Burgers comic book, a new series from the creator of the hit TV show, created by Loren Bouchard! Now you can read about the Belcher family (parents Bob and Linda, and their children Tina, Gene and Louise) in brand-new in-canon stories created by the TV show’s producers, writers and animators creating all original stories appearing exclusively in this comics series. Each comic includes hilarious installments of: “Louise’s Unsolved Mysteries,” “Tina’s Erotic F

Matthew and Stephen sit down this week and marvel at the wonderful work by Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez, in IDW Publishing's Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland #1. Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland #1 Eric Shanower (w) • Gabriel Rodriguez (a & c) An all-new, all-ages series full of magic and whimsy from award-winning creators Eric Shanower (Adventures in Oz) and Gabriel Rodriguez (Locke & Key)! Spinning out of Winsor McKay’s brilliant early 20th century strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland sees King Morpheus’ daughter, in the Royal Palace of Slumberland, select her next-playmate: Nemo! Only Nemo has no interest in being anyone’s playmate, dream or no dream! FC • 32 pages • $3.99 Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

The Explicit Tag Is On! Matthew and Stephen let it all hang out, as the duo take on Sex Criminals #7. SEX CRIMINALS #7 (MR) Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: Chip Zdarsky Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.50 SOLICITATION: Jon breaks into Kegelface’s house and oh my golly what on EARTH do you think he finds there. Not only are our beloved Sex Criminals not alone…they’re not unwatched, either. And Suzie learns once and for all the fate of her precious library. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!