Dueling Review

Matthew and Stephen return to Dueling Review to discuss the latest issue of Invincible from Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley, and Image Comics. INVINCIBLE #113 Story By: Robert Kirkman Art By: Ryan Ottley Colored By: John Rauch Cover By: Ryan Ottley Price: $2.99 The massacre continues. 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 are sniffing the glue that binds the pages of Groo vs. Conan #1, and you won't believe what happens next! GROO VS. CONAN #1 Writer: Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragonés Artist: Sergio Aragonés, Thomas Yeates Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.50 SOLICITATION: It had to happen: The most heroic warrior in history meets the stupidest as Robert E. Howard’s immortal Conan the Barbarian crosses swords with Sergio Aragonés’s Groo the Wanderer inGroo vs. Conan #1. This four-issue miniseries was concocted by Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés, aided by illustrator Thomas Yeates and colorist Tom Luth. Will Conan annihilate Groo? Will Groo turn out to be the man who can defeat Conan? We’ll see. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/DuelingReviewDevine2.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, Laura helps Luci and The Morrigan will never be the same again! Stephen and Matthew take a crack at The Wicked + The Devine #2 from Image Comics. The Wicked + The Divine #2 Story By: Kieron Gillen Art By: Jamie McKelvie Art By: Matt Wilson Cover By: Jamie McKelvie Cover By: Matt Wilson Cover Price: $3.50 Digital Price: $2.99 Diabolically divine pop-god Lucifer is in trouble. She offers superfan Laura an unprecedented deal if she helps. It’s a bargain. A Faustian bargain, and they always turn out so well. Who knows who Laura will turn to fulfill it? We do. Clearly. It’s our comic. You can know too if you buy this fine pictorial narrative with your human money coins. 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!

From Nerdtacular 2014, Matthew and Stephen present an in-depth discussion on comic book collecting and grading. You can download the presentation in PDF format, right here. 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!

With Robot tearing a new hole in everyone, Matthew and Stephen are split on liking this week's Invincible #112. Invincible #112 Story By: Robert Kirkman Art By: Ryan Ottley Cover By: Ryan Ottley Price: $2.99 Robot continues his quest to take over the world, traveling down a blood-drenched path littered with fallen friends. 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 to the edge of the galaxy to explore the strange phenomenon at the City on the Edge of Forever. Star Trek: Harlan Ellison®’s City on the Edge of Forever #1 (of 5)—GEM OF THE MONTH Harlan Ellison, Scott Tipton & David Tipton (w) • J.K. Woodward (a) • Juan Ortiz (c) For the first time ever, a visual presentation of the much-discussed, unrevised, unadulterated version of Harlan Ellison’s award-winning Star Trek teleplay script, “The City on the Edge of Forever!” This Hugo- and Writer’s Guild of America Award-winning teleplay has been much discussed for decades but only here can you see the story as Mr. Ellison originally intended! 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!

Nothing will stop Matthew and Stephen from reviewing Red City #1 from Image Comics this week - not even a severe thunderstorm warning. Also, Power Rangers. Red City #1 Writer: Daniel Corey Artist: Mark Dos Santos Publisher: Image Comics In the wake of a system-wide civil war, hard-nosed interplanetary investigator Cal Talmage is given a simple mission to find a missing ambassador’s daughter in Mars Central, aka Red City. The routine case quickly complicates as Cal finds himself in the midst of rival alien mobs, street vendettas and political conspiracies. He struggles with personal demons as he discovers that another war is brewing, and the lives of an entire race hang in the balance. 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, Stephen and Matthew are ready to take on the gods of thunder, lighting, and rain as they dare to open the cover of Big Trouble in Little China #1 and read the words inside... BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #1 (W) Eric Powell (A) Brian Churilla (CA) Eric Powell, Joe Quinones Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS WHY WE LOVE IT: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is one of our favorite cult-classic films because it mashed together '80s action and supernatural fantasy movies with '70s kung-fu flicks. This is the first time any new BIG TROUBLE stories have been told, and we have the film's original directer, John Carpenter, working with Eric Powell (THE GOON) on the story. You can't beat that! WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Eric Powell is a huge fan of BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, so the sense of humor and over-the-top action he brings to THE GOON will be all over this book. Plus, Brian Churilla's (THE SIXTH GUN) art on this perfectly captures the outrageous world of BIG TROUBLE. WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Jack Burton, a macho, truck-dri

This week, Matthew and Stephen take a walk into Midian and examine Clive Barker's Nightbreed #1 from BOOM! Studios. Clive Barker’s Nightbreed #1 Writer(s): Clive Barker, Marc Andreyko Artist(s): Piotr Kowalski WHY WE LOVE IT: Comics are full of outcast characters, but this is an outcast story, Clive Barker-style. True to this modern horror master’s other work, NIGHTBREED is full of horrifying creatures that captivated us in the 1990 film and live on in this new story. Plus, writer Marc Andreyko is a HUGE fan of NIGHTBREED! WHY YOU’LL LOVE IT: Before FABLES, before ONCE UPON A TIME, Clive Barker created a secret town of monsters that live among us. Don’t worry if you’ve never seen the film—Barker and writer Marc Andreyko (MANHUNTER) have crafted a story that all horror fans can enjoy. Add to the mix Piotr Kowalski’s art (MARVEL KNIGHTS: HULK) and this is a story that can’t be missed WHAT IT’S ABOUT: The Nightbreed is a secret society of monsters and misfits that hide away from humans, but have been a

This week, Matthew and Stephen return to Millarworld and see what adventure awaits in MPH #1 from Image Comics. MPH #1 (of 5) Story By: Mark Millar Art By: Duncan Fegredo Cover By: Duncan Fegredo Variant Cover By: JOCK Price: $2.99 The all-new Millarworld Universe kicks into high gear with the launch of Millar and Fegredo’s fast and furious miniseries. When a group of hard-luck teens in Motor City stumble upon a street drug called MPH, they gain the power of super speed. Will they use it to save the world? Hell no! Not when there’s dolla, dolla bills to be had, y’all. A high-octane urban adventure, MPH brings you super speed like you’ve never seen before! This launch features a variant cover by Jock, a blank cover variant, and a special series of linked cover variants by Fegredo showcasing the book’s cast. 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, Stephen and Matthew discuss soft reboots, the Power Rangers movie, and DC Comics' Future's End #1. FUTURE'S END #1 Writers: Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen Artists: Patrick Zircher Publisher: DC Comics Five years from now, the DC Universe is reeling from a war with another Earth, leaving the world unprepared for an approaching evil that threatens to destroy the future. Can a time-traveling Batman Beyond help a massive cast of the DCU’s finest avert the impending apocalypse? Find out in this new weekly series that will forever alter the direction of The New 52! In this debut issue of The New 52’s weekly series, Batman Beyond arrives five years later! Grifter turns against humanity! And a Justice League member DIES! 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!

Peter Parker is back! Matthew and Stephen have different ideas on what was good and bad about Amazing Spider-Man #1. Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1 Published: April 30, 2014 Rating: Rated T Writer: Dan Slott Cover Artist: Humberto Ramos The Greatest Super Hero of All Time RETURNS! The world may have changed since Spidey’s been gone, but so has Peter Parker. This is a man with a second chance at life, and he’s not wasting a moment of it. Same Parker Luck, new Parker attitude. Putting the “friendly” back in the neighborhood, the “hero” back into “super hero,” and the “amazing” back into “Spider-Man!” Also returning: The recharged and reenergized ELECTRO! 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!

Who Watches the Watcher!? Matthew and Stephen find out as they take a look at Original Sin #0 from Marvel Comics. Original Sin (2014) Published: April 23, 2014 Rating: Rated T+ Writer: Mark Waid Cover Artist: Jim Cheung IT’S THE PROLOGUE TO THE BIGGEST MARVEL SERIES OF THE SUMMER! WHO IS THE WATCHER? That’s what Nova is wondering after his latest brush with the moon-dwelling enigma he’s encountered before! But what he discovers will have a profound effect on the young hero, as well as priming the pump for the most cataclysmic event in Marvel history! WHAT DID HE SEE? 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 look through the aperture of Shutter #1 and give their thoughts on the title. SHUTTER #1 STORY: JOE KEATINGE ART / COVER A: LEILA DEL DUCA COVER B: DUSTIN WEAVER COVER C: BRANDON GRAHAM COVER D: EMMA RÍOS INDIANA JONES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY! Marvel Knights: Hulk and GLORY writer JOE KEATINGE teams up with artist extraordinaire LEILA DEL DUCA for her Image Comics debut in an all-new ongoing series combining the urban fantasy of Fables and the globe-spanning adventure of Y: The Last Man. Kate Kristopher, once the most famous explorer of an Earth far more fantastic than the one we know, is forced to return to the adventurous life she left behind when a family secret threatens to destroy everything she spent her life protecting. 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!

As we await Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1, the final chapter of Ultimate Spider-Man is here! Matthew and Stephen sit down to discuss what worked, and what didn't in Ultimate Spider-Man #200. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN 200 (2011) #200 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Cover Artist: Mark Bagley Publisher: Marvel Cover Price: $4.99 The world mourns on the anniversary of Peter Parker’s death • A gathering of Spidey’s friends and foes reveal some shocking truths about Peter and his world • One of the biggest surprise endings of the year! 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, pretend time becomes real time for a bunch of actors in Bryan Hitch's Real Heroes #1 from Image Comics. REAL HEROES #1 Writer: Bryan Hitch Artist: Bryan Hitch Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 They are the six most famous actors in the world and together they play The Olympians, the biggest superhero movie franchise in history. Would you ask them to save the world? They may be our only hope... 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 new season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has arrived from Dark Horse Comics, and Matthew and Stephen share their thoughts and reactions to the book. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 10 #1 Writer: Christos Gage Artist: Rebekah Isaacs Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.50 New season. New rules. The age-old battle of Slayer vs. vampire is the focus of Buffy’s life once again—it’s downright nostalgic! But with all the toying with magic she’s done lately, this girl should know it’s time for another game change . . . Shouldn’t she? http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/duelingNightwing298.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!

Matthew and Stephen are back, Jack! This week the duo take a gander at Nightwing #29 and discuss the issue of why every book is someone's first book. NIGHTWING #29 Writer: Kyle Higgins Artist: Russell Dauterman Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 SOLICITATION: With Nightwing questioning his purpose, will he be able to stop Mr. Zsasz’s relentless rampage through Chicago? Don’t miss this epic story that ties into the events of FOREVER EVIL! 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!

There's a new Tomb Raider series out from Dark Horse Comics. It's written by Gail Simone, and that means Stephen and Matthew HAVE to review it. TOMB RAIDER #1 Writer: Gail Simone Artist: Nicolas Daniel Selma, Juan Gedeon Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.50 Superstar writer Gail Simone picks up Lara Croft’s story where the smash hit Tomb Raider game left off—in a new ongoing comics series! Following the game acclaimed for its bold and sophisticated new vision, this series launches Lara Croft on the formative adventures that will change her life forever! 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 let their rage fly over Supergirl #28, but is it enough to get them the coveted red ring of hate? Find out in this Dueling Review of Supergirl #28. SUPERGIRL #28 Writer: Tony Bedard Artist: Yildiray Cinar Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 A RED LANTERN RING is coming to get Kara — and it will change her forever! No lie! Not an imaginary story! It’s really going to happen! “Red Daughter of Krypton” starts here! http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/duelingreviewsTheFuse.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!