Dueling Review

This week Matthew and Stephen travel to the far future that looks and feels a lot like 1982. There's someone killing cablers on The Fuse, and your dynamic duo crack open the first issue to see what happens next! THE FUSE #1 Writer: Antony Johnston Artist: Justin Greenwood Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.50 "THE RUSSIA SHIFT," Part One Working homicide 22,000 miles up on an orbiting energy platform, in a five-mile-long jury-rigged steel city stuffed with a half million people, with no help from your so-called colleagues back on Earth, is more than tough...it's murder! Cynical, foul-mouthed veteran ANTONY JOHNSTON (UMBRAL, Wasteland, Daredevil) gets partnered with fresh-faced idealist JUSTIN GREENWOOD (Wasteland, Resurrection) for a new crime series with attitude! Murder, mayhem, and mystery—22,000 miles straight up. 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 crack at Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster #1 from Dark Horse Comics, and they talk wrasslin', comic book collections, and old comic shops! LOBSTER JOHNSON: GET THE LOBSTER #1 Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi Artist: Tonci Zonjic Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 A Manhattan sporting event goes terribly wrong as the ref is killed in front of a live audience by two crazed—and seemingly bulletproof—wrestlers. Who is behind this new reign of terror? 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!

Dynamite Entertainment continues it's series of little kids stories with L'il Sonja, and Matthew and Stephen check it out! L'IL SONJA #1 Writer: Jim Zub Artist: Joel Carroll Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: Li'l Sonja is a warrior girl who travels the lands testing her mettle against monsters big and small, a younger pluckier version of the famous She-Devil With a Sword. When Li'l Sonja encounters a town plagued by eccentric bandits, she needs to figure out the pattern behind the thefts and bring the baddies to justice. No task is too tough for our crimson-haired hero. And if that isn't enough, each Li'l book comes with a two-page activity sheet! 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 group of Invaders in town... well, they are really the old Invaders, but they're teaming up again for an all new adventure in All-New Invaders #1! ALL-NEW INVADERS #1 Writer: James Robinson Artist: Steve Pugh Publisher: Marvel Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: Eisner Award winner James Robinson (STARMAN, EARTH 2) returns to MARVEL, uniting with Steve Pugh (ANIMAL MAN, HOTWIRE, GEN-X) to create a unique, modern day take on the INVADERS. The KREE EMPIRE intends to conquer the universe using a weapon that will grant them an army of NORSE GODS. It falls to four heroes united by their past—CAPTAIN AMERICA, NAMOR, THE ORIGINAL HUMAN TORCH and the WINTER SOLDIER—who must now face the future and wage war against the Kree to save Earth. 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!

Spinning out of the adventures of Captain Midnight, Stephen and Matthew sit down to read Skyman #1 from Dark Horse Comics. SKYMAN #1 Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov Artist: Manuel Garcia, Bit Colorsist: Marta Martinez Garcia Cover: Freddie Williams II, Dan Scott Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $2.99 After an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Captain Midnight, a drunken Skyman accidentally kills an innocent man! Needing a new face for their initiative ASAP, the Skyman Program turns to US Air Force Sgt. Eric Reid: a wounded veteran on the ropes, looking for a new lease on life. 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!

Detective Comics is 900 issues old - it's just too bad DC rebooted the universe and we have to review Detective Comics Volume 2 issue #27. DETECTIVE COMICS #27 Writers: John Layman, Scott Snyder, Paul Dini, Brad Meltzer, Gregg Hurwitz, Peter J. Tomasi Artists: Jason Fabok, Neal Adams, Dustin Nguyen, Guillem March, Bryan Hitch, Sean Murphy Cover: Greg Capullo Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $7.99 DC Entertainment presents this mega-sized issue featuring an all-star roster of Batman creators past and present! Don’t miss a modern-day retelling of The Dark Knight’s origin by the incredible team of writer Brad Meltzer and artist Bryan Hitch! Plus, all-new stories by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy, Peter J. Tomasi and Guillem March, Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen, Gregg Hurwitz and Neal Adams, new art by legendary Batman writer/artist Frank Miller and more! Also in this issue, John Layman and Jason Fabok kick off the new storyline “GOTHTOPIA”! It’s a bright, shiny, happy place where dreams come true...as long as

This week, Matthew and Stephen travel to another dimension of not only sight and sound, but of mind... their next stop? A dueling review of Twilight Zone #1. TWILIGHT ZONE #1 Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Art: Guiu Vilanova Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 The Twilight Zone, Issue One: Trevor Richmond is a Wall Street investor who embezzled millions and is about to tank the economy. Again. Desperate to avoid the consequences for his actions, he goes to Expedited Services, Inc., which offers to help him disappear and enjoy a life of leisure in a new life. But what exactly is this new life, how much is freedom worth, and what happens to the old life when someone else shows up to claim it? This is the first installment of three interlocking stories that will push the boundaries of The Twilight Zone into new and uncharted territory, a journey that will travel into the past and the future, into murder and revenge and the sunrise of nuclear Armageddon. From J. Michael Straczynski, Hugo-winning

Matthew and Stephen sat down to watch the Time of the Doctor and have a few things to say about the final appearance of Matt Smith as The Doctor (that we know of). Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them – the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe. 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!

Way back in the long ago, Dark Horse Comics launched Comics' Greatest World! One of the characters introduced in that event what Elisa Cameron a.k.a. Ghost. The character has popped up again and again, and this week, Ghost pops up one more time. GHOST #1 Writers: Kelly Sue DeConnick, Chris Sebela Artist: Ryan Sook Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Ghost, the hero trapped between two worlds, fights to protect Chicago from extradimensional demons disguised as humans. When a familiar stranger destroys an el train, Ghost makes a deal with a devil for the chance to uncover her own mysterious past. The perfect issue to join this action-packed superhero title! 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!

In the not to distant future... next Sunday A.D. there were two guys named Stephen and Matthew, who reviewed a comic and you'll want to hear them talk about it in depth because this is Dueling Reviews, and the book this week is Justice League 3000! (Stinger) JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #1 Writer: Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis Artist: Howard Porter Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 The new series starring the heroes of today—tomorrow is resolicited, now with legendary artist Howard Porter (JLA) on board! But what are these heroes doing in the year 3000? And who (or what) brought them there? Get ready for a dose of wonder from the writing team of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis! 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!

Stephen and Matthew sit down to review Marvel's Young Avengers #13, and one of them has never read the series before... can you guess which one? YOUNG AVENGERS #13 Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Jamie McKelvie Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $2.99 SOLICITATION: • This periodical plans to include an above-industry average amount and standard of drama, conflict (both internal and external), action set-pieces. It will include 20 pages of comic art. It prominently features heroic attempts to save the world and kissing. • "The best comic I've ever written. Called Young Avengers #13." - Kieron Gillen. 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!

Everyone at Major Spoilers is taking a little time off this week to spend time with family, friends, and fans, so we thought we'd take this moment to share what we are thankful for this year. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

You've had your chance to watch Day of the Doctor (or if you haven't, why not?), and it is time for Matthew and Stephen to go into so very spoilery territory as they discuss the 50th Anniversary special of Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor." "The Day of the Doctor" is the fiftieth-anniversary episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It is written by Steven Moffat, an executive producer alongside Faith Penhale. It has been described by series producer Marcus Wilson as a "love letter to the fans" and by the controller of BBC One, Danny Cohen, as an "event drama". 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!

We're back for more hijinks in Riverdale as the zombie apocalypse spreads in Afterlife with Archie #2. SPOILER ALERT IS IN EFFECT! AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #2 Writer: Roberto Aguirre Sacasa Artist: Francesco Francavilla, Jack Morelli (CA) Francesco Francavilla Publisher: Archie Comics Cover Price: $2.99 Jughead was the first to fall and rise again as the undead, but he won’t be the last as his appetite for burgers has been replaced by human flesh-and no one is safe! Who will make it out of Riverdale alive and who will be the next victim of the zombie contagion? You don’t want to miss a second as the horrors continue to multiply in the hit ongoing series Afterlife With Archie. http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/duelingreviewunity.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, Matthew and Stephen explore the dynamic team that makes an impact in Unity #1. Are there spoilers in this episode? You betcha! UNITY #1 Written by MATT KINDT Art & Cover by DOUG BRAITHWAITE (SEP131344) To kill a king…he has created an army. The world’s most dangerous man, Toyo Harada, has been struck by the one thing he never thought possible – fear. Halfway across the globe, a new power threatens to topple modern civilization and, to preempt the cataclysm that is to come, Harada will unite the most unforgiving team the world has ever known – UNITY. Their mission: defeat the threat responsible for the destruction of MI-6, the decimation of an alien world, and the occupation of Eastern Europe… Unseat the warrior king armed with the universe’s most powerful weapon… Kill X-O Manowar! 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 have issues with the first issue of Amazing X-Men #1. Can you guess what they are? AMAZING X-MEN #1 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Ed McGuinness, Dexter Vines Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: An AMAZING new era for the X-Men starts here! Ever since his Nightcrawler’s death in X-MEN MESSIAH COMPLEX, the X-Men have been without their heart and soul. After learning that their friend may not be gone after all, it’s up to WOLVERINE, STORM, BEAST, ICEMAN, NORTHSTAR and FIRESTAR to find and bring back the fan favorite fuzzy blue elf! Super star artist ED MCGUINNESS (HULK) joins master X-Writer JASON AARON (WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN, X-MEN: SCHISM) to bring you the most exciting comic on the stands! 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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This week Stephen and Matthew have the pleasure of examining the return of Archie Comics' Red Circle hero, The Fox, back to comic book pages. THE FOX #1 Writers: Mark Waid, Dean Haspiel Artist: Dean Haspiel Publisher: Archie Comics NEW RED CIRCLE SERIES! From the world of the New Crusaders, comes the FANTASTIC debut of the high-flying FOX! Emmy Award winning writer/artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, HBO’s Bored to Death) and Eisner Award winning writer Mark Waid (Daredevil, Thrillbent) bring the legendary, pulp-style hero The Fox to life in “Freak Magnet, Part One: The True Face of MyFace”! When photojournalist Paul Patton, Jr. donned a super hero costume, he thought it would be a quick way to make some news—now the strange and unusual just can’t help but be drawn to the freak-magnetism of the fabulous fighting FOX! While working on a puff-piece at the Red Circle Gazette, an evil truth about social media mogul Lucy Fur is discovered, bringing Paul face-to-face with a criminal kingpin! Get in on the grou

Samurai Jack is back! IDW Publishing released Samurai Jack #1 this week, and Matthew and Stephen (who promises he's not drunk) examine the issue in detail. SAMURAI JACK #1 Writer: Jim Zub Artist: Andy Suriano Publisher: IDW Publishing Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: Cartoon Network’s hit animated series is back at IDW! The legendary samurai known only as ‘Jack’ is stranded in a strange future ruled by the demonic wizard, Aku. His quest to return back to the past has tested him many times, but now the stakes are higher than ever. Can an ancient relic known as the Rope of Eons finally take him home? Writer Jim Zub (Skullkickers, Street Fighter) and artist Andy Suriano (Character Designer on the originalSamurai Jack TV series)begin a new era of samurai adventure! 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!

Hawkeye, you've been gone too long... Matthew and Stephen sit down to review Hawkeye #13 to see if it still packs the same punch it did when issue 12 arrived back in July. HAWKEYE #13 Writer: Matt Fraction Artist: David Aja Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $2.99 Fraction and Aja continue the surprise comic hit of the century!After a lifetime of decisions both good and bad, Clint and Barney Barton have to realize they are brothers and ultimately, they're the only ones who can save one another. I mean if they don't kill each other first.Good luck with that, Barton brothers. 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!