Dueling Review

The Final Issue of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl! We break it down, and talk about what works and doesn’t work.

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UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #50

Writer: Ryan North

Artist: Derek Charm

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

FINAL ISSUE!

• This is it! After 58 issues (comics numbering is, dare we say: nuts), an OGN and a whole bunch of both eating nuts AND kicking butts, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl reaches its 50th and final issue!

• When we say “The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl’s final issue” though, we mean the *comic book*, not the character. Doreen Green will be fine! She’s fine!

• …OR IS SHE? Because in our previous issue it really seemed like things WEREN’T fine and since it’s our last issue maybe we’re feeling that since anything COULD happen then anything SHOULD happen!

• There’s only one way to find out, and you’re looking at a solicit text for it!

• Friendship, explosions, and friendships forged during explosions: it all comes down to this!

Rated T

The Legion of Super-Heroes are back (for real this time), and we are breaking down the first issue, to share what we liked, and what we didn’t like about Legion of Super-Heroes #1 from DC Comics.

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LEGON OF SUPER-HEROES #1

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Artist: Ryan Sook

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

Welcome to the 31st century! Inspired by the acts of and lessons learned from the greatest heroes of all time, the Legion of Super-Heroes have gathered together to stop a galaxy from repeating its past mistakes. The greatest lineup of heroes in comic book history returns with new, fresh, and reader-friendly stories!

Eisner Award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis reteams with master artist Ryan Sook (Action Comics) for one of the most ambitious mainstream comic books ever created! Why have the Legion of Super-Heroes broken the cardinal rule of the United Planets and inducted Jon Kent, a.k.a. Superboy, into the Legion? What are they hiding? And what does it have to do with Aquaman’s long-lost trident?

What is in the basket, and why is this horror filled comic landing at the perfect time of year? Find out as we take a look at Basketful of Heads #1 from DC Comics.

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BASKETFUL OF HEADS #1

Writer: Joe Hill

Artist: Leomacs

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

SOLICITATION: The rain lashes the grassy dunes of Brody Island, and seagulls scream above the bay. A slender figure in a raincoat carries a large wicker basket, which looks like it might be full of melons… covered by a bloodstained scrap of the American flag. This is the story of June Branch, a young woman trapped with four cunning criminals who have snatched her boyfriend for deranged reasons of their own. Now she must fight for her life with the help of an impossible 8th-century Viking axe that can pass through a man’s neck in a single swipe-and leave the severed head still conscious and capable of supernatural speech. Each disembodied head has a malevolent story of its own to tell, and it isn’t long before June finds herself in a desperate struggle to hack through their lies and manipulations… racing to save the man she loves before time runs out. Plus, in the premiere chapter of the backup story “Sea Dogs,” which sails across all the Hill House Comics titles!

Oh Yeah… Time to get it on… in SPAAAAAACE!

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MONEY SHOT #1

Writer: Tim Seeley & Sarah Beattie

Artist: Rebekah Isaacs

Colorists: Kurt Michael Russell

Letterer: Crank!

Designer: Tim Daniel

On Sale: 10/23/2019

In the near future, space travel is ludicrously expensive and largely ignored. Enter Christine Ocampos, inventor of the Star Shot teleportation device. Her big idea: She’ll travel to new worlds, engage-intimately-with local aliens, and film her exploits for a jaded earth populace trying to find something new on the internet. Now, Chris and her merry band of scientist-cum-pornstars explore the universe, each other, and the complexities of sex in MONEY SHOT! A story about scientists having sex with aliens for the glory of mankind-and money.

Everyone’s favorite robits return this week in DC Comics’s Metal Men #1.

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METAL MEN #1

Writer: Dan DiDio

Artist: Michelle Delecki

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 16, 2019

The Metal Men are back! And back and back and back again, as we take a deep look into Doc Magnus’ lab as he experiments with what it means to be sentient. Meanwhile, a mysterious liquid Nth metal has appeared in the science site at Challengers Mountain that appears to have come through from the Dark Multiverse…

SWEEP THE LEG! SWEEP THE LEG! Actions have consequences as we find out in Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues #1 from IDW Publishing.

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COBRA KAI: THE KARATE KID STORY CONTINUES #1

Writer: Denton J. Tipton

Artist: Kagan McLeod

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 9, 2019

“JOHNNY’S STORY,” Part 1. See The Karate Kid in a whole new light in this retelling through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence, two-time All Valley Tournament Champion. When the new kid makes moves on the girl that broke Johnny’s heart, he vows to settle the score and win back her love. Or so goes the story Sensei Lawrence tells his students nearly 35 years later. Written by Denton J. Tipton (X-Files) and illustrated by Kagan McLeod (Infinite Kung Fu). Based on the hit YouTube Original series Cobra Kai!

* The classic Karate Kid movie story told for the first time from Johnny Lawrence’s POV!

* Each issue features exciting variant cover art with photos of the cast and other iconic images!

* Story by Denton J. Tipton sure to please Cobra Kai and Karate Kid fans old and new alike!

* Illustrated by Kagan McLeod of Infinite Kung Fu fame!

WATCH THE SKIES! What happens when something strange crashes in East Berlin? It’s gonna get creepy as we review Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1 from BOOM! Studios.

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STRANGE SKIES OVER EAST BERLIN #!

Writer: Jeff Loveness

Artist: Lisandro Estherren

Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: October 2, 2019

MANKIND MADE IT TO SPACE. AND NOW SPACE HAS FOLLOWED THEM BACK.

* Herring is a disillusioned American spy stationed on the eastern side of the Berlin Wall, struggling with his role in a Cold War that seems to have no end. But when he’s sent on a mission behind enemy lines to infiltrate East German intelligence, he soon learns the Soviets have a secret weapon that could change the tides of the conflict: an alien monster that they don’t understand, and can’t control.

* The Soviets are about to learn that they ‘re not in charge of the monster it’s already in their minds and has twisted them to their will. Now now Herring must find a way to understand the impossible before it transforms him into a monster unlike any other.

* Writer Jeff Loveness ( Judas ) and Lisandro Estherren ( Redneck ) team up for a story in the spirit of Cold War classics, for fans of period piece science fiction as well as alien action such as Barrier.

The origin story you didn’t know you wanted! Right? Riiiiiight? This week we take a look at Harleen #1 from DC Comics.

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HARLEEN #1

Writer/Artist: Stejpan Sejic

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $7.99

Release Date: September 25, 2019

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions. On that road I saw a pale man, and he smiled at me…” Dr. Harleen Quinzel has discovered a revolutionary cure for the madness of Gotham City-she just needs to prove it actually works. But with the criminal justice and mental health establishments united against her, the brilliant young psychologist must take drastic measures to save Gotham from itself. Witness Harleen’s first steps on a doomed quest that will give birth to the legendary super-villain Harley Quinn in this stunning reimagining of Harley and The Joker’s twisted and tragic love affair by visionary storyteller Stjepan Sejic (AQUAMAN: UNDERWORLD, SUICIDE SQUAD, Sunstone).

COBRA has taken over! What will G.I. JOE do to free America? You won’t believe what happens in the first five pages of the issue!

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G.I. JOE #1

Writer: Paul Allor

Artist: Chris Evenhuis

Publisher: IDW Publisher

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: September 18, 2019

Tyranny is on the rise as Cobra topples governments and spreads its ruthless power across the globe. In these trying times, desperate measures are taken. The new G.I. Joe program recruits civilian spies and saboteurs: ordinary people, living in occupied territories, who will put their lives on the line to strike back through clandestine but high-impact missions. Join these new recruits as they resist Cobra control, fight to make a better world for all, and find out just what they are capable of.

She walks in the light, kills the vampires, and just wants a part in an upcoming burlesque show. So why does everyone want to kill Chastity?

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CHASTITY #1

Writer: Leah Williams

Artist: Daniel Maine

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

Cover Price: $3.99

Release Date: September 11, 2019

Chastity Jack has been kidnapped, to the great misfortune of her kidnappers. She, along with a dozen other young women, arrive at an audition for a prestigious New York City burlesque act hoping to land a coveted spot in the popular show. When they wake up in chains on a spooky cruise ship in the middle of nowhere, they’re congratulated on joining the cast. Realizing they’ve been drugged and kidnapped by human traffickers, Chastity Jack declines the offer. Grindhouse-style.