Dueling Review

Brian Michael Bendis is winding down his run on Jessica Jones, and the Purple Man is back. But Matthew HATES the Purple Man!? What will that mean for this installment of Dueling Review?

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JESSICA JONES #16

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Artist: Michael Gaydos

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

RETURN OF THE PURPLE MAN PART 4 Never in the history of Marvel Comics has a horror so true and all-encompassing found its way to the door of one of our heroes. How can Jessica Jones and family survive the return of the Purple Man?

Jughead is a werewolf, and Betty and Archie are hunting him down. Will Jughead the Hunger #3 rip our hearts out, or will it rub our tummies and tell us to rollover.

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JUGHEAD THE HUNGER #3

Writer: Frank Tieri

Artist: Pat Kennedy, Tim Kennedy

Publisher: Archie Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

This is it-the confrontation you’ve been waiting for! Werewolf Jug vs Werewolf Hunter Betty Round 2! The last one ended in a draw-this one may end one of their lives!

Will our discussion about space otter cloud our judgment of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Hera from IDW Publishing?

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STAR WARS: Forces of Destiny - Hera

Writer: Devin Grayson

Artist: Eva Widermann

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Cover Price: $3.99

Star Wars Adventures has joined the festivities with an exciting weekly series of comic books that explores all corners of the Star Wars universe, showing how choices both big and small ultimately shape the destinies of beloved characters, such as Princess Leia, Rey, Padme, Ahsoka, and Hera along with your soon-to-be favorites from The Last Jedi, Rose and Paige!

You’ve seen the fate of Hawkeye in Old Man Logan, now find out what happened before he lost his eyesight in Old Man Hawkeye #1!

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OLD MAN HAWKEYE #1

Writer: Ethan Sacks

Artist: Marco Checchetto

Publisher: Marvel

Cover Price: $3.99

The super heroes have fallen. The country has been divided into territories controlled by super villains. Among the wastelands lives CLINT BARTON – one of the few Avengers to survive. But it’s been 45 years, and he’s no Avenger. Trying to eke out a living anyway he can, the former HAWKEYE is confronted with a startling discovery: the sharpshooter is going blind. With time running short, Clint realizes there’s one last thing he wants to see: revenge for his fallen comrades-in-arms. Rising-star writer ETHAN SACKS and superstar artist MARCO CHECCHETTO take you back to the Wastelands in a story set five years before the original classic OLD MAN LOGAN.

Villains are starting to come out during the day! Everyone knows Batman only comes out at night, which means it is time for a brand new hero to shine a light on the situation.

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BATMAN AND THE SIGNAL #1

Writer: Scott Snyder, Tony Patrick

Artist: Cully Hamner

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

Batman may own the night, but with new villains emerging during the day, he needs an ally to defend the city when he can’t. Only one teen is up to the challenge; Duke Thomas. After months of training, he’s ready to step out of the shadow of the Bat to become his own kind of hero. Meet Gotham City’s newest protector: the Signal! Spinning out of adventures in ALL-STAR BATMAN and WE ARE ROBIN, comics superstar Scott Snyder and newcomer Tony Patrick take our young hero to new heights in this exciting miniseries with artwork by Cully Hamner.

Another dimension, another dimension - the Doomsday Clock enters another dimension! Who liked it, and who didn’t? Find out as we examine DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock #2 in this week’s Dueling Review.

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DOOMSDAY CLOCK #2

Writer: Geoff Johns

Aritst: Gary Frank

Publisher: DC Comics

Cover Price: $4.99

In this second chapter: The Dark Knight discovers another relic from the Watchmen world. Lex Luthor pays a devil’s bargain. And killer clowns trek through Gotham seeking a madman.

Saint Nicholas brings good boys and girls gifts. The Krampus puts them in bags and beats them with sticks. What does Helloby bring to the party? We’re about to find out in Hellboy: Krampusnacht #1 from Dark Horse Comics.

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HELLBOY KRAMPUSNACHT #1

Writer: Mike Mignola

Artist: Adam Hughes

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

The only thing more exciting than pitting Hellboy against this Satanic spin on Santa is the team-up of Mike Mignola and Adam Hughes.

Wilson Fisk is the Mayor!? Has anyone told Daredevil about this? Oh, maybe that is why Daredevil is on the run from the police…

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DAREDEVIL #596

Writer: Charles Soule

Penciler: Stefano Landini

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

MAYOR FISK Part 2! Newly elected Mayor Wilson Fisk has declared Daredevil Public Enemy No. 1. Now, every bit of law enforcement in New York City is out to take him down, and the Man Without Fear has nowhere to hide – while Matt Murdock receives the most incredible offer of his legal career.

The Sorcerer Supreme is… Loki? What will Stephen Strange do next? And who is that mysterious stranger on top of the mountain? Find out in this Dueling Review of Doctor Strange #382.

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Doctor Strange #382

Writer: Donny Clay Cates

Penciler: Gabriel Hernandez Walta

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Cover Price: $3.99

Loki continues to protect the world from magical threats, but… That can’t be all that he’s after, can it? Stephen Strange certainly doesn’t trust the God of Lies and Mischief. The play that Strange makes at the end of this issue will shake the Marvel U to its core!

What did you do, Bruce Wainwright? WHAT DID YOU DO!? Let’s find out and discuss the implications of this week’s Batman: Creature of the Night #1.

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BATMAN CREATURE OF THE NIGHT #1

Writer: Kurt Busiek

Artist: John Paul Leon

Young Bruce Wainwright lost his parents in a violent crime…and in the real world, no superheroes exist to save the day. But as grief and rage builds inside Bruce until he feels he can’t keep it inside anymore, something strange starts taking wing in the Gotham night! Perhaps Bruce’s grief isn’t inside him after all?