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What mysteries will we find in Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #1 from Titan Comics?

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Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #1

Unappreciated at her father’s detective agency, the fabulous rabbit-loving Minky Woodcock straps on her gumshoes in order to uncover a magical mystery involving the world-famous escape artist, Harry Houdini!

What is better than three Time Lords getting together to solve a problem? How about thirteen Time Lords!? This week, we take a look at Doctor Who Lost Dimension Omega #1.

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DOCTOR WHO LOST DIMENSION OMEGA #1

Writers: George Mann, Cavan Scott

Artist: Mariano Laclaustra

Publisher: Titan Comics

The thrilling conclusion to this year’s event! As the universe slips away into the void, the Doctors are brought together to face a foe as colossal as it is unlikely!

The rules of time and space, cause and effect, break down completely, and the Doctor is all that stands between Earth and annihilation!

In this episode of The Legion Clubhouse, the boys go crazy, and Ultra Boy becomes a space pirate.

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Adventure Comics #316

The Renegade Super-Hero!

January 1964

w: Edmond Hamilton

a: John Forte

While going through criminal records for one of their current missions, the Legion comes across a record identifying their own member Ultra-Boy as an escaped criminal. Learning that it’s true, the Legion puts it to a vote and Ultra-Boy is expelled from the Legion. Enraged that he’s been expelled, Ultra-Boy tells the Legion that he will now work against them, and flees the planet to escape from them.

The Legion tries to take in Ultra-Boy for his crimes, but each time they track him down, Ultra-Boy is able to evade capture. While fleeing the Legion, Ultra-Boy aids a number of humans who have had their minds placed into alien creatures before resuming his escape from the Legion. When hiding out on the phantom planet, Phantom Girl manages to track him down and warn him of the Legion’s impending arrival, and they are captured by the aliens responsible for the rash of crimes that the Legion was investigating before going after Ultra-Boy.

The aliens, having heard of Ultra-Boy’s expulsion from the Legion’s ranks offer him a chance to join them, and Ultra-Boy aids them in incapacitating the Legion. However, Ultra-Boy suddenly turns on his alien benefactors and captures them and frees the Legion. Ultra-Boy and Cosmic Boy then reveal that the entire episode was a ruse, where they planted evidence making it appear as though Ultra-Boy was a hunted criminal to lure out the real criminals. With the culprits caught, the Legion reinstate Ultra-Boy as one of their members. - via DC Wikia

Adventure Comics #317

The Menace of Dream Girl!

February 1964

w: Edmond Hamilton

a: John Forte

While the Legion of Super-Heroes attempts to figure out what the Time Trapper is up too, they find opposition in the way of a barrier protecting the future era in which he resides, keeping the Legion from monitoring his activities.

In the meantime, the Legion induct a new member, Dream Girl, who is voted in because all of the male members of the Legion become instantly attracted to her and vote her into the Legion. Things start to get suspicious, as Dream Girl ends up entrapping various Legion members on disciplinary actions, leading to their temporary suspension from the Legion.

After taking Ultra-Boy, Bouncing Boy, Shrinking Violet, Lightning Lad, and Lightning Lass to an alien world which causes them to de-age into infants (except for Dream Girl who took a preventative antidote) most of the Legion is on suspension.

However, Dream Girl later reveals to Star Boy, that her power is to see the future through dreams, and the reason she has manipulated events is because she forsaw the Legion being killed in a rocket explosion, and that she did everything she could to prevent the Legion members from dieing. Star Boy then reveals to Dream Girl that what she saw was really a planned rocket flight with robot doubles of the Legion. Afterwards, all is explained and Dream Girl decides to leave the Legion to hone her powers, but not before seeing the other Legion members — restored to their natural ages — and learning that the episode gave Lightning Lass new powers over density, Dream Girl rechristens her Light Lass. - via DC Wikia

Scary things go bump in the night, and this week, IDW Publishing launches Goosebumps: Monsters at Midnight #1.

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GOOSEBUMPS MONSTERS AT MIDNIGHT #1

When Mia and Ginny go to stay at their Grandma’s mothball-filled house for the summer, boredom forces them to venture out into her tiny town. What they find in a dusty used bookstore launches them into an upside-down world of terror!

From a television series in the early 2000s to a comic book today, this week, we take a look at Invader Zim #24 from Oni Press.

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INVADER ZIM #24

(W) Eric Trueheart

(A) Warren Wucinich

The killer virus has a name! Well, not really, but ZIM has the name of the guy who put the virus in GIR in the first place: VIROOZ. He also knows where he lives-Cyberflox, the galaxy’s largest technology flea market! It’ll take all of ZIM’s cunning, intelligence, and subtlety to infiltrate the planet and find VIROOZ, which means ZIM is probably going to fail. Badly. Part three of a four-part story!

Peter Parker is a menace! Down on his luck and sleeping on sofas, we return to the Peter Parker, that someone whined and fussed about until it happened.

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #789

THE FALL OF PARKER Part 1

Down on your luck Peter Parker is back, for good or ill. New York has changed, and so has Peter – but entering a new phase of his Spider-Man life isn’t easy; neither are new relationships OR new foes. Peter Parker is not the Spider-Man you remember, but why is he taking his fight to THE DAILY BUGLE? And what happened to PARKER INDUSTRIES?

We’re reviewing a Batman book, and you know that’s controversial by itself. What happens when The Joker becomes the White Knight?

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BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT #1

In a world where Batman has gone too far, The Joker must save Gotham City.

He’s been called a maniac, a killer and the “Clown Prince of Crime” but “white knight”? Never. Until now…

Set in a world where the Joker is cured of his insanity and homicidal tendencies, The Joker, now known as “Jack,” sets about trying to right his wrongs. First he plans to reconcile with Harley Quinn, and then he’ll try to save the city from the one person who he thinks is truly Gotham City’s greatest villain: Batman!

The Heroes in a Half-Shell are in Dimension X… and Krang is on trial in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #74!

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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #74

“Trial of Krang,” part 2 of 3. The trial begins, and the surviving witnesses are strange and unusual, featuring old friends and uncertain allies. Krang has more tricks up his sleeve though, and the Malignoid swarm threatens to devour all of Dimension X!

Who is Kologoth, and why does he deserve a full issue? Plus, Mojo! It’s all in this week’s review of X-Men Gold #12 from Marvel Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! X-MEN GOLD #12 Writer: Marc Guggenheim Artist: Luke Ross Publisher: Marvel Comics While on a mission to apprehend the latest incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the X-Men discovered a villain amongst their number who was a complete mystery. Little did they know, the alien KOLOGOTH was on a mission of his own! Now, they’re on the verge of discovering Kologoth’s true nature…but will it be too late?

Mr. Oz revealed! But is it who we thought it was all along? And what do we think of this reveal? WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! ACTION COMICS #987 “THE OZ EFFECT” part one! The agents of the mysterious Mr. Oz begin to move as the Man of Steel works to stop the chaos they unleash in Metropolis and across the globe. But when Mr. Oz steps from the shadows his identity rocks the Last Son of Krypton to his core. The story that began in DC Universe: Rebirth #1 begins to end here!