Dueling Review

We've got hyphens and capital letters in the right place, and we're about to find out how amazing Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #1 is… or isn't… in our ever friendly discussion. 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! Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #1 SPIDER-MAN RETURNS TO THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD! The webslinging, wallcrawling wonder returns to New York City in the all-new PETER PARKER: THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN. A companion series to the best-selling Amazing Spider-Man series, Peter Parker is going back-to-basics for big heroics in the Big Apple. Featuring adversaries old and new, be there as Spider-Man returns to his friendly neighborhood for his never ending battle against crime and the dreaded "Parker Luck".

We made a wrong turn in Albuquerque and ended up in the 31st century. Guess we should see what the Legion of Super-Heroes and Bugs Bunny are up to. 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! LEGION OF SUPER HEROES BUGS BUNNY SPECIAL #1 The Legion of Super-Heroes always thought they had taken their inspiration from the 21st Century's Superboy. But when they try to bring that hero into their future time, the team discovers to their surprise the caped champion isn't who—or even what—they expected! And the bonus Looney Tunes backup story features DC characters with story and art by Juan Ortiz!

The Flying She-Devils are in deep trouble! Mad Jack is on their tail, and Matthew and Stephen are reviewing their latest in Real Science Adventures: Flying She-Devils #3. 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! REAL SCIENCE ADVENTURES FLYING SHE-DEVILS #3 Horsefeathers! Those pirates of Mad Jack's have cornered the Flying She-Devils! How are they gonna get out of this one? Gee-willickers! Meanwhile, will the Sparrow save the day for the Allies? I hope so!

Matthew and Stephen go to a place they've never gone before… the world of Blood Bowl in Blood Bowl: More Guts More Glory #1. 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! BLOOD BOWL MORE GUTS MORE GLORY #1 (W) Nick Kyme (A) Jack Jadson, Nelson Pereira, Sandro Ribeiro The most vicious and dangerous fantasy football tournament you will ever encounter! Dive into the action as a rag-tag team of humans, the Hochland Harbingers, attempt to claw their way to the top of the Blood Bowl league! Can Dreng Sturmblud, a former star player who has crashed to rock-bottom, help the Harbingers fend off the terrifying opposition?! Bone-crunching sports action in the fantasy world of Warhammer, written by Nick Kyme (Warhammer 40,000) with art by Jack Jadson (Teen Titans, Birds of Prey) brand-new edition of the board game has been a runaway success - adding to the game's global appeal and huge fanbase!

Double-O Podcasters, Stephen and Matthew, take a look at James Bond: Service Special in this week's Dueling Review. Will it be shaken, or stirred? 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! JAMES BOND: SERVICE SPECIAL Writer: Kieron Gillen Art: Antonio Fuso In contemporary politics, where Britain's world standing is often more zero than 007, an assassin plans to exterminate the "special relationship," and lead Britain and the United States into a very dark place…especially when he does so by aiming down the sights of an ancient Enfield rifle! It'll test Bond's deadly talents to their limits, in order to defeat the assassin and avert certain geopolitical disaster…

Stephen and Matthew travel to the Mirror Universe this week to check out what kind of evil Jean Luc Picard and crew are up to in Star Trek TNG: Mirror Broken #1 from IDW Publishing. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! STAR TREK TNG MIRROR BROKEN #1 The Star Trek mini-series event of the year kicks off! Captain Jean-Luc Picard will stop at nothing to get his hands on the Empire’s newest warship, the ISS Enterprise, be it lies, deception…or murder. With enemies and allies around every corner, Picard’s quest to help the Enterprise and restore the Empire to glory will not be an easy one. Good thing he has a crew onboard who will also stop at nothing to ensure total victory — at any cost.

Future Quest #12 wraps up the first story arc for our heroes. Will they be able to save the day, or will the monstrosity devour the Earth? 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! FUTURE QUEST #12 Written by: Jeff Parker Art by: Evan "Doc" Shaner Cover Price: $3.99 The most daring heroes and greatest minds of Earth and a distant solar system make their last stand against the World Ender. How can we survive when other more advanced worlds have fallen? Get ready for the cosmic finale that shapes the Hanna-Barbera action adventure universe forever!

Will Reggie ever learn, or will he simply remain The Worst? We discuss the fate of Vader in this week's Reggie and Me #5 from Archie Comics. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! REGGIE AND ME #5 Script: Tom DeFalco Art: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Jack Morelli Cover: Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick Variant Covers: Shawn McManus, Jim Towe 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S. Forced to face the consequences of his recent actions, Reggie also confronts his most painful crisis as we learn Vader’s fate. Plus: Big Moose lashes back! Midge makes a startling revelation! Betty makes a daring move and Archie gathers the gang for a climax you won’t want to miss!

Stephen geeks out a little too hard in this week's Dueling Review as he and Matthew take a look at Batman/The Shadow #1 from DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! BATMAN/THE SHADOW #1 Written by: Steve Orlando, Scott Snyder Art by: Riley Rossmo U.S. Price: $3.99 Two of history’s greatest vigilantes are reunited at last! Murder has come to Gotham City, and Lamont Cranston appears to be the culprit…but he’s been dead for over fifty years! Batman will go to the ends of the Earth to unravel the mystery of Cranston’s life, but the mysterious Shadow will do everything in his power to stop him from learning too much… The superstar team of writers Scott Snyder and Steve Orlando and artist Riley Rossmo brings you a dark and twisty modern noir like nothing you’ve seen before, with a brand-new villain unlike any either hero has faced! This is the unmissable crime series of 2017, so get on board now! Co-published with Dynamite.

There is a secret empire that you know nothing about… but this week, Matthew and Stephen crack the cover of Secret Empire #0 from Marvel Comics, and are surprised by what they find. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! Secret Empire #0 Writer: Nick Spencer Artist: Daniel Acuna The Marvel Universe is under siege from within! Captain America, secretly a true believer in the cause of Hydra, has turned his back on the Super Hero community. Using the trust and respect he has gained over the years he has ascended to a position where he can enacts Hydra's ideals. The death of Jack Flag, the trial of Maria Hill, the second Civil War, the alien Chitauri Queen. All of the dominos of Captain America's plan have been laid out – and it will take only the slightest push to set them into action! Now, the Avengers, the Champions, the Defenders, the Guardians of the Galaxy, the X-Men and more will be tested. As Hydra's grip tightens around the Marvel Universe, the heroes stand at the precipice of an unprecedented challenge. How will they Marvel Universe cope with this shattering betrayal by the most trusted among them?