Dueling Review

Who is the traitor inside Team Flash? All is revealed in this week's Flash #20 from DC 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! FLASH #20 Writer: Joshua Williamson Artist: Neil Googe Publisher: DC Comics The dangerous scientists of Black Hole have been stealing the bodies of dead speedsters, prompting Iris West and The Flash to go deep undercover among them! And in doing so, they discover a shocking secret: a traitor within The Flash’s inner circle!

One evening as the sun went down, podcasters came a talkin'. And they came to some thoughts they'd like to share about (big) Rock Candy Mountain #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! ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN #1 Writer/Artist: Kyle Starks Publisher: Image Comics SERIES PREMIERE Eisner-nominated comic creator, KYLE STARKS (SEXCASTLE), would like to invite you to enter the magical world of hobos. The world’s toughest hobo is searching through post-World War II America for the mythological Rock Candy Mountain, and he's going to have to fight his way to get there. Lots of hobo fights. So many hobo fights. A new action-comedy series full of high action, epic stakes, magic, friendships, trains, punching, kicking, joking, a ton of hobo nonsense, and the Literal Devil. Yeah. The Literal Devil.

Lobster Johnson is back and he's taking on g-g-g-ghost pirates! It's Lobster Johnson Pirate's Ghost #1 on this week's Dueling Review. 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! LOBSTER JOHNSON PIRATES GHOST #1 Writers: John Arcudi, Mike Mignola Artist: Tonci Zonjic Publisher: Dark Horse Comics The New York Harbor Patrol are in over their heads when a ghostly pirate ship appears on the Hudson River, and the Lobster's hunt for a major mob boss may have something to do with it.

Iron Fist #1 roars into to comic shops this week, but is it really a roar, or merely a whimper? Find out as we take a look at Iron Fist #1 from Marvel 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! Iron Fist #1 Writer: Ed Brisson Artist: Mike Perkins THE GAUNTLET STARTS HERE! K'un Lun is in ruins. The chi fueling Danny's fists is wavering. Is there a future for the Iron Fist? Danny Rand pushes himself to the breaking point, finding fights to prove his worth. But a bigger fight than he can handle may have found him…

It's Adventure Time! Comics! #9! And we are reviewing it on this episode of Dueling Review! 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! Adventure Time Comics #9 Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios Writers: Rii Abrego, Zachary Clemente, Cat Seaton, Jenna Ayoub Artists: Rii Abrego, Cole Ott, Kit Seaton, Jenna Ayoub Price: $3.99 In this issue’s short stories, Choose Goose is the worst, Princess Bubblegum just wants to have a nice picnic, and Ooo is definitely a weird place.

She eats nuts and kicks butts!? But how do Matthew and Stephen really feel about The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #18 from Marvel? 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! The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #18 Writer: Ryan North Artist: Erica Henderson Squirrel Girl has met a mysterious benefactor who has given her a flying squirrel suit that's definitely reliable and trustworthy! All is fine in the world, yes? You may be saying "yes, of course, and it certainly sounds like this is going to be a refreshingly calm and event-free issue of my favorite talking squirrel comic," but if you'll recall what the last few pages of our previous issue dramatically revealed, you'll remember that, no, we're actually all in a lot of trouble! Squirrel Girl is being manipulated by someone whose motivations nobody knows; Nancy is struggling with a challenging programming problem off-panel (which is why you didn't see it in the last issue, but don't worry, she'll figure it out); AND a chicken named Alfredo is in a high-stakes battle for his very life! Gasp at a secret invasion of character motivations! Thrill at a chaos war of emotions! Boggle as monsters truly get unleashed and Doreen's fate hangs in the balance! Squirrels and girls and punching, oh my!

THE RAT QUEENS ARE BACK YOU GUYS! But what is going on? Find out in this week's Dueling Review podcast? 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! RAT QUEENS #1 Writer: Kurtis J Wiebe Artust: Owen Gieni “CAT KINGS AND OTHER GARYS,” Part One. The Rat Queens are back! Betty, Violet, Dee, Braga, and Hannah return! Palisade is still a rat-infested troll’s ass, and everyone still hates Gary. It’s been a while since the Queens have done a good slaughter, so join them as they get back to the basics of killing monsters and drinking away the profits!

It's a mummy! And vampires! And a woman in a steampunk hat and corset in 1845? Things get interesting as we debate Grimm Fairy Tales: Van Helsing vs. The Mummy of Amun Ra #2 from Zenescope Entertainment. 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! GFT VAN HELSING VS THE MUMMY OF AMUN RA #2 Writer: Joe Brusha Artist: Marc Rosete When an old foe rises in modern times, Liesel Van Helsing must look to her past to see how she can fight this deadly adversary. The Mummy of Amun-Ra has returned, and even those who brought her out of her centuries-long slumber will not be able to contain her power!

The Super Sons are back, and this time, they aren't a computer simulation! Listen in as we review Super Sons #1 from DC 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! SUPER SONS #1 Written by: Peter J. Tomasi Art by: Jorge Jimenez The sons of Batman and Superman have graduated to their own monthly comic—but if they want to survive, they’re going to have to share it! This debut issue looks at the lives of Robin and Superboy and their destiny to follow in their fathers’ footsteps, while we meet a new villain whose ascension parallels the boys’ own understanding of their powers—except that he believes it’s his right to rule over every being on the planet!

What happens when heroes stop getting serious, and seriously get it on? This week, we jump between the pages of Empowered: Soldier of Love #1 from Dark Horse 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! EMPOWERED SOLDIER OF LOVE #1 Writer: Adam Warren Artist: Karla Diaz Love is tearing apart costumed crimefighter Empowered’s city, as the unearthly powers of an embittered “International Magical Girl of Mystery” covertly inflame the superheroic community’s burning passions. But even if a befuddled Emp can puzzle out her shadowy foe’s schemes, can she hope to prevail against the Soldier of Love?