Dueling Review

Who Watches the Watcher!? Matthew and Stephen find out as they take a look at Original Sin #0 from Marvel Comics. Original Sin (2014) Published: April 23, 2014 Rating: Rated T+ Writer: Mark Waid Cover Artist: Jim Cheung IT’S THE PROLOGUE TO THE BIGGEST MARVEL SERIES OF THE SUMMER! WHO IS THE WATCHER? That’s what Nova is wondering after his latest brush with the moon-dwelling enigma he’s encountered before! But what he discovers will have a profound effect on the young hero, as well as priming the pump for the most cataclysmic event in Marvel history! WHAT DID HE SEE? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week, Matthew and Stephen look through the aperture of Shutter #1 and give their thoughts on the title. SHUTTER #1 STORY: JOE KEATINGE ART / COVER A: LEILA DEL DUCA COVER B: DUSTIN WEAVER COVER C: BRANDON GRAHAM COVER D: EMMA RÍOS INDIANA JONES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY! Marvel Knights: Hulk and GLORY writer JOE KEATINGE teams up with artist extraordinaire LEILA DEL DUCA for her Image Comics debut in an all-new ongoing series combining the urban fantasy of Fables and the globe-spanning adventure of Y: The Last Man. Kate Kristopher, once the most famous explorer of an Earth far more fantastic than the one we know, is forced to return to the adventurous life she left behind when a family secret threatens to destroy everything she spent her life protecting. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

As we await Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1, the final chapter of Ultimate Spider-Man is here! Matthew and Stephen sit down to discuss what worked, and what didn’t in Ultimate Spider-Man #200. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN 200 (2011) #200 Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Cover Artist: Mark Bagley Publisher: Marvel Cover Price: $4.99 The world mourns on the anniversary of Peter Parker’s death • A gathering of Spidey’s friends and foes reveal some shocking truths about Peter and his world • One of the biggest surprise endings of the year! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week, pretend time becomes real time for a bunch of actors in Bryan Hitch’s Real Heroes #1 from Image Comics. REAL HEROES #1 Writer: Bryan Hitch Artist: Bryan Hitch Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 They are the six most famous actors in the world and together they play The Olympians, the biggest superhero movie franchise in history. Would you ask them to save the world? They may be our only hope… Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

The new season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has arrived from Dark Horse Comics, and Matthew and Stephen share their thoughts and reactions to the book. BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 10 #1 Writer: Christos Gage Artist: Rebekah Isaacs Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.50 New season. New rules. The age-old battle of Slayer vs. vampire is the focus of Buffy’s life once again—it’s downright nostalgic! But with all the toying with magic she’s done lately, this girl should know it’s time for another game change . . . Shouldn’t she? http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/duelingNightwing298.mp3 Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

Matthew and Stephen are back, Jack! This week the duo take a gander at Nightwing #29 and discuss the issue of why every book is someone’s first book. NIGHTWING #29 Writer: Kyle Higgins Artist: Russell Dauterman Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 SOLICITATION: With Nightwing questioning his purpose, will he be able to stop Mr. Zsasz’s relentless rampage through Chicago? Don’t miss this epic story that ties into the events of FOREVER EVIL! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

There’s a new Tomb Raider series out from Dark Horse Comics. It’s written by Gail Simone, and that means Stephen and Matthew HAVE to review it. TOMB RAIDER #1 Writer: Gail Simone Artist: Nicolas Daniel Selma, Juan Gedeon Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.50 Superstar writer Gail Simone picks up Lara Croft’s story where the smash hit Tomb Raider game left off—in a new ongoing comics series! Following the game acclaimed for its bold and sophisticated new vision, this series launches Lara Croft on the formative adventures that will change her life forever! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

Matthew and Stephen let their rage fly over Supergirl #28, but is it enough to get them the coveted red ring of hate? Find out in this Dueling Review of Supergirl #28. SUPERGIRL #28 Writer: Tony Bedard Artist: Yildiray Cinar Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 A RED LANTERN RING is coming to get Kara — and it will change her forever! No lie! Not an imaginary story! It’s really going to happen! “Red Daughter of Krypton” starts here! http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/duelingreviewsTheFuse.mp3 * Direct Download * Subscribe via iTunes * RSS Feed * Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! * Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed * Listen to Dueling Review on Stitcher * Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week Matthew and Stephen travel to the far future that looks and feels a lot like 1982. There’s someone killing cablers on The Fuse, and your dynamic duo crack open the first issue to see what happens next! THE FUSE #1 Writer: Antony Johnston Artist: Justin Greenwood Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.50 “THE RUSSIA SHIFT,” Part One Working homicide 22,000 miles up on an orbiting energy platform, in a five-mile-long jury-rigged steel city stuffed with a half million people, with no help from your so-called colleagues back on Earth, is more than tough…it’s murder! Cynical, foul-mouthed veteran ANTONY JOHNSTON (UMBRAL, Wasteland, Daredevil) gets partnered with fresh-faced idealist JUSTIN GREENWOOD (Wasteland, Resurrection) for a new crime series with attitude! Murder, mayhem, and mystery—22,000 miles straight up. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!

This week, Matthew and Stephen take a crack at Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster #1 from Dark Horse Comics, and they talk wrasslin’, comic book collections, and old comic shops! LOBSTER JOHNSON: GET THE LOBSTER #1 Writer: Mike Mignola, John Arcudi Artist: Tonci Zonjic Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 A Manhattan sporting event goes terribly wrong as the ref is killed in front of a live audience by two crazed—and seemingly bulletproof—wrestlers. Who is behind this new reign of terror? Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future!