Dueling Review

Dynamite Entertainment continues it’s series of little kids stories with L’il Sonja, and Matthew and Stephen check it out! L’IL SONJA #1 Writer: Jim Zub Artist: Joel Carroll Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: Li’l Sonja is a warrior girl who travels the lands testing her mettle against monsters big and small, a younger pluckier version of the famous She-Devil With a Sword. When Li’l Sonja encounters a town plagued by eccentric bandits, she needs to figure out the pattern behind the thefts and bring the baddies to justice. No task is too tough for our crimson-haired hero. And if that isn’t enough, each Li’l book comes with a two-page activity sheet! 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 group of Invaders in town… well, they are really the old Invaders, but they’re teaming up again for an all new adventure in All-New Invaders #1! ALL-NEW INVADERS #1 Writer: James Robinson Artist: Steve Pugh Publisher: Marvel Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: Eisner Award winner James Robinson (STARMAN, EARTH 2) returns to MARVEL, uniting with Steve Pugh (ANIMAL MAN, HOTWIRE, GEN-X) to create a unique, modern day take on the INVADERS. The KREE EMPIRE intends to conquer the universe using a weapon that will grant them an army of NORSE GODS. It falls to four heroes united by their past—CAPTAIN AMERICA, NAMOR, THE ORIGINAL HUMAN TORCH and the WINTER SOLDIER—who must now face the future and wage war against the Kree to save Earth. 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!

Spinning out of the adventures of Captain Midnight, Stephen and Matthew sit down to read Skyman #1 from Dark Horse Comics. SKYMAN #1 Writer: Joshua Hale Fialkov Artist: Manuel Garcia, Bit Colorsist: Marta Martinez Garcia Cover: Freddie Williams II, Dan Scott Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $2.99 After an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Captain Midnight, a drunken Skyman accidentally kills an innocent man! Needing a new face for their initiative ASAP, the Skyman Program turns to US Air Force Sgt. Eric Reid: a wounded veteran on the ropes, looking for a new lease on life. 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!

Detective Comics is 900 issues old - it’s just too bad DC rebooted the universe and we have to review Detective Comics Volume 2 issue #27. DETECTIVE COMICS #27 Writers: John Layman, Scott Snyder, Paul Dini, Brad Meltzer, Gregg Hurwitz, Peter J. Tomasi Artists: Jason Fabok, Neal Adams, Dustin Nguyen, Guillem March, Bryan Hitch, Sean Murphy Cover: Greg Capullo Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $7.99 DC Entertainment presents this mega-sized issue featuring an all-star roster of Batman creators past and present! Don’t miss a modern-day retelling of The Dark Knight’s origin by the incredible team of writer Brad Meltzer and artist Bryan Hitch! Plus, all-new stories by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy, Peter J. Tomasi and Guillem March, Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen, Gregg Hurwitz and Neal Adams, new art by legendary Batman writer/artist Frank Miller and more! Also in this issue, John Layman and Jason Fabok kick off the new storyline “GOTHTOPIA”! It’s a bright, shiny, happy place where dreams come true…as long as you don’t look at things too closely. 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 another dimension of not only sight and sound, but of mind… their next stop? A dueling review of Twilight Zone #1. TWILIGHT ZONE #1 Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Art: Guiu Vilanova Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 The Twilight Zone, Issue One: Trevor Richmond is a Wall Street investor who embezzled millions and is about to tank the economy. Again. Desperate to avoid the consequences for his actions, he goes to Expedited Services, Inc., which offers to help him disappear and enjoy a life of leisure in a new life. But what exactly is this new life, how much is freedom worth, and what happens to the old life when someone else shows up to claim it? This is the first installment of three interlocking stories that will push the boundaries of The Twilight Zone into new and uncharted territory, a journey that will travel into the past and the future, into murder and revenge and the sunrise of nuclear Armageddon. From J. Michael Straczynski, Hugo-winning creator of Babylon 5, writer for Thor and Changeling and World War Z as well as the 1988 Twilight Zone. 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 sat down to watch the Time of the Doctor and have a few things to say about the final appearance of Matt Smith as The Doctor (that we know of). Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them – the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe. 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!

Way back in the long ago, Dark Horse Comics launched Comics’ Greatest World! One of the characters introduced in that event what Elisa Cameron a.k.a. Ghost. The character has popped up again and again, and this week, Ghost pops up one more time. GHOST #1 Writers: Kelly Sue DeConnick, Chris Sebela Artist: Ryan Sook Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Ghost, the hero trapped between two worlds, fights to protect Chicago from extra dimensional demons disguised as humans. When a familiar stranger destroys an el train, Ghost makes a deal with a devil for the chance to uncover her own mysterious past. The perfect issue to join this action-packed superhero title! 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!<

In the not to distant future… next Sunday A.D. there were two guys named Stephen and Matthew, who reviewed a comic and you’ll want to hear them talk about it in depth because this is Dueling Reviews, and the book this week is Justice League 3000! (Stinger) JUSTICE LEAGUE 3000 #1 Writer: Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis Artist: Howard Porter Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $2.99 The new series starring the heroes of today—tomorrow is resolicited, now with legendary artist Howard Porter (JLA) on board! But what are these heroes doing in the year 3000? And who (or what) brought them there? Get ready for a dose of wonder from the writing team of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis! 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!

Stephen and Matthew sit down to review Marvel’s Young Avengers #13, and one of them has never read the series before… can you guess which one? YOUNG AVENGERS #13 Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Jamie McKelvie Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $2.99 SOLICITATION: • This periodical plans to include an above-industry average amount and standard of drama, conflict (both internal and external), action set-pieces. It will include 20 pages of comic art. It prominently features heroic attempts to save the world and kissing. • “The best comic I’ve ever written. Called Young Avengers #13.” - Kieron Gillen. 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!

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