Dueling Review

This is it! The moment you've been waiting your entire life for! The moment when we review Detective Comics #1061 from DC Comics. NOTE: Dueling Review is going on extended hiatus following this episode. [caption id="attachment_681983" align="alignright" width="228"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] DETECTIVE COMICS #1061 Writer: Mariko Tamaki, Nadia Shammas, Sina Grace Artist: Ivan Reis, David Lapham, Danny Miki Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: June 29, 2022 Cover Price: $4.99 Mommy's home! With Talia al Ghul back in town, anything can happen...and the mother of Robin is here to lay down the law. Meanwhile, the Riddler's scheme to turn Batman's sacred city into a twisted riddle of life and death has at last been revealed...and Edward's going to use whatever and whoever he can to turn Batman's life upside down. Then, in the finale of "Gotham Girl, Interrupted," Claire Clover unravels the mystery behind the Gotham Girl website...so why doesn't she believe what she finds in the process? It's betrayal, healing, and punches galore!

Sonja in the Sengoku period! This week we examine Samurai Sonja #1 from Dynamite 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_680251" align="alignright" width="230"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] Samurai Sonja #1 Writer: Jordan Clark Artist: Pasquale Qualano Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Release Date: June 22, 2022 Cover Price: $3.99 The Sengoku period of Japan: A time of near-constant civil war. Sonja, daughter of a slain samurai, is eager to prove herself worthy of her family's glorious history. But in a desperate moment, Sonja will make an awful deal with a dreaded sea goddess: She will be gifted magical armor and weapons capable of slaying mythical beasts! But if she falls in battle, her bloodline will be erased, her family's name no more.

You have one wish - and only one wish. Make it a good one! 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_679733" align="alignright" width="227"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] EIGHT BILLION GENIES #2 Writer: Charles Soule Artist: Ryan Browne Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: June 29, 2022 Cover Price: $3.99 EIGHT BILLION GENIES have appeared on earth with one wish for everyone on the plalnet. We’ve seen the first eight seconds after the genies arrived, and the first eight minutes—now brace yourself for the first eight hours, when many insane and foolish and wonderful wishes are made, and our heroes (a group of lovely people stuck in a dive bar in Detroit) try to survive the growing wishpocalypse!

Here is an important message about the future of Critical Hit, where we answer the important questions - When is Drifters coming back? What is coming next? Will Rodrigo return as a GM? Join us on our Patreon page and unlock bonus content! http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers Talk about Critical Hit on the Major Spoilers Discord Server https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF

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Maybe you've heard there is a new Thor movie coming out soon, and it features one Jane Foster. This week on the podcast, we are tapping into that synergy with a look at Jane Foster and The Mighty Thor #1 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_678893" align="alignright" width="231"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] JANE FOSTER AND THE MIGHTY THOR #1 (OF 5) TORUNN GRØNBEKK (W) • MICHAEL DOWLING (A) Cover by RYAN STEGMAN Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE Stormbreakers Variant Cover by CARMEN CARNERO Variant Cover by MARTIN COCCOLO When Mjolnir comes crashing through Jane Foster’s apartment window, she fears the worst has happened to Thor. As Asgard’s greatest enemies – including Hela, Ulik the Troll and Enchantress – mount an assault on the Golden Realm, Jane must find Thor and save Asgard – even if that means she must once again risk her life to become Thor herself! 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

We don't normally record the pre-show chat we have with those hanging out in the Discord server, but we did this week. So, enjoy!

What's better than the first best thing ever!? The sequel! This week, we revisit an old topic and share our top five sequels. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at Patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure The Top Five Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends about the podcast, get them to subscribe and, be sure to visit the Major Spoilers site and forums.

We bring back a fan favorite this week - THE GENERAL DISCUSSION SHOW! What will we talk about? Who knows!? What comics have we read? Who knows!? Who will win the Rockford Files trivia challenge!? You will, once you take a listen to this week's episode! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! [su_ookla] [su_signoff]

We talk The Boys, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and more in this week's pre-show http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers

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Episode 539 features the return of Dave Romeo, the owner and operator of Comics on the Green, one of the very best comics shops around! Dave is both a retailer and a fan, so he can talk knowledgably about the business and the creative aspects of the industry. We discuss how his store is doing, his perspective on how Marvel and DC are handling new changes this year, how Image is selling these days as well as related subjects including the store’s 30th anniversary, what comics he’s currently enjoying, and other happenings. Don’t miss it! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patreon member. It will help ensure Wayne's Comics Podcast continues far into the future!

The Dark Lord of the Sith kicks off a new story arc in the pages of Star Wars: Darth Vader #23 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_677972" align="alignright" width="228"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] Star Wars: Darth Vader #23 Writer: Greg Pak Penciler: Raffaele Ienco Publisher: Marvel Comics Release Date: June 1, 2022 Cover Price: $3.99 “THE SHADOW’S SHADOW’S SHADOW” An epic new story begins as DARTH VADER embarks upon a new mission in partnership with a sworn enemy — but who’s leading whom to doom? And what happens when the QUEEN’S SHADOW learns the deepest secret of the Dark Lord of the Sith? Plus: the shocking return of a face from Vader’s most distant past!

Who is the grey-skinned beauty that has awakened after a 1,000 years of sleep? Plus, we finally say goodbye to Princess Projectra. Or do we? In the city of Metropolis, in the 30th Century, there exists one of the most amazing clubs of all time! Its members are teen-aged youths, each possessing on special super-powers! The club members have vowed to use their fantastic power to battle crime... This rocket-shaped building is the Legion Clubhouse! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_677964" align="alignright" width="233"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #287 "Save The Suicide Squad" May 1982 w: Paul Levitz a: Keith Giffen The Espionage Squad encounters... The Khund! ----------- "Prologue To Darkness" May 1982 w: Paul Levitz a: Pat Broderick Is Shadow Lass the next Legionnaire to fall? [caption id="attachment_677965" align="alignright" width="233"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #288 "The Legionnaire's Made For Burning!" June 1982 w: Paul Levitz a: Keith Giffen A mission of mercy to extract captured Legionnaires!

Dan Patriss is back with a look at the latest news in the gaming world. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Munchkin Land continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com NEWS Spiel des Jahres Nominations are out! Marvel Champions Campaign Expansion: Mutant Genesis Q3/4’22 $45 CGE will release Starship Captains--  Nov 22 $60 Ares Games- teased the release of  War of the Ring: the Card Game (not much info yet known) Late ‘22 Plan B/Next Move Announced a special limited edition of Azul-- Azul:Master Chocolatier Same basic game but tiles look like chocolates, and other side of basic player boards will have some new rules/effects Essen ‘22 (No price yet but $35-45? Due to Limited/Special Ed.?) Asmodee along with Level 99 Announced an expansion for Bullet , Bullet Star  June ‘22 $40 Stand alone expansion which can be combined with Bullet Heart The Op will release party game Venn  June ‘22 $25 CROWDFUNDING KICKSTARTER Arcs  Root/Fort/Oath Hacktivity -- Coop Card game Of Mines and Men -- Print and play Roll N Write Anunnaki -- Relaunch 4x/Euro Game by Cranio Deadball --Baseball with Dice GAMEFOUND Blaseball:The Card Game The Castles of Burgundy-Special Edition [su_signoff]

John Carter is back on Earth, but why are there Martians everywhere? We share our thoughts on John Carter of Mars #2 from Dynamite Entertainment on this week's show. 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_677085" align="alignright" width="233"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] John Carter of Mars #2 Writer: Chuck Brown Artist: George Kambadais Covers: Junggeun Yoon (A), Joseph Michael Linsner (B), Jonathan Case (C), George Kambadais (D), Cosplay (E) 32 pages | Science Fiction / Fantasy | $3.99 | Teen+ Lieutenant Fred Hines is no fan of John Carter, and is not afraid to express his disdain. But Hines will help Carter for now, because it is the only way for Hines to be reunited with his family that was transported to Mars. The two men will attempt a desperate theft at a U.S. Army facility, only to learn an awful secret…

You've inherited your great-aunt's cabin in the woods, that no one has been to. What could go wrong? We're about to find out in I Hate This Place #1 from Skybound 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF)< [caption id="attachment_675839" align="alignright" width="228"] You can order this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] I HATE THIS PLACE #1 Writer: Kyle Starks Artist: Artyom Toplin, Lee Loughridge Publisher: Skybound Entertainment Release Date: May 18, 2022 Cover price: $3.99 After inheriting a farm house, Trudy and Gabby are ready to start the next chapter of their lives together…except it’s already home to a mysterious force that’s attracted ghosts, aliens, and all kinds of supernatural beings for decades. Now, Gabby and Trudy must play by the “house rules” in order to survive living among the most frightening creatures on Earth.

This week, we take a look at Blood Syndicate: Season One #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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_674822" align="alignright" width="228"] You can read this issue via our affiliate link[/caption] BLOOD SYNDICATE: SEASON ONE #1 Writer: Geoffrey Thorne Artist: ChrisCross Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: May 10, 2022 Cover Price: $4.99 You asked, and we delivered…the Blood Syndicate is back! Wise Son and Tech-9 have returned from their military tours in Afghanistan—and life in Dakota City could not be more different. While Icon and Rocket have been busy cleaning up the streets, Bang Babies have been forming rival gang factions. With Holocaust’s influence—and super-powered army—growing, who will look out for the people of Paris Island when the capes aren’t watching? What secrets do Wise and Tech hide from their time overseas? As the struggle for power on the chaotic streets spills into war…who will emerge victorious as the new kingpin of Paris Island?

Cliff is deep in it this week in the pages of The Rocketeer: The Great Race #2 from IDW Publishing. 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_674037" align="alignright" width="228"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] The Rocketeer: The Great Race #2 Writer: Stephen Mooney Artist: Stephen Mooney Publisher: IDW Publishing Release Date: May 4, 2022 Cover Pirce: $4.99 Cliff Secord has finally decided to abandon the Rocketeer persona for good and concentrate on making his gal, Betty, proud of him by taking an honest-to-goodness legit gig—piloting an experimental rocket plane in a death-defying race halfway around the world! Cliff must navigate both the route and the myriad ace pilots assembled against him in order to secure one of the most valuable prizes ever offered. If only the competition were as prepared as Cliff to play it straight... Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!  

Looks like Godzilla is ready to beat up a bunch of high school kids... who will form the head now? Find out as we take a look at Godzilla vs. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #2 from IDW Publishing and BOOM! Studios. 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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_673186" align="alignright" width="228"] You can read this review via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] Godzilla Vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #2 (of 5) Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Freddie Williams II Publisher: IDW Publishing/BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: April 27, 2022 Godzilla battles the Megazord . . . and no matter who wins, the world will be at great peril from the combined threat of the Xilien invaders and Rita Repulsa! And if a giant robot and a giant monster weren’t cataclysmic enough, how about Gigan—a cybernetic space monster ready to fight them both?