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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?

There's a new Captain America book on the streets, and we are taking a look at the shield flying action 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_672045" align="alignright" width="231"] You can read this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] CAPTAIN AMERICA #0 TOCHI ONYEBUCHI, COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZING (W) • MATTIA DE IULIS (A) STEVE ROGERS COVER BY ALEX ROSS • SAM WILSON COVER BY ALEX ROSS Wraparound Variant Cover by MARK BROOKS Variant Cover by ADAM HUGHES • Variant Cover by JIM CHEUNG SPIDER-MAN VARIANT COVER BY TBA When Arnim Zola launches a catastrophic attack on New York City, he meets his match – in Sam Wilson and Steve Rogers! In the explosive battle that follows, two Captain Americas prove better than one, and Sam and Steve decide they might just keep a good thing going… Tochi Onyebuchi (BLACK PANTHER LEGENDS), Jackson Lanzing & Collin Kelly (KANG THE CONQUEROR) and Mattia De Iulis (THE MIGHTY VALKYRIES, INVISIBLE WOMAN) kick off an incredible new CAPTAIN AMERICA saga – you won’t want to miss what comes next! 40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

Archie and the kids of Riverdale are having adventures as young children do. That's right, Spoilerites, the adventures of the kids before they were in high school go down in this week's Fun with Little Archie and Friends Special from Archie 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_670975" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link.[/caption] FUN WITH LITTLE ARCHIE AND FRIENDS SPECIAL #1 (ONE-SHOT) Script: Shannon Watters, J Torres, Jamie L. Rotante Art: Erin Hunting, Adrian Ropp, Agnes Garbowska, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli Cover: Erin Hunting Variant Cover: Brittney Williams On Sale Date: 4/13 32-page, full color comic $3.99 U.S. Get ready for high-octane fun and adventure with LITTLE ARCHIE and his friends from Riverdale! When Little Sabrina meets up with Little Archie, Little Jughead, and Little Betty and Veronica, all kinds of chaos breaks loose and the gang find themselves transported into new, fantastical game world inspired by their favorite hobbies! Watch as they brave the mystical and mysterious realm of Gryphons and Gargoyles, form a big-wheel gang, and attempt to relax in an unexpectedly exciting animal farming video game! Featuring the talents of award-winning Lumberjanes writer Shannon Watters, Little Archie writer J. Torres, and Betty & Veronica: Vixens writer Jamie L. Rotante along with the amazing art team of Erin Hunting, Adrian Ropp, and Agnes Garbowska.  

What if Batman the White Knight jumped to the future of Neo-Gotham in this week's Batman Beyond the White Knight #1 from DC Comics? We're about to find out... 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_669310" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] BATMAN BEYOND THE WHITE KNIGHT #1 Writer: Sean Murphy Artist: Sean Murphy Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: March 29, 2022 Cover Price: $4.99 “A lot can change in 10 years, especially in Gotham! Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne, may be behind bars, but the real criminals are still out there. Gotham Motors CEO Derek Powers has seized control of the Wayne family’s assets and is using them to transform the GTO and the city they’ve sworn to protect. Crime is down, but at what cost? A new Batman has emerged in Powers’s city, and only Bruce is fully aware of the dangers to come. It’s time to destroy the mantle for good, but he’ll need one of his forgotten sons’ help to do so. Enter Jason Todd…the first Robin?! In this thrilling sequel to the blockbuster comic book hits Batman: White Knight and Batman: Curse of the White Knight, writer/artist Sean Murphy invites the audience to go beyond the Gotham they know to discover an engrossing new take on the city and its heroes. Welcome to Neo-Gotham and the world of Beyond the White Knight! ”

You asked for it! Now you're getting it! This week, we review Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter #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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_668507" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter #1 Writer: David Dastmalchian Artist: Lukas Ketner Letterer: Frank Cvetkovic Colorist: Lauren Affe Cover Artist: Lukas Ketner Release Date: March 23, 2022 Cover Price: $3.99 It's been a hell of a week for Jerri Bartman. She lost her job, crashed her car, took the only gig available hosting the midnight monster show, and . . . oh yeah--dismembered a zombie. No big deal. Now, to protect the people she loves, she's going to have to take a crash course in monster hunting. And quickly--a vengeful vampire just booked a first-class flight into town.

They're back in action! Batman and Superman team once again and show us all why they are the World's Finest. Just don't say, "Martha..." 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_667371" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] BATMAN/SUPERMAN: WORLD’S FINEST #1 Written by MARK WAID Art and cover by DAN MORA Variant covers by JIM LEE, STANLEY “ARTGERM” LAU, and JASON FABOK 1:25 “SLAP BATTLE” variant covers (2) by CHIP ZDARSKY 1:50 “HIGH FIVE” variant cover by EVAN “DOC” SHANER 1:100 “SEINFELD” variant cover by DAN MORA Team variant cover by LEE WEEKS $3.99 US | 32 pages | Variant $4.99 US (card stock) ON SALE 3/15/22 The Dark Knight. The Man of Steel. They are the two finest superheroes that the world has ever known…and they’re together again in an epic new series from the legendary talents of Mark Waid and Dan Mora! In the not-too-distant past, Superman’s powers are super-charged from a devastating chemical attack by the villain Metallo…and the only ally that the ultra-powerful Man of Tomorrow can turn to in this turbulent hour is Gotham’s own dark vengeance: the Batman. A nearly fatal burst of power drives Bruce Wayne to his own extreme measures to help his friend…enlisting none other than the Doom Patrol for aid. It’s the world’s greatest superheroes from the world’s greatest comic book talent in an epic comic book experience that kicks off the next big events in the DCU. Get ready, it’s time to soar.  

What If... Peggy Carter took the super-soldier-serum and became Captain Carter? What if Captain Carter became frozen in the ice, and was revived today? What if indeed... 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_661468" align="alignright" width="231"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link.[/caption] CAPTAIN CARTER #1 (OF 5) JAMIE MCKELVIE (W) • MARIKA CRESTA (A) Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY JAMIE MCKELVIE HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY SARA PICHELLI INFINITY SAGA PHASE 2 VARIANT COVER BY DECLAN SHALVEY CARNAGE FOREVER VARIANT COVER BY JEN BARTEL Marvel Studios’ Animation Variant COVER ALSO AVAILABLE WOMAN OUT OF TIME? A reality where Agent Peggy Carter took the Super-Soldier Serum is turned upside down when the World War II hero is pulled from the ice where she was lost in action decades before. Peggy struggles to find her footing in a modern world that’s gotten a lot more complicated – cities are louder, technology is smarter and enemies wear friendly faces. Everyone with an agenda wants Captain Carter on their side, but what does Peggy want? And will she have time to figure it out when mysterious forces are already gunning for her? Prolific comics creator and designer Jamie McKelvie teams with rising star Marika Cresta to tell an unforgettable Captain Carter story for a modern age. 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

This week it is a mission to Numa 4 that only Radio Spaceman from Dark Horse Comics can take on! Will the latest adventure from Mike Mignola and Greg Kinkle survive the mission? The Dueling Review podcast is about to find out. 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_664607" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] RADIO SPACEMAN #1 Writer: Mike Mignola Artist: Greg Kinkle Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: March 02, 2022 When a ship crashes and lands on a mysterious planet and some of the surviving crew go missing, the mysterious mechanical hero Radio Spaceman is called to investigate. But the planet hides much more than the missing crew, and Radio Spaceman may be stumbling into more than even he can handle. Based on Mignola's viral pencil sketches, Radio Spaceman is a steampunk space adventure full of mystery, monsters, and awesome gadgets. Featuring the amazing art of Greg Hinkle (The Beauty, Black Cloud) and colors by longtime Mignolaverse collaborator Dave Stewart, this new series is perfect for Mignola fans old and new!

This week, Stephen forms the head as Supermassive drops from Image 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_664429" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] SUPERMASSIVE (ONE-SHOT) Writers: Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Kyle Higgins Artists: Igor Monit, Francesco Manna Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $5.99 Release Date: February 23, 2022 2021’s hottest new superhero RADIANT BLACK launches into his first ever crossover event with the Image Comics debut of INFERNO GIRL RED and the first appearance of ROGUE SUN! The future of Image’s superhero universe is here!

There's a new Iron Fist in town, but does he even Iron Fist, bro? Find out as we discuss the latest series from Marvel Comics. NOTE: There are A LOT of issues with Matthew's audio this week. We apologize in advance. 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_663200" align="alignright" width="231"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] IRON FIST #1 (OF 5) ALYSSA WONG (W) • MICHAEL-YG (A) • Cover by JIM CHEUNG X-GWEN VARIANT COVER BY NICK DRAGOTTA HEADSHOT VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK VARIANT COVER BY GUNJI VARIANT COVER BY Leinil Francis Yu WHO IS THE NEW IRON FIST?! • After giving up his power to save the world, DANNY RAND believes he’s seen the last of the IRON FIST… • …But when DEMONS begin to attack cities around the world, a MYSTERIOUS NEWCOMER in a FAMILIAR MASK appears, hands blazing with the CHI OF SHOU-LAO THE UNDYING! • Who is this NEW IRON FIST? And does his power really come from the DRAGON OF K’UN-LUN… Or from something far more sinister? 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Because YOU demanded it! This week, we take a look at Land of the Living Gods #1 from AfterShock 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_662148" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] LAND OF LIVING GODS #1 Writer: Isaac Mogajane Artist: Santtos Publisher: Aftershock Comics Release Date: February 09, 2022 Cover Price: $4.99 It is said that when the world dies, the spirits of the first people will return to witness the last days of humanity. Well, the spirits have arrived, and the end is here. But not everyone has given up hope. Naledi, a teenage girl living in the deserted city once called Johannesburg, has always believed that there is a land, hidden away in time where the gods still live. And where there are gods, there are miracles. Perhaps even miracles that are big enough to save our dying planet. And so, after a lifetime of isolation, Naledi will head out into the unknown with little to hold onto but her faith - and her magical pet plant, Buyo. A fairy tale for the times in which we find ourselves, brought to life by South African writer and producer Isaac Mogajane (Matwetwe, Catching Feelings) and Brazilian artist Santtos (Night Shift), LAND OF THE LIVING GODS will introduce you to a world of wonder and cruelty, beauty and perseverance - and will leave you profoundly changed.  

Kraven the Hunter is stalking Elektra as his next target. Will Daredevil Woman Without Fear survive the ordeal? We jump into Daredevil Woman Without Fear #2 from Marvel Comics on this week's Dueling Review episode. 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_661283" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] DAREDEVIL: WOMAN WITHOUT FEAR #2 Writer: Chip Zdarsky Artist: Rafael De Latorre Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: February 2, 2022 Elektra Natchios is the greatest assassin in the Marvel Universe - but having recently taken up the mantle of DAREDEVIL, she's taken a vow to never take a life again. But that vow is about to be put to the ultimate test, as KRAVEN THE HUNTER has her dead in his sights…and, unlike Elektra, he has no reservations about killing. If anything, he likes it when his prey struggles. At least, he thinks he does.

Spinning out of the Netflix series, Titan Comics brings fans continuing adventures of the crew of the Bebop! Join us now as we review Cowboy Bebop #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! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) [caption id="attachment_660417" align="alignright" width="231"] You can purchase this issue via the Amazon affiliate link.[/caption] COWBOY BEBOP #1 Writer: Dan Watters Artitst: Lamar Mathurin Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: January 26, 2022 BASED ON THE NEW NETFLIX LIVE-ACTION ADAPTATION OF THE ORIGINAL ANIME! An original story set in the year 2171. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop chase an ex-gang member who holds a vest which gives the wearer unlimited luck. New Netflix series starring John Cho (STAR TREK), Mustafa Shakir (LUKE CAGE) and Daniela Pinada (JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM). In Shops: Jan 26, 2022 SRP: $3.99

The boys are back in town! But... things are not right in their relationship. Find out if the problems are solved, or if they explode causing the duo to never talk again in this week's review of Blue and Gold #5 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_659093" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] BLUE AND GOLD #5 Written by DAN JURGENS Art and cover by RYAN SOOK $3.99 US | 32 pages | 5 of 8 Blue and Gold Restoration is open for business! Only issue is, our duo is falling apart while their waiting room is packed to the brim with mostly illegitimate problems. Now Omnizon, self-appointed ruler of Earth, is here to sentence Booster and Beetle to death for disobeying her royal rule of the land. It’ll take a friend from the future to save their present and prevent a PR nightmare that could close their operation for good!  

Are we gonna love Justice League vs. the Legion of Super-Heroes #1, or are we gonna hate it? 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_657929" align="alignright" width="231"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1 (W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Scott Godlewski Publisher: DC Comics Release Date: January 12, 2022 Cover Price: $3.99 One thousand years in the future, a Legion of Super-Heroes comes together to dedicate their lives to recapturing the great age of heroes of the 21st century. When the heroes discover that reality is falling to a great darkness in both times simultaneously, the Justice League and the Legion of Super-Heroes must team up to stop it all. But what is the connection between the secrets of the new Gold Lanterns and the coming of the Great Darkness? A monumental DC epic event miniseries!  

We kick off the new year, with a look at Monkey Meat #1 from Image 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_656526" align="alignright" width="228"] You can purchase this issue via our Amazon affiliate link[/caption] MONKEY MEAT #1 Writer: Juni Ba Artist: Juni Ba Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: January 5, 2022 DJELIYA creator JUNI BA introduces a new fantasy universe in this ANTHOLOGY SERIES! The Monkey Meat Company made its fortune selling cans of processed meat all around the world. Using that money to fuel their wacky experiments, they turned their native island into a magical hyper-capitalist hellscape where even demons have to pay rent! Follow the lives of the creatures of Monkey Meat Island in this fun, action-packed romp. Each issue is its own story!  

This week we take a look at Radiant Black #11 from Image Comics. This series is totally not the Power Rangers, you guys. 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) RADIANT BLACK #11 Writer: Kyle Higgins Artist: Marcelo Costa Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: December 22, 2021 Phew. Okay. Deep breaths. We made it out. Maybe, just maybe, it’s finally time for Marshall to relax. Or maybe there’s a new superpowered asshole in town. And if Marshall can’t handle them alone, maybe he could use some help from RADIANT PINK?