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Published: Jan. 18, 2012, 7:13 a.m.

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This week on the show: DC shakes things up again, a rabbit with a sword, and a poll of the week, that literally dials in. Plus, your comments.

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NEWS\\n
DC cancels six, orders six, reassigns Rob Liefeld, and changes it\\u2019s logo. \\n
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REVIEWS\\n
\\nStephen\\n
Amazing Spider-Man #677\\n
Writer: Mark Waid\\n
Pencillers: Emma Rios\\n
Colorist: Javier Rodriguez\\n
Letterer: Joe Caramanga\\n
Editor: Stephn Wacker\\n
Publisher: Marvel\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
Spider-Man and Daredevil team up \\u2013 Part One! - When Black Cat is arrested, Matt Murdock is the only lawyer who will touch her (her case\\u2026 we mean). - The next great love triangle of the Marvel Universe begins!

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[rating:4/5]

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Rodrigo\\n
Political Power: Mitt Romney\\n
Writer: Marc Shapiro\\n
Artist: Jed Mickle and Chris Hall\\n
Mitt Romney is smart, principled and he knows how to crunch numbers which is why the Republican party sees him as the Great White Hope in the 2012 presidential election. How Mitt Romney got to frontrunner status on the political right is the subject of Bluewater Productions \\u201cPolitical Power: Mitt Romney\\u201d.\\xa0 Smart is sexy.\\xa0

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[rating:2.5/5]

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Matthew\\n
Battle Scars #3\\n
Writer: Cullen Bunn, Matt Fraction, Christopher Yost\\n
Pencils: Scot Eaton\\n
Publisher: Marvel\\n
Cover Price: $2.99\\n
Deadpool joins the hunt for Marcus Johnson while the greatest secret in the Marvel Universe begins to unravel. Plus, Taskmaster knows more than he\'s saying--and Marcus Johnson wants answers!

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week

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Over the years, there have been a number of heroes who have received their powers through some magical device.\\xa0 Few have had devices that actually allowed them have multiple powers, or even completely different powers depending on the situation. Which bring us to Ben Tennyson and Robby Reed.\\xa0 Both heroes, both with gizmos that allow them to literally dial in the hero/power they want.\\n
Two kids. Two devices. One championship belt.\\n
DIAL H FOR HERO\\n
Dial H for Hero is a comic book feature published by DC Comics about a mysterious dial that enables an ordinary person to become a superhero for a short time, by selecting the letters H-E-R-O in order. Each time it is used, the dial causes its possessor to become a superhero with a different name, costume, and powers. These superheroes are usually new, but on one occasion the dial caused its user to become a duplicate of an existing superhero, Plastic Man. Some versions of the dial contain additional letters, allowing other kinds of transformations.\\n
BEN 10\\n
The franchise is about a boy who acquires a watch-like alien device called the Omnitrix (later the Ultimatrix) attached to his wrist that allows him to turn into alien creatures. In April 2008, Ben 10 (the original television series) was succeeded by Ben 10: Alien Force, which itself was succeeded in April 2010 by Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.\\n
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Discussion: \\n
Usagi Yojimbo Book 6 \\u2013 Circles\\n
Circles features the graphic-novel-length epic title story, in which Usagi returns to his native village only to find everything very different indeed. (The discovery that his mentor, whom he thought dead, is actually alive and kicking is only the first of the shocks that await him.) \\u201cCircles\\u201d is an epic adventure, a love story, and one of the most affecting Usagi stories ever. In addition to the 80-page \\u201cCircles,\\u201d this volume includes \\u201cThe Bridge,\\u201d \\u201cThe Duel,\\u201d and the hard-to-find \\u201cThe Tangled Skein\\u201d from Critters #38. Jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense and slapstick, this beautifully crafted and exciting volume (with an introduction by Jeff Smith creator of Bone) is both an excellent starting point for new readers, and an absolute necessity for Usagi completists. Black-and-white comics throughout.

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