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Published: Oct. 25, 2017, 4:20 a.m.

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: Legends of the Dark Claw and Spider-Boy return from Amalgam Comics, but why no Elseworlds? Plus reviews of Big Trouble in Little China: Old Man Logan #2, Wonder Woman/Conan #2, Eternity #1, and Jughead: The Hunger #1. Plus, do you have a favorite comic book cover.

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REVIEWS\\n
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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA: OLD MAN JACK #2\\n
Writers: John Carpenter and Anthony Burch\\n
Artist: Jorge Corona\\n
Publisher: BOOM! Studios\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
Jack and Lo Pan have a less-than-friendly reunion and are forced to team up on the hellish road to Chinatown.\\n
[rating:4/5]

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MATTHEW\\n
WONDER WOMAN / CONAN #2\\n
Writer: Gail Simone \\n
Artist: Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan\\\\\\n
Publisher: DC Comics\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
Diana has escaped the Cimmerian gladiator\\u2019s arena, but she\\u2019s exchanged that battleground for an equally dire fate. Now she\\u2019s chained to Conan-the warrior who refused to fight-and they\\u2019ve been sold to a pirate\\u2019s crew! When their ship founders in a storm, a leap into shark-infested waters seems like the safest course\\u2026 Co-Published with Dark Horse Comics.\\n
[rating: 3.5/5]

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RODRIGO\\n
ETERNITY #1\\n
Writer: Matt Kindt\\n
Artist: Trevor Hairsine\\n
Publisher: Valiant Entertainment\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
Beyond our galaxy... Beyond the Valiant Universe... A new cosmos of god-like beings, mythic heroes, and eons-old civilizations has existed parallel to our own for untold millennia. But what is the true nature of this arcane and wildly different reality...and what is its connection to Abram Adams, the lost cosmonaut now known as Divinity? Soon, mankind\'s unwilling ambassador to the impossible will be forced to return to the void that birthed him anew...as the cosmic forces of two universes collide for a visionary comics odyssey in the tradition of Kirby and Moebius! \\n
[rating: 2.5/5]

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ASHLEY\\n
JUGHEAD THE HUNGER #1 \\n
Writer: Tieri, Frank\\n
Artist: Kennedy, Pat\\n
Publisher: Archie Comics\\n
Cover Price: $3.99\\n
Brand New Series! Jughead Jones is a werewolf, and Reggie Mantle has fallen victim to Jughead\'s monstrous ways. Now Betty Cooper: Werewolf Hunter along with Archie Andrews are hot on the trail of Jughead. For TEEN+ readers.\\n
[rating: 5/5]

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DISCUSSION\\n
LEGENDS OF THE DARK CLAW\\n
"Through a Glass Darkly"\\n
After tracking down Hyena to the Gotham printing press, Dark Claw attempts to subdue his hated foe but before the battle can be won, several of Hyena\'s goons manage to disrupt the battle allowing their boss to escape and Dark Claw being rescued by his side kick, Sparrow. The duo fly home planning their next move.

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Meanwhile, Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Huntress, breaks into Logan\'s loft, tracking down leads to Creed H. Quinn, the Hyena. As she snoops through the loft, she comes across the greatest secret of all: the costumes of Dark Claw and thus his true identity. Before she can leave, Dark Claw enters through a passage way behind the closet and pins the Huntress to the ground. Undecided what to do with the intruder, the two begin to talk and soon Dark Claw shares his secrets. He is indeed Logan, a by product of an experiment that he and three others volunteered for, one of the others was his one time friend Creed H. Quinn. Dark Claw shows her the Barrow, his lair and center for his war on crime. This decision doesn\'t sit well with Sparrow at first, but soon the three begin looking for clues Hyena might have set back at the Gotham Gazette. They discover two clues, AF1 meaning Air Force One, and NaCN for Sodium Cyonide a deadly poison.

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The three head immediately to Air Force One, and arrive just as Hyena makes his move. With the gas filling the plane, Dark Claw corners his foe and cuts a whole in the plane, jettisoning Hyena, Dark Claw, and the gas. - via DC Wikia"

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SPIDER-BOY\\n
Spider-Boy is a super-hero in the Amalgam Universe. He was created as a combination of Superboy and Spider-Man. His tactile telekinesis allows him to move like a spider, and he also carries a Web-Pistol. Project Cadmus developed him as a clone of Peter Parker and was later adopted by Thunderbolt Ross, making his name Peter Ross. Spider-Boy was created by Karl Kesel and Mike Wieringo, first appearing in Spider-Boy #1.

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