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Published: Feb. 23, 2011, 7:26 a.m.

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This week on the show: Eclipso returns, a three-year-old weighs in, Dwayne McDuffie passes, and the crew looks at the first volume of Maus. Plus, boinkidy-boink-boink, spricky spricky.

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NEWS\\n
BOOM! KIds becomes kaboom!\\n
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REVIEWS\\n
\\nStephen\\n
QUEEN SONJA #14\\n
32 pages FC \\u2022 $3.99 \\u2022 Teen +\\n
Written by LUKE LIEBERMAN\\n
Art by MEL RUBI\\n
Covers by FABIANO NEVES (50%) & CARLOS RAFAEL (50%)\\n
From wild child, to thief, to warrior \\u2013 the metamorphosis is nearly complete as Sonja and Kain confront Lord Fellon in his lair. A suicide mission, but they must atone for their sins. And what of Jubal, their master, where do his loyalties lay? A thrilling episode that strikes at the heart of Red Sonja\\u2019s psyche!

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[rating:3.5/5]

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Rodrigo\\n
Minor Acts of Heroism

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[rating:4/5]

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Matthew\\n
Justice League of America #54\\u2028
Written by JAMES ROBINSON\\u2028
Art by BRETT BOOTH & NORM RAPMUND\\u2028
Cover by BRETT BOOTH\\u2028
1:10 Variant Cover by DAVID MACK\\u2028
"The Rise of Eclipso" begins here as the dark energies that have surrounded Earth are harnessed once more to usher in the great Lord of Darkness! And it looks like the corruption of all mankind starts with the members of the Justice League! When things go dark, which teammate poses the greatest threat to mankind \\u2013 Obsidian or Jade?\\n
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Maus\\n
Maus: A Survivor\\u2019s Tale, by Art Spiegelman, is a biography of the author\\u2019s father, Vladek Spiegelman, a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. It alternates between descriptions of Vladek\\u2019s life in Poland before and during the Second World War and Vladek\\u2019s later life in the Rego Park neighborhood of New York City. The work is a graphic narrative in which Jews are depicted as mice, while Germans are depicted as cats. It is the only comic book ever to have won a Pulitzer Prize.

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Music from this episode comes from Armin Brewer (intro) and James Kennison (closing) from the Nobody\'s Listening Podcast. A big thanks to both of these guys for creating kick-ass music for the show!

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