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HOWARD THE HUMAN VS SECRET WARS SECRET LOVE You might have noticed that both of this battle’s contestants have been reviewed before. There is no Howard the Human #2. There is no Secret Wars Secret Love #2. They are both one-shots–the one-night stands of the Battleworld universe. And yet here they are again, trying to…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 2, BATTLE 11 HAIL HYDRA (#1-2) VS SIEGE (#1-2)      Once upon a time there were two children, one boy and one girl, who only had bad things happen to them. Though the two never met, they had a lot in common. They lived in two separate lands, connected only by how violent and scary and filled…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK SIXTEEN PREVIEW   THIS FRIDAY: ROUND TWOBATTLE ELEVEN HAIL HYDRA RICK REMENDER (w) ROLAND BOSCHI (a/C) – Can Ian Rogers, Nomad, survive a land ruled by Hydra? – Can he survive the rage of Eddie Brock, prime assassin to the regime? – The secrets within Nomad’s head are priceless, holding the key to Hydra’s…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 3, BATTLE 3 Follow the bracket here! CAPTAIN MARVEL AND THE CAROL CORPS #1-3 VS FUTURE IMPERFECT #1-3   I stare at the clock. It just keeps ticking, and ticking, and ticking. Sweat pours down my face. It’s not even that hot in the room. There’s a little fire from my laptop, because…

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 24 Follow the bracket here! AGENT OF HYDRA HANK JOHNSON #1 VS SECRET WARS SECRET LOVE #1 Well, it finally happened. It turns out that there actually is only so much amazing material in the Battleworld canon. This week, in reading Hank Johnson Agent of Hydra and Secret Wars Secret Love,…

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BattleworldBattleworld Round 2 Battle 10 Follow the bracket here Civil War (#1-2) VS CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND THE MIGHTY DEFENDERS (#1-2) Welcome back to Battleworld Battleworld! Just a reminder before we get started – we’ve been doing the math, and a lot of you have been failing to turn in your defeated issues for destruction.  In particular, there’s…

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BattleworldBattleworld Round 2 Battle 9 Follow the bracket here 1872 (#1-2) VS KORVAC SAGA (#1-2) This battle pits the two kinds of stories Secret Wars has been telling against one another. They’re spitting fire and going for the throat. They’re drinking ice water, and then spitting that ice water in each other’s eyes. It’s weird how…

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BattleworldBattleworld Round 1 Battle 23 Follow the bracket here Howard the Human VS House of M This battle is brought to you by your own sense of crippling uncertainty. What this battle brings you is one Howard the Human.   The moniker is a very clever play on the 80s movie Howard the Duck because, why…

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Super Hero Hour Hour 8/21/15

This week, Ryan and Mike discuss the Dark Matter, in what will, forever be known as the final episode of the SHHH…that only discusses Dark Matter. They also relearn how to do The Issues, relearn how to talk about Daredevil and relearn what it’s like to be friends.  

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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD WEEK FOURTEEN PREVIEW THIS FRIDAY: ROUND ONEBATTLE TWENTY THREE HOWARD THE HUMAN #1   SKOTTIE YOUNG (w) – JIM MAHFOOD (a) – Spend a day with Howard, a private investigator and the only human living in city full of animals. But not, like, criminals and lowlifes. We’re talking elephants, apes, ducks and kitty cats. Catching a…

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