Major Spoilers Podcast #1138: From UA High to Duckburg

Heroes, ninjas, ducks, and… My Hero Academia?! In this issue of the Major Spoilers Podcast, we’re diving into Volume 8 of My Hero Academia, checking out the latest Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover, and discovering why Uncle Scrooge might just be Earth’s mightiest duck. Plus, Red Vector #1, comic industry shake-ups, and a few gut-punch surprises along the way. Strap in—spoilers ahead!

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
UNCLE SCROOGE: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST DUCK #1
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Mahmud Asrar
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: August 13, 2025
The planet has been conquered by alien invaders, the CONNOISSEURS, nefarious hoarders of the rarest antiquities from throughout the cosmos. As they tear the Earth apart, pillaging its fabled treasures, only the world's greatest adventurer can possibly stop them. But SCROOGE McDUCK is facing a battle unlike any he's ever fought, trapped inside his own mind, fighting to preserve his most precious memories. From writer Jason Aaron (UNCLE SCROOGE & THE INFINITY DIME, plus some other things) and an extravagance of all-star artists comes the most epic adventure in Duck history.
[rating:4/5]

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MATTHEW
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III #1
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Alessio Zonno
Publisher: BOOM! Studios/IDW Publishing
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: August 13, 2025
The crossover sensation is back for a third epic adventure! With Rita and Krang defeated, the bad guys aren't cutting the Rangers and Turtles no slack! Lord Zedd and Shredder have a new plan to take down the radical teen heroes and if they don't act carefully, they may just succeed. The amazing new series from veteran Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation artist Vincenzo Federici kicks off with a moment you have to see to believe!
[rating:4/5]

RODRIGO
RED VECTOR #1
Writer: Tim Daniel and David "DB" Andry
Artist: Chris Evenhuis
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: August 27, 2025
Cora Martinez has seen her fair share of conflict– as a Sonoran Desert Park Ranger, she straddles the line between sheltering desperate immigrants and steering others away from an uncertain fate. She longs for a place where disputes such as these no longer exist. But a clash far bigger than any on Earth is about to rip the heavens apart and crash land upon her doorstep with the arrival of two opposing combatants in an alien civil war through a rift in space! The earthbound space opera from the creators of Morning Star and Crush Depth begins! When the stars fell, war came to Earth.
[rating: 3/5]

DISCUSSION

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOLUME 8
Creator: Kohei Horikoshi
Publisher: VIZ Media
The U.A. students have reached the practical portion of their final exam, but they didn’t expect to have to beat their own teachers in order to pass! Paired with his archrival Bakugo, Midoriya has to try to take on none other than All Might himself. Working with Bakugo is one thing, but is giving everything he’s got to beat All Might more than Midoriya can handle? And in a nearby arena, Yaoyorozu and Todoroki endure a similar struggle. Meanwhile, a sinister new adversary prepares to make a move…

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