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About Phil

With 40 years of experience in comic reading, collecting and reviewing, English Professor Phil Mateer has an encyclopedic mind for comics. Feel free to ask Phil about storylines, characters, artists or for that matter, any comic book trivia. He will post your questions and answers on the AABC blog. His knowledge is unparalleled! He is also our warehouse manager, so if you are looking for that hard to find comic book, ask Phil!

Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #449

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Phil

Batman Annual #2 — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Lee Weeks and Michael Lark;  Colors: Elizabeth Breitweiser Batman: Creature of the Night Book One — Writer: Kurt Busiek;  Art/Colors: John Paul Leon Mystik U #1 — Writer: Alisa Kwitney;  Art: Mike Norton;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Justice League of America Annual #1 — Writer: Steve Orlando;  Art: Kelly Jones;  Colors: Michelle Madsen Super Sons Annual #1 — Writer: Peter Tomasi;  Pencils: Paul Pelletier;  Inks: Cam Smith;  Colors: Hi-Fi New Talent Showcase 2017 — Creators: Various DC books get first position this week, largely on the strength of their Bat-offerings. Batman Annual is … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #448

Posted on November 25, 2017 by Phil

Punisher: The Platoon #3 (of 6) — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: Goran Parlov;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire War Stories #25 — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: Tomas Aira;  Colors: Juan Rodriguez Thanos #13 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Geoff Shaw;  Colors: Antonio Fabela Redneck #7 — Writer: Donny Gates;  Art: Lisandro Estherren;  Colors: Dee Cunniffe A couple of double shots from good writers this week, one classic and one new: Garth Ennis is the “classic” one, since he’s been writing comics since the early ’90s; he’s best known for Preacher, but his early- to mid-’00s Punisher run with Goran Parlov was the best … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #447

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Phil

Doctor Strange #381 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Gabriel Hernandez Walta;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Punisher #218 — Writer: Matthew Rosenberg;  Art: Guiu Vilanova;  Colors: Lee Loughridge Amazing Spider-Man #791 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Mark von Grawbadger;  Colors: Rain Beredo The Mighty Thor #701 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: James Harren;  Colors: Dave Stewart Doctor Strange is the most-anticipatred Legacy relaunch this week; writer Donny Cates made a splash last year with the indy books God Country and Redneck (the latter a Texas-vampire genre romp that got shout-outs from, among others, Entertainment Weekly), got tapped by Marvel, … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #446

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Phil

Daredevil #595 — Writer: Charles Soule;  Art: Stefano Landini;  Colors: Matt Milla She-Hulk #159 — Writer: Mariko Tamaki;  Art: Jahnoy Lindsay;  Colors: Federico Blee and Chris Sotomayor Moon Knight #188 — Writer: Mex Bemis;  Art: Jacen Burrows;  Colors: Mat Lopes Spirits of Vengeance #2 — Writer: Victor Gischler;  Art: David Baldeon;  Colors: Andres Mossa These are what you might call the mainstream Marvels of the week: three starting their legacy renumbering, and the fourth a ’90s revival that, presumably, didn’t reach enough issues in its first incarnation to warrant the higher number now. Daredevil starts an arc with the Kingpin … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #445

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Phil

Captain America #695 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Avengers #673 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Javier Pina with Paco Diaz;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Spider-Man #234 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Power Pack #63 (of 63) — Writer: Devin Grayson;  Art: Marika Cresta;  Colors: Chris O’Halloran Black Bolt #7 — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Art/Colors: Frazer Irving Of the new Legacy renumberings this week, the most-anticipated is Captain America; the Waid/Samnee team has produced a good run on Black Widow, and a great run on Daredevil, over the last decade, and … Continue reading →

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