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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 #394

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Phil

`Invincible Iron Man #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli;  Colors: Marte Gracia The Avengers #1.1 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Pencils: Barry Kitson; Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Jordan Boyd Black Panther: World of Wakanda #1 — Writer: Roxane Gay;  Art: Alitha E. Martinez;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg (Second story) — Writers: Yona Harvey and Ta-Nehisi Coates;  Art: Afua Richardson;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1 (of 6) — Writer: Gerry Conway;  Art: Ryan Stegman;  Colors: Sonia Oback (Second story) — Writer/Artist: Anthony Holden (Third story) — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Marguerite Sauvage Of the Marvel first … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #393

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Phil

The Avengers #1 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Mike del Mundo;  Colors: del Mundo with Marco D’alfonso Champions #2 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Pencils: Humberto Ramos;  Inks: Victor Olazaba;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Occupy Avengers #1 — Writer: David F. Walker;  Pencils: Carlos Pacheco;  Inks: Rafael Fonteriz;  Colors: Sonia Oback Marvel released a number of Avengers-related books this week. Avengers #1 is really just a continuation of All-New, All-Different Avengers, with writer Mark Waid now teaming up with artist Mike del Mundo; the kid Avengers (Nova, Ms. Marvel and the Miles Morales Spider-Man) have left to form the core of the … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #392

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Phil

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #12 — Writers: Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder;  Art: Natacha Bustos;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Ms. Marvel #12 — Writer: G. Willow Wilson; Art: Mirka Andolfo;  Colors: Ian Herring Silver Surfer #7 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Michael Allred;  Colors: Laura Allred The Vision #12 (of 12) — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Gabriel Hernandez Walta;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire These were the better Marvel books for the week — Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur ends its second arc in fine form, just as appealingly nerdy as ever, and excellent in both art and story. The writers up … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #391

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Phil

Love and Rockets #1 — Creators: Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez One of the few rules around these parts is that Jaime and Gilbert, when they’re a team, automatically go to the top of whatever list they’re on, and the return of this series as a magazine-size, black-and-white periodical is a welcome callback to their ’80s origins. About their third year in, around 1985/1986, when Love and Rockets was on the same lists as Dark Knight Returns, Watchman, Maus and… American Flagg? Anybody else?… as the future of comics, they were just cranking out duel masterpieces every month: Jaime with Maggie … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #390

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Phil

The Clone Conspiracy #1 (of 5) — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Jim Cheung;  Inks: John Dell;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Mosaic #1 — Writer: Geoffrey Thorne;  Art: Khary Randolph;  Colors: Emilio Lopez Solo #1 — Writers: Gerry Duggan and Geoffrey Thorne;  Art: Paco Diaz;  Colors: Israel Silva The Great Lakes Avengers #1 — Writer: Zac Gorman;  Art: Will Robson;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Of the Marvel debuts this week, Clone Conspiracy is probably the most-anticipated; the Amazing Spider-Man comic has been building up to it for months now. Basically, Spidey’s old enemy, the Jackal, has perfected a way of bringing people back … Continue reading →

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