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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 #334

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Phil

Eleven Secret Wars tie-ins this week, but the good news is that seven of them are conclusions; there’s a growing light at the end of Jonathan Hickman’s three-year-old tunnel.  Let’s look at all of them one at a time: Secret Wars: A-Force #4 (of 5) — Writers: Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson;  Pencils: Jorge Molina;  Inks: Craig Yeung and Walden Wong;  Colors: Laura Martin This tryout/preview for one of Marvel’s new relaunch titles has been decent enough, with sharp character interaction among a diverse, interesting cast. Its momentum gets spoiled here through no fault of its own: the climactic … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #333

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Phil

Still nine Secret Wars tie-ins this week, but we’re starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel, since two of them actually conclude; over on the DC side, the flood of new titles has settled considerably (only Bombshells made it to my “buy” stack this week), but that just leaves more room for a number of cool indy titles, including Casanova, Brian K. Vaughan’s US/Canadian war comic We Stand On Guard, Rich Tommaso’s almost-an-underground Dark Corridor, a new Jeff Lemire book, a new Minimum Wage, and the usual good comics from people named Moore (Alan and Terry, … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #332

Posted on August 29, 2015 by Phil

Secret Wars: Captain Marvel and the Carol Corps #3 (of 4) — Writers: Kelly Sue DeConnick and Kelly Thompson;  Art: David Lopez;  Colors: Lee Loughridge Secret Wars: Civil War #3 (of 4) — Writer: Charles Soule;  Pencils: Leinil Francis Yu;  Inks: Gerry Alanguilan;  Colors: Sunny Gho Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #4 (of 4) — Writer: Cullen Bunn;  Art: Matteo Lolli and Matteo Buffagni;  Colors: Ruth Redmond Secret Wars: E is for Extinction #3 (of 4) — Writers: Chris Burnham and Dennis Culver;  Art: Ramon Villalobos;  Colors: Ian Herring Secret Wars: Hank Johnson, Agent of Hydra #1 (of 1) — Writer: … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #331

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Phil

Whew — fifteen Secret Wars tie-ins from Marvel this week, plus eight third issues from DC’s recent new books, plus the usual other cool stuff. Let’s see: Secret Wars: Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies #3 (of 4) — Writer: James Robinson;  Art: Steve Pugh;  Colors: Jim Charalampidis Secret Wars: Armor Wars #4 (of 5) — Writer: James Robinson;  Art: Marcio Takara;  Colors: Esther Sanz Secret Wars: Captain Britain and the Mighty Defenders #2 (of 2) — Writer: Al Ewing;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Wil Quintana Secret Wars: 1872 #2 (of 3) — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #330

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Phil

Secret Wars #5 ( of  8  ) — Writer: Jonathan Hickman;  Art: Esad Ribic;  Colors: Ive Svorcina Secret Wars: A-Force #3 (of 5) — Writers: Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson;  Pencils: Jorge Molina;  Inks: Jorge Molina and Craig Yeung;  Colors: Laura Martin Secret Wars: Battleworld 4 (of 4) — (First Story): Writer/Artist: James Stokoe  (Second Story):  Writer: Peter David;  Art: Daniel Valadez;  Colors: David Curiel Secret Wars: Ghost Racers #3 (of 4) — Writer: Felipe Smith;  Art: Juan Gedeon;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Secret Wars: Inhumans: Attilan #4 (of 5) — Writer: Charles Soule;  Pencils: John Timms;  Inks: Roberto Poggi; … Continue reading →

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