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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 #504

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Phil

Fantastic Four #650 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Artists: Aaron Kuder, Michael Allred and Adam Hughes Superior Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Christos Gage;  Pencils: Mike Hawthorne;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire X-Force #1 — Writer: Ed Brisson;  Art: Dylan Burnett;  Colors: Jesus Aburtov Uncanny X-Men #7 (Legacy #626) — Writers: Matthew Rosenberg, Kelly Thompson and Ed Brisson;  Art: Pere Perez;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg This Christmas-to-New-Year period is mostly a skip week, but Marvel’s got a major anniversary special and a couple of first issues, and a few indy books dribbled out too. Fantastic Four #650 (or #5 if you’re … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #503

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Phil

Season’s Beatings #1 (of 1) — Writer: Jason Latour;  Art/Colors:Various Defenders: The Best Defense #1 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Pencils: Joe Bennett;  Inks: Belardino Brabo;  Colors: Dono Sanchez-Almara True Believers: Fantastic Four — Frightful Four #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: Chic Stone True Believers: Fantastic Four — Klaw #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby; Inks: Joe Sinnott True Believers: Fantastic Four — Blastaar #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: Joe Sinnott True Believers: Fantastic Four — Ronan #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #502

Posted on December 14, 2018 by Phil

Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1 (Legacy #241) — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Art: Javier Garron;  Colors: David Curiel Spider-Geddon: Spider-Force #3 (of 3) — Writer: Christopher Priest;  Pencils: Marcelo Ferreira and Ibraim Roberson;  Inks: Roberto Poggi, Ibraim Roberson and Craig Yeung;  Colors: Guru-eFX Spider-Geddon: Spider-Girls #3 (of 3) — Writer: Jody Houser;  Art: Andres Genolet;  Colors: Cris Peters and Jim Campbell Spider-Geddon: Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #3 (of 3) — Writer: Seanan McGuire;  Art: Rosi Kampe;  Colors: ian Herring Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #313 — Writer: Sean Ryan;  Art: Juan Frigeri;  Colors: Jason Keith Amazing Spider-Man #11 (Legacy #812) — Writer: Nick … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #501

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Phil

True Believers: Fantastic Four: Skrulls #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby True Believers: Fantastic Four: Puppet Master #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby True Believers: Fantastic Four: Mad Thinker #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: Dan Ayers This week’s best bargains, as they often are, are the Marvel “True Believers” $1 reprint books — for $3, you can get copies of Fantastic Four #2, 8 and 15, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, from back when the FF was Marvel’s flagship comic, and Spider-Man and the … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #500

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Phil

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956 #1 (of 5) — Story: Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson;  Art: Mike Norton, Yishan Li and Michael Avon Oeming;  Colors: Dave Stewart The Warning #1 — Writer/Artist: Edward Laroche;  Colors: Brad Simpson Sex Death Revolution #2 — Writer: Magdalene Visaggio;  Art: Kasia Witerscheim;  Colors: Harry Saxon Man-Eaters #3 — Writer: Chelsea Cain;  Art: Kate Niemczyk;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Archie: 1941 #3 (of 5) — Story: Brian Augustyn and Mark Waid;  Art: Peter Krause;  Colors: Kelly Fitzpatrick Kim Reaper: Vampire Island #4 (of 4) — Creator: Sarah Graley Let’s start with the smaller-publisher indy books again … Continue reading →

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