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Author Archives: Phil
It Came From the Back Room #36
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items (these are featured at the discount racks at the west end of the store for two weeks after each post, and then go to the discount racks on the east end of the store for a few weeks, and then disappear into our warehouses, so get them while you can). I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school semester in full gear), this amounts to a two-year … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #209
Rachel Rising #3 — Writer/Artist: Terry Moore We’re still in “set up the mystery” mode, as the title character, having clawed her way out of a shallow grave, exhibits spooky precog powers and watches bad things happen to other people. There’s some kind of possession thing going on, and it’s all very well staged, and drawn very prettily too. Echo, Moore’s last effort, was remarkably well thought out, so I trust that the eventual explanation here will be a lot of fun, and involve a lot of action. With only four issues so far, readers still have time to get in … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Batgirl, Batwoman, Bendis, Demon Knights, Fear Itself, Frankenstein, Garth Ennis, Green Lantern, Jason Aaron, Jennifer Blood, Journey into Mystery, New Avengers, Punishermax, Rachel Rising, Resurrection Man, Terry Moore, Ultimate Spider-man, Wolverine
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It Came From the Back Room #35
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items (these are featured at the discount racks at the west end of the store for two weeks after each post, and then go to the discount racks on the east end of the store for a few weeks, and then disappear into our warehouses, so get them while you can). I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school semester in full gear), this amounts to a two-year … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Adam Warren, Buscema, Carlos Pacheco, Fantastic Four, Jim Lee, Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, Paul Ryan, Steve Englehart, Tom Defalco, Walt Simonson
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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #208
Fables #110 — Writer: Bill Willingham; Pencils: Mark Buckingham; Inks: Steve Leialoha and Shawn McManus This is just a normal issue of this book, by the normal creators — but it’s a good example of its charms: the monkey Bufkin and his allies are in the Land of Oz, fermenting revolution against the evil emperor Roquat, while in the land of the now-dead North Wind Bigby, Snow White and their children are facing down the other winds, and trying to decide which of the kids will take over as the new replacement avatar; meanwhile, in Mr. Dark’s old palace, the … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Batman, Birds of Prey, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Catwoman, Dark Horse Presents, Deadman, Fables, Fear Itself, Green Lantern Corps, Iron Man, Journey into Mystery, Justice League, Legion of Super-Heroes, Nightwing, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Supergirl, Wonder Woman
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It Came From the Back Room #34
We’re interrupting the back-issue specials (still on FF — and, as I warned you all two weeks ago, those $1 Byrne issues are disappearing fast) for another original art/comics display, this one involving the DC character Jonah Hex, as drawn by one of my favorite artists: Tim Truman. Jonah Hex and his comics history got covered back when we were doing the letter “J,” in this post, and the art display case back at the west end of the store has a number of his key books for sale there, including his first appearance, a nice-looking copy of All-Star Western #10 … Continue reading
Posted in DC, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Jonah Hex, original art, Tim Truman, Vertigo
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