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Author Archives: Phil
It Came From the Back Room #9
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. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently on the Marvel “M” stuff, and here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Marvel Tales: This, of course, is the Spider-Man reprint book, and as such offers a cheap alternative to otherwise-expensive back issues. That sales point is less critical today (in our brave … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Captain America, Daredevil, Ditko, Don Heck, Dr. Strange, Fantastic Four, Hulk, John Buscema, Kirby, Lee, Marvel Super-Heroes, Marvel Tales, Marvel Triple Action, Punisher, Red Skull, Romita, Spider-man, Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish, Thor
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #182
Hellboy/Beasts of Burden #1 (of 1) — Writers: Evan Dorkin with Mike Mignola; Art: Jill Thompson Alan put this book out as my contribution to the “Pick Hits” wall for the week without even asking, because he knows how much I love Dorkin and Thompson’s spook-chasing critters, and this crossover with Hellboy (with Mignola providing the Big Red Demon’s dialog) doesn’t disappoint: same clever bits, same effective characterization, same refusal to go for the easy cuteness, same wonderful, award-winning art. If you’ve never encountered Beasts of Burden before, this is a great intro, and a perfect Hallowe’en present; if you … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Action Comics, Avengers, Beasts of Burden, Bendis, Billy the Kid, Brubaker, Captain America, Eric Powell, Evan Dorkin, Goon, Hellboy, Incognito, Jack of Fables, Jill Thompson, Kyle Hotz, Lex Luthor, Master of Kung Fu, Mike Mignola, Millar, Neil Gaiman, Sean Phillips, Secret Avengers, Superman, Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Spider-man, vampires, X-men
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It Came From the Back Room #8
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. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently on the Marvel “M” stuff, and here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Marvel Two-In-One This is Marvel’s ’70s/’80s Thing team-up book, which lasted exactly 100 issues. Like all such books , it’s mostly done-in-one stories, and the pattern (Thing and guest-star meet, socialize … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Bill Mantlo, Black Panther, Black Widow, Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, George Perez, Gerry Conway, Gil Kane, John Byrne, Karma, Len Wein, Marvel Team-UP, Marvel Two-In-One, Ross Andru, Sal Buscema, Sandman, Saturday Night Live, Spider-Woman, Steve Gerber, Storm, Thing, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #181
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #5 (of 6) — Writer: Grant Morrison; Art: Ryan Sook and Mick Gray; Pere Perez Um… yeah, so a bunch of DC books out this week are one-shots set after the return of Bruce Wayne, but here we have a very late issue #5 of 6 of said “return,” and he ain’t quite back yet (if it wasn’t obvious from the beginning, now I guess we know how it’s all gonna turn out, eh?). The fact that the second half of the book is by a different art team than the first hints at … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Bruce Wayne, Dash Shaw, Gene Yang, grant Morrison, Jeff Lemire, Jhonen Vasquez, Jim Shooter, Kevin Huizenga, Knight and Squire, Leonil Francis Yu, Magnus, Mark Millar, Matt Fraction, Nick Gurewitch, Paul Cornell, Shannon Wheeler, Strange Tales II, Superior, Thor, Turok
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It Came From The Back Room #7
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. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently on the Marvel “M” stuff, and here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Marvel Universe (Official Handbook of the…) Most of the overstock we have on these are from the two ’80s collections. There was a time when every true Marvel zombie just had … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Beware, Chamber of Chills, Doug Moench, Gene Colan, Gene Day, Horror, Journey into Mystery, Man-Thing, Marv Wolfman, Marvel Universe, Master of Kung Fu, Mike Zeck, Monsters on the Prowl, Paul Gulacy, Steve Gerber, Tomb of Dracula, Tower of Shadows, Uncanny Tales, Vault of Evil, Where Creatures Roam
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