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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 #484

Infinity Wars #1 (of 6) — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Mike Deodato, Jr.;  Colors: Frank Martin Marvel Rising: Ms. Marvel and Squirrel Girl #1 (of 1) — Writers: G. Willow Wilson and Ryan North with Devin Grayson;  Art: Ramon Bachs and Irene Strychalski;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Captain America #2 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates;  Pencils: Leonil Francis Yu;  Inks: Gerry Alanguilan and Leonil Francis Yu;  Colors: Sunny Gho Cosmic Ghost Rider #2 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Dylan Burnett;  Colors: Antonio Fabela Death of the Inhumans #2 (of 5 ) — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Ariel Olivetti;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Infinity … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #483

X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis #1 — Creator: Ed Piskor Mr. and Mrs. X #1 — Writer: Kelly Fitzpatrick;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Frank D’Armata X-Men: Wakanda Forever #1 (of 1) — Writer: Nnedi Okorafor;  Pencils: Ray Anthony-Height and Alberto Alburquerque;  Inks: Anthony-Height, Alburquerque, Juan Vlasco and Keith Champagne;  Colors: Erick Arciniega All the first issues seem to be X-related this week.  The most interesting is the continuation of Ed Piskor’s X-Men: Grand Design, a retelling of all of the X-cast’s history in chronological order, mostly based on Uncanny X-Men, but with some other relevant stuff too; this issue covers … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #482

True Believers: Fantastic Four: By John Byrne #1 (of 1) — Writer/Pencils: John Byrne;  Inks: Bjorn Heyn;  Colors: Glynis Wein True Believers: Fantastic Four: By Walter Simonson #1 (of 1) — Writer/Art: Walt Simonson;  Colors: Max Scheele The Life of Captain Marvel #1 (of 5) — Writer: Margaret Stohl;  Carlos Pacheco and Rafael Fonteriz; Marguerite Sauvage;  Colors: Marcio Menyz and Marguerite Sauvage Marvel offers two more of its $1 “True Believer” Fantastic Four reprints this week, both spotlighting writer/artists who had influential runs on the title. The first, John Byrne, had arguably the best since the Lee/Kirby era: a five-year … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #481

Amazing Spider-Man #1 (#802) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Pencils: Ryan Ottley;  Inks: Cliff Rathburn;  Colors: Laura Martin True Believers: Fantastic Four: Vs. Doctor Doom! #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: Sol Brodsky True Believers: Fantastic Four: Hulk vs. Thing #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: John Buscema;  Inks: Joe Sinnott True Believers: Fantastic Four: Galactus Hungers #1 (of 1) — Writer: Roy Thomas;  Art: John Buscema Amazing Spider-Man‘s latest volume gets a double-sized first issue; new writer Nick Spencer titles it “Back To Basics” (a callback to John Byrne’s Fantastic Four #232…), and … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #480

Batman #50 — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Mikel Janin;  Colors: June Chung Catwoman #1 — Writer/Artist: Joelle Jones;  Colors: Laura Allred Deathstroke #33 — Writer: Christopher Priest;  Pencils: Ed Benes;  Inks: Richard Friend;  Colors: Dinei Ribeiro Justice League #3 — Writer: Scott Snyder;  Art: Jorge Jimenez;  Colors: Alejandro Sanchez Man of Steel #6 (of 6) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Jason Fabok;  Colors: Alex Sinclair Batman #50, as a wedding issue,  doesn’t exactly give us what we want, but it might give us what we need — writer Tom King has said that he began his tenure with a … Continue reading

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