Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #483

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Phil

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

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Phil

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

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Phil

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

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Phil

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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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #479

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Phil

Sentry #1 — Writer: Jeff Lemire;  Art: Kim Jacinto;  Colors: Rain Beredo Multiple Man #1 (of 5) — Writer: Matt Rosenberg;  Art: Andy MacDonald;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain True Believers — Ant Man Presents Iron Man — The Ghost and the Machine #1 (of 1) — Writer: David Michelinie;  Art: Bob Layton True Believers: Ant-Man and Hawkeye — Avengers Assemble! #1 (of 1) — Writer: David Michelinie;  Pencils: Greg LaRoque;  Inks: Brett Breeding and Crew;  Colors: Christie Scheele Amazing Spider-Man: Wakanda Forever #1 — Writer: Nnedi Okorafor;  Art: Alberto Albuquerque;  Colors: Erick Arciniega Sentry is a new Marvel ongoing series by … Continue reading →

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