Phil's Reviews — Stuff I Read and Put Back #42

Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1 — Writer: Geoff Johns; Artists: Pete Woods & Jerry Ordway Heh — they should have titled this Lawsuit Avoidance Comics, as DC scrubs this character of any reference to Superboy, Smallville, or anything else that the Siegel family might have a legal claim to. Now, he’s a comic-book nerd from a non-superhero Earth like ours, ironically named Clark Kent, who discovered his powers just before the “real” Superman showed up and his world was destroyed in the original Crisis. Nice art (Wood and Ordway are particularly good at showing the insane gleam in … Continue reading

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Phil's Reviews — Stuff I Bought #41

Fables #66 — Writer: Bill Wilingham; Penciller: Mark Buckingham; Inker: Steve Leialoha Continuing the “Good Prince” arc, as Shere Khan demonstrates to Bluebeard why you should never trust a carnivore, the ghost of Lancelot appears in the court of the Emperor, and dominoes are toppled that promise to lead to a huge battle. This is the best current fantasy story in comics, one with wit, sweep and compelling characters, and we’re lucky to be present as it’s being created, month by entertaining month. The Boys #11 — Writer: Garth Ennis; Artist: Darick Robertson (with Rodny Ramos inks on 6 pages) … Continue reading

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Phil's Reviews — Stuff I Read and Put Back #41

Suburban Glamour #1 (of 4) — Writer/Artist: Jamie McKelvie This is a stylish-looking book, and it tries to do for American suburban highschoolers what Blue Monday does for their British counterparts, but instead of mostly humor and hijinx we get a fantasy plot that seems a little too tacked-on. McKelvie’s got a striking sense of design, with dialogue and fashion that ring true and engaging characters, but there’s some stiffness to his action sequences, and this kind of story doesn’t play to his strengths — the monsters on the last page don’t look particularly threatening or realistic, and I’m not … Continue reading

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Comic Book Sets

Hello everyone! I’ve been diligently working (if you call this “work”) on a 10,000 piece comic book collection the last couple of weeks. It’s almost like a level of MASH triage in terms of managing this monster batch of books. You sort (and sorting was accomplished mostly by very able staffer Dan), alphabetize, pull out any Silver, Bronze…and Gold, if you’re lucky, and anything deemed collectible, or “hot” in the market, and just overall make the collection presentable for collectors! And presentable it’s become. We’ve priced hundreds of Bronze (1970’s) books at $2.00 and $5.00 each…a real savings on 1970’s … Continue reading

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Phil's Reviews — Stuff I Bought #40

Black Summer #3 — Writer: Warren Ellis; Art: Juan Jose Ryp Ellis continues his grim political fun, as the team tries to figure out how to explain to the US government that, you know, even though your leader just assassinated the President, that doesn’t mean you’re bad people. Lots of near-future technical wizardry, along with lovingly-drawn (and colored) explosions and violence and rubble; what more could a superhero reader want? Superman #668 — Writer: Kurt Busiek; Penciller: Rick Leonardi; Inker: Dan Green The thing that sets Busiek apart is that he’s not afraid to make the effort — his DC … Continue reading

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