Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #434

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Phil

True Believers: Kirby 100th — Captain America #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon and Stan Lee True Believers: Kirby 100th — Eternals #1 — Writer/Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: John Verpoorten;  Colors: Glynis Wein Generations: Wolverine and All-New Wolverine #1 — Writer: Tom Taylor;  Art: Ramon Rosanas;  Colors: Nolan Woodard The Ultimates² #100 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Travel Foreman, Filipé Andrade, Marco Lorenzana and Scott Hanna;  Colors: Dan Brown with Matt Yachey Silver Surfer #13 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Michael Allred;  Colors: Laura Allred Some Marvel first and (almost) last issues: at the low low price of $1,  … Continue reading →

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Batman #1 1940 For Sale

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Marsha

Want to own a piece of history? Want to invest in something less volatile than the stock market? All About Books and Comic is offering this collectible comic for sale. Batman #1 Apparent VG/FINE Professional Restoration – see Restoration notes below, book restored in 2001 $59,000 All Reasonable Offers Considered By appointment only Cover appeal is beautiful. Shows signs of restoration, particularly on page 5/6 where if you look closely you can see the difference in the color of the pages. The green on the right that is brighter shows the portion of the page that was restored on page … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #433

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Phil

True Believers: The Mighty Thor #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and Larry Leiber True Believers: Thor vs. Hulk #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby and Stan Lee True Believers: Groot #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby and Stan Lee Generations: Phoenix and Jean Grey #1 (of 1) — Writer: Cullen Bunn;  Pencils: R. B. Silva;  Inks: Adriano Di Benedetto with R. B. Silva;  Colors: Rain Beredo Inhumans: Once and Future Kings #1 (of 5) — Writer: Christopher Priest;  Art/Colors: Phil Noto As with every week this month, Marvel’s got a couple of one-dollar Jack Kirby reprints that are worth your … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #432

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Phil

Generations: Banner Hulk and the Totally Awesome Hulk #1 — Writer:  Greg Pak;  Art: Matteo Buffagni;  Colors: Dono Sanchez-Almara True Believers: Avengers #4 — Writer: Stan Lee;  Art: Jack Kirby True Believers: Black Panther #1 — Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby; Inks: Mike Royer Avengers #10 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Mike del Mundo;  Colors: del Mundo with Marco D’Alfonso Champions #11 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Pencils: Humberto Ramos;  Inks: Victor Olazaba;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Of the traditional-superhero Marvel titles this week, the most-anticipated is Generations, the first of a series of one-shots pairing the classic and newer versions of various characters … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #431

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Phil

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo #1 (of 1) — Writer/Artist: Stan Sakai;  Colors: Tom Luth Heavenly Blues #1 — Writer: Ben Kahn;  Art/Colors: Bruno Hidalgo B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know #1 — Story: Mike Mignola and Scott Allie;  Art: Laurence Carpenter;  Colors: Dave Stewart Let’s start with the indy books, since the Stan Sakai-created Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo one-shot is definitely the best book of the week. Sakai’s been chronicling the adventures of his rabbit samurai for over three decades, and crossed him over with the TMNT gang early in their existence; this time, a Splinter-like sorcerer brings them … Continue reading →

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