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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #385

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Phil

Doctor Strange #11 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: Kevin Nowlan and Leonardo Romero;  Colors: Kevin Nowlan and Jordie Bellaire Invincible Iron Man #13 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Mike Deodato;  Colors: Frank Martin All-New, All-Different Avengers #14 — Writer: Mark Waid and Jeremy Whitley;  Art: Adam Kubert;  Colors: Sonia Oback Not very many Marvel books in my pile this week, so let’s get them out of the way first: Doctor Strange writer Jason Aaron has spent the first ten issues of the book making magic in the Marvel universe a lot less easy to use — so Doc has … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #384

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Phil

Silver Surfer #200 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Michael Allred;  Colors: Laura Allred All-New Wolverine Annual #1 — Writer: Tom Taylor;  Art: Marcio Takara;  Color: Mat Lopes Amazing Spider-Man #17 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: R. B. Silva;  Inks: Adriano di Benedetto;  Colors: Marte Gracia Three non-Civil War II tie-ins: Silver Surfer #200 celebrates that title’s anniversary with a 25-page episode of the regular story (with the usual Allred/Slott combination of quirky charm and bittersweet relationship drama), plus a one-page recap, a two-page letters section, a page about the Eisner award for best single issue that the comic won last … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #383

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Phil

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #11 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Jacob Chabot;  Colors: Rico Renzi Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10 — Writers: Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare;  Art: Natacha Bustos;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat #9 — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Brittney L. Williams;  Colors: Megan Wilson These three books represent Marvel’s outreach to smart young women readers, from tweens to twenty-somethings. Look at Squirrel Girl‘s one-issue tale (heh…), which manages to be both a continuity-respecting, intricately-plotted supervillain confrontation, a tutorial on basic computer programming theory, and a demonstration of its role-model title heroine’s confident optimism. Guest artist … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #382

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Phil

Civil War II #1 (of 1) — Writer: Greg Pak;  Pencils: Mark Bagley;  Inks: Scott Hanna and Marc Deering;  Colors: Ian Herring and Rob Schwager Civil War II: Choosing Sides #4 — Creators: Various Spider-Woman #10 — Writer: Dennis Hopeless;  Layouts: Javier Rodriguez;  Finishes: Veronica Fish;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg The Ultimates #10 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Kenneth Rocafort and Djibril Morissette;  Colors: Dan Brown The Mighty Thor #10 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: Russell Dauterman;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Black Widow #6 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: Matthew Wilson There were tons of Civil War II tie-in … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #381

Posted on August 13, 2016 by Phil

Civil War II: The Accused #1 (of 1) — Writer: Marc Guggenheim;  Art: Ramon Bachs and Garry Brown;  Colors: Ruth Redmond All-New All-Different Avengers #13 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Adam Kubert;  Colors: Sonia Oback All-New All-Different Avengers Annual #1 — Creators: Various Scarlet Witch #9 — Writer: James Robinson;  Art: Joelle Jones;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Black Panther #5 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates;  Pencils: Chris Sprouse;  Inks: Karl Story;  Colors: Laura Martin Amazing Spider-Man #16 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Giuseppe Camuncoli;  Inks: Cam Smith;  Colors: Marte Gracia The Vision #10 (of 12) — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Gabriel Harnandez … Continue reading →

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