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Reviews
Fresh Eyes On Old Books #11 by Dan!
It’s a Sunday afternoon, so we all know what that means! Old-timey comics! Conan The Barbarian #8 from 1971 Oh the Bronze Age… A little less lighthearted than the Silver Age, and nowhere near as gritty as the present. So we get titles like Conan. You might remember the Schwarzenneger movie of the same name, but surprise(!)… there was a comic first. This issue of Conan is exactly what you’d expect it to be, a quest for treasure, an enemy that becomes a friend, and Conan having to run away from someone trying to capture him. Once you add in … Continue reading
Posted in DC, Marvel, Reviews, Silver Age
Tagged Bronze Age, Conan, Enemy Ace, Hero for Hire, Joe Kubert, Luke Cage, Powerman, Silver Age, WWII
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #11 By Dan!
This was a shortened week, so forgive me for this rush. Just means I’ll be cramming in sarcasm by the boatload! My Top Five (The Five Best Comics of the Week) Jonah Hex #62 Writers: Justin Gray Jimmy Palmiotti Artist: Eduardo Risso This issue was so very pretty. Risso has his distinct style that just worked perfectly for this issue. It’s amazing to me that it’s taken 62 issues for him to get involved in the Hex mythos. Hell, it’s amazing that this title has lasted 62 issues. But it’s been all about the writing team. Gray and Palmiotti have … Continue reading
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Tagged Action Comics, Andy Diggle, Antony Johnston, Batman Orphans, Billy Tan, Charlie Huston, Daredevil, Eduardo Risso, Gail Simone, Garth Ennis, Heroes for Hire, Irredeemable, Jeff Lemire, Jim Calafiore, Jonah Hex, Juan Jose Ryp, Mark Waid, Rasl, Secret Six, Shadowland, Sweet Tooth, The Boys, Wolverine: The Best There Is
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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #184
Ultimate Spider-Man #150 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis; Art: Various, including David Lafuente, Sara Pichelli, Joelle Jones, Jamie McKelvie and Scottie Young … and that’s just the major artists; the backup story has a couple of pages each from, among others, Alex Maleev, Dan Brereton, John Romita Senior, Frank Cho, Jim Mahfood, Craig Thompson (!), James Kolchalka (!!), and another dozen or more people. That adds up to 96 pages of story and art, so the $6 cover price isn’t that bad — and, as a celebration of the best mainstream superhero comic of the ’00s (yep, the first issue … Continue reading
It Came From the Back Room #10
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently on the Marvel “M” stuff, and here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Marvel Premiere: This is one of those institutions peculiar to comics: the try-out book, which a company uses to publish a couple of issues of a new series, and, if sales … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, Reviews
Tagged Al Milgrom, Alice Cooper, Barry Smith, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Chris Claremont, Dr. Strange, Dr. Who, Frank Brunner, Frank Miller, George Perez, Howard Chaykin, Hulk, Iron Fist, Jim Starlin, John Buscema, John Byrne, Marvel Fanfare, Marvel Premiere, Michael Golden, Mike Mignola, Mike Ploog, Overstreet, Paul Smith, Silver Surfer, Simonson, Spider-man, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, Thing, Thor, Warlock, Wizard, X-men
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Fresh Eyes on Old Books #10 by Dan!
Now it’s time for me to read some more old stuff and use excessive amounts of exclamation points!!! Let’s! Do! This! Fantastic Four #64 from 1967 This is a Kirby comic. There’s no better way to describe what comes from this issue. A combination of weird blocky robots, the Fantastic Four being fantastic, and the Inhumans lead to an exact representation of what Jack Kirby did for the medium. It has the main evidence of Kirby’s styles in the huge drawings of machinery, Kirby dots, and big splash pages of action. Not to mention that it’s a lot of fun. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968, DC, Fantastic Four, Hawk and Dove, Jack Kirby, Marvel, Nick Fury, Silver Age, Silver Surfer, Stan Lee
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