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Reviews
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #182
Hellboy/Beasts of Burden #1 (of 1) — Writers: Evan Dorkin with Mike Mignola; Art: Jill Thompson Alan put this book out as my contribution to the “Pick Hits” wall for the week without even asking, because he knows how much I love Dorkin and Thompson’s spook-chasing critters, and this crossover with Hellboy (with Mignola providing the Big Red Demon’s dialog) doesn’t disappoint: same clever bits, same effective characterization, same refusal to go for the easy cuteness, same wonderful, award-winning art. If you’ve never encountered Beasts of Burden before, this is a great intro, and a perfect Hallowe’en present; if you … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Action Comics, Avengers, Beasts of Burden, Bendis, Billy the Kid, Brubaker, Captain America, Eric Powell, Evan Dorkin, Goon, Hellboy, Incognito, Jack of Fables, Jill Thompson, Kyle Hotz, Lex Luthor, Master of Kung Fu, Mike Mignola, Millar, Neil Gaiman, Sean Phillips, Secret Avengers, Superman, Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Spider-man, vampires, X-men
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It Came From the Back Room #8
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 Two-In-One This is Marvel’s ’70s/’80s Thing team-up book, which lasted exactly 100 issues. Like all such books , it’s mostly done-in-one stories, and the pattern (Thing and guest-star meet, socialize … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Bill Mantlo, Black Panther, Black Widow, Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, George Perez, Gerry Conway, Gil Kane, John Byrne, Karma, Len Wein, Marvel Team-UP, Marvel Two-In-One, Ross Andru, Sal Buscema, Sandman, Saturday Night Live, Spider-Woman, Steve Gerber, Storm, Thing, X-men
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Fresh Eyes on Old Books #8 by Dan!
Watching football and reading old comics on a Sunday, pleasant to say the least. Doctor Strange #170 from 1968 By this point in the Mighty Marvel Manner, Stan Lee hadn’t been writing nearly as much. So what you do get is the sweet Roy Thomas work on Dr. Strange, which is completely worth it. Nightmare is a pretty doofy villain, and honestly he was defeated by being wrapped in a cloak. That’s not a joke. But the issue itself was pretty enjoyable. Artist Dan Adkins was doing his best Ditko impression, and was fairly successful. What’s best about Strange books … Continue reading
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Tagged Blaze Carson, Dr. Strange, Golden Age, Journey into Mystery, Marvel, Silver Age, Thor
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #8 by Dan!
Interesting week here kids, let’s do this! My Top Five (The Five Best Comics of the Week): Punisher Max: Tiny Ugly World Writer: David Lapham Artist: Dalibor Talajic This book makes it to the top five based on how many times I went “oh holy S#!*” while I was reading it. Lapham? Still crazy. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Much like Garth Ennis, Lapham often tries to gross out with the extreme, and he succeeds so much. I found myself unable to stop reading this book no matter how bad I might have wanted to. The reason this … Continue reading
Posted in DC, Marvel, Reviews
Tagged Batman, Batman and Robin, Carnage, DC, DC Universe Legacies, Frank Cho, Hellblazer, James Robinson, Kick Ass, Kurt Busieck, Len Wein, Mark Bagley, Marvel, Muppet Show, New Ultimates, Punisher Max, Soldier Zero, Tiny Titans
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #181
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #5 (of 6) — Writer: Grant Morrison; Art: Ryan Sook and Mick Gray; Pere Perez Um… yeah, so a bunch of DC books out this week are one-shots set after the return of Bruce Wayne, but here we have a very late issue #5 of 6 of said “return,” and he ain’t quite back yet (if it wasn’t obvious from the beginning, now I guess we know how it’s all gonna turn out, eh?). The fact that the second half of the book is by a different art team than the first hints at … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Bruce Wayne, Dash Shaw, Gene Yang, grant Morrison, Jeff Lemire, Jhonen Vasquez, Jim Shooter, Kevin Huizenga, Knight and Squire, Leonil Francis Yu, Magnus, Mark Millar, Matt Fraction, Nick Gurewitch, Paul Cornell, Shannon Wheeler, Strange Tales II, Superior, Thor, Turok
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