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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #464

New Mutants: Dead Souls #1 (of 6) — Writer: Matthew Rosenberg;  Art: Adam Gorham;  Colors: Michael Garland Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #30 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Erica Henderson;  Colors: Rico Renzi Avengers #684 — Writers: Jim Zub, Mark Waid and Al Ewing;  Pencils: Paco Medina and Joe Bennett;  Inks: Juan Vlasco and Ruy Jose;  Colors: Jesus Aburtov and Murry Hollowell Doctor Strange #387 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art/Colors: Niko Henrichon Ben Reilly: The Scarlet Spider #15 — Writer: Peter David;  Art: Wil Sliney;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Marvel Two-In-One #4 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Valerio Schiti;  Colors: Frank Martin New … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #463

Infinity Countdown #1 (of 5) — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Aaron Kuder;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Amazing Spider-Man #797 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger;  Colors: Marte Gracia Avengers #683 — Writers: Jim Zub, Mark Waid and Al Ewing;  Pencils: Paco Medina;  Inks: Juan Vlasco;  Colors: Jesus Aburtov Captain America #699 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: matthew Wilson Marvel’s got a lot of their heavy hitters up to bat this week. Infinity Countdown could have been a mess — a cash grab off the looming Avengers movie, with too many moving parts — … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #462

Doctor Strange #386 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art/Colors: Nico Henrichon Thanos #16 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Geoff Shaw;  Colors: Antonio Fabela Redneck #10 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Lisandro Estherren;  Colors: Dee Cunniffe Jessica Jones #17 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Michael Gaydos;  Colors: Matt Hollingsworth Invincible Iron Man #597 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli and Alex Maleev;  Colors: Marte Gracia and Alex Maleev These comics symbolize a changing of the guard at Marvel: less than two years ago, Donny Cates had written a couple of obscure Dark Horse series (The Paybacks, about repo men … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #461

Black Panther Annual #1 — Writers: Don McGregor, Christopher Priest and Reginald Hudlin;  Art: Mike Perkins, Daniel Acuna and Ken Lashley Infinity Countdown: Prime #1 (of 1) — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Mike Deodato, Jr.;  Colors: Frank Martin Doctor Strange: Damnation #1 (of 5) — Writers: Nick Spencer and Donny Cates;  Art/Colors: Rob Reis Marvel manages to capitalize on a mega-hit movie successfully, with the Black Panther Annual featuring new stories from the three writers most associated with him: Don McGregor, whose ’70s run produced Erik Killmonger and one of the movie’s climactic waterfall scenes, and is on the short … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #460

Captain America #698 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Doctor Strange #385 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Gabriel Hernandez Walta;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #29 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Erica Henderson;  Colors: Rico Renzi Avengers #680 — Writers: Al Ewing, Jim Zub and Mark Waid;  Art: Kim Jacinto;  Colors: David Curiel Marvel 2-In-One #3 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Valerio Schiti;  Colors: Frank Martin Amazing Spider-Man Annual #42 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Cory Smith;  Inks/Finishes — Terry Pallot;  Colors: Brian Reber The newest volume of Captain America has been kind of … Continue reading

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