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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #431
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
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #430
Astonishing X-Men #1 (of 12) — Writer: Charles Soule; Pencils: Jim Cheung; Inks: Mark Morales, Guillermo Ortego and Walden Wong; Colors: Richard Isanove and Rain Beredo Secret Empire #6 (of 10) — Writer: Nick Spencer; Pencils: Leonil Francis Yu; Inks: Gerry Alanguilan with Leonil Francis Yu; Colors: Sunny Gho with Java Tartaglia Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky; Art: Adam Kubert; Colors: Jordie Bellaire Astonishing X-Men is a 12-issue maxi-series by Soule, who used that length to good effect a couple of years ago on She-Hulk, with a series of one- and two-issue tales that also … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged America, Archie, Batman, Bitch Planet, Cave Carson, Generation Gone, Grrl Scoouts, I Hate Fairyland, Iron Man, Jimmy's Bastards, Justice League, Moonstruck, Ms. Marvel, Royal City, Secret Empire, Shaolin Cowboy, Spider-man, The Wild Storm, Thor, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #429
Spider-Men II #1 (of 5) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis; Art: Sara Pichelli; Colors: Justin Ponsor Amazing Spider-Man #30 — Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage; Pencils: Stuart Immonen; Inks: Wade von Grawbadger; Colors: Marte Gracia Venom #152 — Writer: Mike Costa; Art: Gerardo Sandoval; Colors: Dono Sanchez-Almara Edge of Venomverse #2 (of 5) — Writer: Christopher Hastings; Art: Irene Strychalski; Colors: Java Tartaglia Spider-Men II is a sequel to the five-year-old Spider-Men, also by Bendis and Pichelli, which brought together the Marvel and Ultimate-Universe Spider-Men for the first time; it stems from a scene at the end of the … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #428
True Believers: Amazing Fantasy Starring Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Stan Lee; Pencils: Steve Ditko True Believers: Spider-Man #1 — Writer/Artist: Todd McFarlane; Colors: Bob Sharon True Believers: Spider-Man — Brand New Day #1 — Writer: Dan Slott; Pencils: Steve McNiven; Inks: Dexter Vines; Colors: Morry Hollowell At only $1, these “True Believers” reprints are both great all-ages gifts and smart marketing tools, introducing new readers to Spider-Man’s long history. Amazing Fantasy offers the eleven-page origin, a stark Lee-Ditko morality tale, and then adds a retro Spider-Man/Iron Man/Vulture reprint from the high-school-set Spidey #6, by Robbie Thompson, Andre Lima Aravjo and … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Baby Teeth, Batman, Black Bolt, Casper, Champions, Deadpool, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gumby, Hawkeye, Jessica Jones, Jupiter's Legacy, Motor Girl, Nick Fury, Rick and Morty, Rock Candy Mountain, Sabrina, Sacred Creatures, Snotgirl, Spider-man, Stray Bullets, Wicked and the Divine
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #427
True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Stan Lee; Art: Steve Ditko True Believers: Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Gerry Conway; Pencils: Sal Buscema; Inks: Mike Esposito; Colors: Dave Hunt True Believers: Miles Morales, Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis; Art: Sara Pichelli; Colors: Justin Ponsor Amazing Spider-Man #29 — Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage; Pencils: Stuart Immonen; Inks: Wade von Grawbadger; Colors: Marte Gracia Edge of Venomverse #1 (of 5) — Writer: Matthew Rosenberg; Pencils: Roland Bosche; Inks: Bosch with Adam Gorham; Colors: Daniel Brown Lots of Spider-books this week, many of them reprints … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Astro City, Bank Shot, Batman, Black Panther, Defenders, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jem and the Holograms, Jughead, Looney Tunes, Lumberjanes, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Punisher, Redneck, Rick and Morty, Saga, Secret Empire, Spider-man, The Shadow, Venom
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