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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #447

Doctor Strange #381 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Gabriel Hernandez Walta;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Punisher #218 — Writer: Matthew Rosenberg;  Art: Guiu Vilanova;  Colors: Lee Loughridge Amazing Spider-Man #791 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Mark von Grawbadger;  Colors: Rain Beredo The Mighty Thor #701 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: James Harren;  Colors: Dave Stewart Doctor Strange is the most-anticipatred Legacy relaunch this week; writer Donny Cates made a splash last year with the indy books God Country and Redneck (the latter a Texas-vampire genre romp that got shout-outs from, among others, Entertainment Weekly), got tapped by Marvel, … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #441

Punisher Max: The Platoon #1 (of 6) — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: Goran Parlov;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Spirits Of Vengeance #1 — Writer: Victor Gischler;  Art: David Baldeon;  Colors: Andres Mossa Of the two new Marvel books this week, Punisher: Platoon is the most welcome: a return of Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov, who had a decade-long run on that character that most critics consider the best in his forty-year-plus history. It’s a prequel to Punisher: Born, which was itself a prequel to the main Punisher title, looking at Frank Castle in Vietnam on the tour of duty just before … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #437

Venomverse #1 (of 5) — Writer: Cullen Bunn;  Art: Iban Coello;  Colors: Matt Yackey Venomverse: War Stories #1 (of 1) — Creators: Various Generations: Iron Man and Ironheart #1 (of 1) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Pencils: Marco Rudy, Szymon Kudranski and Nico Leon;  Inks: Szymon Kudranski, Will Sliney, Scott Koblish and Nico Leon;  Colors: Marco Rudy, Dean White and Paul Mounts Black Bolt #5 — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Art/Colors: Frazer Irving and Christian Ward Inhumans: Once and Future Kings #2 (of 5) — Writer: Christopher Priest;  Art/Colors: Phil Noto Venomverse, true to its name, is a retread of Spiderverse: … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #432

Generations: Banner Hulk and the Totally Awesome Hulk #1 — Writer:  Greg Pak;  Art: Matteo Buffagni;  Colors: Dono Sanchez-Almara True Believers: Avengers #4 — Writer: Stan Lee;  Art: Jack Kirby True Believers: Black Panther #1 — Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby; Inks: Mike Royer Avengers #10 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Mike del Mundo;  Colors: del Mundo with Marco D’Alfonso Champions #11 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Pencils: Humberto Ramos;  Inks: Victor Olazaba;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Of the traditional-superhero Marvel titles this week, the most-anticipated is Generations, the first of a series of one-shots pairing the classic and newer versions of various characters … Continue reading

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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

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