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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #445

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Phil

Captain America #695 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Avengers #673 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Javier Pina with Paco Diaz;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Spider-Man #234 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Power Pack #63 (of 63) — Writer: Devin Grayson;  Art: Marika Cresta;  Colors: Chris O’Halloran Black Bolt #7 — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Art/Colors: Frazer Irving Of the new Legacy renumberings this week, the most-anticipated is Captain America; the Waid/Samnee team has produced a good run on Black Widow, and a great run on Daredevil, over the last decade, and … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #440

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Phil

Marvel Legacy #1 (of 1) — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: Esad Ribic with Steve McNiven;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Generations: Miles Morales Spider-Man and Peter Parker Spider-Man #1 (of 1) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Ramon Perez;  Colors: Msassyx Generations: Steve Wilson Captain America and Steve Rogers Captain America #1 (of 1) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Art: Paul Renaud;  Colors: Laura Martin Marvel Legacy is, thankfully, pretty good — Aaron, Ribic, McNiven and Wilson are top-tier creators, and they get 50 pages to prove it, with the Avengers of One Million BC against an insane Celestial, plus modern-day cuts focusing … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #435

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Phil

This week, for $3, less than the price of one new comic, you can get three, all by Jack Kirby: True Believers: Kirby 100th — Nick Fury #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby and Stan Lee True Believers: Kirby 100th — Inhumans #1 — Creator: Jack Kirby True Believers: Kirby 100th — Devil Dinosaur #1 — Creator: Jack Kirby They form an interesting sequence, too: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D is from 1965, at the height of both the Silver Age and the ’60s super-spy craze; we watch middle-aged, tough-as-nails WW II vet Fury (in his late 40s, just like Kirby) gets … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #430

Posted on July 21, 2017 by Phil

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 →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #426

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Phil

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Adam Kubert;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire W.M.D.: Weapons of Mutant Destruction: Alpha #1 — Writer: Greg Pak;  Art: Mahmud Asrar;  Colors: Nolan Woodard Nick Fury #3 — Writer: James Robinson;  Pencils: ACO; Inks: Hugo Petrus;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Invincible Iron Man #8 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli;  Colors: Marte Gracia Silver Surfer #12 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Michael Allred;  Colors: Laura Allred Mighty Thor #20 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art/Color: Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson;  Valerio Schiti and Veronica Gandini America #4 — Writer: Gabby Rivera; … Continue reading →

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