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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #500

Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1956 #1 (of 5) — Story: Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson;  Art: Mike Norton, Yishan Li and Michael Avon Oeming;  Colors: Dave Stewart The Warning #1 — Writer/Artist: Edward Laroche;  Colors: Brad Simpson Sex Death Revolution #2 — Writer: Magdalene Visaggio;  Art: Kasia Witerscheim;  Colors: Harry Saxon Man-Eaters #3 — Writer: Chelsea Cain;  Art: Kate Niemczyk;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Archie: 1941 #3 (of 5) — Story: Brian Augustyn and Mark Waid;  Art: Peter Krause;  Colors: Kelly Fitzpatrick Kim Reaper: Vampire Island #4 (of 4) — Creator: Sarah Graley Let’s start with the smaller-publisher indy books again … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #483

X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis #1 — Creator: Ed Piskor Mr. and Mrs. X #1 — Writer: Kelly Fitzpatrick;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Frank D’Armata X-Men: Wakanda Forever #1 (of 1) — Writer: Nnedi Okorafor;  Pencils: Ray Anthony-Height and Alberto Alburquerque;  Inks: Anthony-Height, Alburquerque, Juan Vlasco and Keith Champagne;  Colors: Erick Arciniega All the first issues seem to be X-related this week.  The most interesting is the continuation of Ed Piskor’s X-Men: Grand Design, a retelling of all of the X-cast’s history in chronological order, mostly based on Uncanny X-Men, but with some other relevant stuff too; this issue covers … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #468

Domino #1 — Writer: Gail Simone;  Art: David Baldeon;  Colors: Jesus Aburtov Exiles #1 — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Pencils: Javier Rodriguez;  Inks: Alvaro Lopez; Colors: Jordie Bellaire Captain America #700 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: Matthew Wilson This week sees a couple of Marvel mutant debuts notable for their writers: Gail Simone’s combination of tough-guy noir, humor and themes about the weird support networks of friends and family that we build around us fits Domino perfectly; the luck-manipulating mercenary has seldom been this interesting, and David Baldeon’s slightly-demented J. Scott Campbell riffs make it look good too. … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #450

True Believers: Phoenix Presents Cyclops and Marvel Girl #1 (of 1) — Writer: Arnold Drake;  Pencils: Don Heck and Werner Roth;  Inks: John Verpoorten True Believers: Enter…the Phoenix! #1 (of 1) — Writer: Chris Claremont;  Art: Dave Cockrum Astonishing X-Men #6 — Writer: Charles Soule;  Art: Mike del Mundo;  Colors: del Mundo and Marco D’Alfonso X-Men Gold #17 — Writer: Marc Guggenheim;  Art: Ken Lashley;  Colors: Juan Fernandez If there was any doubt that Marvel was about to resurrect Jean Grey (who’s been “dead” since Grant Morrison killed her back in 2003), look to the two one-dollar “True Believer” reprints … Continue reading

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