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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
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #425
The Defenders #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis; Art: David Marquez; Colors: Justin Ponsor Secret Empire #4 (of 10) — Writer: Nick Spencer; Pencils: Leonil Frances Yu; Inks: Gerry Alanguilan; Colors: Sunny Gho Black Panther and the Crew #3 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates; Pencils: Butch Guice with Mack Chater; Inks: Scott Hanna with Chater; Colors: Dan Brown It was an unusually light week for Marvels, but an interesting one. First, there’s The Defenders #1, timed to debut with the Netflix series. Bendis, who created Jessica Jones (and her relationship with Luke Cage, which in the comics involves them married with … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged American Gods, Bitch Planet, Black Panther, Bug, Bugs Bunny, Cinema Purgatorio, Dark Days, Defenders, Gwenpool, Harrow County, Jimmy's Bastards, Kill the Minotaur, Kim Reaper, Ms. Marvel, Richard Corben, Secret Empire, Space Riders, Squirrel Girl, Winnebago Graveyard
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #410
America #1 — Writer: Gabby Rivera; Pencils: Joe Quinones; Inks: Joe and Paolo Rivera; Colors: Jose Villarrubia The Unstoppable Wasp #3 — Writer: Jeremy Whitley; Art: Elsa Charretier; Colors: Megan Wilson Hawkeye #4 — Writer: Kelly Thompson; Art: Leonardo Romero; Colors: Jordie Bellaire America is a love letter to the Kieron Gillen/Jamie McKelvie Young Avengers, with its lead having come to prominence in that series, and a few of the members of that team showing up, too. It’s got some of the sass, the cutting-edge, clean-looking art, and the casual acceptance of diversity of that well-received series, too; with its … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged America, Animal Noir, Avengers, Batman, Cerebus, Champions, Cinema Purgatorio, Doctor Strange, Extremity, Hawkeye, Monsters Unleashed, Motor Girl, Paper Girls, Royal City, Savage Things, Shade, Spider-man, Superman, Wasp
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #395
Thanos #1 — Writer: Jeff Lemire; Art: Mike Deodato; Colors: Frank Martin Doctor Strange #14 — Writer: Jason Aaron; Pencils: Chris Bachalo; Inks: Al Vey, John Livesay, Victor Olazaba, Tim Townsend and Wayne Faucher; Colors: Anronio Fabela with Java Tartaglia Black Panther #8 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates; Layouts: Chris Sprouse; Finishes: Karl Story with Walden Wong; Colors: Laura Martin Of the Marvel books this week, the only first issue is a relaunch — but an effective one, as Thanos of Titan, one of the company’s premiere bad guys (and a key figure in their upcoming movies) gets another series, this … Continue reading
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Tagged Archie, Batman, Black Panther, Cave Carson, Cinema Purgatorio, Doctor Fate, Doctor Strange, Ether, Grand Passion, Hellcat, Iron Man, Jessica Jones, Kill or be Killed, Lady Killer, Moonshine, Slam, Spider-man, Squirrel Girl, Superman, Thanos
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