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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #349

Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat! #1 — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Brittney L. Williams;  Colors: Megan Wilson Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #2 — Writers: Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder;  Art: Natacha Bustos;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Spider-Woman #2 — Writer: Dennis Hopeless;  Pencils/Colors: Javier Rodriguez;  Inks: Alvaro Lopez We were talking about comics friendly to girls and women last week, and these first three Marvel offerings qualify, too — Hellcat, for example, really wants to be Batgirl, with its 20-something hip urban protagonist, its manga-cartoony art, its consciously-diverse cast and its cool-clubhouse group of super-friends (and even their foes). Leth, who … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #334

Eleven Secret Wars tie-ins this week, but the good news is that seven of them are conclusions; there’s a growing light at the end of Jonathan Hickman’s three-year-old tunnel.  Let’s look at all of them one at a time: Secret Wars: A-Force #4 (of 5) — Writers: Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson;  Pencils: Jorge Molina;  Inks: Craig Yeung and Walden Wong;  Colors: Laura Martin This tryout/preview for one of Marvel’s new relaunch titles has been decent enough, with sharp character interaction among a diverse, interesting cast. Its momentum gets spoiled here through no fault of its own: the climactic … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #329

Secret Wars: Age of Apocalypse #2 (of 4) — Writer: Fabian Nicieza; Art:  Gerardo Sandoval;  Colors: David Curiel Secret Wars: Civil War #2 (of 4) — Writer: Charles Soule;  Pencils: Leinil Francis Yu;  Inks: Gerry Alanguilan;  Colors: Sunny Gho Secret Wars: Future Imperfect #4  (of ) — Writer: Peter David;  Pencils: Greg Land;  Inks: Jay Leisten;  Colors: Nolan Woodard Secret Wars: Giant-Size Little Marvel #3 (of 4) — Writer/Artist: Skottie Young;  Colors: Jean-Francois Bealieu Secret Wars: Guardians of Knowhere #2 (of 4) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Mike Deodato;  Colors: Frank Martin Eleven Secret Wars tie-ins this week, so let’s … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #319

This week offers the last of the DC Convergence titles — which would mean less work for me next week, except that now all the Secret Wars tie-ins are in full bloom. Otherwise, there’s new work by Neil Gaiman, Walt Simonson and Alan Moore, plus a few other books. Let’s see: Convergence #8 — Writers: Jeff King and Scott Lobdell;  Pencils: Stephen Segovia, Carlo Pagulayan, Eduardo Pansica and Ethan Van Sciver;  Inks: Five different guys;  Colors: Peter Steigerwald Convergence: Action Comics #2 (of 2) — Writer: Justin Gray;  Pencils: Claude St-Aubin;  Inks: Sean Parsons;  Colors: Lovern Kindzierski and Hi-Fi Convergence: Detective … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #314

Convergence #3 — Writer: Jeff King;  Pencils: Stephen Segovia;  Inks: Jason Paz;  Colors: John Starr with Peter Steigerwald Convergence: Batman and the Outsiders #1 (of 2) — Writer: Marc Andreyko;  Art: Carlos D’Anda;  Colors: Gabe Eltaeb Convergence: The Flash #1 (of 2) — Writer: Dan Abnett;  Art: Federico Dallocchio; Colors: Veronica Gandini Convergence: Green Lantern Corps #1 (of 2) — Writer: David Gallaher;  Pencils: Steve Ellis;  Inks: Ande Parks;  Colors: Hi-Fi Convergence: Hawkman #1 (of 2) — Writer: Jeff Parker;  Pencils: Tim Truman;  Inks: Enrique Alcatena;  Colors: John Kalisz Convergence: Justice League of America #1 (of 2) — Writer: Fabian … Continue reading

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