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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #465

Kick-Ass #2 — Writer: Mark Millar;  Pencils: John Romita Jr.;  Inks/Colors: Peter Steigerwald Ice Cream Man #3 — Writer: W. Maxwell Prince;  Art: Martin Morazzo;  Colors: Chris O’Halloran Kill or be Killed #17 — Writer: Ed Brubaker;  Art: Sean Phillips;  Colors: Elizabeth Breitweiser Moonshine #8 — Writer: Brian Azzarello;  Art/Colors: Eduardo Risso Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #33 — Creator: David Lapham Monstress #15 — Writer: Marjorie Liu;  Art: Sana Takeda We’re starting with the indy books this week, largely on the strength of Image’s six: Kick-Ass has the crowd-pleasing collaboration of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. offering new twists … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #461

Black Panther Annual #1 — Writers: Don McGregor, Christopher Priest and Reginald Hudlin;  Art: Mike Perkins, Daniel Acuna and Ken Lashley Infinity Countdown: Prime #1 (of 1) — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Mike Deodato, Jr.;  Colors: Frank Martin Doctor Strange: Damnation #1 (of 5) — Writers: Nick Spencer and Donny Cates;  Art/Colors: Rob Reis Marvel manages to capitalize on a mega-hit movie successfully, with the Black Panther Annual featuring new stories from the three writers most associated with him: Don McGregor, whose ’70s run produced Erik Killmonger and one of the movie’s climactic waterfall scenes, and is on the short … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #435

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 #422

I Am Groot #1 — Writer: Christopher Hastings;  Art: Flaviano;  Colors: Marcio Menyz All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #2 — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Aaron Kuder;  Colors: Ive Svorcina Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #4 (of 5) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Matt Yackey Lots of Guardians of the Galaxy comics this week — for obvious reasons; I Am Groot is, naturally, about the current “baby” form of the character and, while it’s rated “T” for “teen,” younger readers should have no problems with it either, with the art making our hero super-cute … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #417

Secret Empire #0 ( of 9 ) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Art/Colors: Daniel Acuna Steve Rogers: Captain America #16 — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Art: Kevin Libranda, Yildiray Cinar and Jon Malin;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Thunderbolts #12 — Writer: Jim Zub;  Art: Jon Malin;  Colors: Matt Yackey U.S.Avengers #5 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Paco Diaz;  Colors: Jesus Aburtov Whether we all really want to read about a fascist takeover of the U.S. by a nationalist-themed sociopath and his cartoonish super-villain flunkies right now is a good question, especially in a ten-episode mini-series with line-wide tie-ins, but as such things go … Continue reading

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