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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #196
Hellboy: Being Human #1 (of 1) — Writer: Mike Mignola; Art: Richard Corben A Hellboy story by the Mignola/Corben team is always cause for celebration, and this one-shot is no exception: it doesn’t have the over-the-top backwoods craziness of their The Crooked Man, from a few years ago, but there’s enough Southern gothic atmosphere, with crumbling mansions and various decayed corpses (as an old woman, scorned and unjustly institutionalized, enacts occult revenge against long-dead adversaries) to remind everyone of why Corben’s always had such a fine reputation for horror work — and to show that, even in his seventies, he … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Batman, Chaykin, Flashpoint, Geoff Johns, grant Morrison, Hellboy, Mike Mignola, Punisher, Richard Corben, Spider-man, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #194
Journey Into Mystery #622 — Writer: Kieron Gillen; Pencils: Dougie Braithwaite; Colorist: Ulises Arreola This title takes over the numbering of the old Thor, since series writer Matt Fraction is leaving to helm the new Thor the Mighty (you’d think some sort of media event starring the Asgardian Avenger was coming…). Gillen handled a few Thor stories last year, and did a good job, and here delivers a young-Loki tale that’s layered, lyrical and actually makes you like the complicated little trickster; it’s a sign that, with a crossover mini-series and a movie all throwing a big spotlight on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ba, Bendis, Birds of Prey, Butcher Baker, Casanova, Dodson, Flash, Geoff Johns, Hellboy, Kieron Gillen, Kirkman, Matt Fraction, Moon, Nowlan, Simone, Spider-man, Thor, Walking Dead, X-men
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It Came From the Back Room #15
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed, this amounts to a two-year project. This week is brought to you by the letter “J”: Judge Dredd Joe Dredd, of Mega-City One, is a futuristic cop and a product of Great Britain, having first appeared in the British sf magazine 2000 A.D. in the late ’70s. Imagine a police force made up entirely of Clint Eastwood Dirty Harrys, all with the authority … Continue reading
The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #13 By Dan!
The last reviews of the New Year! Don’t forget to come to the sale! Heck, why are you even reading this, go to the sale now! My Top Five (The Five Best Comics of the Week) Flash #8 Writer: Geoff Johns Artist: Scott Kolins Kolins is completely in his element whenever he does a Rogue profile, as can be seen in this issue. Dealing with how the Reverse Flash came to be, Kolins is able to make every word that Johns puts on the page really come to life. The story itself is bizarre, and sounds like an idea that … Continue reading
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Tagged Astonishing X-men, Avengers, Batman, Bulletproof Coffin, Captain America, Carnage, Daredevil, Detective, Echo, Flash, Geoff Johns, Gotham City Sirens, grant Morrison, Green Lantern, Red Skull, S.H.I.E.L.D., Secret Warriors, Teen Titans, Terry Moore, Ultimate Avengers, Warren Ellis
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #10 By Dan!
Oh holy crap! We’ve already done ten of these? Can you believe it? My Top Five (The Five Best Comics of the Week) Batman Inc. #1 Writer: Grant Morrison Artist: Yanick Paquette Any comic that starts with the lines “Where are my hands?” and gets replied with “They are in Hell! Waiting for the Rest of you!” really is immediately sold to me. Let’s be real here folks, you knew I was going to like this. And dear God did I ever. It had basically everything I wanted right from the sweet JG Jones cover (not pictured). It was in … Continue reading
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Tagged Astounding Wolf-man, Avengers, Batman, Darkwing Duck, David Lapham, DC, Deadpool Max, Flash, Free Comic Book Day, Geoff Johns, grant Morrison, Green Lantern, Hellblazer, Hellboy Double Feature, Marvel, Northlanders, Osborn, Richard Corben, Superman, Superman/Batman, The Return, Thunderbolts, Yanick
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