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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #482

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Phil

True Believers: Fantastic Four: By John Byrne #1 (of 1) — Writer/Pencils: John Byrne;  Inks: Bjorn Heyn;  Colors: Glynis Wein True Believers: Fantastic Four: By Walter Simonson #1 (of 1) — Writer/Art: Walt Simonson;  Colors: Max Scheele The Life of Captain Marvel #1 (of 5) — Writer: Margaret Stohl;  Carlos Pacheco and Rafael Fonteriz; Marguerite Sauvage;  Colors: Marcio Menyz and Marguerite Sauvage Marvel offers two more of its $1 “True Believer” Fantastic Four reprints this week, both spotlighting writer/artists who had influential runs on the title. The first, John Byrne, had arguably the best since the Lee/Kirby era: a five-year … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #478

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Phil

Tony Stark: Iron Man #1 (#601) — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Valerio Schiti;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Amazing Spider-Man #801 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Marcos Martin;  Colors: Muntsa Vicente Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Michael Allred;  Colors: Laura Allred Longtime Marvel writer Dan Slott starts his new gig on Iron Man this week, and also publishes his last Amazing Spider-Man story after nearly a decade (and a total of 180 issues) on that title. The Iron Man is a classic first issue: follow a newbie hired by Tony as he’s given a brisk … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #473

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Phil

A Walk Through Hell #1 — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: Goran Sudzuka;  Colors: Ive Svorcina World of Tanks: Citadel #1 (of 5) — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: P.J. Holder;  Colors: Michael Atiyeh Flavor #1 — Writer: Joseph Keating;  Art: Wook Jin Clark;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Ether #1 — Writer: Matt Kindt;  Art: David Rubin;  Colors: Kike J. Diaz Let’s start with the indy titles this week, since both the quantity (15 books on this list!) and the quality (Ennis, Kindt, Lemire, Vaughan, Millar, Gillen, Mignola, Sakai and Alan Moore, just to name the writers) are high, First up are two … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #468

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Phil

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 #463

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Phil

Infinity Countdown #1 (of 5) — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Aaron Kuder;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Amazing Spider-Man #797 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger;  Colors: Marte Gracia Avengers #683 — Writers: Jim Zub, Mark Waid and Al Ewing;  Pencils: Paco Medina;  Inks: Juan Vlasco;  Colors: Jesus Aburtov Captain America #699 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: matthew Wilson Marvel’s got a lot of their heavy hitters up to bat this week. Infinity Countdown could have been a mess — a cash grab off the looming Avengers movie, with too many moving parts — … Continue reading →

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