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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #501

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Phil

True Believers: Fantastic Four: Skrulls #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby True Believers: Fantastic Four: Puppet Master #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby True Believers: Fantastic Four: Mad Thinker #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: Dan Ayers This week’s best bargains, as they often are, are the Marvel “True Believers” $1 reprint books — for $3, you can get copies of Fantastic Four #2, 8 and 15, all by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, from back when the FF was Marvel’s flagship comic, and Spider-Man and the … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #487

Posted on September 1, 2018 by Phil

Venom: First Host #1 (of 5) — Writer: Mike Costa;  Pencils: Mark Bagley;  Inks: Andrew Hennesy;  Colors: Dono Sanchez-Almara Web of Venom: Ve’Nam #1 (of 1) — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Juanan Ramirez;  Colors: Felipe Sobreiro Hunt for Wolverine: Dead Ends #1 (of 1) — Writer: Charles Soule;  Art: Ramon Rosanas;  Colors: Guru-eFX Extermination #2 (of 5) — Writer: Ed Brisson;  Art: Pepe Larraz;  Colors: Marte Gracia X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis #2 (of 2) — Creator: Ed Piskor Venom (who’s got a movie looming) and X-books dominate the Marvel offerings this week.  Venom: First Host looks at the alien … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #483

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Phil

X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis #1 — Creator: Ed Piskor Mr. and Mrs. X #1 — Writer: Kelly Fitzpatrick;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Frank D’Armata X-Men: Wakanda Forever #1 (of 1) — Writer: Nnedi Okorafor;  Pencils: Ray Anthony-Height and Alberto Alburquerque;  Inks: Anthony-Height, Alburquerque, Juan Vlasco and Keith Champagne;  Colors: Erick Arciniega All the first issues seem to be X-related this week.  The most interesting is the continuation of Ed Piskor’s X-Men: Grand Design, a retelling of all of the X-cast’s history in chronological order, mostly based on Uncanny X-Men, but with some other relevant stuff too; this issue covers … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #480

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Phil

Batman #50 — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Mikel Janin;  Colors: June Chung Catwoman #1 — Writer/Artist: Joelle Jones;  Colors: Laura Allred Deathstroke #33 — Writer: Christopher Priest;  Pencils: Ed Benes;  Inks: Richard Friend;  Colors: Dinei Ribeiro Justice League #3 — Writer: Scott Snyder;  Art: Jorge Jimenez;  Colors: Alejandro Sanchez Man of Steel #6 (of 6) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Jason Fabok;  Colors: Alex Sinclair Batman #50, as a wedding issue,  doesn’t exactly give us what we want, but it might give us what we need — writer Tom King has said that he began his tenure with a … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #475

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Phil

Amazing Spider-Man #800 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Various You Are Deadpool #5 (of 5) — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Salva Espin;  Colors: Guru-eFX Infinity Countdown: Captain Marvel #1 (of 1) — Writer: Jim McCann;  Art: Diego Olortegui;  Colors: Erick Arciniega X-Men Red Annual #1 — Writer: Tom Taylor;  Art: Pascal Alixe;  Colors: Chris Sotomayor Amazing Spider-Man #800 is a whopping $9.99, but considering it’s a 92-page book with one 80-page story (four times as much as the standard #3.99 Marvel comic), one that concludes a flashy multiple-issue tale that’s the climax to writer Dan Slott’s seven-years-plus tenure, and then … Continue reading →

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