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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #383

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #11 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Jacob Chabot;  Colors: Rico Renzi Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10 — Writers: Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare;  Art: Natacha Bustos;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat #9 — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Brittney L. Williams;  Colors: Megan Wilson These three books represent Marvel’s outreach to smart young women readers, from tweens to twenty-somethings. Look at Squirrel Girl‘s one-issue tale (heh…), which manages to be both a continuity-respecting, intricately-plotted supervillain confrontation, a tutorial on basic computer programming theory, and a demonstration of its role-model title heroine’s confident optimism. Guest artist … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #373

Flash: Rebirth #1 (of 1) — Writer: Joshua Williamson;  Art: Carmine di Giandimenico;  Colors: Ivan Plascencia Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1 (of 1) — Writer: Greg Rucka;  (First Half): Pencils: Matthew Clark;  Inks: Sean Parsons;  Colors: Jeremy Colwell; (Second Half): Art: Liam Sharp;  Colors: Laura Martin Aquaman: Rebirth #1 (of 1) — Writer: Dan Abnett;  Pencils: Scott Eaton and Oscar Jimenez;  Inks: Mark Morales and Oscar Jimenez;  Colors: Gabe Eltaeb DC’s definitely having a good summer so far, with the “Rebirth” titles flying off the stands; whether readers will stick around for the regular issues is the big question, but at … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #369

Black Panther #2 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates;  Art: Brian Stelfreeze;  Colors: Laura Martin Gwenpool #2 — Writer: Christopher Hastings;  Art: Gurihiru;  Colors: VC’s Clayton Cowles All-New, All-Different Avengers #9 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Mahmud Asaar;  Colors: Dave McCaig Vision #7 — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Michael Walsh;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire The Ultimates #7 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Kenneth Rocafort;  Colors: Dan Brown Powers #6 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Michael Avon Oeming;  Colors: Nick Filardi Back to a normal week (after the loaded-up couple of ones before FCBD, where publishers were making sure lots of product would … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #365

Moon Knight #1 — Writer: Jeff Lemire;  Art: Greg Smallwood;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire The Unbelievable Gwenpool #1 — Writer: Christopher Hastings;  Art: Gurihiru with Danilo Beyruth Spider-Gwen #7 — Writer: Jason Latour;  Art: Bengal;  Colors: Rico Renzi Only two Marvel debuts this week — Moon Knight starts in a One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest setting, with its title character in an insane asylum, trying to decide whether the whole Konshu/superpowers thing is real, or just a symptom of his madness; considering that multiple personality disorder’s been hard-wired into his origin from the beginning, it’s probably a little of both. … Continue reading

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