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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #434

True Believers: Kirby 100th — Captain America #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby, Joe Simon and Stan Lee True Believers: Kirby 100th — Eternals #1 — Writer/Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: John Verpoorten;  Colors: Glynis Wein Generations: Wolverine and All-New Wolverine #1 — Writer: Tom Taylor;  Art: Ramon Rosanas;  Colors: Nolan Woodard The Ultimates² #100 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Travel Foreman, Filipé Andrade, Marco Lorenzana and Scott Hanna;  Colors: Dan Brown with Matt Yachey Silver Surfer #13 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Michael Allred;  Colors: Laura Allred Some Marvel first and (almost) last issues: at the low low price of $1,  … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #430

Astonishing X-Men #1 (of 12) — Writer: Charles Soule;  Pencils: Jim Cheung; Inks: Mark Morales, Guillermo Ortego and Walden Wong;  Colors: Richard Isanove and Rain Beredo Secret Empire #6 (of 10) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Pencils: Leonil Francis Yu;  Inks: Gerry Alanguilan with Leonil Francis Yu;  Colors: Sunny Gho with Java Tartaglia Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #2 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Adam Kubert;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Astonishing X-Men is a 12-issue maxi-series by Soule, who used that length to good effect a couple of years ago on She-Hulk, with a series of one- and two-issue tales that also … 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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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #412

Amazing Spider-Man #25 — (Main Story): Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger; Colors: Marte Gracia Spider-Man #14 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Sara Pichelli;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Ms. Marvel #16 — Writer: G. Willow Wilson;  Art: Takeshi Miyazawa;  Colors: Ian Herring The Mighty Thor #17 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: Russell Dauterman;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Patsy Walker, AKA Hellcat #16 — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Brittney L. Williams;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Only five Marvel books, six DCs, and fifteen indy books (including nine just from Image) on tap this week, but let’s start with the … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #391

Love and Rockets #1 — Creators: Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez One of the few rules around these parts is that Jaime and Gilbert, when they’re a team, automatically go to the top of whatever list they’re on, and the return of this series as a magazine-size, black-and-white periodical is a welcome callback to their ’80s origins. About their third year in, around 1985/1986, when Love and Rockets was on the same lists as Dark Knight Returns, Watchman, Maus and… American Flagg? Anybody else?… as the future of comics, they were just cranking out duel masterpieces every month: Jaime with Maggie … Continue reading

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