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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #503

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Phil

Season’s Beatings #1 (of 1) — Writer: Jason Latour;  Art/Colors:Various Defenders: The Best Defense #1 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Pencils: Joe Bennett;  Inks: Belardino Brabo;  Colors: Dono Sanchez-Almara True Believers: Fantastic Four — Frightful Four #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: Chic Stone True Believers: Fantastic Four — Klaw #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby; Inks: Joe Sinnott True Believers: Fantastic Four — Blastaar #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Jack Kirby;  Inks: Joe Sinnott True Believers: Fantastic Four — Ronan #1 (of 1) — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #450

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Phil

True Believers: Phoenix Presents Cyclops and Marvel Girl #1 (of 1) — Writer: Arnold Drake;  Pencils: Don Heck and Werner Roth;  Inks: John Verpoorten True Believers: Enter…the Phoenix! #1 (of 1) — Writer: Chris Claremont;  Art: Dave Cockrum Astonishing X-Men #6 — Writer: Charles Soule;  Art: Mike del Mundo;  Colors: del Mundo and Marco D’Alfonso X-Men Gold #17 — Writer: Marc Guggenheim;  Art: Ken Lashley;  Colors: Juan Fernandez If there was any doubt that Marvel was about to resurrect Jean Grey (who’s been “dead” since Grant Morrison killed her back in 2003), look to the two one-dollar “True Believer” reprints … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #400

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Phil

The Mighty Captain Marvel #0 — Writer: Margaret Stohl;  Art: Emilio Laiso and Ramon Rosanas;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg The Ultimates2 #2 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Travel Foreman;  Colors: Dan Brown Invincible Iron Man #2 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli;  Colors: Marte Gracia Hellcat #13 — Writer: Kate Leth;  Art: Brittney L. Williams;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg As they have so often lately, the Marvel women lead off the week. The Mighty Captain Marvel picks up after Civil War II, with Carol Danvers the best-known, and one of the most powerful, people on the planet; she and Alpha … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #355

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Phil

Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Sara Pichelli;  Ink Assists: Gaetano Carlucci;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Amazing Spider-Man #7 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Matteo Buffagni;  Colors: Marte Gracia Spidey #3 — Writer: Robbie Thompson;  Art: Nick Bradshaw;  Colors: Jim Campbell and Rachelle Rosenberg Three Spider-Man books in one week isn’t exactly a testament to Marvel’s shipping strategy, but at least they’re all very different.  Spider-Man is Miles Morales in the regular Marvel universe — and he’s one of only a couple people who even remember that there was any other universe, or a Secret Wars,  all because he … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews #348: Gender-Friendly Comics

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Phil

A few weeks ago, we were talking about comics for kids; this week, let’s talk about another underserved class of readers: girls and women.  There’ve always been exceptions to the comics-are-for-guys meme — the Chris Claremont X-Men of the ’70s and ’80s, New Teen Titans in the ’80s, Sandman and a lot of Vertigo titles in the ’90s, and big chunks of the manga boom in the ’00s  — but in the last two years we’ve seen both a new commitment by the big comics companies to attract a more diverse audience, and an explosion of female creators, both writers … Continue reading →

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