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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #462

Doctor Strange #386 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art/Colors: Nico Henrichon Thanos #16 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Geoff Shaw;  Colors: Antonio Fabela Redneck #10 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Lisandro Estherren;  Colors: Dee Cunniffe Jessica Jones #17 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Michael Gaydos;  Colors: Matt Hollingsworth Invincible Iron Man #597 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli and Alex Maleev;  Colors: Marte Gracia and Alex Maleev These comics symbolize a changing of the guard at Marvel: less than two years ago, Donny Cates had written a couple of obscure Dark Horse series (The Paybacks, about repo men … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #453

True Believers: Phoenix — What If? #1 (of 1) — Writer: Mary Jo Duffy;  Pencils: Jerry Bingham;  Inks: John Stuart;  Colors: Carl Gafford True Believers: Phoenix — Origins #1 (of 1) — Writer: Sean McKeever;  Art/Colors: Mike Mayhew True Believers: Phoenix — Death of Phoenix #1 (of 1) — Writer: Grant Morrison;  Pencils: Phil Jimenez;  Inks: Andy Lanning with Simon Coleby;  Colors: Chris Chuckry Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #1 (of 5) — Writer: Matt Rosenberg;  Pencils: Leonil Francis Yu;  Inks: Gerry Alanguilan;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg With Phoenix:Resurrection starting this week, Marvel also releases the last three of its … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #448

Punisher: The Platoon #3 (of 6) — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: Goran Parlov;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire War Stories #25 — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: Tomas Aira;  Colors: Juan Rodriguez Thanos #13 — Writer: Donny Cates;  Art: Geoff Shaw;  Colors: Antonio Fabela Redneck #7 — Writer: Donny Gates;  Art: Lisandro Estherren;  Colors: Dee Cunniffe A couple of double shots from good writers this week, one classic and one new: Garth Ennis is the “classic” one, since he’s been writing comics since the early ’90s; he’s best known for Preacher, but his early- to mid-’00s Punisher run with Goran Parlov was the best … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #443

The Mighty Thor #700 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art: Various The Invincible Iron Man #593 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli and Alex Maleev;  Colors: Marte Gracia and Alex Maleev The Incredible Hulk #709 — Writer: Greg Pak;  Pencils: Greg Land;  Inks: Jay Leisten;  Colors: Frank D’Armata The Mighty Thor #700, a double-sized anniversary issue, is not the end of the current storyline, but a criss-crossed-plots advancement of it, a smorgasboard of all the “War Between the Realms” sub-plots you’ve been missing if you haven’t been reading it, all written by Jason Aaron (who’s been chronicling Asgardian adventures … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #438

Runaways #1 — Writer: Rainbow Rowell;  Art: Kris Anka;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Secret Empire: Omega #1 (of 1) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Art: Andrea Sorrentino with Joe Bennett, Joe Pimentel, Scott Hanna and Rachelle Rosenberg Runaways was an early hit for Brian K. Vaughan (and artist Adrian Alphona) about fifteen years ago; its mix of super-teen angst (the various kids are linked when they discover their parents all belong to an Illuminati-like super-villain group), and YA hormonal relationships was a critical and, for a while, commercial success. This revival’s writer, Rainbow Rowell, has published a number of successful YA novels … Continue reading

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