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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #435

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Phil

This week, for $3, less than the price of one new comic, you can get three, all by Jack Kirby: True Believers: Kirby 100th — Nick Fury #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby and Stan Lee True Believers: Kirby 100th — Inhumans #1 — Creator: Jack Kirby True Believers: Kirby 100th — Devil Dinosaur #1 — Creator: Jack Kirby They form an interesting sequence, too: Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D is from 1965, at the height of both the Silver Age and the ’60s super-spy craze; we watch middle-aged, tough-as-nails WW II vet Fury (in his late 40s, just like Kirby) gets … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #431

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Phil

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo #1 (of 1) — Writer/Artist: Stan Sakai;  Colors: Tom Luth Heavenly Blues #1 — Writer: Ben Kahn;  Art/Colors: Bruno Hidalgo B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know #1 — Story: Mike Mignola and Scott Allie;  Art: Laurence Carpenter;  Colors: Dave Stewart Let’s start with the indy books, since the Stan Sakai-created Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo one-shot is definitely the best book of the week. Sakai’s been chronicling the adventures of his rabbit samurai for over three decades, and crossed him over with the TMNT gang early in their existence; this time, a Splinter-like sorcerer brings them … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #427

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Phil

True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Stan Lee;  Art: Steve Ditko True Believers: Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Gerry Conway; Pencils: Sal Buscema;  Inks: Mike Esposito;  Colors: Dave Hunt True Believers: Miles Morales, Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Sara Pichelli;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Amazing Spider-Man #29 — Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger;  Colors: Marte Gracia Edge of Venomverse #1 (of 5) — Writer: Matthew Rosenberg;  Pencils: Roland Bosche; Inks: Bosch with Adam Gorham;  Colors: Daniel Brown Lots of Spider-books this week, many of them reprints … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #426

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Phil

Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Chip Zdarsky;  Art: Adam Kubert;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire W.M.D.: Weapons of Mutant Destruction: Alpha #1 — Writer: Greg Pak;  Art: Mahmud Asrar;  Colors: Nolan Woodard Nick Fury #3 — Writer: James Robinson;  Pencils: ACO; Inks: Hugo Petrus;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Invincible Iron Man #8 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli;  Colors: Marte Gracia Silver Surfer #12 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Art: Michael Allred;  Colors: Laura Allred Mighty Thor #20 — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Art/Color: Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson;  Valerio Schiti and Veronica Gandini America #4 — Writer: Gabby Rivera; … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #422

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Phil

I Am Groot #1 — Writer: Christopher Hastings;  Art: Flaviano;  Colors: Marcio Menyz All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #2 — Writer: Gerry Duggan;  Art: Aaron Kuder;  Colors: Ive Svorcina Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #4 (of 5) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Matt Yackey Lots of Guardians of the Galaxy comics this week — for obvious reasons; I Am Groot is, naturally, about the current “baby” form of the character and, while it’s rated “T” for “teen,” younger readers should have no problems with it either, with the art making our hero super-cute … Continue reading →

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