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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #271
Let’s try looking at all the non-mainstream-superhero stuff first this week, and then the DC and Marvel offerings: Outcast #1 — Writer: Robert Kirkman; Art: Paul Azaceta Kirkman’s new monthly comic series got a nice writeup in Tuesday’s USA Today; that’s what originating a number-one cable hit like The Walking Dead will do for you. It’s an Exorcist riff, about a guy who dealt with demonic possession as a kid (him? His mother? Much later, his wife? It’s only the first issue, so the backstory isn’t clear yet), and now, a damaged adult, reluctantly helps others with similar problems. Kirkman’s skill at … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Batman, Deadly Class, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gumball, Hulk, Justice League, Mind Mgmt, Ms. Marvel, Outcast, Rachel Rising, Saga, Spider-man, Stray Bullets, Superman, The Goon, Trees
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #264
Captain Action Cat: The Timestream Catastrophe #1 — Writers: Franco, Chris “Zod” Smits, and Art Baltazar; Art: Art Baltazar Everybody knows Baltazar and Franco, right — Tiny Titans? Superman Family Adventures? Baltazar’s art epitomizes “fun,” and his bold layouts and colors are super-attractive to younger kids; I don’t know anyone under, say, seven years old who can resist them. Add in enough clever references to “real” continuity to keep adults entertained, too, and those DC books were some wonderful parent/child comics-bonding issues. In this new offering, the team takes their own creation, Action Cat, and sets up a crossover with … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Batman, Captain Action Cat, Genesis, Hulk, Minimum Wage, Ms. Marvel, Sinestro, Solar, Spider-man, Stray Bullets, Thor, Translucid, Ultimate FF, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #258
Let’s start with the Marvel output this week, since there are a couple of new first issues: Ms. Marvel #1 — Writer: G. Willow Wilson; Art: Adrian Alphona This one’s gotten some press coverage, since the title character, Kamala, is a 16-year-old daughter of Pakistani immigrants, and a Muslim. Wilson does a good job of making her a normal kid; she hangs out at the Marvel equivalent of a Circle K with a couple of friends before school, writes Avengers fanfic, fights with her parents about wanting to go to parties with boys, sneaks out to do it, and then a … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Apocalypse Al, Avengers, Batman, Forever Evil, Iron Man, Joker's Daughter, Loki, Minimum Wage, Ms. Marvel, Punisher, Rover Red Charlie, The Fox
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It Came From the Back Room #5
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’ve currently finished the indy “M” books, and have started on the Marvel and DC “M” stuff. Here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Ms. Tree For everyone who thinks that crime comics started with Brian Bendis or Ed Brubaker, here’s a true hard-boiled gem, an undeservedly-overlooked … Continue reading
Posted in Comics History, Reviews
Tagged Greg Horn, Max Alan Collins, Ms. Marvel, Ms. Tree, Mystique, Mythadventures, Phil Foglio, Robert Asprin, Terry Beatty
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