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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #402

The Unstoppable Wasp #1 — Writer: Jeremy Whitley;  Art: Elsa Charretier;  Colors: Megan Wilson Hawkeye #2 — Writer: Kelly Thompson;  Art: Leonardo Romero;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Avengers #3 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Mike del Mundo;  Colors: del Mundo with Marco D’Alfonso Champions #4 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Pencils: Humberto Ramos;  Inks: Victor Olazaba;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Nova #2 — Writers: Jeff Loveness and Ramon Perez;  Art: Ramon Perez;  Colors: Ian Herring The Unstoppable Wasp really wants to be The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, and shares a lot of its DNA: it’s built to attract elementary, middle-school and even high-school girls, … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #398

Slapstick #1 — Writers: Reilly Brown and Fred van Lente;  Storyboards: Reilly Brown;  Art: Diego Olortegui;  Colors: Jim Campbell Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1 — Writer: Kieron Gillen;  Art: Kev Walker;  Colors: Antonio Fabela; (Second Story): Writer: Kieron Gillen;  Art: Salvador Larroca;  Colors: Edgar Delgado Nova #1 — Writers: Jeff Loveness and Ramon Perez;  Art: Ramon Perez;  Colors: Ian Herring Of the Marvel first issues this week, Slapstick is the most unusual, with its living-cartoon character existing in the “real” Marvel world; the cover gives the main idea, that he uses Bugs Bunny-like violence that doesn’t affect him — you … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #342

Uncanny X-Men #600 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Sara Pichelli, Mahmud Asrar, Stuart Immonen, Eris Anka, Chris Bachalo, David Marquez and Frazer Irving Let’s start with this — not a beginning, but an ending, the conclusion to Bendis’s three-year run on both Uncanny and All-New X-Men.  It’s mostly everybody attempting to perform an intervention on Henry McCoy, calling him to task for all his messing with the time-space continuum, after which he kind of stomps out. That’s basically it, but the various flashbacks and little set pieces play to Bendis’s dialogue and character strengths, and the division into small … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #310

Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1 — Writer: Grant Morrison;  Pencils: Doug Mahnke;  Inks: Christian Alamy, Mark Irwin, Keith Champagne and Jaime Mendoza;  Colors: Gabe Eltaeb and David Baron Past Aways #1 — Writer: Matt Kindt;  Art: Scott Kolins;  Colors: Bill Crabtree Hit: 1957 #1 (of 4) — Writer: Bryce Carlson;  Art: Vanessa R. Del Ray;  Colors: Niko Guardia Jem and the Holograms #1 — Writer: Kelly Thompson;  Art: Ross Campbell;  Colors: M. Victoria Robado Fewer number-one issues this week than we’ve been seeing, but they cover a much wider range than usual (i.e., none of them are Image science-fiction books). Multiversity: … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #243

Green Lantern #17 — Writer: Geoff Johns;  Art: Dan Jurgens, Phil Jimenez and Doug Mahnke Green Lantern Corps #17 — Writer: Peter Tomasi; Pencils: Fernando Pasarin;  Inks: Scott Hanna Green Lantern: New Guardians #17 — Writer: Tony Bedard;  Art: Aaron Kuder These are the first three parts of Johns’s final GL serial; he; and all the other creative teams, are leaving after that, so one expects that a number of threads involving the now-evil Guardians, the various colored rings, Black Hand and all manner of other subplots will get wrapped up.  The “First Lantern,” the bad guy driving the plot, … Continue reading

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