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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #496

Batman Secret Files #1 (of 1) — Creators: Various Batman/The Maxx: Arkham Dreams #2 (of 5) — Writer/Artist: Sam Kieth; Colors: Ronda Pattison From its title, I thought Batman Secret Files #1 would be like those ’90s/’00s SF versions with a story or two, and then a bunch of Who’s Who-type entries, city maps and other world-fillers. Not so; it’s a straight five-story anthology: a three-page opener by Tom King and Mikel Janin; an eight-pager about a GCPD officer’s encounter with the Scarecrow, in which writer Ram V and artist Jorge Fornes use (and then don’t use) the nine-panel grid … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #458

Phoenix: Resurrection #5 (of 5) — Writer: Matthew Rosenberg;  Pencils: Leonil Frances Yu and Joe Bennett;  Inks: Gerry Alanguilan and Belardino Brabo;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Jean Grey #11 — Writer: Dennis Hopeless;  Art: Victor Ibanez and Alberto Albuquerque;  Colors: Jay David Ramos Jessica Jones #16 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Michael Gaydos;  Colors: Matt Hollingsworth Defenders #9 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: David Marquez;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Invincible Iron Man #596 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Stefano Caselli and Alex Maleev;  Colors: Marte Gracia and Alex Maleev Phoenix: Resurrection ends (and this is the short, sort-of-spoilers-but-not-really version) … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #449

Batman Annual #2 — Writer: Tom King;  Art: Lee Weeks and Michael Lark;  Colors: Elizabeth Breitweiser Batman: Creature of the Night Book One — Writer: Kurt Busiek;  Art/Colors: John Paul Leon Mystik U #1 — Writer: Alisa Kwitney;  Art: Mike Norton;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Justice League of America Annual #1 — Writer: Steve Orlando;  Art: Kelly Jones;  Colors: Michelle Madsen Super Sons Annual #1 — Writer: Peter Tomasi;  Pencils: Paul Pelletier;  Inks: Cam Smith;  Colors: Hi-Fi New Talent Showcase 2017 — Creators: Various DC books get first position this week, largely on the strength of their Bat-offerings. Batman Annual is … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #429

Spider-Men II #1 (of 5) — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Sara Pichelli;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Amazing Spider-Man #30 — Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger; Colors: Marte Gracia Venom #152 — Writer: Mike Costa;  Art: Gerardo Sandoval;  Colors: Dono Sanchez-Almara Edge of Venomverse #2 (of 5) — Writer: Christopher Hastings;  Art: Irene Strychalski; Colors: Java Tartaglia Spider-Men II is a sequel to the five-year-old Spider-Men, also by Bendis and Pichelli, which brought together the Marvel and Ultimate-Universe Spider-Men for the first time; it stems from a scene at the end of the … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #399

Hawkeye #1 — Writer: Kelly Thompson;  Art: Leonardo Romero;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Jessica Jones #3 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Michael Gaydos;  Colors: Matt Hollingsworth The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #15 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Erica Henderson with Zac Gorman Gwenpool Holiday Special: Merry Mix-Up #1 — Creators: Various One often-ignored comics story of the last few years is how Marvel has been creating a stable of strong women-centric books; some of them have failed to stick (see: Mockingbird), but others have hung on and developed a following (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, which is practically invisible in regular … Continue reading

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