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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #319

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Phil

This week offers the last of the DC Convergence titles — which would mean less work for me next week, except that now all the Secret Wars tie-ins are in full bloom. Otherwise, there’s new work by Neil Gaiman, Walt Simonson and Alan Moore, plus a few other books. Let’s see: Convergence #8 — Writers: Jeff King and Scott Lobdell;  Pencils: Stephen Segovia, Carlo Pagulayan, Eduardo Pansica and Ethan Van Sciver;  Inks: Five different guys;  Colors: Peter Steigerwald Convergence: Action Comics #2 (of 2) — Writer: Justin Gray;  Pencils: Claude St-Aubin;  Inks: Sean Parsons;  Colors: Lovern Kindzierski and Hi-Fi Convergence: Detective … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #315

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Phil

We’re halfway through with Convergence: this is the last week of “new” titles, with the second issues of all the two-part tie-ins starting next week. Let’s check them out, and then tackle the rest of the week’s offerings…. Convergence #4 (of 8) — Writer: Jeff King;  Pencils: Stephen Segovia;  Inks: Seven different guys;  Colors: John Starr with Peter Steigerwald The main title gets a lot more linear this issue, with an actual plot that begins to tie everything together: the Earth-2 heroes, fleeing Telos, have ended up in The Warlord’s dimension of Skartaris, where the evil wizard Deimos is trying … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #309

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Phil

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #3 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Erica Henderson;  Colors: Rico Renzi Batgirl #40 — Writers:  Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher;  Art: Babs Tarr;  Breakdowns: Cameron Stewart;  Colors: Maris Wicks Batgirl: Endgame #1 (of 1) — Writers: Cameron Stewart and Brenden Fletcher;  Art/Color: Bengal Lumberjanes #12 — Writers: Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watters;  Art: Carolyn Nowak;  Colors: Maarta Laiho Sensation Comics #8 — (Main story):  Writer: James Tynion IV;  Art/Colors: Noelle Stevenson;  (Second story):  Writer: Heather Nuhfer;  Art/Colors: Ryan Benjamin We’re living in a remarkable era of female-friendly comics: not comics exclusively for women, necessarily, since they’re … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #297

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Phil

Superman #37 — Writer: Geoff Johns;  Pencils:  John Romita Jr.; Inks: Klaus Janson;  Colors: Laura Martin Harley Quinn #13 — Writers: Amanda Connor and Jimmy Palmiotti;  Art: Chad Hardin; Colors: Alex Sinclair Superman/Wonder Woman #14 — Writer: Peter Tomasi;  Pencils: Doug Mahnke;  Inks: Four Different Guys; Colors: Tomeu Morey Sinestro #8 — Writer: Cullen Bunn;  Pencils: Martin Cocollo; Inks: Scott Hanna;  Colors: Jason Wright The Flash #37 — Writers: Robert Venditti and Van Jensen;  Pencils: Brett Booth;  Inks: Norm Rapmund;  Colors: Andrew Dalhouse Aquaman #37 — Writer: Jeff Parker;  Pencils: Paul Pelletier;  Inks: Sean Parsons;  Colors: Rain Beredo He-Man: The … Continue reading →

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #291

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Phil

Axis #5 (of 9) — Writer: Rick Remender;  Pencils: Terry Dodson;  Inks: Rachel Dodson;  Colors: Laura Martin and Matt Milla Superior Iron Man #1 — Writer: Tom Taylor;  Art: Yildiray Cinar; Colors: Guru-eFX All-New Captain America #1 — Writer: Rick Remender;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen; Inks: Wade Von Grawbadger;  Colors: Marte Gracia with Eduardo Navarro Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1 — Writer: Al Ewing;  Art: Luke Ross; Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg These books are all related, so let’s look at them together: Axis is growing as it goes; what was originally a fight-the-Red-Skull story has now morphed into a role-reversal … Continue reading →

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