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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #407

All-Star Batman #7 — Writer: Scott Snyder;  Art/Colors (First story) — Tula Lotay;  (Second story) — Francesco Francavilla Detective Comics #950 — Writer:  James Tynion IV;  Art (First story) — Marcio Takara;  Colors: Dean White;  (Second story) — Pencils: Alvaro Martinez;  Inks: Raul Fernandez;  Colors: Brad Anderson;  (Third story) — Pencils: Eddy Barrows;  Inks: Eber Ferreira;  Colors: Adriano Lucas Action Comics #973 — Writer: Dan Jurgens;  Pencils: Patch Zircher and Stephen Segovia;  Inks: Patch Zircher and Art Thibert;  Colors: Arif Prianto Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #14 — Writer: Robert Venditti;  Pencils: Rafa Sandoval;  Inks: Jordi Tarragona;  Colors: … 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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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #352

Secret Wars #9 (of 9) — Writer: Jonathan Hickman;  Art: Esad Ribic;  Colors: Ive Svorcina Finally! On its own merits (ignoring the lateness, the hundreds of pages of mini-series, etc.) this has been one of the better Marvel events; you can accuse Hickman of many things, but he’s always got a solid plot, and character through-lines that make sense, and he uses them here: at base, this has been a Fantastic Four story (the last for a while), stemming from Hickman’s long run on that title just before he took over the Avengers books, and it’s a good one, with … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #254

Like last week, there were a bunch of first issues released this Wednesday, so let’s start with those: The Invincible Haggard West (Battling Boy preview) — Creator: Paul Pope For $2.99, this offers 32 pages of full-color Pope art, involving a jetpack-equipped hero defending kids against creepy mutants in a crumbling urban setting. It’s both a self-contained story and a setup/sneak peek at Pope’s new graphic novel series, Battling Boy, due out in a few months, but hey: reread this paragraph’s first sentence, and that’s all you need to know to understand why this is easily my book of the … Continue reading

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