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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #427

True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Stan Lee;  Art: Steve Ditko True Believers: Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Gerry Conway; Pencils: Sal Buscema;  Inks: Mike Esposito;  Colors: Dave Hunt True Believers: Miles Morales, Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Sara Pichelli;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Amazing Spider-Man #29 — Writers: Dan Slott and Christos Gage;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger;  Colors: Marte Gracia Edge of Venomverse #1 (of 5) — Writer: Matthew Rosenberg;  Pencils: Roland Bosche; Inks: Bosch with Adam Gorham;  Colors: Daniel Brown Lots of Spider-books this week, many of them reprints … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #425

The Defenders #1 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: David Marquez;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Secret Empire #4 (of 10) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Pencils: Leonil Frances Yu;  Inks: Gerry Alanguilan;  Colors: Sunny Gho Black Panther and the Crew #3 — Writer: Ta-Nehisi Coates;  Pencils: Butch Guice with Mack Chater;  Inks: Scott Hanna with Chater;  Colors: Dan Brown It was an unusually light week for Marvels, but an interesting one. First, there’s The Defenders #1, timed to debut with the Netflix series. Bendis, who created Jessica Jones (and her relationship with Luke Cage, which in the comics involves them married with … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #423

  Wonder Woman Annual #1 — Creators: Various Teen Titans Special #1 — Story: Christopher Priest, Benjamin Percy and Dan Abnett;  Writer: Priest;  Pencils: Paul Pelletier;  Inks: Andrew Hennessy;  Colors: Adriano Lucas The Flash #23 — Writer: Joshua Williamson;  Art: Carmine di Giandomenico;  Colors: Ican Plascencia The Wonder Woman Annual (just in time for the movie!) leads with its best shot: the first meeting of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott. In addition, there’s an encounter with King Shark, by Vita Ayala and Claire Roe; a Japan-set tale by Michael Moreci and Stephanie Hans; and … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #421

Secret Empire #2 (of 10) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Art/Colors: Andrea Sorrentino with Rod Reis Luke Cage #1 — Writer: David F. Walker;  Art: Nelson Blake II;  Colors: Marcio Menyz Generation X #1 — Writer: Christina Strain;  Art: Amilcar Pinna;  Colors: Felipe Sobreiro Nick Fury #2 — Writer: James Robinson;  Pencils: ACO;  Inks: Hugo Petrus;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg I like the way Secret Empire just jumps to the hope-is-all-gone stage of its Hydra takeover of the US, rather than wasting our time with set-up, and Sorrentino’s and Reis’s moody, dimly-lit art and imaginative page design set just the right tone and … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #419

Secret Empire #1 (of 9) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Pencils: Steve McNiven;  Inks: Jay Leisten;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #1 (of 4) — Writer: Jim Starlin;  Pencils: Alan Davis;  Inks: Mark Farmer;  Colors: Matt Yackey Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission: Breakout! #1 (of 1) — Writer: Christopher Hastings; Pencils: Edgar Salazar;  Inks: Allen Martinez;  Colors: Andrew Crossley Black Bolt #1 — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Art/Colors: Christian Ward Of the Marvel first issues this week, Secret Empire has the most buzz: a fascist takeover of the United States by a Captain America who, thanks to a … Continue reading

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