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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #261
Velvet #1 — Writer: Ed Brubaker; Art: Steve Epting Image’s creator-owned titles have just been knocking it out of the park (ooh, World Series baseball metaphors!) all year, and this one is no exception; it’s by an established team (Brubaker and Epting spent years together on their well-regarded Captain America run), within an established genre (’60s/’70s-style spy thrillers, ala James Bond or Man From U.N.C.L.E.), but with an interesting twist (it focuses on the secretary/love interest of the spy agency, normally a throwaway character, who of course turns out to be much more than she seems). Brubaker is very good … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Daredevil, Iron Man, Justice League, Pretty Deadly, Rocketeer, Samurai Jack, Satellite Sam, Sex Criminals, Spirit, Ultimate Spider-man, Velvet, Wolverine, X-men, Young Avengers
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #259
Sex Criminals #1 — Writer: Matt Fraction; Art: Chip Zdarsky You know how people say, about great sex, “time stopped”? Well, this is a story about a girl who finds out that, when she has an orgasm, time literally stops; it’s a mutant power triggered by the rush of endorphins or serontin or dopamine or whatever. In the wrong hands, this could be a disastrous premise for a series, all snickering adolescent exploitation, but fortunately Fraction and Zdarsky are made of sterner stuff; Fraction’s got a deep humanism that’s at the core of all of his best writing, making us … Continue reading
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Tagged Bane, Black Adam, Doomsday, Empowered, Fatale, FF, First Born, Hellboy, Joker's Daughter, Jupiter's Legacy, Killer Croc, Man-Bat, Metallo, Ocean Master, Parasite, Saga, Secret Society of Super-Villains, Sex Criminals, Sinestro, The Simpsons, Young Avengers
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