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Phil’s Reviews #231A: DC’s Zero Issues
No, I’m not doing all of the DC #0s for this week; just the six (well, seven) that caught my eye. Props to DC for including a full-page “Who’s Who”-type entry in each book, by the way — that’s a good move, especially if you figure that each of these origin issues will attract some readers who aren’t that familiar with the main title. Anyway… Team Seven #0 — Writer: Justin Jordan; Pencils: Jesus Merino; Inks: Norm Rapmund and Rob Hunter This is the one “new” title of the lot, and it suffers for that — DC had a good … Continue reading
Posted in DC, New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Batgirl, Batman, Demon Knights, Frankenstein, Green Lantern Corps, Shade, Team Seven
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #220
America’s Got Powers #1 (of 6) — Writer: Jonathan Ross; Art: Bryan Hitch Ross is the former British talk-show host who’s a big comics geek, and has dabbled in writing them before (Turf, about Prohibition-era vampires, came out a year or two ago). Here, he’s snagged Bryan Hitch as artist, which helps his cause considerably. The comic itself is nakedly commercial: it’s a mashup of J. Michael Straczynski’s Rising Stars (radiation from a mysterious meteor causes a bunch of kids whose mothers are exposed to it to be born with super-powers), America’s Got Talent (there’s a reality show wherein the … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Alabaster, America's Got Powers, Avengers, Becky Cloonan, Bryan Hitch, Buffy, Conan, Crossed, Daredevil, Dave Gibbons, Fantastic Four, Fiona Staples, Journey into Mystery, Loki, Mark Millar, Saga, Secret, Shade, Spider-man, Thor, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #218
Saga #1 — Writer: Brian K. Vaughan; Art: Fiona Staples Vaughan’s last extended series was Y: The Last Man, so he’s got a reputation to uphold, and this debut issue does so nicely: it’s a fantasy/Star Wars/Romeo and Juliet mashup, with all the sprawl its name implies — but this first issue focuses very tightly on just two characters, and the third one they produce. It’s very well done, and Staples brings enormous talent to the drawing: she’s just the kind of artist I admire, able to work with small human expressions and double-page city-destroying splashes (with giant turtles added!) … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Becky Cloonan, Brian K. Vaughan, Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Wood, Buffy, Conan, Crossed, Fantastic Four, Fiona Staples, Garth Ennis, Journey into Mystery, Kieron Gillen, Powers, Saga, Shade, Wolverine, X-men
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #40 by Dan!
Busy week, so I’m putting this together nice and quick for you guys. Let’s do this! PunisherMax #21 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Steve Dillon Holy Moses. This is the penultimate issue of this title and everything starts to go bang bang bang! Phil and I had a discussion determining how this fit into any kind of continuity and I think I finally put it together. This is acting as the end of everything from the Garth Ennis MAX run. That’s why there’s a random appearance by Barracuda, and that’s why Aaron can get away with killing the S$^% out of … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazing Spiderman, Avengers, Batwoman, Demon Knights, Frankenstein, Green Lantern, Punisher, Shade, Wolverine
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