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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #194

Journey Into Mystery #622 — Writer: Kieron Gillen; Pencils: Dougie Braithwaite; Colorist: Ulises Arreola This title takes over the numbering of the old Thor, since series writer Matt Fraction is leaving to helm the new Thor the Mighty (you’d think some sort of media event starring the Asgardian Avenger was coming…). Gillen handled a few Thor stories last year, and did a good job, and here delivers a young-Loki tale that’s layered, lyrical and actually makes you like the complicated little trickster; it’s a sign that, with a crossover mini-series and a movie all throwing a big spotlight on the … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Ba, Bendis, Birds of Prey, Butcher Baker, Casanova, Dodson, Flash, Geoff Johns, Hellboy, Kieron Gillen, Kirkman, Matt Fraction, Moon, Nowlan, Simone, Spider-man, Thor, Walking Dead, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #176

Hellboy: The Storm #2 (of 3) — Writer: Mike Mignola; Art: Duncan Fegredo Hellboy continues to punch his way to a big climax, as this mini, and the one to follow, complete an over-three-year story that began with Darkness Calls. Each issue works alone, though; you don’t have to know everything that’s going on to appreciate Fegredo’s moody, mystic and action-filled art, or to smile at Mignola’s laconic, stubbornly-regular-guy demon (at the end, he looks out a window to see that he’s surrounded by an army of undead, rotting English knights, and mutters, simply, “Crap.” Couldn’t have said it better … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Allred, Batman: Odyssey, Caracuzzo, Casanova, Cornell, Ennis, Gabriel Ba, Hellboy, iZombie, Jonah Hex, Magnus, Matt Fraction, Mignola, Neal Adams, Secret Six, Shooter, Simone, Spitfire, The Boys
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