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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #445

Captain America #695 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Chris Samnee;  Colors: Matthew Wilson Avengers #673 — Writer: Mark Waid;  Art: Javier Pina with Paco Diaz;  Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg Spider-Man #234 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Power Pack #63 (of 63) — Writer: Devin Grayson;  Art: Marika Cresta;  Colors: Chris O’Halloran Black Bolt #7 — Writer: Saladin Ahmed;  Art/Colors: Frazer Irving Of the new Legacy renumberings this week, the most-anticipated is Captain America; the Waid/Samnee team has produced a good run on Black Widow, and a great run on Daredevil, over the last decade, and … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #441

Punisher Max: The Platoon #1 (of 6) — Writer: Garth Ennis;  Art: Goran Parlov;  Colors: Jordie Bellaire Spirits Of Vengeance #1 — Writer: Victor Gischler;  Art: David Baldeon;  Colors: Andres Mossa Of the two new Marvel books this week, Punisher: Platoon is the most welcome: a return of Garth Ennis and Goran Parlov, who had a decade-long run on that character that most critics consider the best in his forty-year-plus history. It’s a prequel to Punisher: Born, which was itself a prequel to the main Punisher title, looking at Frank Castle in Vietnam on the tour of duty just before … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #436

Secret Empire #10 (of 10) — Writer: Nick Spencer;  Pencils: Steve McNiven;  Inks: Jay Leisten;  Colors: Matthew Wilson True Believers: Kirby 100th — Ant-Man and the Wasp #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Stan Lee and H.E. Huntley True Believers: Kirby 100th — Iron Man #1 — Creators: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Stan Lee and R. Berns Generations: The Archers #1 — Writer: Kelly Thompson;  Art: Stefano Raffaele;  Colors: Digikore Star Wars: Mace Windu #1 — Writer: Matt Owens;  Pencils: Denys Cowan;  Inks: Roberto Poggi;  Colors: Guru-eFX Secret Empire, although it’s had its bumps along the way, ends well, … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #428

True Believers: Amazing Fantasy Starring Spider-Man #1 — Writer: Stan Lee;  Pencils: Steve Ditko True Believers: Spider-Man #1 — Writer/Artist: Todd McFarlane;  Colors: Bob Sharon True Believers: Spider-Man — Brand New Day #1 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Steve McNiven;  Inks: Dexter Vines;  Colors: Morry Hollowell At only $1, these “True Believers” reprints are both great all-ages gifts and smart marketing tools, introducing new readers to Spider-Man’s long history. Amazing Fantasy offers the eleven-page origin, a stark Lee-Ditko morality tale, and then adds a retro Spider-Man/Iron Man/Vulture reprint from the high-school-set Spidey #6, by Robbie Thompson, Andre Lima Aravjo and … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #424

Amazing Spider-Man #28 — Writer: Dan Slott;  Pencils: Stuart Immonen;  Inks: Wade von Grawbadger;  Colors: Marte Gracia with Andres Mossa Spider-Man #17 — Writer: Brian Michael Bendis;  Art: Oscar Bazaldua;  Colors: Justin Ponsor Spider-Man/Deadpool #18 (of 18) — Writer: Joe Kelly;  Pencils: Ed McGuinness;  Inks: Mark Morales and Jay Leisten;  Colors: Jason Keith Three Spider-books this week: Amazing is a big Goblin/Spidey showdown, the finale to the latest arc.  Dan Slott’s quietly been putting together a consistently-high-quality run on this title for over six years now, and this is a good check-in issue, especially with the Immonen/Grawbadger art. Brian Michael Bendis has … Continue reading

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