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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #341

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 — Writer: Ryan North;  Art: Erica Henderson;  Colors: Rico Renzi Angela: Queen of Hel #1 — Writer: Marguerite Bennett;  Art: Kim Jacinto with Stephanie Hans;  Colors: Israel Silva Howling Commandos of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 — Writer: Frank Barbiere;  Art: Brent Schoonover;  Colors: Nick Filardi Marvel continues its slow rollout of new books — Squirrel Girl is definitely the star, with its irresistible combination of charm, snarky humor, girl power and clever problem-solving; it’s got the perfect creative team in North and Henderson (just look at New Avengers, where the character is a team member, to see … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #330

Secret Wars #5 ( of  8  ) — Writer: Jonathan Hickman;  Art: Esad Ribic;  Colors: Ive Svorcina Secret Wars: A-Force #3 (of 5) — Writers: Marguerite Bennett and G. Willow Wilson;  Pencils: Jorge Molina;  Inks: Jorge Molina and Craig Yeung;  Colors: Laura Martin Secret Wars: Battleworld 4 (of 4) — (First Story): Writer/Artist: James Stokoe  (Second Story):  Writer: Peter David;  Art: Daniel Valadez;  Colors: David Curiel Secret Wars: Ghost Racers #3 (of 4) — Writer: Felipe Smith;  Art: Juan Gedeon;  Colors: Tamra Bonvillain Secret Wars: Inhumans: Attilan #4 (of 5) — Writer: Charles Soule;  Pencils: John Timms;  Inks: Roberto Poggi; … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #322

This week offers fewer Secret Wars tie-ins than last (“only” six), but more DC debuts (eight), with a couple of indy first issues and the usual bunch of other interesting stuff: Secret Wars: Runaways #1 (of 3) — Writer: Noelle Stevenson;  Art: Sanford Greene;  Colors: John Rauch Secret Wars: Squadron Sinister #1 (of 3) — Writer: Marc Guggenheim;  Pencils: Carlos Pacheco;  Inks: Mariano Taibo;  Colors: Frank Martin Secret Wars: Thors #1 (of 3) — Writer: Jason Aaron;  Pencils: Chris Sprouse;  Inks: Karl Story;  Colors: Marte Gracia Secret Wars: Armor Wars #2 (of 4) — Writer: James Robinson;  Art: Marcio Takara; … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #300

We should probably note a couple of anniversaries this week: as you can see, this is my 300th “Stuff I Bought” review post; the first came out the week of January 5, 2007, which was when the AABC blog began — so that’s an eight-year anniversary for it, too. That very first review is no longer on the site (it had some kind of coding problem that was screwing things up, if I remember correctly, and had to be erased), but there’s a link to the second week’s reviews here.  If you’re wondering why it’s the 300th review but I’m … Continue reading

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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #296

The Sandman: Overture #4 (of 6) — Writer: Neil Gaiman;  Art: J. H. Williams III;  Colors: Dave Stewart Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury #2 (of 5) — Writers: Neil Gaiman; Audrey Niffenegger;  Art: Maria Frohlich; Eddie Campbell Another huge week of decent comics (Merry Christmas to us!), starting with two by Neil Gaiman. Sandman: Overture began slowly, but has built nicely, and in this issue really takes off: the J. H. Williams III art manages to pack a lot of visual information into imaginatively-laid-out pages that are like a pop-up book — you could study them for hours … Continue reading

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