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Tag Archives: The Boys
Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #236
The Boys #72 — Writer: Garth Ennis; Art: Darick Robertson with Richard P. Clark The last issue of Ennis’s longest complete story since Preacher (he wrote more issues of Punisher, but that had no conclusion). Like Preacher, most of the action took place in the penultimate issue, leaving this one for codas, cleanup and relationship resolutions (at least, of those characters who are still alive), and while it’s hard to say much about it without spoilers, it’s nice to have Robertson back for the ending (although Russ Braun, who actually drew more issues, deserves at least a shout-out somewhere here), and … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Batgirl, Batman, Fantastic Four, Great Pacific, Joker, Locke and Key, Mind Mgmt, Saga, The Boys, Thor, Wolverine, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews — Stuff I Bought #233
Avengers Vs X-Men #12 (of 12) — Writer: Jason Aaron; Pencils: Adam Kubert; Inks: John Dell with Mark Morales and Adam Kubert This may not be the best book of the week, but it’s the best seller, and it’s been surprisingly good — partly because the last few Marvel events, especially Fear Itself, lowered expectations considerably. Aaron is a good choice for writer — he doesn’t have some of the stylistic tics in dialogue of a Bendis or a Fraction, so he doesn’t call attention to his writing, and lets the art and action speak for itself, while Kubert holds … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Action Comics, Avengers Vs. X-men, Batman, Carnage, Daredevil, Defenders, Detective, Fairest, Fatale, Green Lantern, Non-Humans, Spider-man, Superman, Tank Girl, The Boys
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #57 by Dan!
All right folks! Football season’s starting, but I won’t be writing these on Sunday’s, so you won’t get to hear about the stupid amounts of money and pride I lose! Let’s do this! The Boys #70 Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Russ Braun I have to say, I do wonder what this book would have looked like if Robertson hadn’t jumped ship about 20 issues ago. I’ve moved on, but it’s interesting to see just how much Braun has done. Phil and I seem to debate each month about the ending of this book, and that’s how you know it’s good. … Continue reading
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Tagged Hawkeye, Iron Man, Phantom, Sweet Tooth, The Boys, Watchmen, X-factor, X-men
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It Came From the Back Room #51
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items (these are featured at the discount racks at the west end of the store for a couple of weeks after each post, and then go to the discount racks on the east end of the store for a few weeks, and then disappear into our warehouses, so get them while you can). I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (even now in the summer, when I’m not teaching), this amounts … Continue reading
Posted in News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged B.P.R.D., Badger, Bionic Man, Black Terror, Blood Sword, Bone, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Boys
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The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #53 by Dan!
Oh man, bet you didn’t expect me to be back this soon, did you? Well here I am, so let’s do this! Mind MGMT #2 Writer/Artist: Matt Kindt This books makes my brain explode. You start with the cover’s hidden words, you read the story inside both covers, that hints at the ideas of the coming issue; you read the issue using the foreshadowing blue lines along the side, then you read the part of the second story that explains a bit more that might come around. THEN you read the letters page that shows more and the fake back … Continue reading
