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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #306
Spider-Gwen #1 — Writer: Jason Latour; Art: Robbi Rodriguez; Colors: Rico Renzi Curb Stomp #1 (of 4) — Writer: Ryan Ferrier; Art: Devaki Neogi; Colors: Neil Lalonde The Black Hood #1 — Writer: Duane Swierczynski; Art: Michael Gaydos; Colors: Kelly Fitzpatrick Criminal: Special Edition #1 (of 1) — Writer: Ed Brubaker; Art: Sean Phillips; Colors: Elizabeth Breitweiser Prince Valiant #1 — Writer: Nate Cosby; Art: Ron Salas; Colors: Luigi Anderson Suiciders #1 — Writer/Artist: Lee Bermejo; Colors: Matt Hollingsworth Orphan Black #1 — Writers: Graeme Manson and John Fawcett with Jody Houser; Art: Szymon Kudransky; Colors: Mat Lopes After a … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #304
Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 — Creators: Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez It’s hard to describe just how vital Love and Rockets and the Hernandez brothers were to comics in the ’80s: the magazine lasted for 50 issues over 14 years, from 1982 to 1996, and for a long span every new installment was a leap forward: you could just see them growing in confidence and ability, until both Gilbert’s Palomar stories (set in a Mexican village, with a large cast of characters but focusing mostly on the mayor, Luba, and her many daughters and lovers) and Jaime’s Locas ones … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #302
The Multiversity Guidebook #1 (of 1) — Writer: Grant Morrison; Artists: Marcus To and Paulo Siqueira; Colors: Dave McCaig and Hi-Fi This is expensive ($7.99) but also awesome — more than just a guidebook, it’s a 34-page story spotlighting the Batman: L’il Gotham characters (who turn out to be from Earth-42), plus Kamandi (Earth-51), whose story summarizes the history of alternate Earths in the DC Universe since “Flash of Two Worlds,” plus the Batman from the Atomic Knights timeline (Earth-17), plus the Legion of Sivanas and other tie-ins to the other “Multiversity” books Morrison has been producing; these all make … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #295
Lots of good comics this week, so let’s break them down by company — starting with Image, who’s offered literally dozens of cool debuts this year, making themselves the destination publisher for creators who want to stretch their storytelling skills with minimum editorial interference, and maximum retention of the rights to their work: Bitch Planet #1 — Writer: Kelly Sue Deconnick; Art: Valentine de Landro; Colors: Cris Peter Deconnick’s been having a breakout 2014 — her Pretty Deadly, a hallucinatory occult Western, was great, and she’s been making Captain Marvel a smart, galaxy-spanning romp for Marvel. Here, she enters creator-owned … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Afterlife With Archie, Amazing Spider-man, Astro City, Avengers, Axis, Batgirl, Bitch Planet, Darwyn Cooke, East of West, Guardians of the Galaxy, Harley Quinn, Savage Dragon, Sex Criminals, Southern Bastards, Supreme Blue Rose, The Goon, Thor, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #291
Axis #5 (of 9) — Writer: Rick Remender; Pencils: Terry Dodson; Inks: Rachel Dodson; Colors: Laura Martin and Matt Milla Superior Iron Man #1 — Writer: Tom Taylor; Art: Yildiray Cinar; Colors: Guru-eFX All-New Captain America #1 — Writer: Rick Remender; Pencils: Stuart Immonen; Inks: Wade Von Grawbadger; Colors: Marte Gracia with Eduardo Navarro Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1 — Writer: Al Ewing; Art: Luke Ross; Colors: Rachelle Rosenberg These books are all related, so let’s look at them together: Axis is growing as it goes; what was originally a fight-the-Red-Skull story has now morphed into a role-reversal … Continue reading
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Tagged Axis, Batgirl, Batman, Bigger Bang, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Deep State, Django/Zorro, Drifter, Fade Out, Grendel vs The Shadow, Outcast, Quantum and Woody, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Verse, Superior Iron Man, The Kitchen, Thor, Wytches
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