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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #285
No more DC special animated covers, but we’re back to lots of first issues — significant debuts from Marvel, DC, Image and a few other companies too — so that should be more than enough to keep us busy: Thor #1 — Writer: Jason Aaron; Art: Russell Dauterman Marvel gets the most buzz on its new books this week, especially with this distaff version of one of their oldest characters. This isn’t quite a brand-new relaunch of the title (in the way, say, the new Batgirl completely changes the character’s setting, circumstances, creative team, etc.), since Aaron’s still the writer, … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Avengers, Captain America, Charlie Wormwood, Cutter, Fade Out, Flash, Gotham Academy, Green Lantern, Guardians 3000, Lobo, Men of Wrath, Silver Surfer, Thor, Usago Yojimbo, Winter Soldier
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #275
Life With Archie #37 — Writer: Paul Kupperberg; Pencils: Fernando Ruiz, Pat & Tim Kennedy; Inks: Bob Smith, Gary Martin Afterlife With Archie #6 — Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; Art: Francesco Francavilla If you’d told comics fans a year ago that, in the future, for two weeks in a row, the top books would be… Archie comics, they’d have laughed you out of your local comics shop — and yet here we are: after last week’s “Death of…,” the company follows up this week with two worthy efforts. The first, Life of Archie #37, is the coda to the character’s “death”: Riverdale a year later, … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Afterlife With Archie, Archie, Batman, Daredevil, Groo vs. Conan, Loki, Ragnarok, Spider-man, Superman, Supreme, The Goon, Thor, Trees, Tuki, Velvet
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #273
This was another week with lots of first issues (I haven’t done the math, but it seems like more new titles have started this year, from all kinds of different publishers, than in a long time), so let’s start with the indy/creator-owned ones, usually the most interesting: Spread #1 — Writer: Justin Jordan; Art: Kyle Strahm This is a post-apocalyptic tale, but not with zombies or vampires: it involves carnivorous space plants (like Day of the Triffids, but on steroids, since the plants — the “Spread” — have variations that can run and fly, and can possess/infect people). There are … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Chastity, Daredevil, Death Vigil, Grayson, Loki, Spider-Man 2099, Spread, Suicide Squad, The Life After, Thor, United States of Murder Inc., Usagi Yojimbo, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #264
Captain Action Cat: The Timestream Catastrophe #1 — Writers: Franco, Chris “Zod” Smits, and Art Baltazar; Art: Art Baltazar Everybody knows Baltazar and Franco, right — Tiny Titans? Superman Family Adventures? Baltazar’s art epitomizes “fun,” and his bold layouts and colors are super-attractive to younger kids; I don’t know anyone under, say, seven years old who can resist them. Add in enough clever references to “real” continuity to keep adults entertained, too, and those DC books were some wonderful parent/child comics-bonding issues. In this new offering, the team takes their own creation, Action Cat, and sets up a crossover with … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Batman, Captain Action Cat, Genesis, Hulk, Minimum Wage, Ms. Marvel, Sinestro, Solar, Spider-man, Stray Bullets, Thor, Translucid, Ultimate FF, X-men
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #259
Yet another week with lots of first issues; comics fans certainly can’t complain about a lack of new options this year! Let’s start with Marvel, who are offering three brand-new titles (even though they’re all revivals…): She-Hulk #1 — Writer: Charles Soule; Art: Javier Pulido This is a well-done first issue: it takes the best ideas from the character’s previous run (especially that she’s a lawyer specializing in superhero legislation, meaning her stories can involve practically anyone in the Marvel universe), adds a new wrinkle (she quits her job at her current law firm, and has to decide what to … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged All-new X-men, Astro City, Batman, Fatale, Legendarry, Mercenary Sea, She-Hulk, Spider-man, The Bunker, The Fuse, The Royals, Thor, Winter Soldier, X-force
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