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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #271
Let’s try looking at all the non-mainstream-superhero stuff first this week, and then the DC and Marvel offerings: Outcast #1 — Writer: Robert Kirkman; Art: Paul Azaceta Kirkman’s new monthly comic series got a nice writeup in Tuesday’s USA Today; that’s what originating a number-one cable hit like The Walking Dead will do for you. It’s an Exorcist riff, about a guy who dealt with demonic possession as a kid (him? His mother? Much later, his wife? It’s only the first issue, so the backstory isn’t clear yet), and now, a damaged adult, reluctantly helps others with similar problems. Kirkman’s skill at … Continue reading
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Tagged Avengers, Batman, Deadly Class, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gumball, Hulk, Justice League, Mind Mgmt, Ms. Marvel, Outcast, Rachel Rising, Saga, Spider-man, Stray Bullets, Superman, The Goon, Trees
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Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #268
Trees #1 — Writer: Warren Ellis; Art: Jason Howard Ellis is, at base, an sf guy — his earliest big hit, Transmetropolitan, was a near-future, high-tech riff on Hunter S. Thompson, and he has a soft spot for space opera, aliens, hard-science speculation, and all the other trappings of the genre. This offering is a good example: ten years ago, huge tree-trunk-like alien constructs plopped down all over the world, as casually as humans would plop the legs of a barbecue grill down over an ant colony, and ever since they’ve sat there, occasionally venting toxic waste and otherwise inscrutably … Continue reading
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Tagged Avengers, Batman, C.O.W.L., Doctor Spektor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, Mind Mgmt, Nightwing, Southern Bastards, Thanos, Trees
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