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Entries from August 2008

Uncanny X-Men #475-486 by Ed Brubaker, Billy Tan and Clayton Henry

May 16th, 2007 · No Comments

I hate to say it, but I think Uncanny X-Men is probably the best thing Ed Brubaker’s writing right now. It’s a big fat space adventure with some sci-fi standards and lots of continuity, none of which I knew, and it’s not afraid of being too serious, at least in terms of the reading experience.
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Tags: Billy Tan · Clayton Henry · Ed Brubaker · Marvel Comics · X-Men

The Amazing Spider-Man by Dan Slott and Phil Jimenez

May 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Dan Slott does great Spider-Man. I’m not sure how well this Free Comic Book Day issue sells Spider-Man (or Spider-Man 3), but it’s a great time. Slott mixes in all the things I think of when I think of Spider-Man–the concern for Aunt May, the public distrust, the wacky supervillain. In this one, the supervillain […]

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Tags: Dan Slott · Marvel Comics · Phil Jimenez · Spider-Man

Wonder Woman #1-7 by George Perez, Len Wein and Greg Potter

May 6th, 2007 · No Comments

It had never occurred to me to try reading George Perez’s Wonder Woman comics, then a friend told me they were good, so I checked out the first collection, Gods and Mortals.
Besides Perez’s great art, it’s all about his plotting (Greg Potter scripted the first two issues, Len Wein the other five in the collection). […]

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Tags: DC Comics · George Perez · Greg Potter · Len Wein · Wonder Woman