Review Search: Phil Noto
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #21"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #21 has the series limping towards its conclusion with a mixture of random story elements and lackluster art from Andrew Chambliss and Georges Jeanty.
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May 9th, 2013 |
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Jupiter's Legacy #1Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's "Jupiter's Legacy" #1 plumbs familiar territory with the family tree of a super-powered family, but there's a promise to this start that hasn't been present for a while in Millar's scripts
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April 24th, 2013 |
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Thunderbolts #2"Thunderbolts" #7 from Daniel Way and Phil Noto is a thin issue of a team book that's enjoyable but doesn't really have much to it.
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March 27th, 2013 |
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Ghost #4Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto's "Ghost" #4 wraps up this initial mini-series, with enough plot and exposition mixed in to support the upcoming ongoing series, as well as provide a hook so readers want to come back.
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March 15th, 2013 |
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Aliens Vs. Parker #1"Aliens Vs Parker" #1 from Paul Scheer, Nick Giovannetti and Manuel Bracchi is a very funny books with some heart at its center as a space delivery man attempts to chase possible love.
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March 13th, 2013 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #19Andrew Chambliss and Georges Jeanty heat up the overall story arc in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #19, but a lack of focus in this series makes it hard to get that excited about "the Siphon."
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February 13th, 2013 |
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Ghost #3Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto serve up some exposition in "Ghost" #3, but the answers to a lot of the title's mysteries end up being satisfying rather than overwhelming.
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January 14th, 2013 |
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Uncanny X-Force #35"Uncanny X-Force" #35 wraps up the series, as Rick Remender and Phil Noto deal with the aftermath of "The Final Execution Saga" and for one character, we even have an unexpected happy ending.
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December 19th, 2012 |
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Uncanny X-Force #34"Uncanny X-Force" #34 from Rick Remender and Phil Noto is emotional. This is superheroic heartbreak set to the tunes of sliced skin and pounded flesh.
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November 23rd, 2012 |
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Freelancers #1Created by Matt Gagnon and Felipe Smith, "Freelancers" #1 has a primary story by Ian Brill and Joshua Covey -- it's a lot for $0.99, but ultimately, a disappointing first issue.
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November 8th, 2012 |
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Uncanny X-Force #33"Uncanny X-Force" #33 continues Rick Remender and Phil Noto's "Final Execution" with a gruesome showdown between Nightcrawler and Blob.
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November 8th, 2012 |
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Ghost #1Following the short stories in "Dark Horse Presents" (reprinted as "Ghost" #0), Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto hit the ground running with "Ghost" #1 as we learn more about our title character and start meeting villains.
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October 25th, 2012 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #14Jane Espenson and Karl Moline unleash Billy the Vampire Slayer in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #14, and what could have been cliché or even offensive ends up actually working quite well.
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October 15th, 2012 |
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Uncanny X-Force #32As Rick Remender and Phil Noto bring "Uncanny X-Force" closer to December's conclusion, the confrontation between X-Force, the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and Genesis reminds us why this title is a must-read.
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October 3rd, 2012 |
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GhostFor the first time in over a decade, Ghost returns to her own series written by Kelly Sue DeConnick and drawn by Phil Noto. While the pieces are all in place for a strong run, this debut issue falls flat with the focus off the titular character.
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September 19th, 2012 |
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Steed and Mrs. PeelBOOM! Studio's ongoing "Steed and Mrs. Peel" series debuts with a #0 issue by Mark Waid and Steve Bryant, but this re-introduction to the Hellfire Club feels like it's lacking a little pizazz even as it captures the overall structure.
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August 29th, 2012 |
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Dark Horse Presents #15With 12 different stories in 88 pages, "Dark Horse Presents" #15 continues to offer a little something for everyone; even as one of the weaker issues, there's still more than enough for your money's worth.
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August 22nd, 2012 |
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Before Watchmen: Ozymandias #2Len Wein's story in "Before Watchmen: Ozymandias" #2 is competent if forgettable, but Jae Lee's artwork is so beautiful that it's absolutely worth taking a look how this creator's talent is exploding off the page.
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August 9th, 2012 |
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Before Watchmen: Minutemen #2The Darwyn Cooke-crafted adventures of the Minutemen continue without much fanfare or cause for celebration.
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July 16th, 2012 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #11Buffy gets a new job in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9" #11 and this time it's one that actually looks like a good fit.
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July 11th, 2012 |
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Dark Horse Presents #13Ghost returns to Dark Horse's publishing schedule in this anthology and some other interesting stories come along with her.
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June 20th, 2012 |
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Creator Owned Heroes #1Two short stories by top creators, interviews, and a fair bit of inspiration make the 47-page "Creator Owned Heroes" #1 easily worth the cover price.
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June 8th, 2012 |
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Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1Opening "Before Watchmen" comics with "Minutemen" #1 by Darwyn Cooke was an extremely smart move on DC's part.
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June 6th, 2012 |
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Higher Earth #1The basic thrust behind "Higher Earth" is familiar but in doing so it allows Sam Humphries and Francesco Biagini to jump right into the story.
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May 7th, 2012 |
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Nine #8The exposition arrives in "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 9" #8 to explain last month's surprise cliffhanger, and everything grinds to a halt.
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April 15th, 2012 |
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X-23 #21A bold and entirely fitting final chapter in Laura's ongoing series, cut short too soon.
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March 19th, 2012 |
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season Nine #7Between a Buffy and Spike conversation sure to melt the coldest heart and a cliffhanger guaranteed to shock you into speechlessness, this comic pulls no punches.
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March 14th, 2012 |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #6Buffy considers her life, as a slayer and as a woman, as she tries to come to terms with the right decision about her pregnancy.
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February 8th, 2012 |
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X-23 #20Laura wrestles with where she should make her home post-Schism in this penultimate issue of “X-23.”
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January 7th, 2012 |
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Angel & Faith #5The most famous vampire in the world, Harmony, needs the help of Angel Investigations, even if that’s just been whittled down to Angel and Faith.
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January 1st, 2012 |
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X-23 #14Laura teams up with the FF in an attempt to discover what’s causing havoc in New York City, while Gambit and Cecilia Reyes look for Laura.
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September 9th, 2011 |
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X-23 #13Laura and Gambit travel to Manhattan in search of a boy Laura spared years ago. After dropping Gambit off with an old friend, Laura teams up with Spider-Man to do some big city heroing.
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August 5th, 2011 |
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Wolverine and Jubilee #4Wolverine tries to rescue Jubilee from her strange prison, while she tries to escape it and exhibits some fascinating new powers in the process.
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April 23rd, 2011 |
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Dollhouse: Epitaphs #1Mag, Zone, and the rest fight their way through the post-Dollhouse apocalypse in this prequel/sequel to the TV series.
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April 4th, 2011 |
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Wolverine and Jubilee #3Wolverine heads into the deadly Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to retrieve a package for a mysterious vampire as barter for Jubilee’s freedom.
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March 27th, 2011 |
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Widowmaker #4“Pull any gear you have that goes boom. We’re going to need every bit of explosive power if we’re going to survive.”
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February 10th, 2011 |
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Wolverine and Jubilee #121 years later, the pairing of Wolverine and Jubilee still works.
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January 22nd, 2011 |
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Widowmaker #3Hawkeye nails a brothel and we find out who Ronin is, this time. Globe-trotting spy-fu fun.
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January 17th, 2011 |
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Superboy #3“A little too busy. Smallville was supposed to be my place away from all the craziness.”
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January 5th, 2011 |
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Superboy #2There are some rough edges on "Superboy" right now, but nothing that can't be fixed.
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December 8th, 2010 |
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Soldier Zero #2What is the alien suit that attached itself to Stewart Trautmann? Find out in this issue!
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November 17th, 2010 |
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7 Days From Hell #1A dead mercenary must kill one mark each week to stay out of hell, and his comic must get the most votes to get more than one issue.
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October 20th, 2010 |
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Soldier Zero #1Stan Lee’s BOOM!iverse starts here with more of a “pop” than a “BOOM!”
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October 17th, 2010 |
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Avengers: The Origin #3The not-quite-yet-Avengers search for the Hulk, while he pretends to be a robot in the circus. And Phil Noto draws an amazing Asgard.
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June 2nd, 2010 |
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Avengers: The Origin #2This issue ends with Iron Man uttering the phrase, "So let's get to work." Hopefully they do next issue.
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May 9th, 2010 |
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Avengers: The Origin #1Retelling the formation of the Avengers, as Loki tricks the Hulk into destroying some train tracks and then hacks Rick Jones’s e-mail account (sort of).
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April 8th, 2010 |
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Batgirl #8It was bound to happen. This "Batgirl" series hits its hiccup issue. Hopefully it doesn’t get derailed by it.
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March 12th, 2010 |
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Batgirl #7"Batgirl" is slowly finding its way, but it's not quite there yet.
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February 11th, 2010 |
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Batgirl #5The Batman corner of the DC Universe gets kinda cozy and more than a little bit awkward in this issue as Batman and Robin -- Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne -- cross paths with the new Batgirl.
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December 10th, 2009 |
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Batman/Doc Savage Special #1A typical team-up special that follows the format to a tee, which is disappointing from a writer of Brian Azzarello’s skill.
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November 11th, 2009 |
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