The Longbox Short-List - Week of August 2, 2017

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Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 08/01/2017 - 09:26

Welcome back to Critical Blast’s weekly look at what new comics you should check out each week. Just a warning, I make these picks pretty much a week BEFORE I actually get to read any of these comics, so if something is a stinker, I take no blame on that. Let's get to it!

Comics shipping this week

Really small shopping list this week!

ALTERS #6 – ALTERS is back! The first arc ended back in March. I like that Aftershock is willing to put books on the shelf in between arcs. Image has been good about this too. I think it makes sense to put out comics when the story is there, not just pumping out an issue or two every month just to hit quotas. ALTERS feels very much like a modern version of a classic superhero series. It reminds me of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and X-MEN, but it deals with more modern day issues like gender identity. It’s definitely worth checking out.

GENERATIONS BANNER HULK AND THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1 – GENERATIONS gets off to a start with Hulks. I don’t know too much about GENERATIONS, but I like the idea of seeing the older generation characters teaming up with the newer versions. As a fan of classic Marvel and the newer characters, I am really hoping these books end up as good as the premise.

GREEN ARROW #28 – Ollie continues his world tour, teaming up with various Justice League members as he fights back against the Ninth Circle’s pervasive influence. I really enjoyed the Flash and Wonder Woman issues.