The Longbox Short-List - Week of February 8, 2017

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Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 02/07/2017 - 16:24

Welcome back to Critical Blast’s weekly look at what new comics you should check out. 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

Quite a few comics I am buying this week, though not a lot of big exciting books to talk about.

DIVINITY III: SHADOWMAN AND THE BATTLE FOR NEW STALINGRAD – I can’t say this enough. I MISS SHADOWMAN! I’ve been enjoying DIVINITY III quite a bit, but this is definitely the tie-in I’ve been most excited for. Hoping it will lead to a more full time return for my favorite Valiant character.

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA REBIRTH #1 – I’ve always been a fan of the big super teams. Justice League has been in a bit of a lull for me, since I find Bryan Hitch’s writing to be a little dull. So, I have been looking forward to this new JLA series spinning out of JUSTICE LEAGUE VS SUICIDE SQUAD for a while now. The one-shot lead ins have been a lot of fun, and can’t wait to see this team all together.

JUSTICE LEAGUE/POWER RANGERS #2 – The first issue of this crossover was just a lot of fun. To me, comics should always be fun, and I loved being able to sit with my son and read this to him. Thank you, DC for giving us this wonderful treat.

SPAWN #270 – The new direction of SPAWN has been great. It feels like an entirely new series. Amazing that Spawn can keep recreating itself so well after 270 issues. I have been a reader for a while, and SPAWN never disappoints.

RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #7 – Wasn’t expecting to enjoy this series as much as I have. If you would have told me Red Hood, Bizarro, and Artemis could headline one of my favorite titles, I would have said that you were crazy.

ROM ANNUAL 2017 – Just got caught up on the Revolution titles. Some of the books are a bit hit or miss, but ROM has been real solid all the way through. I will definitely be a customer on this one.

TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #16 – They have really changed this book to feature the fact that you have an Asian-American main character. I love diversity, but the last few issues have been a little heavy handed at times. 15 was definitely better than the Jeremy Lin storyline, but I really hope this book gets back to basics soon enough. I want to read comics, not public service announcements.