The Longbox Short-List - Week of September 2, 2015

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Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 09/01/2015 - 03:00

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

Kind of a dull week. Not a lot of books I’m buying, and most of the ones I am buying are just kind of there and don’t get me all that excited to talk about.

PLUTONA #1 – Jeff Lemire is a bit hit or miss for me, and I couldn’t get into DESCENDER at all. But this new Image series has a catchy premise, so I plan on giving it a shot: PLUTONA follows the story of five suburban kids who make a shocking discovery while exploring the woods one day after school...the body of Plutona, the world's greatest superhero. A dark and heartbreaking journey about friendship and coming of age all through the lens of the superhero genre.

SONIC BOOM #11 - My kids are pretty bummed they are ending this series. I know a lot of people have been pretty loudly against this “Sonic reboot,” but they found the cartoon and comic to be very funny. Cartoon Network has been a bit cryptic on whether or not the show would be coming back. It reminds me in a lot of ways of TEEN TITANS GO! Not sure if that is a good or bad thing, but my kids enjoy it and they should be the target audience.

ALIENS/VAMPIRELLA #1 – The very idea of this crossover is insane. I normally would be a bit leery about this one, but I am on a big Vampirella kick lately. I have no idea how this could possibly work, but Dynamite doesn’t often let me down. I actually have a review copy of this one already, but I haven’t had a chance to read it yet.

SECRET WARS – Is it wrong that the book I am most looking forward to this week is SPIDER-ISLAND, just because we get a May Parker backup story? Other SECRET WARS titles this week I want to read include AGE OF APOCALYPSE, AGE OF ULTRON VS MARVEL ZOMBIES, FUTURE IMPERFECT, THORS, and STAR-LORD AND KITTY PRYDE.

DAREDEVIL #18 – Mark Waid’s Daredevil run comes to an end! It’s been a terrific story, and I can’t wait to see how it all ends. I am also eagerly waiting the new DAREDEVIL series which will be written by Charles Soule. DAREDEVIL always seems to draw some incredible writers.