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The Longbox Short-List - Week of June 31, 2015
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Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 06/30/2015 - 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!
WE STAND ON GUARD #1 - I love Brian K. Vaughan. Have been a fan since RUNAWAYS and Y: THE LAST MAN. I see BKV on a title, I pretty much know I am going to buy it without having to do any more research on the book. But this one seems particularly interesting. It's about an epic war between the US and Canada. I've always thought those sneaky hockey fans were up to something (actually from the solicit, it seems like the US are the aggressors). Definitely my top pick for next week.
SECRET WARS - Actually, this is a great week for SECRET WARS. Pretty much all the titles coming out I really liked the first issue. A-FORCE #2, FUTURE IMPERFECT #2, GIANT-SIZE LITTLE MARVEL #2, X-TINCTION AGENDA #2, YEARS OF FUTURES PAST #2. SECRET WARS #4 comes out this week too, I really hope something actually starts to happen in this issue. Also we have newcomer, RED SKULL #1. In this book, Red Skull is presumed to be dead, but a group of villains is heading into the Deadlands to make sure he stays that way. Sounds like a bizarre concept for a comic, but SECRET WARS has had quite a few of those, and for the most part, I've enjoyed a lot of the tie-ins.
X-O MANOWAR #38 - The wedding of X-O! X-O has pretty much been my favorite Valiant series since day one, and I can't wait to see what horrible things happen to him on his wedding day. Just playing the odds on that one, comic weddings just about never go well...
GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #7 - Drax and Ant-Man team up in an adventure inspired by buddy cops movies. Yeah, there is pretty much no way I can pass up on this one!
ACTION COMICS #42 - I was real disappointed we didn't get more answers in last week's SUPERMAN #41, but I'm still enjoying TRUTH. It's been a long time since I was reading Superman comics regularly, and this new status quo definitely has my attention.
DETECTIVE COMICS #42 - Pretty much a repeat of what I said about ACTION COMICS. I was a little skeptical about Commissioner Gordan filling in for Batman wearing a massive blue bunny armor, but both BATMAN and DETECTIVE COMICS were great last month, so I'm going to stick with these books for now.
