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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!

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by Mike Maillaro and Mike Weaver

Red Wolf #1

Written by: Nathan Edmondson
Pencilled by: Dalibur Talajic
Inked by: Jose Marzan, Jr
Colored by: Miroslac Mrva
Lettered by: VC’s Cory Petit

Published by: Marvel
Cover Price: $3.99

I absolutely love that Dynamite snatched up the name SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT. Dynamite has been making a lot of cool moves over the last few years, bringing in big name talent and letting them loose on a variety of genres.  The name SEDUCTION OF THE INNOCENT has a reputation in the comic industry because of how much damage Dr. Fredric Wertham's book did to the industry back in the 1950's.  SEDUCATION OF THE INNOCENT basically casted the vast comic industry to shrink down to "superhero" and niche books.  Companies like IDW, Dynamite, Dark Horse, and Image have been making huge strides in expanding the industry again.  I can't but see Dynamite repurposing the title SEDUCATION OF THE INNOCENT as the perfect example of "taking it back."

It is sort of strange for a comic series to celebrate it’s 46th anniversary, but that seems to be exactly what Dynamite did here for Vampirella #1969. They got an all star list of writers and artists to put together some Vampirella stories covering a wide span of her history.  I am a pretty new arrival to Vampirella. She first came to my attention with Nancy Collins terrific run.  I have read some of Dynamite’s terrific Vampirella Archives which collect her older series, so I did have some background when I started this book.

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!

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With assistance by Mike Maillaro

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SPIDER-MAN #1 by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & SARA PICHELLI

With assistance by Mike Maillaro

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THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE LAST CRUSADE #1 by FRANK MILLER,BRIAN AZZARELLO, JOHN ROMITA, JR., and BILL SIENKIEWICZ

The Joker. Poison Ivy. Selina Kyle. And the last Robin.

SECRET WARS, TOO

Sraw Terces by Jonathan Hickman and Brian Churilla

HUCK #1

Written by: Mark Millar
Art by: Rafael Albuqueque
Colored by: Dave McCaig
Lettered by: Nate Piekos of Blambot

Published by: Image
Cover Price: $2.99

Warning! This review contains quite a few spoilers!

by Mike Maillaro & Mike Weaver

Black Knight (2015) #1

Written by: Frank Tieri
Art by: Luca Pizzari
Colored by: Antonio Fabela
Lettered by: VC’s Joe Sabino

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!

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Critics are in an uproar over Jesse Eisenberg’s scathing commentary on critics in the New Yorker.  In the column, he pretends to be an Internet reviewer who sums up his thoughts on a film he reviewed with:

In sum, these are the main problems with “Paintings of Cole”: it was inconveniently shown on the Upper West Side, written by a guy I envy, screened by a cute intern whose name was too confusing to remember, based on an idea that I poorly executed in grad school, and praised by the Times, which rejected me.

Mike: Maillaro: We’re going to start transitioning to a POST-SECRET WARS version of Front lines, discussing a bunch of different comics in addition to Secret Wars.

SECRET WARS #7 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic

Summary: This issue reveals that the Prophet leading the attacks on Doom is the Inhuman, Maximus.  He has been working with the Reeds to cause a distraction so they can put their real plan in place.

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!

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THE SNOOPY TREASURES
Written by: Nat Gertler
Thunder Bay Press
$34.95

by Mike Maillaro & Mike Weaver

All New, All Different Avengers(2015) #1

I have been an on-and-off fan of X-Men since real early in my comic reading. X-FORCE was basically my favorite comic as a kid, and I really enjoyed Lobdell and Nicieza’s work on the main X-MEN books. Over the years, there have been many X-Men-related titles and runs I have loved (Exiles and Peter David’s X-Factor come to mind), but for the last few years, X-Men has been kind of a mess. This all started with House of M. Marvel decided that they were a little too reliant on X-Men books, and declared NO MORE MUTANTS. It seemed like Marvel has started to slowly roll back on that decision. We had started to see new mutants, and a new status quo was established. I didn’t always love the war between Cyclops and Wolverine’s factions, but I still thought it was far more interesting than  X-Men had been for a long time.

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

With assistance by Mike Maillaro

Check out Newsarama for a complete list of Marvel books shipping in January.

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #5 by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & DAVID MARQUEZ

• The big finale to our big first storyline. Cards are turned over. Truths are revealed. Tony's life is turned upside down!

With assistance by Mike Maillaro

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GREEN LANTERN CORPS: EDGE OF OBLIVION #1 by TOM TAYLOR & ETHAN VAN SCIVER

Picking up where GREEN LANTERN: LOST ARMY left off! As the universe around them reaches entropy, the Green Lantern Corps must find a way home! Along the way, they’ll face dying gods, worlds torn asunder and a desperate group of survivors whose only hope is these cosmic heroes.