Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 12/01/2015 - 10:05
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.
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 12/01/2015 - 08:00
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!
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 11/24/2015 - 07:40
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!
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Fri, 11/20/2015 - 09:07
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.
Submitted by Critical Blast Staff on Fri, 11/20/2015 - 08:48
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.
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 11/17/2015 - 07:20
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!
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 11/10/2015 - 12:05
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.
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 11/10/2015 - 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!
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.
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 13:38
Here’s a bit of a strange story… I have mentioned in the past that I am pretty anal-retentive when it comes to my comic buying. On Google Docs, I have three separate lists dedicated to my month comic buying.
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 13:00
HOUSE OF M #4 by Dennis Hopeless, Cullen Bunn, and Ario Anindito
Summary: Magneto, Polaris, and the Human Resistance are breaking in to the Human Reeducation Center to free the other human rebels. Alarms so off, so this quickly becomes a fight. Even without his powers, Magneto is determined to fight as much as he can. Sentinels arrive to stop the escape. But Magneto's grandsons, Speed and Wiccan, arrive to lead the Young Avengers to defeat the Sentinels. Wiccan tries to use his magic to restore Magneto's powers, but he's just not strong enough. They need Scarlet Witch's power. Lorna suggests they go rescue her from Quicksilver and Namor.
Submitted by Mike 'Ace' Maillaro on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 07:49
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!
