Best New Series of 2007

Fin Fang Doom says: Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

I’m not even going to pretend I’m being objective here. I love Buffy. This series could be the comic book equivalent of poop on a stick and I’d eat it up with a spoon. Having Joss Whedon write this cast of characters again is a dream come true. Having the much-missed-in-2007 Brian K. Vaughan write the second arc was incredible. So it just so happened this series I was destined to love turned out to be something incredibly worthwhile.

As far as new non-Buffy series go, I’d have to give the nod to Green Arrow & Black Canary. I’m not sure what it is about this series, but I like it. There have been times when I’ve loved Judd Winick’s writing (Exiles), and there’s been times when I’ve hated it (strangely enough, Green Arrow), but something seems to be clicking here. Cliff Chiang’s gorgeous artwork is certainly a large factor. Whoever is the colorist on the book also deserve a big thumbs up. The first arc on Paradise Island was so bright and colorful and just plain nice to look at, especially compared to the dark, gritty tones that are present in pretty much every other comic book.

Doom DeLuise says: Booster Gold!

Boy, howdy, do I love Booster Gold. His series has been super fun so far, and it has limitless potential for where it can go. He’s already traveled to a time when Sinestro was a Green Lantern, as well as to the night Barbara Gordon was paralyzed. Very cool stuff. I like it a lot.

Jim Doom says: The Brave and the Bold!

This series has managed to revive the spirit of classic comics while still actually being fun, good, interesting, and all those other readable elements that most self-indulgent trips down memory lane lack. Waid and Perez are a great team, and this is consistently one of my favorites each month.

Honorable mention: It’s only 2 issues in, but I’m really enjoying Mice Templar.

I wrote this after reading issue #2: “I have a feeling this will one day be one of those legendary series where you sit around with your fat old geek comic friends and say “Aw shucks, ‘member when Mice Templar was coming out, and we were like ‘Who needs another book about mice and swords?’”

There’s just an epic magical feeling in this story, which I imagine is a realization of a well-established goal on the part of the storytellers. No accident indeed. But it’s a treat to read, and it’s 32 pages with no ads for $2.99. Hard to beat that in this day and age!”

If only it came out more often.

Honorable mention: Madman: Atomic Comics

It got off to a horrible start, which was immensely disappointing to me. I’d long been a huge Madman fan. I even bought those Vault of Michael Allred books. But this series just started off like crap.

I loved the latest issue, though, and it immediately restored my faith in the book. As it was, though, I was really disgusted with 80% of this series in 2007, so I can’t really give it the full win.

Hey! Check out what we had to say about this category in 2006 and 2005!