THIS WEEK IN COMICS!! WEEK 16

Whats goin down in the land of comics? Well that's what I'm here for, Mr. LB Jones is here to let you know the whats good in comics and this time around we got some heavy hitters coming up to bat.
Emerging from Top Cow, we have Witchblade. Now a lot of us know about or of Witchblade and have maybe taken a peek here or there but have you been reading it. God is it good! Ron Marz came in at around issue 80 something and has completely made this book what it always should have been. It's an amazing blend of horror and superhero type stuff. A perfect example of that is in issue 116, the first case that Sara Pezzini is assigned to is to find out who crucified a bunch of guys in the various forms of crucification there are. And yes there are more than just the most famous one we all know of. So I have started to collect Witchblade starting at issue #116 which was last month's issue and I totally recommend this title.
Coming back out of obscurity from Image is SPAWN. Yes, I said Spawn. Since issue #150, Spawn has been absolutely the best book around. It's gone from cool superhero book to bad superhero book to even worse superhero book and than outta nowhere it's an AMAZING superhero book. Now it's a really gritty horror driven superhero book. I know that's a lot of change in one book but this change is good. The most recent story arc saw Spawn finding out about how the character Mammon has manipulated the Simmons family all the way from the wild west days to now. I would highly recommend this book for anyone looking for something that isn't bright and out there. Out of 5 stars, I would give Spawn a 3.8 to 4 stars.
Creeping in from DC, we have BATMAN. This month's issue was a nice in-between of 2 major stories. With the 3 Batmen arc having ended last issue and the R.I.P. arc starting next month, this month was a nice little one shot story that slowed down the paced and gets everyone ready for "R.I.P". I really can't say anything crazy about Batman cause he's Batman, He speaks for himself really. It's like when someone asks why he's cool, There is no answer. He's just Batman. Go with it.
Slicing and dicing their way from Marvel is X-Force. Now this book is the ultra violent Non MAX title. For anyone not in the know, X-Force is back. The current version of this team makes a lot more sense than the last one. I mean X-Force does sound more like a covert strike team then when Cable lead them and they were just another team of mutants for Xavier to all on. Another thing that makes this title awesome is that it is reaching into the X-Men history and bringing in elements that are new and linking them to the past. Like the current story is linked to the Phalanx Covenant story from the mid 9o's. So if your a buff for continuity and for the X-Men, you should totally be reading this book!!