Welcome to the Hot Shot of the Week Archive!
The Hot Shot of the Week is a spotlight review on one particular title of the week that stands head and shoulders above the rest of the offerings in any given week. Chosen by various contributing reviewers here at CR, the Hot Shot places the focus on the best of the week as chosen by that week's reviewer. When previews are available for the Hot Shot title those will be included as well.
Browse through the archive to take a look at previous Hot Shots, and leave your comments if you have something to add, positive or negative, or just conversation.
If you're interested in contributing a Hot Shot of the Week, email reviews@comicrelated.com.
It may seem like a no brainer, but Chuck celebrates the arrival of The Walking Dead #73 as this week's Hot Shot
Picking up, reading and reviewing the issue at HeroesCon, Darren Mueller gives his thoughts on Irredeemable #14
A longtime Legion of Super-Heroes fan christens Paul Levitz new #1 as the book you should not miss this week
Chuck Moore picks Brightest Day #1 for the Hot Shot as he explains why this is more than just another "event" kickoff
Chuck Moore picks American Vampire #2 for the Hot Shot honor as he celebrates a bit of creepy, cool Vertigo fun
Bill Gladman picks Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers for the Hot Shot honor this week
Dustin Carson gives The Marvels Project #7 the honor this week for Brubaker goodness
Nova #35 receives the honor this week from the G-Man, stating it's 'all Marvel, all cosmic, all good'
Batman: Widening Gyre #5 ends the Marvel streak as the DC title takes center stage as G-Man's pick this week
Invincible Iron Man #24 lands the spot courtesy of the G-Man, Bill Gladman, for its old school goodness
Doomwar Another event book makes the spot as Bill Gladman continues to be surprised by Marvel titles
Strange #4 surprisingly takes the stage in this week's Hot Shot courtesy of Bill Gladman
Siege #2 gets the spotlight this week from Bill Gladman who calls Siege possibly the best event he's ever read!
Guardians of the Galaxy Bill Gladman steps up to the plate again, this time delving into Cosmic Marvel
Bill Gladman continues to enjoy Siege as this week he highlights Dark Avengers #13 for the honor
Chuck Moore calls this week's Hot Shot as he selects Invincible Iron Mas as "Invincibly Eisner Worthy!"
Siege #1 Bill Gladman, a non-Bendis fan, gives high marks for this first issue in Marvel's next big event
Spy Guy #1 Mike Kitchen's mystery - noir - action adventure title offered on Indy Comic Book Week gets the honor
John Wilson highlights The Brave and the Bold #30 featuring Green Lantern and Dr. Fate as the Hot Shot this week
Fall of the Hulks Alpha A Rogues Gallery of super intelligent super villains unite and incite the Fall
Blackest Night #5 Chuck Kennedy returns and shines the spotlight on the latest big event chapter from DC
Chuck Kennedy steps up to the plate and recommends Supergirl #47 as the Hot Shot for this week
Daredevil #502 Dustin Carson celebrates new writer Andy Diggle's new direction for the Man Without Fear
Brant Fowler thinks Secret Six #15 from DC Comics this week is a winner hands down on several levels
Hot Shot of the Week Chuck has to admit he likes reading the Fantastic Four once again as cosmic + family = cool!
Hot Shot of the Week Chuck chats up the cosmic goodness and heartfelt reunions of Mighty Avengers #30
Green Lantern Corps #41 the Black Lanterns seek to consume the green power battery and destroy Oa
Brant Fowler gives Deadpool #16 a try and really digs it, picking it as the best of the crop this week
John Wilson picks Superman Secret Origin #1 as this week's choice and shares a nice review along the way
Chuck Moore picks REBELS #8 as this week's choice and discusses a series he's been rooting to see succeed for years
Chuck Moore picks Secret Six #13 as this week's choice and makes the case for a title you should consider picking up
Eric Ratcliffe picks the 500th issue of Daredevil, which is also Ed Brubaker's last issue, as this week's pick
Irredeemable #5, Mark Waid's popular series from BOOM! Studios, starts a brand new arc for only 99 cents!
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps #3 (of 3) Chuck Kennedy steps up to bat giving us reasons why this issue rocks
Invincible #64 The battle with CONQUEST comes to an end and there's a casualty in the brawl
Justice League: Cry for Justice #1 (of 7) - Robinson's stellar writing and Cascioli's awesome art make this one to get!
There are event driven books and there are books that are a bit of an event. Wednesday Comics falls into the later category.
Madman Atomic Comics #16 Eric spotlights Mike Allred's latest Madman tale for the Hot Shot this week and finds a treasure
X-Men Forever #1 Bill Gladman highlights the new series by Chris Claremont and Tom Grummett in this week's Hot Shot
A nice tribute to Bucky on his birthday in this one and done story complete with meaningful flashbacks into Bucky's past
If you've missed it so far, you have to check out this incredible new evil superhero series from Boom! Studios
If you loved Farscape when it first aired of the Sci Fi Channel, you will not forgive yourself if you miss this series
If you don't yet know we here at CR believe in Super Human Resources, I have to ask... "Where have you been?"
One of the best critically-received books in Image's line, we chat with Dynamo 5 writer Jay Faerber
J.M. DeMatteis creator-owned series Hero Squared returns and it's an easy choice for Hot Shot of the Week
Spider-Man may have met the President this week, but it's the turn of events in Final Crisis that scores our Hot Shot
David Lapham's Stray Bullets made him a highly respected creator in the '90s and Vertigo's Young Liars is not to be missed
Wrapping up Christos Gage's story arc, it's a very Western Hot Shot of the Week as The Man With No Name takes top honors
Kurt Busiek is widely regarded as one of the great writers in modern comics and Eye of the Camera earns Hot Shot honors
Scott Morse's Tiger!Tiger!Tiger! touches on themes of art, fatherhood, work, play and how we reconcile one to the next
Honors go to the relevance and strong storytelling of Alex Ross' Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special: Superman
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