It’s 2017! Over the past week, we’ve been look at the Best of 2016, and now it’s time to look forward to our most anticipated series of the coming year!

Allen Thomas

AMERICA

Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones – Marvel Comics

Hands down, my most anticipated series is America. I’ve been enamored with her since I first saw her and she’s one of the few Latinx queer characters in comics. She doesn’t feel reductive, her powerset is awesome, AND her creative team sounds like they will be absolutely bomb. America has deserved a solo for a long time and I almost literally cannot wait to get it into my hands.

Runners-Up: Jean Grey, Generation X

Keith Callbeck

RED TEN #10

Tyler James, Cesar Feliciano – ComixTribe

It is a bold small press publisher that announces a ten-issue maxi-series, and ComixTribe is that company. The series had a lot of stops, starts, and patient waiting, but in early 2017 it draws to a close. Red Ten is a simple idea, “what if you crossed And Then There Were None with the Justice League?” A wild super-hero tale and a lot of twists and turns is the answer.

Runners-Up: D4VEOCRACY, Earth One: Aquaman, the return of DC events post-Rebirth

Emma Houxbois

AMERICA

Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones – Marvel Comics

Terrence Sage

MOTOR CRUSH

Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr – Image Comics

Motor Crush – It’s futuristic, fast and furious, female-led Mad Max from the team that made Batgirl hip! That’s a recipe for success and a successful debut issue. The creative team have created a lovable protagonist that has her fair share of baggage and skeletons. The world in which the cast live being one with questionable aspects, the shiny locales hiding a not completely black and white world where beneath the broadcasted Motor Sports races is a dark underbelly of drugs and danger. The potential for MC is brimming with the pages from the character ranges and their emotional expression from Babs Tarr. The lush layout and panel work serve for visually pleasing race segments and the page displays that populate the page relaying you, the reader, key information and advertisements create a sense of identity for the comic itself and here’s hoping Motor Crush keeps up the stellar start to the race it’s begun.

Runners-Up: Ultimates 2, America

Nikki Powers

ALIENS: DEAD ORBIT

James Stokoe – Dark Horse Comics

James Stokoe drawing xenomorphs in a full-length comic book. Nothing more needs to be said.

Runners-Up: God Country, Heathen, The Few

Doug Zawisza

CABLE

James Robinson, Carlos Pacheco – Marvel Comics

God help me, I never thought these words would come from my mouth (or hands, since, y’know: typing), but I am really looking forward to Cable from James Robinson and Carlos Pacheco. The latter is one of my favorite artists, and everything he does at least draws my attention. So much of his work, like Avengers Forever, is timeless and inviting, and I have no doubt he’ll draw one heck of a great interpretation of Nate Summers, matching anything and everything Robinson throws at him while also inspiring Robinson to bring his very best to the title as well. Not that Robinson needs inspiration. His Starman is one of my favorite reads ever. Squadron Supreme is instant must-read every time it hits my stack. Robinson, like Pacheco, gets my attention. The two of them together? It has to be good, right? Yeah. I’m looking forward to Cable. A lot.

Runners-Up: Nova (#1 was great!), Unstoppable Wasp, Hulk

John Ernenputsch

RESURREXION

Various creative teams – Marvel Comics

My very first comic book almost twenty two years ago was an X-Men comic, and I’ve been a fan ever since. While I’ll always read books featuring mutants, my interest has been waning over the past few years, as Marvel appeared to have put the entire line on the back burner. For the first time in a few years I’m genuinely excited for the entire line of X-Men comics. I wasn’t entirely sold on the X-Men creative teams until I got to read about the passion these creators have for the X-Men. Then on the Inhuman side of the equation it’s my excitement for the creative teams that have me looking forward to following the adventures of the Inhumans more than ever before. It’s nice to not feel like it’s an either or when it comes to the X-Men and Inhumans, and I have a good feeling we have some good books to look forward to.

Matt Santori

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA

Steve Orlando, Ivan Reis – DC Comics

Everybody knows I am a huge Justice League fan, owning every single issue ever published of the title. And part of the joy of being an adult Justice League fan is now watching other lifelong fans create their perfect League — for real, in the comics. Steve Orlando already has chosen a solid team that begins to represent the diversity that really is America in 2016. He’s bringing in my personal faves like Vixen, Black Canary, and Killer Frost. And he’s reintroducing the Ray as a young gay hero. And he’s just getting started. Mix in veteran Justice League artist Ivan Reis and you have a recipe for one of the best JLAs ever.

Runners-Up: America, Batwoman, Prima

Aaron Long

AMERICA

Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones – Marvel Comics

This announcement was a much needed shot of life into the industry and into pop culture at large. America Chavez is a fantastic character and Marvel’s got the right team in place to really make this series something special.

Runners-Up: Batwoman, The Unstoppable Wasp, Justice League Of America