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Last Updated 5/29/13
All reviews copyright 2007-2013 by Dave Van Domelen
This page holds an archive of my comic book reviews for the
past few years. The originals are posted to rec.arts.comics.reviews on
Usenet newsgroups, and some time between Wednesdays I throw in some minimal
formatting and link the file in here. Most of the time these will be
spoiler-free "Capsules", but once in a while I'll go whole-hog on a
review.
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A listing of what I considered to be the best comics of the last few years,
these are all the titles that got a "Strongly Recommended" or better rating
in my reviews at the time, with all the biases that implies.
Recent Columns
Comics of note (Strongly recommended or better, usually) will be in
boldface, with an asterisk if they're Strongly Recommended. While
most of my reviews are spoiler-free capsules, the occasional full review will
be underlined. Categories of material are "Other
Media" (not actually comics, but comics-related), Digital Comics, Trades and Graphic
Novels. Any monthlies I still get will be in regular old black.
- January 31, 2013: Love and
Capes: What to Expect #6 (of 6) *, Transformers: ReGeneration One #86-87,
Double Barrel #7, Bandette #1-3, Marvel Super-Heroes Magazine #6, My
Little Pony Friendship is Magic #2, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes #10,
Avengers Academy #39, Ultimate Spider-Man #10, Young Justice #24.
- March 1,
2013: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, Double Barrel #8, Gygax Magazine #1, Gold Digger #145-146,
My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #3 *, My Little Pony Micro-Series
#1 (of 6), Young Justice #25 (FINAL ISSUE).
- March 27,
2013: Bone: Quest for the Spark Book Three,
Atomic Robo Two-Fisted Adventures: Enter the Tyrantula,
Transformers: ReGeneration One #88, Young Avengers v2 #1, My Little
Pony Friendship is Magic #4, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #5, My Little
Pony Micro-Series #2.
- April 25,
2013: Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore, Double Barrel #7, Atomic Robo Real Science Adventures #7, Bandette
#4, Gold Digger v3 #147-149, Theremin #1, My Little Pony Micro-Series
#3, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #6.
- May 29, 2013:
Iron Man 3 *, Superman: Unbound, Lego Batman the
Movie: DC Heroes Unite, Action Lab Confidential FCBD,
Atomic Robo FCBD 2013, Molly Danger/Princeless FCBD, Scratch 9 FCBD, Steam
Engines of Oz FCBD, Double Barrel #9, Atomic Robo Real Science Adventures #8,
Bandette #5, Spirits, My Little Pony
Friendship is Magic #7, My Little Pony Micro-Series #4.
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This is where older Rants will go to keep the main page from getting
cluttered. Only the files from March 2007 onward will be here, but searching
Google Groups for Dave, Rant and the title of the comic you're interested in
will usually do pretty well, assuming I reviewed the book.
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