Dave's Rants Archive
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Last Updated 4/22/12
All reviews copyright 2007-2012 by Dave Van Domelen
This page holds an archive of my comic book reviews for
roughly the past year (or more...I've decided to stop erasing the older ones
and changed my filename conventions to make this less of a hassle). 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.
Best Books of:
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2010 | 2011 - NEW!
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 26, 2012: Marvel
Mega-Blok figures wave 3, Atomic Robo: the Ghost
of Station X #4 (of 6) *, Sanctuary #4 (of 6)
*, Transformers: Autocracy #1 (of 12), FCHS
#1, Young Justice #12, Gold Digger v3 #133-134, Gold Digger X-Mas
Special #5, Gold Digger Holidays Special #1 *.
- February 25, 2012: Ghost
Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Transformers: Autocracy
#2-3 (of 12), Justice League Beyond #1-2, Love and Capes Valentine's Day
2012, Bone Quest for the Spark Book 2,
Transformers Collectors Club Magazine #43.
- March 22, 2012: Justice
League: Doom, Justice League Beyond #3-4, Atomic
Robo: the Ghost of Station X #5 (of 5) *, The Last Man On Earth Club:
Therapy for Apocalypse Survivors, Young Justice #13, Rocketeer Adventures #4
(of 4), Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Mastering
Manga with Mark Crilley, The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath & Other Stories
*, Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #24 (FINAL ISSUE).
- April 22, 2012: Atomic Robo
Presents Real Science Adventures #1, Arsenic Lullaby Pulp Edition No. Zero,
Arsenic Lullaby Pulp Edition Omega, Young Justice #14-15, Marvel
Universe Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes #1, Gold Digger v3 #135-137.
Rant Archives
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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