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Last Updated 7/31/17
All reviews copyright 2007-2017 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.
Best Books of:
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2015 | 2016
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. No entries for
2013 and 2014, since I didn't get a lot of books those years.
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. Traditional "floppies" are in black.
- January 28,
2017: Bone Coda, Champions #4, Totally Awesome
Hulk #14-15, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #15, Ms. Marvel v2 #14, Deathstroke
#10-11 *, Hanna-Barbera's Future Quest #9 (of 12), Hanna-Barbera's The
Flintstones #7, Mega Princess #2-3 (of 5), Ragnarok #11, My Little Pony
Friends Forever #36, Optimus Prime #2-3, The Four Color Comic Book History of
Comics #3.
- February 25,
2017: Powerless, Lego Batman Movie *,
Overwatch #10, Hilo vol 3: The
Great Big Boom *, Gold Digger #238, Invader Zim #17, Champions
#5, Totally Awesome Hulk #16, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #16, Ms Marvel v2
#15, Deathstroke #12-13, Astro City #41, Hanna-Barbera Future Quest #10 (of
12), Hanna-Barbera Flintstones #8, Mega Princess #4 (of 5), My Little Pony
Friends Forever #37, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #50-51, Optimus Prime
#4, Transformers Till All Are One #7, Transformers Lost Light #2-3, Empowered
and the Soldier of Love #1 (of 3).
- March 30,
2017: Iron Fist (Netflix), Snarfquest Tales vol
1, Gold Digger #239-240, Champions #6, Totally Awesome Hulk #17, Moon
Girl and Devil Dinosaur #17, Ms. Marvel #16 *, Deathstroke #14-15,
Astro City #42, Hanna- Barbera Future Quest #11 (of 12), Adam
Strange/Hanna-Barbera Future Quest #1, Hanna-Barbera the Flintstones #9,
Booster Gold/Hanna-Barbera the Flintstones #1, My Little Pony Friendship is
Magic Deviations one-shot, My Little Pony Guardians of Harmony Annual 2017,
My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #52, Transformers Annual 2017, Optimus
Prime #5, Transformers Till All Are One #8, Transformers Lost Light #4, The
Four Color Comic Book History of Comics #4-5 (of 8), Empowered and the
Soldier of Love #2 (of 3).
- April 27,
2017: Iron Fist (Netflix), Totally Awesome Hulk
#18, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18, Ms. Marvel v2 #17, Deathstroke #16-17,
Astro City #43, Hanna-Barbera the Flintstones #10, Invader Zim #18, Mega
Princess #5 (of 5), Ragnarok #12, My Little Pony Legends of Magic #1, My
Little Pony Friends Forever #38, Optimus Prime #6, Comic Book History of
Comics #6 (of 8), Smoketown #1-2.
- May 31,
2017: Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 (movie), Teen
Titans: the Judas Contract (DVD), DC Lego SuperHero Girls (TV), DC SuperHero
Girls: Intergalactic Games (DVD), Schick Hydrobot and
the Transformers, Stitched vol 1, FCBD books
(DC SuperHero Girls Summer Olympus preview, Time Shifters preview, Captain
Canuck Year One #1, the Tick), Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #19, Ms. Marvel
v2 #18, Deathstroke #18-19, Teen Titans Lazarus Contract Special #1, Astro
City #44, The Flintstones #11, Future Quest #12 (of 12), Invader Zim #19,
Real Science Adventures #1-2, My Little Pony Legends of Magic #2, My Little
Pony Friendship is Magic #53-54, Optimus Prime #7, Transformers Till All Are
One #9-10, Transformers Lost Light #5, Empowered and the Soldier of Love
#3 (of 3) *.
- June 29,
2017: Wonder Woman (movie) *, Catalyst Prime: The Event, First Strike #0, Manga Art: Inspiration and Techniques from an Expert
Illustrator, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #20, Ms. Marvel #19,
Deathstroke #20, Astro City #45, Hanna-Barbera the Flintstones #12 (of 12),
Invader Zim #20, My Little Pony Legends of Magic #3, My Little Pony
Friendship is Magic #55, My Little Pony the Movie Prequel #1 (of 4), Hasbro
Heroes Sourcebook #1 (of 3), Optimus Prime #8, Transformers Lost Light #7-8.
- July 31,
2017: Spider-Man: Homecoming *, The Lego Batman
Movie DVD, Mickey's Inferno, Empowered vol 10, Larry
Marder's Beanworld vol 4, KFC: Across the Universe
#3, Snickers Comic #2, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #21, Deathstroke
#21, The American Way Those Above and Those Below #1 (of 6), Invader Zim #21,
Kaijumax Season 3 #1 (of 6), Smoketown #3, Korgi Short Tails, My Little Pony
Legends of Magic #4, My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #56, My Little Pony
the Movie Prequel #2 (of 4), Optimus Prime #9, Transformers Till All Are One
#11 (of 12), Rom vs. Transformers Shining Armor #1 (of 4), Transformers Lost
Light #8.
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