The Best Comic Books Dave Read In 2007

    This page collects all of the books I gave a rating of "Strongly Recommended" or better to come out during 2007. Books which I Strongly Recommended to limited groups are generally not included, but those with mature readers caveats are. You may notice some "Books of Note" aren't mentioned here, because they were notable for reasons other than necessarily being really good (i.e. an intriguing idea with iffy execution). Boldfaced books got a rating higher than Strongly Recommended.

    So, here it is, broken down by month. Be warned that this reflects my reading habits, there may well have been some excellent titles out there I didn't read for whatever reason. Sometimes I forgot to note the artist, and didn't really feel like digging it up. :) In those cases, I'll say "and ??", otherwise it's a single creator doing writing and art.

  • January
    • GIJoe vs. Transformers IV #1 (of 2): Seeley and Wildman, Devil's Due.
    • Cartoon History of the Modern World part 1: Gonick, Collins.
    • Agents of Atlas #6 (of 6): Parker and Kirk, Marvel.
    • Marvel Adventures Avengers #9: Parker and Santacruz, Marvel.
    • Blue Beetle #11: Rogers and Albuquerque, DC.
  • February
    • Iron Man Hypervelocity #2 (of 6): Warren and Denham, Marvel.
    • Gold Digger v3 #82: Perry, Antarctic Press.
    • Superman #659: Busiek/Nicieza and Vale, DC.
    • Devil's Panties #9: Breeden, Silent Devil.
    • Firestorm #33: McDuffie and ??, DC.
  • March
    • Iron Man Hypervelocity #3 (of 6): Warren and Denham, Marvel.
    • Cable & Deadpool #38: Nicieza and ??, Marvel.
    • Gold Digger v3 #83: Perry, Antarctic Press.
    • Empowered vol 1: Warren, Dark Horse.
  • April
    • Gen13 v4 #7: Simone and ??, DC/Wildstorm.
    • Amelia Rules #17: Gownley, Renaissance Press.
    • The Brave and the Bold #3: Waid and Perez, DC.
    • Cable & Deadpool #39: Nicieza and Lim, Marvel.
    • Blue Beetle #14: Rogers and Albuquerque, DC.
    • Agents of Atlas HC: Parker and Kirk, Marvel.
  • May
    • Welcome to Tranquility #6: Simone and Googe, DC/Wildstorm.
    • Devil's Panties #11: Breeden, Silent Devil.
    • Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Annual #1: Peter David and ??/Colleen Doran, Marvel.
    • Gold Digger Peebo Tales #1: Perry, Antarctic Press.
  • June
    • Ninja High School #150: various, Antarctic Press.
    • Blue Beetle #16: Rogers and Albuquerque, DC.
    • She-Hulk v2 #19: Slott and ??, Marvel.
  • July
    • PS238 #24: Williams, Do Gooder Press.
    • Deadpool/GLI Summer Fun Spectacular: Slott/Nicieza and various, Marvel.
    • Devil's Panties #12: Breeden, Silent Devil.
    • Doktor Sleepless #1: Ellis and Rodriguez, Avatar.
    • Blue Beetle #17: Rogers and Albuquerque, DC.
  • August
    • Blue Beetle #18: Rogers and Albuquerque/Baldeon, DC.
    • Arsenic Lullaby Pulp Edition: Paskieqwicz, Arsenic Lullaby Publishing.
    • Rod Espinosa Masterworks Collection: Espinosa, Antarctic Press.
  • September
    • She-Hulk v2 #21: Slott and ??, Marvel.
    • Justice League of America Wedding Special #1: McDuffie and ??, DC.
    • Marvel Adventures Avengers #16: Parker and ??, Marvel.
    • Blue Beetle #19: Rogers and Baldeon, DC.
    • Akiko Flights of Fancy TPB: Crilley, Sirius.
    • PS238 #25: Williams, Do Gooder Press.
  • October
    • Empowered vol 2: Warren, Dark Horse.
    • Atomic Robo #1 (of 6): Clevinger and Wegener, Red 5 Comics.
    • PS238 #26: Williams, Do Gooder Press.
    • Blue Beetle #20: Rogers and Albuquerque, DC.
  • November
    • Avengers the Initiative #7: Slott and ??, Marvel.
    • Kimmie66: Aaronovich, DC/Minx.
    • Atomic Robo #2 (of 6): Clevinger and Wegener, Red 5 Comics.
    • From the Desk of Septina Nash: The Penguins of Doom: Fishbone, Blooming Tree Press.
    • PS238 #27: Williams, Do Gooder Press.
  • December
    • PS238 #28: Williams, Do Gooder Press.
    • Atomic Robo #3 (of 6): Clevinger and Wegener, Red 5 Comics.
    • Official Handbook of the Invincible Universe TPB: Sanderson and various, Image.
    • Blue Beetle #22: Rogers and Albuquerque, DC.
    Publisher count:     Writer count (with more than 1):     Marvel still did pretty well, despite Quesada's concerted efforts to drive away everything good and happy in the world. DC held steady, although most of their main-imprint stuff was Blue Beetle. Dork Storm vanished, in part because PS238 moved to Do Gooder. Red 5 burst onto the scene...I only read 4 comics by them in 2007, but three were Strongly Recommended and the other was still a Book of Note (MidKnight #1). I got a lot of Silent Devil despite Diamond, which liked to do things like cancel their books on the grounds that the publisher had cancelled them...when the publisher did no such thing. Oh, and John Rogers rocks. So does Adam Warren, but Rogers rocks on a monthly schedule more often. :) I'm going to call "Book of the year" a tie, though, between Blue Beetle and Atomic Robo...Atomic Robo may be a little better, but Blue Beetle's shown it has stamina.
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