{"id":25179,"date":"2012-01-08T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=25179"},"modified":"2012-01-08T12:26:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T19:26:37","slug":"dave-does-the-comics-issue-23-8-jan-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/08\/dave-does-the-comics-issue-23-8-jan-2012.html","title":{"rendered":"***Dave Does the Comics – Issue 23 (8 Jan 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back once again after a holiday weeks hiatus, my biggest problem this outing was I had a monstrous stack of comics from my pull box waiting for me. I didn’t manage to get them all read, but I hit the ones I wanted most to go through … and from there, I still had to winnow it down to just the best-of-the-best, the 4- and 5-star winners for the week.<\/p>\n

So … it’s all good stuff here this time out. Hover over the covers below to see the ratings out of 5 stars (with an occasional comment). And scroll to the end for the podcast playback button.<\/p>\n

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Batwoman #4 - Best Cover of the Weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Young Justice #11 - Best Young Folk Comic of the Weeks (and a darned fine RAG tale, too)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Secret Avengers #20 - Best Comic of the Weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Complete Battlefields Vol. 1 - Best TPB Read These Weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n


Whew! And all of that in 14:30. I must have talked really <\/em>fast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back once again after a holiday weeks hiatus, my biggest problem this outing was I had a monstrous stack of comics from my pull box waiting for me. 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