{"id":25794,"date":"2012-01-29T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T19:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=25794"},"modified":"2014-06-13T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T22:49:42","slug":"dave-does-the-comics-issue-26-29-jan-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/29\/dave-does-the-comics-issue-26-29-jan-2012.html","title":{"rendered":"***Dave Does the Comics – Issue 26 (29 Jan 2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lot of slugfests this week, none of which end very well for the reader or the comic book ratings. \u00a0Overall, neither of the big two fare that well — but the DCnU in particular is disappointing.<\/p>\n

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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Jennifer Blood #8 - Worst Comic of the Week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 1 - Best All-Ages and Best Graphic Novel I Read All Week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Usagi Yojimbo #143 - Favorite Cover and Favorite Book of the Week<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


Actually, a lot of nice covers above, which don’t necessarily correlate to good comics.<\/p>\n

Your comments and feedback are always welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A lot of slugfests this week, none of which end very well for the reader or the comic book ratings. \u00a0Overall, neither of the big two fare that well — but the DCnU in particular is disappointing. Hover over the covers below to see the ratings out of 5 stars (with an occasional comment). And … Continue reading “***Dave Does the Comics – Issue 26 (29 Jan 2012)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104,529,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dave-does-the-comics","category-avatarairbenderkorra","category-podcasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/astonishing-xmen_46.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23252,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/30\/dave-does-the-comics-issue-16-30-oct-2011.html","url_meta":{"origin":25794,"position":0},"title":"***Dave Does the Comics – Issue 16 (30 Oct 2011)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 30-Oct-11 4:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Another week, another bucket o' comic books to review. \u00a0Lots of good news for Marvel, ratings-wise; not so good for the end of the second month of DC's New 52. 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