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Dan Vado

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Born

in San Jose, The United States

Website

https://slgpubs.com/

Genre

Comics, Humor and Comedy, Ebooks

Member Since

October 2025

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Dan’s desired life goals of being a professional layabout and part-time man-about-town were interrupted when he accidentally became a comic book publisher. Founding his comic book company, SLG Publishing in 1986,

Dan went on to publish many eclectic and idiosyncratic titles, such as Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez, Lenore by Roman Dirge, and a host of other creators and titles too numerous to mention. In addition to his publishing work, Dan briefly wrote for DC Comics, most notably producing a thankfully-forgotten-until-someone-decided-to-reprint-it run of Justice League comics at the same time as being one of the first writers published by DC Comics with a creator-owned contract with his series (with Norman Felchle), The Grif ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 866 ratings · 111 reviews · 91 distinct works • Similar authors

	Haunted Mansion by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Various 4.01 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonder Woman and Justice League America Vol. 1 2.90 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonder Woman and Justice League America Vol. 2 by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author), Mark Waid, Kevin West (Artist) 3.03 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Diecast Life by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author), Jef Bambas (Editor), Emily J Parent (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dracula by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author) (Adaptor), Jonathan D. Smith (Artist), Clem Robins (Letters) 2.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #113 by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author), Norman Felchle (Artist), Digital Chameleon (Colorist) 2.58 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #112 by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author), Norman Felchle (Penciller), Digital Chameleon (Colorist) 2.80 avg rating — 22 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunted Mansion #6 by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author), Drew Rausch (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunted Mansion #7 by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author), Drew Rausch 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Griffin by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author), Norman Felchle (Artist) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Dan Vado

Wonder Woman & the Justice League America (2 books)
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Dan Vado (Goodreads Author),

Mark Waid,

Kevin West (Artist),

Ken Branch (Artist),

Marc Campos (Artist)

2.95 avg rating — 181 ratings

Extreme Justice (19 books)
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Dan Vado (Goodreads Author),

Marc Campos (Penciller),

Lee Loughridge (Colorist),

Ken Branch (Inker)

2.54 avg rating — 88 ratings

Samurai Penguin (7 books)
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Dan Vado (Goodreads Author)

3.38 avg rating — 13 ratings

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Dan Vado rated a book it was amazing My Diecast Life by Dan Vado (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Dan Vado and 2 other people liked Abigail L.'s review of My Diecast Life: "My Die-Cast Life is a warm and often funny memoir that uses childhood toy cars as a doorway into growing up Italian American in late 1960s San Jose. Each chapter ties a small, ordinary object to a bigger moment involving family, friendship, language," Read more of this review »
Feb 23, 2026 10:46PM · see review
Dan Vado and 3 other people liked Stef 'Sharky''s review of My Diecast Life: "The book is genuinely enjoyable from the first page — the introduction alone immediately establishes Dan’s voice: warm, self-aware, and quietly funny. What I loved most is how the humor isn’t performative; it comes from lived experience and the way h" Read more of this review »
Jan 04, 2026 09:40AM · see review
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Dan Vado and 2 other people liked Mike's review of My Diecast Life: "Hot Wheels, childhood memories and a good sense of humor - great combination and compelling stories! Thank you to Dan and NetGalley for the digital review copy. P.S. It's for humans."
Dec 26, 2025 11:25AM · see review
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Dan Vado rated a book it was amazing Butterfly Net: Poems by Emily Parent	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Excellent first nook by a promising writer
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