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I voted for those that I have read and liked. For some reason Saga fails to grab me (I want to like it, but it just isnt a must read for me).

Alan wrote: "I voted for those that I have read and liked. For some reason Saga fails to grab me (I want to like it, but it just isnt a must read for me)."

This is just a way for us to list and recommend space opera manga/comics to one another, so only vote for the ones that you like. Goodreads will eventually rank these using a combination of how many votes the book has, overall Goodreads star-rating, and how many star-ratings it has, so the cream will begin to rise to the top.

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Oh, I don't want what I said as a knock against Saga. I know I'm in the minority when it comes to the title. Not intending to cause trouble.

Question: For those who have read the Paul Levitz/Keith Giffen/Tom and Mary Bierbaum Legion of Super Heroes 5 Years After stories should we resort to the Great Darkness Saga TPB or just give up on listing it here.

I wish DC would collect those issues. It is my favorite LSH run, and is better than the Abnett and Bendis Guardians stories.

does this qualify as a space opera https://www.goodreads.com/series/9382...

Najaf wrote: "does this qualify as an space opera https://www.goodreads.com/series/9382..."

I like Storm Dogs, and I personally find it a close call. For me, and yes I'm likely splitting hairs despite being bald, its more of the science fiction/detective-police procedural (which is actually how I think of Grimjack which I love).

I'd list it along with Image Comics' Copperhead and maybe Faster than Light.

My own position (as Borg Queen / mod) is to adopt an expansive definition of Space Opera.

1) Gotta be sci-fi or sci-fantasy with a heavy sci-fi component;

2) Gotta be set mostly in space;

3) Gotta have a large cast of characters, actors, and angles;

4) Gotta have some kind of over-arching enemy or quest;

5) Gotta have a romantic element to it (not necessarily romance, but romantic as in it idealizes some kind of hero or ideal);

6) Spaceships!!! Or at least a presumption of space travel.

7) The focus us usually on overcoming the obstacle / the quest, not the science. The science is usually just presumed to already exist. The focus is on the DRAMA. I.e., Battlestar Galactica is space opera.

8) Space opera books tend to be doorstoppers or long-running serializations.

Hope this helps? I don't want to get into a situation where we argue about sub-sub-genres. Right now there is not (compared to other genres) a lot of space opera comic book series or manga series, so we can afford to be permissive so long as the recommendation fits in the SPIRIT of the list.

Grazie for the clarification.

If anyone ever wants to go back issue bin diving:

Dynamo Joe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo_Joe

Starslayer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starslayer

Please excuse the wikipedia entries, but I wanted to provide descriptions for the titles in case anyone was curious. These books are unlikely to be re-published or collected as a lot of First Comics inventory remains tied up legally. It's amazing Baron/Rude were able to get Nexus back (and for Baron, Badger) and Ostrander Grimjack.

ODY-C, Vol. 1 qualifies. I don't like it at all, but it fits under the umbrella of Space Opera.

Trike wrote: "ODY-C, Vol. 1 qualifies. I don't like it at all, but it fits under the umbrella of Space Opera."

Damn-I should not have forgotten that title.

Per your email, Galaxion Vol. 1: The Jump should also be here. I don't know why I forgot that one.

Just a reminder, guys ... listopias are meant to be BY and FOR the people, so if you feel a comic or manga novel meets the criteria and belongs on this listopia, put it on. Just remember to follow the 'only the first in the series' rule so it doesn't become as useless as trying to find something different on Amazon (which makes you sift through a gazillion Star Wars comics before you can find something different among the quite literally thousands of mass market titles).

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Space Opera comics are exactly what I want to read. I added six books to the list, mostly manga and indie comics, that were not on the list. Hopefully this adds to the comprehensiveness of the list.