4.26 avg rating — 68,538 ratings

"Marvels was first, but Alex Ross (and Mark Waid) elevated realistic art and storytelling to a level that no one has been able to surpass!"

4.39 avg rating — 595,702 ratings

"Seriously - you have to know why this is on this list - just read it once and you will know!"

4.29 avg rating — 40,556 ratings

"Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross elevated photo-realistic storytelling onto the national stage with this story of a photographer experiencing the Marvel universe firsthand!! I remember seeing the preliminary art at Dragon Con and KNOWING this was special!! Read this and believe - Superheroes are real!"

4.03 avg rating — 119 ratings

"This got me interested in fairy tales and fables, even before Bill Willingham's books. Linda Medley created a masterpiece that few have read, but all who do revere as a classic!"

3.95 avg rating — 56,292 ratings

"Very cool steampunk supergroup of literary heroes. Don't hold the movie against this wonderful book!"

3.93 avg rating — 22,186 ratings

"The second adventure of the literary supergroup and Moore took it to 11!!"

3.47 avg rating — 6,947 ratings

"The more modern predecessor of the initial superteam - still an excellent read!"

4.36 avg rating — 236,821 ratings

"Moore and Brian Bolland gave us the ULTIMATE Joker! And Batgirl will never be the same!"

4.68 avg rating — 4,758 ratings

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"FANTASTIC take on Marvelman (redone to avoid copyright infringement)This was cool before the dark period in comics became dominant!"

4.26 avg rating — 129 ratings

"Great way to see Superman before they destroyed the DCU with Crisis!"

4.32 avg rating — 2,929 ratings

"The second volume of this wonderful tale by Moore - EXCELLENT STUFF!!"

4.36 avg rating — 2,605 ratings

"The third volume with Alan Moore writing but far from over!!"

3.93 avg rating — 2,479 ratings

"Imagine all the comics converging onto a single world and that is the world of Top 10! Read this wonderful story and then find all the easter eggs in the background of each page! The artist is a genius!!"

4.25 avg rating — 274,107 ratings

"This is another no-brainer. Read all the Sandman books (in order) by Neil Gaiman and a host of artists!"

4.43 avg rating — 110,645 ratings

"More brilliance by Gaiman!"

4.24 avg rating — 124,776 ratings

"Still more excellence!"

4.53 avg rating — 80,933 ratings

"One of Gaiman's best pieces of work! WOW!"

4.41 avg rating — 68,903 ratings

"Utterly original and quite intense!"

4.41 avg rating — 61,315 ratings

"Another great story arc!"

4.54 avg rating — 61,347 ratings

"Excellent story!"

4.58 avg rating — 52,581 ratings

"Gaiman's beginning of the end! The book will never be the same (nor will comics!)"

4.51 avg rating — 51,810 ratings

"Final new Sandman stories by Gaiman before he retired the character. EXCELLENT, AWESOME, FANTASTIC!!"

4.29 avg rating — 11,132 ratings

"Fables in the real world - before anyone else copied the idea!"

4.33 avg rating — 4,945 ratings

"Fantastic series arc by Bill Willingham! This is Vertigo excellent for the first part of the 21st Century!"

4.44 avg rating — 3,626 ratings

"Great art, great story and more!"

4.31 avg rating — 2,745 ratings

"Willingham is the new Neil Gaiman - spinning tales that are classics even before they reach book form!"

4.01 avg rating — 19,526 ratings

"The only way to truly appreciate the storyline that changed comics forever in the 1980's!"

4.20 avg rating — 41,879 ratings

"Death of the Endless - hot chick and written by her creator Neil Gaiman!!!"

4.46 avg rating — 38,680 ratings

"Bone is more than a cartoon book, it is more than a comic book. It is an epic story that elevated independent comics into great work!"

4.35 avg rating — 37,748 ratings

"Romero would be proud of Kirkman's take on zombies!"

4.34 avg rating — 14,756 ratings

"Robert Kirkman. Zombies. EXCELLENCE again!"

4.41 avg rating — 14,027 ratings

"Robert Kirkman. Zombies. EXCELLENCE again!"

4.40 avg rating — 9,555 ratings

"Robert Kirkman. Zombies. EXCELLENCE again!"

4.37 avg rating — 9,256 ratings

"Robert Kirkman. Zombies. EXCELLENCE again!"

4.40 avg rating — 8,509 ratings

"Robert Kirkman. Zombies. EXCELLENCE again!"

3.89 avg rating — 611 ratings

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"Miller changed comics in the 70's and 80's with this take on Daredevil - and this combined with Dark Knight Returns propelled the Dark Age of Heroes into play!"

4.32 avg rating — 2,417 ratings

"Miller showed us a side of Daredevil no one had conceived until then and he elevated secondary and lesser known characters to real beings! Plus, Bullseye became my favorite villain of the 80's!"

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"Excellent continuation from Brembley Hedge. Linda Medley is an unsung hero and a FANTASTIC Writer/Artist!!"

4.21 avg rating — 2,847 ratings

"More from Linda Medley, a GENIUS when it comes to sequential art and story that is more than comics. She truly deserves more awards for her work here! READ THIS! You won't be sorry!!!!"

3.80 avg rating — 109 ratings

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"CC Beck and Kurt Shaffenberger are the primo creators of the best SHAZAM stories ever and this is the series that got me started!"

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"The Atomic Knights were in the very first non-super hero title I read as a kid and I thought it was cool that Knight armor could protect them from lasers! Here is their entire run!"

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"This series is one of those that will be timeless in its quality and will hopefully gain more fans as time goes on. Everyone will come to love Tyler, Ron and even Zodon! Great stuff by a brilliant creator!"

4.22 avg rating — 58 ratings

"Seeing Zodon and the gang tackle Las Vegas - PRICELESS! Plus, you really get a better feel for The Flea!"

4.42 avg rating — 84 ratings

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"Nick Fury is the coolest non-super hero in the Marvel Universe and this is his beginnings in the spy game!"

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"Truthfully, after reading this, I no longer want to conquer the world! BUT...it would be nice to try it once!"

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"Nice update to the classic Fawcett stories about the Monster Society. Given that this was done by Bone creator Jeff Smith, and was intended for younger audiences, the overall sinister appeal of the original is gone, but the comedy is right there!"

3.79 avg rating — 826 ratings

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