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Cyberpunk & High Sci-Fi Epics

Dangioffre dangioffre 25 Series Apr 7, 2026

Series that pushed the boundaries of technology, society, and the future.

The Incal (2001)

Humanoids

12 issues

1

A sprawling, metaphysical journey through space and time.

Paper Girls (2015)

Image Comics

30 issues

2

A nostalgic 80s sci-fi adventure involving time-traveling teenagers.

We Only Find Them When They're Dead (2020)

Boom! Studios

15 issues

3

A unique sci-fi about harvesting resources from giant dead gods.

East of West (2013)

Image Comics

45 issues

4

A sci-fi western about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

The Wake (2013)

DC Comics

10 issues

5

A two-part story of underwater monsters and post-apocalyptic futures.

Far Sector (2019)

DC Comics

Limited Series

12 issues

6

A Green Lantern story that doubles as high-concept sci-fi world-building.

Lazarus (2013)

Image Comics

Collected Edition

8 issues

7

A grounded look at a future ruled by powerful family dynasties.

Tokyo Ghost (2015)

Image Comics

10 issues

8

A visceral critique of technology and social media addiction.

Descender (2015)

Image Comics

32 issues

9

A space opera focused on the bond between a boy and a robot.

The Metabarons (2000)

Humanoids

17 issues

10

The most intense and imaginative space opera ever committed to paper.

Low (2014)

Image Comics

26 issues

11

A beautiful underwater sci-fi story about maintaining hope in darkness.

Pluto (2004)

Shogakukan

8 issues

12

Naoki Urasawa's sophisticated retelling of a classic Astro Boy arc.

Black Science (2013)

Image Comics

43 issues

13

Explored the chaos of an 'ever-verse' of alternate dimensions.

Blame! (1998)

Kodansha

10 issues

14

Features incredible architecture and a near-silent trek through a megastructure.

Prophet (2012)

Image Comics

25 issues

15

Reimagined a standard 90s hero as a surreal, distant-future epic.

Hard Boiled (1990)

Dark Horse Comics

3 issues

16

Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow's hyper-violent and detailed cyborg story.

Akira (1984)

Kodansha

6 issues

17

The quintessential cyberpunk story of power and societal collapse.

Seven To Eternity (2016)

Image Comics

17 issues

18

A stunningly drawn fantasy-sci-fi hybrid about a corrupting god-king.

Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1995)

Dark Horse Comics

Limited Series

2 issues

19

A love letter to classic kaiju and robot manga.

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Dark Horse Comics

Limited Series

1 issue

20

Pioneered the 'soul in the machine' philosophical sci-fi.

Invisible Republic (2015)

Image Comics

15 issues

21

A political thriller set on a colony planet during a revolution.

The Manhattan Projects (2012)

Image Comics

25 issues

22

An alternate history where the scientists were super-villains.

Transmetropolitan (1997)

DC Comics

60 issues

23

A dirty, neon-soaked future seen through the eyes of a journalist.

Copperhead (2014)

Image Comics

19 issues

24

A gritty space-western police procedural on a desert planet.

Oblivion Song (2018)

Image Comics

36 issues

25

Robert Kirkman's sci-fi about a man rescuing people from another dimension.

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