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Best Fantasy Comics of All Time

Dangioffre dangioffre 4 Series Jun 6, 2026

The finest fantasy comics ever published, from high fantasy epics to fairy-tale retellings to dark and subversive takes on the genre.

Fables (2002)

DC Comics

161 issues

1

Fables reimagines fairy-tale characters as refugees from conquered homelands living in modern New York, blending fantasy politics with genuine emotional stakes across 150 issues.

Y: The Last Man (2002)

DC Comics

60 issues

2

Y: The Last Man blends post-apocalyptic fantasy with sharp gender politics and genuine adventure, following the last man alive across a world reshaped by catastrophe.

Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft (2008)

IDW Publishing

6 issues

3

Locke and Key is one of the finest fantasy comics ever made, using a family, a haunted house, and a set of magical keys to tell a story about grief, memory, and the doors we cannot close.

The Sandman (1989)

DC Comics

75 issues

4

The Sandman is one of the greatest fantasy works in any medium, Neil Gaiman building a universe of myth, dream, and story that draws from every tradition of human imagination.

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