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Comics That Are Perfect Gateways for Non-Superhero Readers

VerseDB | 25 Series | Jan 13, 2026 | |

Great starting points for readers who want to explore comics beyond capes and tights. These series prove that comics are a medium, not a genre, spanning crime, horror, sci-fi, drama, and everything in between.

Saga (2012)

Image Comics

72 issues

The Sandman (1989)

DC Comics

75 issues

Bone (1991)

Cartoon Books

55 issues

Y: The Last Man (2002)

DC Comics

60 issues

Transmetropolitan (1997)

DC Comics

60 issues

Chew (2009)

Image Comics

60 issues

Fables (2002)

DC Comics

161 issues

Rat Queens (2013)

Image Comics

16 issues

Sweet Tooth (2009)

DC Comics

40 issues

Saga of the Swamp Thing (1987)

Warner Books

Collected Edition

2 issues

100 Bullets (1999)

DC Comics

100 issues

Berlin (1998)

Drawn & Quarterly

22 issues

Persepolis (2003)

Pantheon Books

2 issues

Fun Home (2006)

Denoël

1 issue

Maus: A Survivor's Tale (1986)

Pantheon Books

Graphic Novel Series

2 issues

Daytripper (2010)

DC Comics

Limited Series

10 issues

American Born Chinese (2006)

First Second Books

1 issue

Scott Pilgrim (2004)

Oni Press

Graphic Novel

6 issues

I Kill Giants (2008)

Image Comics

7 issues

Sin City (1994)

M-Press

1 issue

Deadly Class (2014)

Image Comics

56 issues

Hilda (2018)

Nobrow

1 issue

The Walking Dead (2003)

Image Comics

193 issues

Ghost World (1998)

Fantagraphics

1 issue