Lists

dangioffre Staff

Deeply personal, emotionally raw series based entirely on the creators own lives and traumas. Maus, Persepolis, Fun Home, and the best memoirs in comics form.

dangioffre Staff

The greatest villains in comic book history, ranked by their menace, complexity, staying power, and the degree to which they define their heroes by opposition.

dangioffre Staff

The greatest Star Wars comic storylines, from the classic Marvel run that kept the galaxy alive between films to Dark Horse landmark Legends stories and Marvel modern canon epics.

mike Staff

Saddle up — the finest Western comics ever made, from classic six-shooter shoot-em-ups to modern revisionist takes on frontier mythology and manifest destiny.

mike Staff

The defining Iron Man story arcs, from Demon in a Bottle to Extremis, tracing a character whose evolution from arms dealer to hero mirrors the best character writing in mainstream comics.

mike Staff

The greatest team-ups of bad guys trying to finally outnumber the heroes. The Sinister Six, Legion of Doom, and more.

mike Staff

The greatest science fiction comics series, from hard SF explorations of technology and humanity to space opera epics that rival the genre best novels in scope and imagination.

mike Staff

Comics that examine economic inequality, class struggle, and the gap between the powerful and the powerless, using every genre from superhero allegory to documentary journalism.

mike Staff

The often uncredited or historically overlooked creators who co-created massive icons alongside the bigger, more famous names.

dangioffre Staff

Single issues that zoom out from the cape-and-cowl action to show what heroes do on an ordinary day — quiet, character-driven masterpieces of the form.

dangioffre Staff

The greatest Hulk storylines, from Bruce Banner wrestling with his inner demons to planet-spanning rampages that tested every hero in the Marvel universe.

dangioffre Staff

Bleak, gripping series exploring the end of the world, societal collapse, and what comes after. The best of the genre in comics form.

dangioffre Staff

Great comics that never got the audience they deserved, cancelled too soon or overlooked in favor of bigger names, but whose quality stands up to anything in the medium.

dangioffre Staff

The best manga to start with if you come from a Western comics background, series that are accessible to new readers while showcasing the full range of what the medium can achieve.

mike Staff

Ranked by how much they shifted the industry away from the Marvel/DC duopoly.

mike Staff

The definitive ranking of the best Spider-Man comic runs ever published. From Stan Lee's original Amazing Spider-Man to modern classics, these are the must-read volumes for any fan.

mike Staff

Comics that feature compelling LGBTQ+ characters and stories, celebrating the medium as a space where queer identities have been explored with nuance, humor, and depth.

mike Staff

The high-octane, action-packed manga that defined the battle genre and captivated teenagers globally. Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, My Hero Academia, and more.

mike Staff

The essential Hellboy series to read, from Mike Mignola original vision through the core mythology of the Mignola-verse, covering the best of Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. universe.

mike Staff

The iconic storylines showing exactly how legendary heroes or teams first crossed paths (and usually fought before teaming up).