Naming the best comics of all time is not an easy task, each new decade delivering an instant classic from Marvel, DC Comics, Image, Dark Horse and many others. But a handful of famous comics and graphic novels stand out above the rest.
DC and Marvel have not surprised some of the most famous comics of all time, but tastes of Dark Horse, Image, and more have all won their spots among the The biggest comics of all time.
Batman: The Long Halloween (1996)
Created by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale (DC Comics)
Even a superficial look at the most acclaimed stories with Batman will reveal that Batman: The Long Halloween From Loeb and Sale are among the best.
The story that takes place in an entire calendar year (to start), the case gives a different impression to the rhythm of crime by standard crime of Bruce Wayne, not to mention multiple twists and turns during its investigation. Rewriting several different Keystone pieces from Batman Lore, the book seems to be guaranteed to be a classic of all time.
“The long Halloween is an emotional and hinge tale that brought fans to Gotham for decades. Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale give readers a heartbreaking look at the way the Caped Crusader transforms his city while he defends the evolutionary threats of the new bad guys and old friends.” – Gabrielle Robbins, comic book writer
Secret Six (2006)
Created by Gail Simone, Brad Walker and Jimmy Palmiotti (DC Comics)
The large number of “squads of suicide” or “leagues of injustice” prove that any story forcing the bad guys to unite his forces is a winner of fans. But it takes something special to transform this premise into a really fresh, funny, emotional and above all exciting adventure. And with his vision for the Secret sixThe writer Gail Simone did exactly that.
Unite a group of level B super-vilains (if we are generous), offering them a literal card “get out of hell” and send an army of head killers, the results are shocking. Not only by emphasizing the best that DC’s characters have to offer, but also to create a unique team still unequaled almost two decades later.
Sin City (1991)
Created by Frank Miller (Dark Horse Comics)
His work with Batman and Daredevil is generally the first to come to mind as the best comics of the writer and artist Frank Miller, but he also wrote classic non-superhero stories. One of the best black and white comics of the genre, Dark Horse’s Sin City is an acclaimed neo-black story that takes place in a dark and authoritarian city in the United States.
The comic strip was revered for its approach and intensive inspiration of television stories, films and magazines from television, films and magazines. Likewise, he presented a change of captivating rhythm by Miller, writing Sin City More like a television crime drama / serial film in a comic strip format. Although the second adaptation of the film was poorly received, the 2005 initial film received generally positive criticism.
Preacher (1995)
Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Vertigo, DC Comics)
As one of the “big” publishers of the comic book industry, DC Comics is mainly known for its superheroes. However, their dizziness of comics has caused some timeless non-subhero classics. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon Preacher Was such a blow of worship, with the story centered on a disaster / religious disaster disaster which torments a small city in Texas.
Jesse Custer, the titular preacher, becomes possessed by a supernatural entity made up of pure and poorly pure goodness, perhaps becoming the most powerful entity in the universe. The story takes its little scope and ends up branching through the country, meeting a bizarre distribution of characters.
Ducks: two years in oil sands (2022)
Created by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
Those who know the name of Kate Beaton are already aware of the unique place claimed by the Canadian designer, first with Hark! A vagabond and followed by Ducks. After Beaton’s own experiences working in the bituminous sands of Alberta, autobiographical history is a triumph of the medium.
Share the author’s own struggle with the economic, environmental and cultural realities of his job, trauma and harassment in the field dominated by men, and much more, Ducks was an out -of -competition work in the medium of comics when it was published in Le Monde.
Fables (2002)
Created by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham (Vertigo, DC Comics)
The idea of ​​reinventing beloved and well-known fairy tales existed almost as long as the real tales themselves, but with FablesCreator Bill Willingham has released a story once in the generation. And more than two decades later, the story of these “exile legends” always takes place.
Longevity alone speaks of alchemy obtained by Willginham, Buckingham, Medina, etc. Not only with a premise of a million dollars of fairy tales secretly living in us, exiles of their own lands. The individual characters, their links and the twists of their wider struggle have created a different epic from everything before, or everything since.
Ms. Marvel (2014)
Created by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Ian Herring, Sana Amanat (Marvel Comics)
When the creators of Kamala Khan sat down to shape a brand new character in the Marvel universe, no one could have guess what high status, the new Ms. Marvel would ultimately be granted. But even then, the hero’s forces were impossible to ignore.
Wandering devoted to representing “the world outside your window”, Marvel’s commitment to tell Kamala’s story with dignity and honesty was obvious. And with more than half a century of master’s degree in the original stories of superheroes, the introduction of Kamala could be one of the most well executed of Marvel since the world met Spider-Man himself in 1962.
Kingdom Come (1996)
Created by Mark Waid & Alex Ross (DC Comics)
Expansion to great justice League, Kingdom come is a historical comic strip in the pantheon of DC stories. This alternative canon comic was a kind of meta deconstruction of “superheroes” as a concept. The veteran writer Mark Waid and the emblematic artist Alex Ross set up a mini-series which detailed the fall of the importance of obsolete “traditional” heroes and the rise of dangerous copies.
Traditional superheroes fall disconnected with changing times and new threats, Batman’s team trying to stop Lex Luthor and imminent conflict. It is a fascinating alternative story that is one of the best DCs Elseworlds History comics.
V for Vendetta (1982)
Created by Alan Moore, David Lloyd & Tony Weare (Vertigo, DC Comics)
Alan Moore’s most emblematic comic strips can present DC superheroes, but V for Vendetta was another vertigo of DC Comic who went in an exciting direction. It is a dark story of political dystopia, where a fictitious political party has managed to convert the United Kingdom into a horrible neo-fascist police state.
The main character is holder V, sporting the classic guy fawkes mask, leading an anarchist revolution against oppressors in power. Given the intense premise, V for Vendetta attacks a variety of heavy political themes in a dense and elaborate history full of moral and extreme gray.
Batman: year 1 (1987)
Created by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli (DC Comics)
Original stories can sometimes feel like a penny and have naturally exhausted the patience of fans over the years. However, Miller and David Mazzucchelli First year is among the most definitive comic strips.
The late Dennis O’Neil began the exceptional black reinvention of Batman, and First year was one of the comics that brought this evolution to a crescendo. Until the work of pulp inspiration, it is a rich and atmospheric criminal drama that shows fans how Bruce Wayne has become the vigilant protector of Gotham City.
Likewise, it was a great story of parallel origin for the future Commissioner Gordon alongside Batman, describing the two defective characters who finally try to do their best to do justice to the systematic corruption of Gotham.
