 | Kingdom Come by Mark Waid
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $8.40 Considered the pinnacle of the painted comics style.
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 | 300 by Frank Miller
Buy new: $19.80 / Used from: $5.20 Frank Miller could be considered the father of the grim story-tellying style.
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 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $7.47 This is the acclaimed re-invention of Batman by Frank Miller. This piece single-handedly revinvented comics.
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 | Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.97 Maus was a huge departure for the graphic novel genre. It makes the holocaust accessible in a way few literary pieces could.
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 | Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.59 This is the second part of the two-part Maus story.
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 | Batman: Hush, Vol. 1 by Jeph Loeb
Buy used from: $6.50 Jim Lee is considred to be the exemplary super-hero artist.
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 | Batman: Hush, Vol. 2 by Jeph Loeb
Buy used from: $3.95 This the 2nd Part of the two-part Hush Saga.
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 | New X-Men, Vol. 1 by Grant Morrison
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $23.92 The New X-Men featured Frank Quietly doing a radical re-design of the X-Men that matched Grant Morrison's new direction with the mutant team.
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 | Ghost In The Shell Volume 1 - 2nd Edition (v. 1) by Masamune Shirow
Buy used from: $15.00 Ghost in the shell is considered to be one of the trully great manga (japanese comic) stories of all time. To date it's inpsired three animated movies and two full seasons of animated episodes.
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 | The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.00 This ground-breaking story demonstrated how simple imagery can be powerful. It's "independent" feel and tough subject matter won it critical acclaim in the comics community.
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 | Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman
Buy used from: $10.00 Any Kubert successfully creates an artistic style that harkens back to the engravings of the 17th century.
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 | The Ultimates, Vol. 1 by Mark Millar
Buy used from: $13.99 Bryan Hitch became a comic superstar with this portrayal of the Avengers as the Ultimates in Marvel's Ultimate universe where charactars and history can be different.
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 | The Authority Vol. 1: Relentless by Warren Ellis
Buy used from: $9.95 This volume actually shows off two art talents: Bryan Hitch and Frank Quietly. Both became famous for their kinetic visual story telling on the Authority.
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