 | Watchmen by Alan Moore
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $7.03 One of the best mini-series ever due to its iconoclasm of comic book heroes and their exploits. Not for kids.
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 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.40 A dark take on Batman that revitalized the character.
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 | Batman: Year One by Frank Miller
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $8.02 An excellent retelling of Batman's origin and first year. Read it and compare to the current Batman movie series.
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 | Superman & Batman: Generations, An Imaginary Tale (Elseworlds) by John A. Byrne
Buy used from: $20.73 John Byrne writes and draws a DC universe where the characters age in real time. Each comic "era" (50s, 60s, etc.) is given its due.
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 | Superman & Batman: Generations 2, An Imaginary Tale (Elseworlds) by John A. Byrne
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $10.39 A companion to the first Generations book.
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
Buy used from: $5.00 Alan Moore takes a bunch of literary characters and creates yet another excellent tale of intrigue. Again, not for the kiddies.
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 by Alan Moore
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.74 The first sequel to the initial League outing, where H. G. Wells' Martians land to face our heroes.
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 | The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman
Buy used from: $5.69 A zombie apocalypse tale that follows a group of characters over time as they struggle to survive in a horrible new world.
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 | Unmanned (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1) by Brian K. Vaughan
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $4.20 An intriguing take on a world where only one man has survived a worldwide die-off of males. The series' final collection was just released, so you can get all 10 collections and follow the entire epic story.
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 | Swamp Thing Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.99 Get Vols 1 through 6 to follow Alan Moore's run, where he recrafts the Swamp Thing into a masterpiece of modern adult comic horror.
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 | JSA: The Golden Age (Elseworlds) by James Robinson
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $8.99 A post-WWII tale where familar DC characters struggle to get on with their lives - and one Superman-like hero emerges that may not be who he seems.
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 | All Star Superman, Vol. 1 by Grant Morrison
Buy used from: $21.23 A sci-fi angle on Superman with good art that takes the Man of Steel into new directions.
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 | Fantastic Four: The End by Alan Davis
Buy new: $11.24 / Used from: $1.50 This tale chronicles the FF's last outing. Alan Davis's art is awesome - he draws the best women in comics.
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 | Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski
Buy new: $16.75 / Used from: $6.15 Another "last story" of a classic character.
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 | Marvel Zombies: Dead Days by Robert Kirkman
Buy used from: $28.31 Adds additional material to the original Marvel Zombie story, collects the zombie crossover in Ultimate FF, and follows the Galactified zombies as they feast on the Skrull homeworld.
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 | X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Premiere Classic) by Chris Claremont
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.71 I think this was the first X-Men graphic novel...our heroes face off against a mutant-hating evangelist.
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 | Hellboy Library Edition, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil (v. 1) by Mike Mignola
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $24.86 An action-packed, well-written, and often humorous series about a good creature from hell (along with teammates) that battles occult Nazis, an anti-Christlike villain, and the evil beings they serve.
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 | Justice League of America: The Nail by Alan Davis
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $7.00 An Elseworlds tale where Kal-El wasn't found by the Kents, so the history of the DC universe turned out a bit differently...
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 | Justice League of America: Another Nail (Elseworlds) by Alan Davis
Buy new: $11.69 / Used from: $7.24 A sequel to the first "Nail" series, again with excellent art by Alan Davis.
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 | Kingdom Come by Mark Waid
Buy used from: $6.25 A great Elseworlds story, where Superman returns from a self-imposed exile to "make things right." Fantastic art by Alex Ross.
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 | Invincible: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 by Robert Kirkman
Buy new: $23.09 / Used from: $19.00 After resisting reading this one, I finally gave in and got hooked enough to buy the first 3 hardcover collections.
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 | Superman: Secret Identity by Kurt Busiek
Buy used from: $15.00 An alternate-earth non-Kryptonian Superman who operates behind the scenes.
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