 | The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series) by Joseph Campbell
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $12.11 Of course. Utter classic.
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 | Madman Volume 1 (v. 1) by Mike Allred
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $12.00 Mike Allred's work is genuis. I would use it in a class.
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 | The Mindscape of Alan Moore
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $10.96 It is far too obvious to list, you know, The Watchmen (esp. with the film popularising to a mainstream audience), so, check this out.
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 | Hard Boiled by Frank Miller
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.88 Miller at his...um...not his best (sorry, Dark Knight Returns--hard to top it), but perhaps his most interesting?
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 | From Hell by Alan Moore
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $18.60 It speaks volumes as it speaks beyond the legend to now.
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 | Soon I Will be Invincible (Vintage) by Austin Grossman
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.26 Great.
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 | Holy Superheroes! Revised and Expanded Edition: Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film by Greg Garrett
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.83 Obovious choice for a secondary reading on the genre of comics and its connection to religion.
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 | Anesthesia: A Brief Reflection on Contemporary Aesthetics by Tripp York
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $11.99 An important and highly entertaining diatribe against romantic love, philosophy, and poor, poor Frank Castle.
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 | American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.00 Read it.
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 | Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Then read this.
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 | Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way (Popular Culture and Philosophy)
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.99 Eh...not bad. Again, good secondary source for what many of us might already know.
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 | Unmanned (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1) by Brian K. Vaughan
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $4.11 Very well done..only problem is you have to buy all ten volumes. However, the questions he raises, especially in terms of sex and feminism are well worth it.
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 | Ex Machina, Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days by Brian K. Vaughan
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.00 Same thing with Y--in relation to the sheer volume of work.
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 | The Contract with God Trilogy: Life on Dropsie Avenue (A Contract With God, A Life Force, Dropsie Avenue) by Will Eisner
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $15.91 Great material from one of the masters.
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 | X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Premiere Classic) by Chris Claremont
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.71 Just read the title.
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 | The Invisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $7.81 |
 | Preacher Vol. 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.25 Hope this makes it to the cinema.
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 | Carnivale: The Complete First Two Seasons
Buy new: $55.99 / Used from: $63.93 Okay, this is obviously not a comic, but should be. Great stuff!!
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 | Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 This has potential...have to wait it out and see.
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