 | Watchmen (Absolute Edition) by Alan Moore
Buy new: $47.25 / Used from: $35.00 making the classic essential. beautiful and oversized... why don't you own this yet? A fantastic deconstruction of our modern world, still prevailent years after it was made.
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 | Absolute Batman: Hush by Jeph Loeb
Buy used from: $89.92 Lee and Loeb, what more could you want? One of the great Batman stories out there. Action, romance, suspense and tragedy. What more can one ask for?
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 | Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories by Warren Ellis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.50 My favorite comic ever created. Planetary takes all the things we love about pulp, sci-fi, and literature, scrabbles them up and serves them over a tray of "cool."
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 | Planetary Vol. 2: The Fourth Man by Warren Ellis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.99 Seriously, if you don't love this series than you have forgotten how to dream. Vol. 2 anwers some questions and poses even more.
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 | Planetary Vol. 3: Leaving the 20th Century by Warren Ellis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.49 Who did Snow learn from on how to be a great detective? Why, just only the greatest detective to ever live. This one has Holmes, Dracula and more questions and answers. A modern classic.
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 | Transmetropolitan Vol 01: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis
Buy used from: $4.48 There's 10 volumes in this series and you should own every one of them. I didn't put up all 10 because you don't need to hear 10 times that this is Ellis at his best.
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 | Transmetropolitan Vol. 2: Lust for Life by Warren Ellis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.60 Journalism and political anrachy rolled into one. Go out and buy the rest of this series!
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 | The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $7.95 What dreams are made of. This is the series that put Gaiman on the map and into our hearts. I would tell you to buy all of the but DC will be releasing Absolute volumes of this series soon so...
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 | The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes) (v. 1, 2, 3) by Bill Watterson
Buy new: $94.50 / Used from: $100.00 I bought this right when it came out. Pure comic bliss. It's a like a ride of the nostalgia train and the series is still as good, if not evern better than I remember it being. Pure Platnium.
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 | Sin City: The Frank Miller Library, Set I (Volumes 1-4) (v. 1) by Frank Miller
Buy used from: $100.00 Sure the series is in TPB form but my god! It's amazing in hardcover. A bit pricey but worth every penny. If you like noir and thought it could never be done in a comic, guess again.
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 | Sin City: The Frank Miller Library, Set II (Volumes 5-7, plus The Art of Sin City) by Frank Miller
Buy new: $101.25 / Used from: $75.00 Hard, edgy and beautiful. Who would have thought that black and white could ever look so colorful. You can smell every action on every page... it's that damn good.
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 | Spider-Man: Blue by Jeph Loeb
Buy used from: $9.36 I recommend everything that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale do. Still, this bauty ranks as my favorite of their collabaration. Didn't think comics could potray aching longing and love? Just try it and feel.
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 | Absolute Dark Knight by Frank Miller
Buy new: $62.99 / Used from: $51.48 All the praises that have already been heaped upon this book still do not do it justice. Just thinking about seeing it in all it's oversized glory makes me want to cry.
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 | Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.40 This series is still going on strong and worth every agonizing monthly wait. One of the best comics out there. Think you know your fairy tales? Think again.
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 | Preacher Vol. 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.74 Yeah this series is wrong. Sure it's hard hitting and heretic. But I'll be damned if it's not a fun read. 7 volumes exist and I'm just waiting for an Absolute Preacher.
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 | The Complete Strangers in Paradise Volume One by Terry Moore
Buy used from: $25.00 The comic that non comic readers will love. I've never, ever, seen relationships dealt with better than here. Moore is a dramatic master. Poignant, touching, and heart-wrenching.
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 | Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume (Vol 1) by Jeff Smith
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $16.68 Bone is one of the great comics out there. If you can find this volume that collects the whole series I recommend it. If not than just buy each tpb individually. So good. It's like living a dream.
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 | The Complete Peanuts 1955-1958 Box Set by Charles M. Schulz
Buy new: $32.97 / Used from: $34.97 I love Shultz. He raised me along with Dennis the Menace, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, and Family Circus. Collecting every strip is expensive but worth it.
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 | Wolverine: Origin by Bill Jemas
Buy used from: $1.25 Think the Weapon X storyline was the best Wolverine story ever told? Not by a longshot. This is the definitive telling of Wolvy's past and after you read it you can understand why he's so messed up.
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $3.95 Literature never seemed so fun. If you ever read the classic horror stories as a kid, or wondered in Jules Verne's worlds, then you will love this book. The movie was a travesty.
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 by Alan Moore
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.76 Yes, the movie bit, but this series is good that it didn't detract from all the wonder contained in these volumes. If you can find the hardcovers get those because this is more than just a comic.
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 | Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction (v. 1) by Mike Mignola
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $3.50 Go out and get every tpb of this series you can find. The art style of Mignolia coupled with his writing is pulp bliss. This series is way ahead of its time. Myth and dreams come to life.
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 | 100 Bullets Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.92 This is one large over-aching mystery told in comic form. It makes the godfather movies look simple. Great film noir pulp. It's like reading those old Ace or Bantam pulps. Brilliant.
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