 | Watchmen by Alan Moore
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $7.98 A great, spooky tale about a delirious castaway and evil pirates, framed by this story about superheroes....
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 | V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Buy used from: $6.95 Terrorist? Freedom fighter? V is the ultimate superhero, either way.
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.88 A Victorian super-team takes on dire villainies in this manically well-researched yarn
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2 by Alan Moore
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $8.25 It's the League Vs. Martians this time around. The extra material at the end of the book is fantastic. Alan Moore is at his scariest when he's being this entertaining!
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 | The Best of Ray Bradbury: The Graphic Novel by Ray Bradbury
Worth it for Mignola's work on 'City' alone, this book is, simply, great stories re-told briliantly.
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 | Michael Moorcock's Multiverse by Michael Moorcock
Buy used from: $16.45 The plot is almost overwhelmingly complex. The three artists' styles complement each other beautifully. Multiversal fun for all.
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 | Lovecraft by Hans Rodionoff
Buy used from: $7.73 An exquisitely drawn/painted comic that assumes everything in HPL's tales was true and weaves a deliciously horrific fictional portrait of the man behind the Mythos. Don't expect an accurate biography
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 | Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $12.00 Mhm. I suppose it's a mildly engrossing read for a rainy afternoon. Was it worth it? Who knows...
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 | Kingdom Come by Mark Waid
Buy used from: $7.95 Overrrated, I think. Ross' art may take a lot of effort, but his sense of layout and narrative doesn't impress me. The story has a few great moments, too many overblown and portentuous ones.
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 | Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.99 A seriously gripping Batman story that gets the character just right. Great art!
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 | Batman: The Cult by Jim Starlin
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.50 The real breaking of Batman. Very cool story, nicely acidic art.
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 | Batman: Knightfall, Part One: Broken Bat by Doug Moench
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $5.88 Bane breaks Batman! I have this series only because I'd read individual issues and wanted the collections to tie everything up. Fun enough.
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 | Batman: Knightfall, Part Two: Who Rules the Night by Doug Moench
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $8.75 AzBat breaks Bane.
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 | Batman: Knightfall, Part Three: KnightsEnd by Chuck Dixon
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $8.65 Batman Vs. Batman
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 | Batman in the Seventies by Dennis O'Neil
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $6.61 This is the Batman I grew up reading about. A collection of mostly good stories from a very good decade for the Dark Knight
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 | The Golden Age (Elseworlds) by James Robinson
Buy used from: $4.99 Whether or not you're familiar with the Golden Age JSA, this is a great look at superheroes in the context of the emerging cold war. And they saved Hitler's brain!
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 | The Moth by Steve Rude
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $2.22 Enjoyable but minor. Steve Rude!
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 | Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction (v. 1) by Mike Mignola
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $3.50 If HP Lovecraft and Pablo Picasso got together to create a comic...well, maybe not, but this is great stuff!
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 | Fanboy by Mark Evanier
Buy used from: $1.49 Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones and seriously every great comic book artist in the universe create a fun, cool tale about the ultimate fanboy
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 | Justice Be Done (JSA: Justice Society of America, Book 1) by James Robinson
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $6.77 The original JSA teams up with sons, daughters and assorted torch-bearers to carry on the good fight.
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 | Doctor Mid-Nite by Matt Wagner
Buy used from: $2.39 I love the art here! A cool re-creation of a Golden Age hero for modern times by the man who revitalised Wesley Dodds' Sandman
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 | Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 1 by John Byrne
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.27 John Byrne's major Superman re-boot. It doesn't seem as momentuous now, and the individual stories sadly don't add up to a great story-arc. Has some good moments though.
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 | Hellblazer: Original Sins by Jamie Delano
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.90 Still my fave Hellblazer tpb. DC needs to re-release the rest of Delano's run.
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 | John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $7.78 Uninspired art, great story. A good start to Ennis' run on this title.
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 | John Constantine, Hellblazer: Fear and Loathing by Garth Ennis
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.00 Birthday celebrations, angel amputations, heartbreak and more. A great collection, helped by Steve Dillon's art
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