I have failed you, my dear readers, I have failed you. In past years I have read many more comic book collections than this year, the fourth that I am doing this ceremony. In the past, I have done lists awarding certain categories now I am doing away with those and ranking a top ten. I'm doing the Oscars 4. Go.
10. Captain America: Sam Wilson vol. 1-3
9. Scarlet Witch vol. 1-3
by James Robinson
This comic explores Wanda Maximoff in a light that she has never been in before. It is all about her trying to find out her true heritage and dealing with magical problems. The storytelling in this book was great and I couldn't get enough.
8. Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman
This fantasy book has been acclaimed by many as one of the best comic series of all time. The first volume of the series sets up the dream world and the other paranormal aspects of the series while also having some good tales throughout. I will definitely continue to read this series.
7. Female Furies
by Cecil Castellucci, Adriana Melo
This comic serves as something as a tie-in to one of my favorite comics, Mister Miracle by Tom King. But it focuses more on his wife and her team of female fighters for Darkseid. It focuses on some hard-hitting issues with males and believing women. This series has great art and is one of too-few great Fourth World series.
6. Quicksilver: No Surrender
by Saladin Ahmed, Eric Nguyen, Martin Simmonds
This comic has a very interesting plot in which Quicksilver is the only person that isn't frozen in place in the world because he's going so fast and he has to save everybody but first come to terms with how annoying he is. It was a truly interesting and quick read with great art and much like Saladin Ahmed's other great comic, Black Bolt.
5. Dawn of X vol. 1-3
by multiple authors
The X-men books have been revamped by Jonathan Hickman starting with the House/Powers of X series and now in Dawn of X with several series that are all in these volumes. In this series the mutants have founded their own nation on the Island of Krakoa. These are some of the best X-men comics in while and are making big moves. Out of the six series my favorite is Marauders and I have to say that the exception to the greatness is Fallen Angels, though all of the series have been getting better generally as the volumes go on.
4. Venom vol. 1-3
by Donny Cates, Ryan Stegman
Venom is a really great comic that establishes amazing new lore in the Venom mythos with the god of the symbiotes, Knull. The art by Stegman is incredible and dark. This series has really good character connections and stories. It has already tied-in to an event Absolute Carnage and will lead to another huge event, the King in Black later this year.
3. Black Widow vol. 1
by Mark Waid, Chris Samnee
Black Widow by Waid and Samnee is an absolutely awesome series that is action-packed and full of amazing art. Mark Waid and Chris Samnee have also done their Daredevil run and they are one of the best creative duos in comics. This book goes into Black Widow's past and the institution of shield.
2. The Amazing Spider-man vol. 1-6
by Nick Spencer, Ryan Ottley
As I said before, Nick Spencer is an amazing writer and he proves that once again with his Amazing Spider-man book. This series is such a great one to binge read, with all of the different fun plot-lines and mysteries going on. It absolutely is a great Spider-man comic.
1. Batman: Arkham Asylum- A serious house on serious earth
by Grant Morrison, Dave McKean
Lastly is what I would consider the best and most creative comic on this list, Arkham Asylum. Yes, it did loosely inspire the video game. But this comic has so much to offer in the storytelling, the photography mixed with abstract painted art, and the genuine horror. This book isn't entirely perfect but it is definitely the most original comic that I have read from Marvel or DC in a while. And Grant Morrison truly does write a Watchmen a week.
Thank you for reading and stay connected.
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