swap_horiz Archie Alternatives

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Acme Novelty Library

The Acme Novelty Library is a long-running comic book series by Chris Ware. It’s notable for its innovative use of archi...

Comic Book Alternative 1993 Fantagraphics

9.3 Excellent

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Love and Rockets

Love and Rockets presents ongoing stories about Ricky and Guido Sprague, brothers navigating life in California’s East L...

Comic Book Alternative 1981 Fantagraphics

9.1 Excellent

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Eightball

Eightball is an independent comic anthology published by Fantagraphics since 1989. Created by Daniel Clowes, it showcase...

Comic Book Alternative 1989 Fantagraphics

9.1 Excellent

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Detective Comics

Detective Comics is a foundational American anthology series published by DC Comics starting in 1937, most historically...

Superhero Comic Book 1937 Batman

8.8 Great

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Hellblazer

Hellblazer is a highly acclaimed DC/Vertigo horror comic series launched in 1988, notable for popularizing the cynical w...

Horror Comic Book 1988 Occult

8.8 Great

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The New Gods

The New Gods is a DC Comics superhero series created by Jack Kirby in 1971, introducing an epic cosmic mythology and ico...

1971 Comic Book DC Cosmic

8.8 Great

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Action Comics

Action Comics is a seminal American comic book anthology series launched by DC Comics in 1938, historically notable for...

Superhero Comic Book DC 1938

8.7 Great

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Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is a flagship Marvel Comics series launched in 1963 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, notable for chro...

Marvel Superhero Comic Book 1963

8.7 Great

9

Usagi Yojimbo

Usagi Yojimbo is an acclaimed American comic book created by Stan Sakai in 1984, notable for its historical fiction sett...

Samurai 1984 Comic Book Fantagraphics Dark Horse

8.6 Great

10

Achewood

Achewood is an underground webcomic created by Chris Onstad in 2001, praised for its sophisticated character writing and...

Humor Surreal 2001 Webcomic

8.6 Great

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Cerebus

Cerebus is a landmark independent comic series created by Dave Sim in 1977, notable for its unprecedented 300-issue run...

INDIE Comic Book Sim 1977

8.3 Great

12

The Authority

The Authority is a Wildstorm/DC superhero comic created by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch in 1999, notable for its cinemat...

Superhero Comic Book 1999 DC Wildstorm

8.2 Great

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Global Frequency

Global Frequency is a comic book series created by writer Warren Ellis and artist Garry Leach in 2002, depicting a globa...

Thriller Comic Book 2002 DC Wildstorm

8.2 Great

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Elfquest

Elfquest is an influential independent comic book series created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978, notable for its spra...

Fantasy Comic Book 1978 Warp DC

8.1 Great

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Nexus

Nexus is a science fiction comic book series created by writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude in 1981, following an in...

Sci Fi Comic Book 1981 First Dark Horse

8.1 Great

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B.P.R.D.

B.P.R.D. is a supernatural comic series from Dark Horse, launched in 2002, notable for expanding the Hellboy universe by...

Horror Comic Book 2002 Dark Horse

7.8 Good

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a daily gag webcomic created by Zach Weinersmith in 2002, recognized for its cynica...

Science Humor 2002 Webcomic

7.8 Good

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Prophet

Prophet is an American superhero comic series created by Rob Liefeld in 1992 for Image Comics, which was later famously...

Sci Fi Comic Book 1992 Image

7.8 Good

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Green Arrow

Green Arrow is a major DC Comics superhero introduced in 1941, notable as a wealthy, bow-wielding vigilante who evolved...

Superhero Comic Book DC Archer

7.1 Good

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Gen13

Gen13 is an American superhero team comic published by Image Comics in 1994, created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi, follow...

Superhero Comic Book Teen 1994

6.0 Fair