swap_horiz Eightball 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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Detective Comics

Detective Comics began as an anthology comic series from DC Comics in 1937. Initially featuring crime stories and newspa...

Superhero Comic Book 1937 Batman

8.8 Great

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Hellblazer

Hellblazer presents John Constantine, a British warlock operating as an occult detective. The series, published by DC/Ve...

Horror Comic Book 1988 Occult

8.8 Great

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The New Gods

Jack Kirby’s *The New Gods* presents a sprawling cosmic saga from DC Comics published in 1971. The series established a...

1971 Comic Book DC Cosmic

8.8 Great

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Action Comics

Action Comics debuted in 1938 as a groundbreaking DC Comics anthology. It established Superman, the first modern superhe...

Superhero Comic Book DC 1938

8.7 Great

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Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man comic series debuted in 1963 as a pioneering work in American comics. Created by Stan Lee and Ste...

Marvel Superhero Comic Book 1963

8.7 Great

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Usagi Yojimbo

Created by Stan Sakai in 1984, "Usagi Yojimbo" is an ongoing American comic book series set in an anthropomorphic versio...

Samurai 1984 Comic Book Fantagraphics Dark Horse

8.6 Great

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Cerebus

Cerebus is an independent comic book series created, written, and primarily illustrated by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim,...

INDIE Comic Book Sim 1977

8.3 Great

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The Authority

"The Authority" is a superhero comic book series originally published by Wildstorm, an imprint of DC Comics, starting in...

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, first published in 2002 by DC Comics under the...

Thriller Comic Book 2002 DC Wildstorm

8.2 Great

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Elfquest

Elfquest is a fantasy comic series created by Wendy and Richard Pini and first published in 1978 through their company W...

Fantasy Comic Book 1978 Warp DC

8.1 Great

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Nexus

Nexus is a science fiction comic series created by writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude, first published in 1981. Its...

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 series of horror comic books published by Dark Horse, spinning off from Mike Mignola's Hellboy universe. L...

Horror Comic Book 2002 Dark Horse

7.8 Good

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Prophet

Prophet is a comic book series originally created by Rob Liefeld in 1992 for Image Comics as part of the Extreme Studios...

Sci Fi Comic Book 1992 Image

7.8 Good

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Wolverine

Wolverine is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, making his first full appearance...

Marvel Mutant Superhero Comic Book

7.7 Good

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Justice League of America

The Justice League of America is a superhero team published by DC Comics, first appearing in 1960. The team was created...

Classic Comic Book DC 1960

7.5 Good

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Green Arrow

Green Arrow is a DC Comics superhero whose civilian identity is Oliver Queen. Introduced in 1941, he is defined by his u...

Superhero Comic Book DC Archer

7.1 Good

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Savage Dragon

Savage Dragon is an American superhero comic book series created by Erik Larsen and first published by Image Comics in 1...

Superhero Comic Book 1992 Image

7.0 Good

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Archie

Archie is an American comic-book franchise centered on Archie Andrews and the residents of the fictional community of Ri...

Humor Comic Book Teen 1941

6.8 Fair