swap_horiz Planetary Alternatives

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The Incal

The Incal is a complex science fiction graphic novel created by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius. It presents a surreal n...

Sci Fi French Jodorowsky Surreal

9.3 Excellent

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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Emil Ferris’ *My Favorite Thing Is Monsters* is a meticulously crafted graphic novel set in 1960s Chicago. The story cen...

Mystery 1960S Fantagraphics Emil Ferris

9.1 Excellent

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Miracleman

Miracleman is a classic graphic novel created by Alan Moore and Sean McKeon. Published in the 1980s, it offers a groundb...

Classic Marvel Superhero Deconstruction

9.0 Excellent

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Transmetropolitan

Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk comic series by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson featuring Gonzo journalist Spider Jer...

Satire Journalism Cyberpunk Warren Ellis

8.9 Great

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Arzach

Arzach is a groundbreaking French comic by artist Moebius featuring a silent warrior riding a pterodactyl, renowned for...

Sci Fi Classic French Wordless

8.9 Great

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Kingdom Come

Kingdom Come is a 1996 DC Comics miniseries by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, exploring a dark future where brutal antiheroes...

Dystopian Superhero DC Comics Mark Waid

8.8 Great

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Flex Mentallo

A four-issue 1996 DC Comics miniseries by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, it serves as a surreal deconstruction of sup...

Meta Experimental Superhero Grant Morrison

8.7 Great

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Fourth World Omnibus

Published by DC Comics, this comprehensive hardcover collection compiles Jack Kirby's legendary 1970s Fourth World saga...

Classic Superhero DC Comics Cosmic

8.7 Great

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We3

We3 is a poignant 2004 graphic novel by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely about three kidnapped pets weaponized as cyborg...

Sci Fi Emotional Animals Grant Morrison

8.6 Great

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Ms. Marvel (G. Willow Wilson)

Launched in 2014, this Marvel Comics series by G. Willow Wilson follows Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenager who b...

Marvel Superhero Teen G Willow Wilson

8.6 Great

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Promethea

Promethea is a 1999 comic series by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III that blends superhero tropes with deep explorations...

Superhero Mystical Female LED Alan Moore

8.6 Great

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Jack Kirby's New Gods

Launched by DC Comics in 1971, Jack Kirby's epic sci-fi series introduces the Fourth World, detailing the cosmic war bet...

Classic Superhero DC Comics Cosmic

8.6 Great

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Animal Man

Revitalized by writer Grant Morrison in 1988, this DC Comics series follows superhero Buddy Baker while exploring themes...

Meta Superhero DC Comics Animal Rights

8.5 Great

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East of West

Created by Jonathan Hickman, this sci-fi Western comic portrays an alternate-history United States where the Four Horsem...

Sci Fi Epic Alternate History Image Comics

8.5 Great

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Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction

Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction is a sci-fi manga by Inio Asano that began in 2014, depicting ordinary teenage li...

Sci Fi Manga Teen Viz Media

8.5 Great

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Top 10

Top 10 is a superhero comic series created by Alan Moore and Gene Ha in 1999, set in a city where everyone has powers an...

Humor Police Procedural Superhero Alan Moore

8.5 Great

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Absolute Authority

A deluxe hardcover collection of the 1999 Wildstorm comic series by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, which revolutionized w...

Mature Political Superhero Warren Ellis

8.5 Great

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Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.

A 2006 Marvel Comics series by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen, celebrated for its absurdist humor and destructive parod...

Satire Marvel Comedy Superhero

8.3 Great

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DEPT. H

A mystery comic series written and drawn by Matt Kindt in 2016, following a detective investigating a murder at a deep-s...

Sci Fi Mystery Underwater Dark Horse

7.6 Good

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Identity Crisis

Identity Crisis is a 2004 DC Comics miniseries by Brad Meltzer depicting a murder mystery that reveals dark, controversi...

Mystery 2000S Superhero DC Comics

6.5 Fair