swap_horiz Sandman Alternatives

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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is a seminal collection of comic strips created by Bill Watterson. It presents the imagin...

Classic All Ages Bill Watterson Andrews Mcmeel

9.7 Brilliant

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The Dark Knight Returns

The Dark Knight Returns is a 1986 graphic novel by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson, depicting an older Batman coming out o...

Dystopian 1980S DC Comics Batman

9.2 Excellent

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Batman: Year One

Batman: Year One is a 1987 graphic novel by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli that redefined the superhero's origin wi...

Origin Noir DC Comics Batman

9.1 Excellent

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All-Star Superman

All-Star Superman is a 2005 comic series by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, widely celebrated as a definitive, modern...

Classic Optimistic DC Comics Superman

9.1 Excellent

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Brief Lives (Sandman Vol. 7)

The seventh volume of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, following Dream and Delirium's search for their missing brother Dest...

Fantasy Mythology Road Trip Neil Gaiman

9.0 Excellent

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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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Bone: Out from Boneville

The first volume of Jeff Smith's epic fantasy comic series following the Bone cousins' exile from Boneville into a myste...

Fantasy Classic Scholastic All Ages

8.8 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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Fables

Created by Bill Willingham in 2002, this DC/Vertigo comic series follows fairy tale characters living secretly in modern...

Fantasy Mature Fairy Tale DC Vertigo

8.4 Great

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The Book of Magic

Published by DC Comics in 1990, this supernatural comic series by Neil Gaiman follows a young boy destined to become the...

Fantasy Coming Of Age Magic Neil Gaiman

8.3 Great

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JLA

JLA is a DC Comics series relaunched by Grant Morrison in 1997, featuring the publisher's flagship superheroes tackling...

Epic Team Superhero DC Comics

8.2 Great

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Superman: Red Son

Superman: Red Son is a 2003 DC Comics Elseworlds story by Mark Millar that imagines Superman landing in the Soviet Union...

Political DC Comics Alternate History Superman

8.1 Great

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Seconds (Bryan Lee O'Malley)

Created by Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2014, this fantasy graphic novel follows a young chef who discovers a magical way to re...

Fantasy Time Loop Romance Bryan Lee Omalley

8.0 Great

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1602

Published by Marvel Comics in 2003, this alternate history miniseries by Neil Gaiman reimagines classic Marvel superhero...

Marvel Superhero Elizabethan Alternate History

7.8 Good

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Batman: Hush

Batman: Hush is a 2002 comic book storyline by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee, noted for its iconic artwork and the introduction...

Mystery 2000S DC Comics Batman

7.5 Good

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Pretty Deadly

Pretty Deadly is a mythic Western comic series by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos that blends folklore with violent, s...

Fantasy Western Mythic Image Comics

7.5 Good

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Amulet

Amulet is an ongoing fantasy graphic novel series created by Kazu Kibuishi in 2008, following two siblings who discover...

Fantasy Adventure Scholastic Middle Grade

7.5 Good

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Crisis on Infinite Earths

This 1985 DC Comics maxiseries by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez consolidated the publisher's complex multiverse into a s...

Epic Crossover 1980S DC Comics

7.4 Good

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Ether

Written by Matt Kindt with art by David Rubin, this 2016 fantasy comic follows a scientist who travels to a magical real...

Fantasy Sci Fi Portal Dark Horse

7.2 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