swap_horiz Scalped Alternatives

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Swamp Thing (Alan Moore)

Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing is a landmark graphic novel series from DC Vertigo. It reimagines the monster as a sentient emb...

Horror Environment 1980S DC Vertigo

9.2 Excellent

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From Hell Master Edition

From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally serialized from 1989 to 1996. Th...

Crime Victorian Annotated Shelf

9.2 Excellent

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Batman: Year One

Frank Miller’s *Batman: Year One* presents Bruce Wayne’s initial steps into becoming the Dark Knight as a determined pol...

Origin Noir DC Comics Batman

9.1 Excellent

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Brief Lives (Sandman Vol. 7)

“Brief Lives” is the seventh installment in Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed “Sandman” graphic novel series. It focuses on Morphe...

Fantasy Mythology Road Trip Neil Gaiman

9.0 Excellent

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Transmetropolitan

Transmetropolitan presents a darkly satirical look at a dystopian future. The graphic novel follows Spider Jerusalem, a...

Satire Journalism Cyberpunk Warren Ellis

8.9 Great

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The Spirit (Will Eisner)

The Spirit is a classic graphic novel series created by Will Eisner beginning in 1940. It features Denny Colt, a newspap...

Classic Crime DC Comics Golden Age

8.9 Great

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Blacksad

Blacksad is a graphic novel series created by Juanjo Guarnido that presents a compelling noir mystery set in 1950s Ameri...

Crime Anthropomorphic Noir 1950S

8.8 Great

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Daytripper

Daytripper is a visually arresting graphic novel by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. It presents a compelling narrative center...

Literary DC Vertigo Fabio Moon Gabriel Ba

8.8 Great

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Batman: The Long Halloween

Batman: The Long Halloween is a 13-issue limited comic book series published by DC Comics from 1996 to 1997. Written by...

Mystery Noir Batman DC

8.8 Great

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Flex Mentallo

Flex Mentallo is a 1996 DC Vertigo graphic novel series created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. The story explores...

Meta Experimental Superhero Grant Morrison

8.7 Great

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Doom Patrol (Grant Morrison)

Grant Morrison's run on Doom Patrol, published by DC Comics from 1989 to 1993, reimagined the team as a group of margina...

Quirky Superhero Surreal Grant Morrison

8.7 Great

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We3

We3 explores a dark future where animals—specifically three pets—are forcibly transformed into combat cyborgs by the Ame...

Sci Fi Emotional Animals Grant Morrison

8.6 Great

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Southern Bastards

"Southern Bastards" is a Southern Gothic crime comic book series published by Image Comics, created by writer Jason Aaro...

Crime Football Southern Image Comics

8.5 Great

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100 Bullets

"100 Bullets" is a neo-noir crime comic book series published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint from 1999 to 2009. Created b...

Crime Noir Conspiracy DC Vertigo

8.5 Great

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The Fade Out

The Fade Out is a 12-issue crime noir comic book series published by Image Comics from 2014 to 2016, created by writer E...

Crime Noir Hollywood Image

8.2 Great

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The Sheriff of Babylon

The Sheriff of Babylon is a comic book series published from 2015 to 2016 by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, written by Tom...

Drama Crime War DC Vertigo

8.2 Great

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Incognegro

Published in 2008 by DC's Vertigo imprint, Incognegro is a historical mystery graphic novel written by Mat Johnson and i...

Historical Noir Race DC Vertigo

8.1 Great

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Black Magick

Black Magick is a crime and dark fantasy comic series created by writer Greg Rucka and artist Nicola Scott, first publis...

Crime Noir Witchcraft Image Comics

7.8 Good

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Fell

Fell is a crime comic written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, first published by Image Comics in 200...

Detective Crime Noir Warren Ellis

7.7 Good

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Ten Grand

Ten Grand is a supernatural crime graphic novel published by Image Comics in 2013, written by J. Michael Straczynski and...

Supernatural Crime Noir Image

6.4 Fair