swap_horiz The Authority 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 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

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

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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

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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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Wolverine

Wolverine is a globally popular Marvel Comics antihero introduced in 1974, notable for his retractable bone claws, mutan...

Marvel Mutant Superhero Comic Book

7.7 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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Savage Dragon

Savage Dragon is an influential American comic book series created by Erik Larsen in 1992, notable for following a green...

Superhero Comic Book 1992 Image

7.0 Good

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Batgirl

Batgirl is a DC Comics superheroine created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino in 1967, most famously portrayed by Bar...

Superhero Comic Book DC 1967

6.7 Fair

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Nightwing

Nightwing is a prominent DC Comics superhero identity assumed by Dick Grayson in 1984, notable as the evolution of the o...

Superhero 1996 Comic Book DC

6.6 Fair

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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

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WildC.A.T.s

WildC.A.T.s is a superhero comic book series created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi in 1992 for Image Comics, focusing on a...

Superhero Comic Book 1992 Lee

6.0 Fair

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Hawkman

Hawkman is a DC Comics superhero created in 1940, notable for his archaic weapons and complex continuity involving reinc...

Mythology Superhero Comic Book DC

5.8 Mediocre

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Power Girl

Power Girl is a DC Comics superhero introduced in 1976, known for being the Earth-Two counterpart of Supergirl and for h...

Superhero Comic Book Female Lead DC

5.5 Mediocre