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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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Phoenix (Hi no Tori)

Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix (Hi no Tori) is a sprawling epic manga series beginning in 1954. It centers around a group of ind...

Epic Manga Reincarnation Osamu Tezuka

9.3 Excellent

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Buddha

Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha is a monumental manga series chronicling the life of Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha...

Epic Vertical Manga Religion

9.0 Excellent

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Arzach

Moebius’ *Arzach* is a wordless graphic novel exploring themes of courage and self-discovery through stunning visual sto...

Sci Fi Classic French Wordless

8.9 Great

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Planetary

Planetary is a graphic novel series created by Warren Ellis and illustrated by John Cassaday. It explores a clandestine...

Sci Fi Mystery Superhero Warren Ellis

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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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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New X-Men

Written by Grant Morrison in the early 2000s, this Marvel Comics series revitalized the X-Men franchise with sci-fi conc...

Sci Fi Marvel 2000S Grant Morrison

8.4 Great

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King City

Created by Brandon Graham, this 2007 sci-fi graphic novel follows a slacker thief and his genetically altered cat naviga...

Adventure Sci Fi INDIE Image Comics

8.4 Great

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Prophet (Brandon Graham revival)

Published by Image Comics in 2012, this sci-fi series by Brandon Graham reimagines Rob Liefeld's 1990s superhero into a...

Sci Fi Epic Image Comics Brandon Graham

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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Chew

An Image Comics series created by John Layman and Rob Guillory in 2009, following a cibopath detective who gets psychic...

Sci Fi Crime Image Comics John Layman

8.2 Great

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Valerian and Laureline

Valerian and Laureline is a highly influential French space opera comic by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières that...

Sci Fi French Space Mezieres

8.0 Great

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Habibi

Habibi is a 2011 graphic novel by American cartoonist Craig Thompson, noted for its intricate artwork and exploration of...

Epic Literary Middle Eastern Pantheon

7.9 Good

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Bitch Planet

This feminist sci-fi comic series by Kelly Sue DeConnick depicts a dystopian future where non-compliant women are impris...

Sci Fi Satire Feminist Image Comics

7.9 Good

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The Manhattan Projects

Written by Jonathan Hickman, this sci-fi comic reimagines the famous scientists of the Manhattan Projects as deeply flaw...

Sci Fi Dark Comedy Alternate History Image Comics

7.9 Good

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2001 Nights

A Japanese hard science fiction manga by Yukinobu Hoshino, serialized in the 1980s, depicting humanity's expansion into...

Sci Fi Space Manga Viz Media

7.9 Good

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Concrete

Created by Paul Chadwick in 1987, this Dark Horse comic series follows a political speechwriter whose brain is transplan...

Sci Fi Environmental Literary Dark Horse

7.9 Good

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Fear Agent

Created by Rick Remender, this sci-fi comic follows Heath Huston, an alien exterminator dealing with the trauma of Earth...

Action Sci Fi Retro Rick Remender

7.8 Good