Best Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks (TPBs)

Submitted by baker on Mon, 02/21/2005 - 03:41
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  2. Ghost in the Shell (Masamune Shirow)
  3. Batman: Year One (Frank Miller, David Mazzuchelli)
  4. Sin City (Volume 1): The Hard Goodbye (Frank Miller)
  5. Appleseed (Volume 1) (Masamune Shirow)
  6. V For Vendetta (Alan Moore)
  7. X-Men: Mutant Genesis (Chris Claremont, Jim Lee)
  8. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller)
  9. The Infinity Gauntlet (Jim Starlin, George Perez)
  10. The Infinity War (Ron Lim)
  11. Sin City (Volume 4): That Yellow Bastard (Frank Miller)
  12. Daredevil: Born Again (Frank Miller)
  13. Watchmen (Alan Moore)
  14. The Sandman (Volume 1): Preludes & Nocturnes (Neil Gaiman)
  15. The Sandman (Volume 2): The Doll's House (Neil Gaiman)
  16. The Sandman (Volume 3): Dream Country (Neil Gaiman)
  17. The Sandman (Volume 4): Season of Mists (Neil Gaiman)
  18. The Sandman (Volume 5): A Game of You (Neil Gaiman)
  19. Batman: Hush (Volume 1) (Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee)
  20. Batman: Hush (Volume 2) (Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee)
  21. Sin City (Volume 2): A Dame To Kill For (Frank Miller)
  22. Gunsmith Cats (Volume 1): Bonnie and Clyde (Kenichi Sonoda)
  23. Gunsmith Cats (Volume 2): Misfire (Kenichi Sonoda)
  24. Gunsmith Cats (Volume 3): The Return of Gray (Kenichi Sonoda)
  25. Gunsmith Cats (Volume 4): Goldie Vs. Misty (Kenichi Sonoda)
  26. Gunsmith Cats (Volume 5): Bad Trip (Kenichi Sonoda)
  27. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 1): Blood of a Thousand(Hiroaki Samura)
  28. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 2): Cry of the Worm (Hiroaki Samura)
  29. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 3): Dreamsong (Hiroaki Samura)
  30. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 4): On Silent Wings (Hiroaki Samura)
  31. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 5): On Silent Wings 2 (Hiroaki Samura)
  32. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 6): Dark Shadows (Hiroaki Samura)
  33. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 7): Heart of Darkness (Hiroaki Samura)
  34. Blade of the Immortal (Volume 8): The Gathering (Hiroaki Samura)
  35. Appleseed (Volume 2) (Masamune Shirow)
  36. Essential X-Men (Volume 2) (Chris Claremont, John Byrne)
  37. Spider-Man Vs. Venom (David Michelinie)
  38. Spawn (Volume 1) (Todd McFarlane)
  39. Spawn (Volume 2) (Todd McFarlane)
  40. Gen 13 (J. Scott Campbell)
  41. Kingdom Come (Mark Waid, Alex Ross)
  42. Appleseed (Volume 3) (Masamune Shirow)
  43. 100 Bullets (Volume 1): First Shot, Last Call (Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso)
  44. Spawn (Volume 3) (Todd McFarlane)
  45. Essential X-Men (Volume 1) (Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne)
  46. Batman Versus Predator (Dave Gibbons, Andy Kubert)
  47. Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (Alan Moore)
  48. Sin City (Volume 7): Hell and Back (Frank Miller)
  49. Savage Dragon (Erik Larson)
  50. The Dirty Pair: Fatal But Not Serious (Adam Warren)
  51. Appleseed (Volume 4) (Masamune Shirow)
  52. Stray Bullets (Volume 1) (David Lapham)
  53. Maus (Volume 1) (Art Spiegelman)
  54. Maus (Volume 2) (Art Spiegelman)
  55. WILDC.A.T.S. Compendium (Jim Lee)
  56. X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song (Peter David)
  57. Deadpool: The Circle Chase (Fabian Nicieza, Joe Madueria)
  58. Justice League: A New Beginning (J. M. DeMatteis)
  59. The New Fantastic Four (Arthur Adams)
  60. Batman: Haunted Knight (Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale)
  61. Battle Angel Alita (Yukito Kushiro)
  62. Batman: The Killing Joke (Alan Moore)
  63. Gen 13: Starting Over (J. Scott Campbell)
  64. Lady Death (Volume 1): The Reckoning (Brian Pulido)
  65. Spawn:Batman (Todd McFarlane, Frank Miller)
  66. Marvels (Alex Ross)
  67. Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1) (John Byrne)
  68. Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 2) (John Byrne)
  69. Punisher War Zone (Volume 1) (John Romita Jr.)
  70. Sim City: Hell and Back (Fran Miller)
  71. Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn 2 (Keith Giffen)
  72. Flash: Terminal Velocity (Mark Waid)
  73. Batman: The Long Halloween (Tim Sale)
  74. Green Lantern: Emerald Twilight and New Dawn (Ron Marz)
  75. The Death of Superman (Dan Jurgens)
  76. Silver Sufer: The Coming of Galactus (Stan Lee)
  77. Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Punisher: Hearts of Darkness (John Romita Jr.)
  78. Wolverine (Frank Miller)
  79. Punisher Batman: Deadly Knights (John Romita Jr.)
  80. Venom - Deathtrap: The Vault (Ron Lim)
  81. Akira (Volume 1) (Katsuhiro Otomo)
  82. Akira (Volume 2) (Katsuhiro Otomo)
  83. Akira (Volume 3) (Katsuhiro Otomo)
  84. Akira (Volume 4) (Katsuhiro Otomo)
  85. Akira (Volume 5) (Katsuhiro Otomo)
  86. Akira (Volume 6) (Katsuhiro Otomo)
  87. Daredevil: Visionaries - Frank Miller (Volume 1)
  88. Black Magic (Masamune Shirow)
  89. Orion (Masamune Shirow)
  90. Dominion: Tank Police (Masamune Shirow)
  91. X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda (Jim Lee)
  92. Sin City (Volume 3): The Big Fat Kill (Frank Miller)
  93. Dirty Pair: Sim Hell (Adam Warren)
  94. Sin City (Volume 6): Booze, Broads, & Bullets (Frank Miller)
  95. Dominion: Conflict 1 (No More Noise) (Masamune Shirow)
  96. Batman Punisher: Lake of Fire (Dennis O'Neil)
  97. Ghost in the Shell 2 (Masamune Shirow)
  98. X-Men: Days of Future Present (Arthur Adams)
Author Comments: 

With this list I've grouped specific series with the same rank area that either have a consistent quality (e.g. Gunsmith Cats) or a necessary continuity (e.g. Akira). If different volumes of the series can stand alone by themselves (e.g. Sin City) and differ in quality (e.g. Spawn), then I've ranked them differently.

lukeprog02/21/2005

Cool, I see a lot of personal favorites here!

cramoukji03/22/2005

Thanks for "favoritizing" my list of comic-books artists :)
Many of the TPB's in your list I did enjoy a lot but I have this problem that Marvel productions were always better distributed/translated in my country than DC comics so I cannot give opinions on many of the Dc stuff