What is the ultimate collectible DC mini series?

[daBronzeBomma]

The original and greatest Event in the history of DC Comics:

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS

12-issue maxi-series from 1985-86

By Marv Wolfman and George Perez

Hardcover collected edition has Alex Ross painted cover:



The definitive end of the Bronze Age at DC.

[DevilBat66]

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[Carabas]

Except that the OP put an arbitrary 6-issue limit in place.

Mine is Flex Mentallo, by the way.

[daBronzeBomma]

daBronzeBomma just dropped the mic on this thread.

Thanks!

Except that the OP put an arbitrary 6-issue limit in place.

D'oh!

OK, fair point.

Then mine would be a two-way tie between these standalone 1986 miniseries



THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS by Frank Miller

and



THE MAN OF STEEL by John Byrne


because these two miniseries written by already-acclaimed masters of the medium stand out as the two greatest examples


... of how to ruin a comic book icon through needless over-adultification.

In TDKR, Batman became an overzealous maniac.

In TMOS, Superman became a pro-establishment Republican.

Over 30 years later, canon Supes has thankfully rejected almost all of what Byrne put in, while canon Bats still holds onto a wee bit more Miller than he should.

[married guy]

Kingdom Come is the correct answer as it is a 4 issue mini-series and is often voted to be the best DC story of all time. I don't really agree with that assessment but as mini-series' go it's a pretty great one.

I think my favorite mini-series of all time is Mister Miracle and it's only on issue 4 but I think it runs 12 issues (I hope it does!) so maybe it's more a maxi-series.

Here's a pretty random one: BUG! The Adventures of Forager is pretty great.

You can't beat Justice League: The Nail (or its sequel Another Nail for that matter)

The Dark Knight Returns was a 4 issue mini. Bit of a classic there.

My favorite JLA story ever and my favorite comic series ever (which gets a LOT of heat here) was a 7-issue mini-series, Identity Crisis.

I can't believe I forgot to mention Kingdom Come!!!