What would be your top 20 NON-Superhero comics

[mrbrklyn]

1. V for Vendetta
2. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
3. Transformers
4. Bone (Jeff Smith)
5. Tomb of Dracula
6. Sachs & Violens
7. Cinder & Ashe
8. Jonah Hex
9. The Books of Magic
10. Usagi Yojimbo
11. Concrete (Paul Chadwick)
12. Body Bags (Jason Pearson)
13. Gunsmith Cats
14. You're Under Arrest
15. Dominion (Masamune Shirow)
16. Hilly Rose (B.C. Boyer)
17. Xenozoic Tales
18. The Last American
19. Bastard Samurai
20. Samurai Executioner

Concrete!

[mrbrklyn]

I discovered and fell in love with Marvel after seeing an F.F. 25 at a friends house (early 1965, I was 9), the cover drew me in (More like WOW!!!) and I was then hooked, Marvel was now #1.
I had friends that also read/collected comics and that is how I was introduced to other Marvel titles (Loved the Westerns, Collectors Items Classics and All Crossover Books) and then started buying my own with my 25 cent a week allowance.
I still remember buying ASM 21, Daredevil 7/8, F.F. 33/35 and X-Men #8, for whatever reason those issues stand out in my mind.
Before that it was all "funny" books. (Archie, Harvey, etc.) and I still enjoy reading them today.
Back in the early 70's there was a local used book store that had table's full of remainder/coverless copies of comics (3 for 25 cents or 15 for $1.00).
I would go about once a month or so and I would load up on Archie, Harvey, Sad Sack, Beetle Bailey and just go home and read comics for hours.
That is also where I found my remainder copy of Avengers 7 which I still have.

There you go! A true fan.

[mrbrklyn]

I am very fond of Marvel Westerns and Pre Hero Horror, after that it would be easy reading "funny" books that I grew up with in the early 60's that just bring joy/smiles/relaxation without being reminded of real life drama/violence.
*(Titles I currently collect)

*1)Kid Colt Outlaw
*2)Two Gun Kid
*3)Rawhide Kid
*4)Journey Into Mystery
*5)Strange Tales
*6)Tales Of Suspense
*7)Tales To Astonish
*8)Sad Sack Comics (ALL Titles)
*9)Adventures Of The Big Boy
*10)Beany And Cecil
*11)Tom Terrific
13)Archie Comics
14)Other Harvey Titles (Casper, Spooky, Hot Stuff, Richie Rich, Little Dot, Little Lotta, Wendy etc)
15)Hanna Barbera/Gold Key Comics/Charlton/Dell Comics
(Mighty Mouse, Flintstones, Jetsons, Top Cat, Deputy Dawg, Underdog, Rocky And Bullwinkle, Beetle Bailey, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Looney Tunes etc, etc, etc)
16-20) What else is there???

[mrbrklyn]

I don't have 20

The Walking Dead
Sin City
100 Bullets
Pryde of Baghdad
We3
The Eternals (Marvel MAX)
Saga (but I've only read up to book 4)
Orbiter
Conan the Barbarian (Busiek and Nord)
I Am Legion

I like science-fiction, fantasy, action, etc. The kind of stuff that doesn't happen in real life. This list would be a lot easier if I could include Planetary and Immortal Iron Fist

[mrbrklyn]

1. Uncle Scrooge (1953) by Carl Barks (Dell Comics)
2. Turok the Dinosaur Hunter (Dell Comics)
3. Magus the Robot Fighter (Dell Comics)
4. Sgt. Fury and the Howling Commandos by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
5. Don Rosa's run on Uncle Scrooge
6. Young Romance comics by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
7. Crime Does Not Pay (Lev Gleason comics)
8. Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham's run on Fables
9. Mark Ennis & Steve Dillon's run on The Preacher
10. Adam Glass and Pat Olliffe's Rough Riders
11. Larry Hama's run on G.I. Joe comics

One of my favorite covers

[mrbrklyn]

Being Swedish, I'm not sure I agree with the assertion that superhero comics dominate the industry. It might be true in the USA, but certainly not in Europe. So here goes, in alphabetical order:

• 91:an Karlsson
• Adèle Blanc-Sec
• Allan Kämpe
• Arne Anka
• Asterix
• Bamse (kids comic, hugely popular in the Nordic countries)
• Buddy Longway
• Ensamma mamman ("The Single Mom")
• Girl Genius
• Kapten Stofil (superhero comics, but for very weird values of superheroes)
• Lone Wolf and Cub
• Lucky Luke
• Luther Arkwright, and especially the followup Heart of Empire
• Modesty Blaise
• Les Passagers du vent (no English edition)
• The Phantom (okay, a proto-superhero)
• Ratte
• Tintin
• Valérian and Laureline
• Ville

Lone Wolf and Cub

[Javasaurus]

Let's see...

1) Strangers in Paradise
2) Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
3) Hellboy
4) Transmetropolitan
5) Skeleton Key
6) Sandman
7) Wolfe & Byrd
8) Lucifer
9) Rachel Rising
10) What's Michael?
11) The Legend of Mother Sarah
12) The Dreaming
13) Concrete
14) Anything with Godzilla in it
15) Berlin
16) Age of Reptiles

...and that's as close as I can get to 20

[Conch22]

In no particular order:
1. Heavy Liquid
2.Strangers in Paradise
3.Coffin Hill
4.Preacher
5.Y the Last Man
6.Northlanders
7.Blue Monday
8.Grendel Tales
9.Deadly Class
10.Saga
11.Wicked and the Divine
12.Lucifer
13.Rachel Rising
14.I Zombie
15.The Invisibles
16.Dead @17
17.Pride of Baghdad
18.Fables
19.Hopeless Savages
20.Freak Angels

[foxley]

1. The Maze Agency
2. Ms. Tree
3. Jonah Hex
4. John Sable, Freelance
5. The Occult Files of Doctor Spektor
6. The Adventures of Tintin
7. Asterix
8. Red Sonja
9. Danger Girl
10. Tomb of Dracula
11. Whiteout
12. Le Scorpion
13. Ruse
14. Tarzan (Joe Kubert run)
15. Cherry Poptart
16. Chassis
17. Atomic Robo
18. Sojourn
19. El Cazador
20. Zorro/Lady Rawhide

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Here’s my top 20 (in alphabetical order):

1- Afterlife With Archie
2- Ai Yori Aoshi *
3- Cardcaptor Sakura *
4- Conan the Barbarian (Marvel)
5- Fruits Basket *
6- Fushigi Yugi *
7- G.I. Joe (Marvel)
8- Jonah Hex
9- Life With Archie: The Married Life
10- Magic Knight Rayearth *
11- Oh My Goddess *
12- Red Sonja (Marvel)
13- Sailor Moon *
14- Skip-Beat! *
15- Star Trek (DC & Marvel)
16- Tarzan (Marvel)
17- Tomb of Dracula
18- Transformers (Marvel)
19- Video Girl Ai *
20- Warlord

* manga

[chongjasmine]

1. Lucifer
2. Hellblazer
3. Sandman
4. 100 bullets
5. Walking Dead
6. Preacher

[Starter Set]

19- Video Girl Ai

Ah, now that's one i'm pretty fond of.

You can find some pretty basic fanservice in almost every page but that's a manga who truly can surprise you in terms of emotions and how well written characters and the story are. And Ai is just a fantastic character.

Plus, man, that mangaka can really draw. (Masakazu Katsura)

On a side note, a new live series has been made recently about that manga which tells something about how popular that stuff still is almost 30 years after it first started. (no idea about how good or bad it is though)

[marvelmaniac6169]

I had to put a cut off somewhere so I am only collecting the 10 cent covers of Marvel Westerns (Kid Colt Outlaw 1-102, Rawhide Kid 1-25, Two Gun Kid 1-59) except for two...

Two Gun Kid 60 and 75.



LOVE THIS COVER!!!

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Ah, now that's one i'm pretty fond of.

You can find some pretty basic fanservice in almost every page but that's a manga who truly can surprise you in terms of emotions and how well written characters and the story are. And Ai is just a fantastic character.

Plus, man, that mangaka can really draw. (Masakazu Katsura)

On a side note, a new live series has been made recently about that manga which tells something about how popular that stuff still is almost 30 years after it first started. (no idea about how good or bad it is though)

The OVA from 1999 that was adapted from the manga, though just six episodes long was achingly beautiful and poignant. Easily one of THE best anime’s I’ve ever watched.

[mrbrklyn]

Let's see...

1) Strangers in Paradise
2) Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
3) Hellboy
4) Transmetropolitan
5) Skeleton Key
6) Sandman
7) Wolfe & Byrd
8) Lucifer
9) Rachel Rising
10) What's Michael?
11) The Legend of Mother Sarah
12) The Dreaming
13) Concrete
14) Anything with Godzilla in it
15) Berlin
16) Age of Reptiles

...and that's as close as I can get to 20

Rachel Rising is a lot of fun



And what can we say about Terry Moore. He is a proven craftsman.