I totally get that lists like these are super subjective, but I really think Kingdom Come might have been over looked for this one. Very surprised it wasn’t number two. Needless to say, but I highly recommend it if there is anyone that is reading this that by chance hasn’t already read Kingdom Come.
Excellent selection. Way to make the deep cuts! Question was a fantastic series. The Rorschach issue is especially surreal especially now with Doomsday Clock. Glad to see New Frontier towards the front.
More Ewan! I love hearing Ewan talk about stuff, he's got such a smart way of looking at comics that I appreciate. I like Jules and Ben's biting sarcasm a lot but Ewan's thoughtful way of talking about the stuff he likes is great too.
FYI Rorschach is the Question! DC didn't "hold out" on anything in the 80's when the buyout happened DC asked Moore to come up with a story idea what he gave them was the the original draft of Watchmen. The problem was DC just acquired these characters and the story left most of the unusable so some alterations were made. Blue Beetle became Night Owl, Captain Atom became Dr Manhattan and The Question became Rorschach.
Glad i saw this vid, for years I've been wondering what was the spread that showed all the dc characters in that way, now i know it's from the new frontier....seems its worth the pick up even if i don't really follow comics that much
When I first clicked on the video I thought oh, it's just gonna be Watchmen, The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns, and etc. that we've all heard before. I was not expecting stuff like The Question or Static Shock considering their current status in the DC universe. Now I've got a few more things to add to my reading list. Good job!
Mad props for choosing the Delano run on Hellblazer. People usually go for Ennis but Delano's writing is so much stronger. The political commentary might have gotten a tad outdated but the atmosphere he conveys is eternal. Good list overall. I just wish you recognized Rucka's work on WW (Hikateia maybe), Gotham Central or No Man's Land (my DC desert island pick).
oh man, Gotham Central is an amazing series, it's hard to write a series about Batman without releying on him too much :D Brubaker (sp?) did an amazing job on it.
Old Man Logan really was impressive when I read it. The plot just totally blew me away... EDIT: just realized this was D.C. Sorry, Watchmen deserves number 1 in all its amazing glory
Sure to the others, can't comment on Injustice, but Under the Red Hood? Eh, it's okay at best (and the "It would be too easy" monologue is brilliant, only beaten by a similar comment from Superman in Morrison's Justice League), but I'd rank Long Halloween, Hush, Arkham Asylum and even some of the recent stuff like the Court of Owls story that was Scott Snyder's start on it over it any day, and that's just the Batman stuff, let alone comics like JLA Tower of Babel or Rock of Ages, hell most of Grant Morrison and Mark Waid's JLA run in the 90s and early 00s and Geoff Johns JSA run for that matter, or all of Morrison's Doom Patrol or Animal Man, or the numerous other Vertigo stories like Scalped or Y the Last Man or Fables, or to go with Red Son other Elseworlds tales like The Nail, hell freaking Planetary is technically DC now with the folding in of the WildStorm universe. However unlike most of those, the first five on the list for the most part are lesser known comics that probably a lot didn't know about, and unlike the various other alternatives wouldn't be extremely easy to just stumble over in any self-respecting comic shop. For that reason I tend to ignore the first half of most of these lists as "information agenda" rather than facts, with only the last half really counting.
Mark Waid's run of Flash was better than his JLA work in my opinion, Animal Man is another underrated character who is now once again stuck in Vixen's shadow.
Thing with Infinite Crisis is that it's kinda too weird for most people to get, Morrison's All-Star Superman or even his Arkham Asylum book (which ALSO should be here) is very approachable in comparison despite dealing with deep stuff, but Infinite Crisis and Multiversity is just plain weird in comparison. Brilliant once you take the time to deep dive and look at not just the larger story but the story behind the story also and how everything connects, but it takes more effort.
Kingdom Come should be here, somewhere in the #5-3 list (I'd rank it above ASSM). But I kinda think several of the first five on this is more to draw attention to stuff, Kingdom Come and Arkham Asylum are both better than both the Static and Question books and most of the GL/GA stuff, but it kinda worked to draw the attention of folks to those books where other candidates like those two or even something like Morrison's Animal Man or Doom Patrol are pretty easy to find on walking into any self-respecting comic store. I tend to only really take last few places seriously in these lists in general for that reason.
Marvel has the better movies, by a massive margin. Other than that DC has better animated shows, characters (imo), and strike a better balance between goofy and mature
Hey guys! Hope you all enjoyed the list. It was SO hard choosing what to put on it, so I hope you understand if a favourite of your own didn't make it in. Be sure to keep your recommendations coming! :)
A bunch you missed: Kingdom Come, Flashpoint, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Year One, and V for Vendetta. And I would argue that Death of the Endless (Time of Your Life, et al.) has become more iconic than Morpheus from Sandman.
I do agree with a lot on this list especially Sandman, and Constantine. Several other good title mentioned here except Magic. It used a lot of DC's characters dealing with supernatural. The main one being used for series Zatanna. I would advise checking it out.
Yeah, no. Rorschach is Alan Moore's way of showing that in the real world, "cool broody vigilantes" like Batman, Daredevil, etc. would actually be perceived as inhumanely brutal psychopaths with psychological problems and overtly bias political views.
+Jake Johnson That's exactly what makes his character so good. He clearly ISN'T a hero and moreso a deranged and deluded psychopath, no better than the people he's brutally murdered. He's Batman if Batman went down the deep end and had a few (more) screws loose. That being said if people think Roarshach is cool then sure, all the more power to them. It's no different to people thinking that Punisher is pretty badass.
He's responsible for the end of the world in his universe. Put him in that situation in the ending of The Dark Knight where Jim and Batman contemplate whether they should let knowledge of Harveys corruption go public, Rorschach would say yes.
Please do an explanation as to why you don't like Rorschach is misread. I would love that. Thanks for the video. Its great. Great list. Maybe a honorary number 11...Kingdom Come. Twas very good indeed and in word.
-Batman Year One -Superman: Red Son -Batman: Knightfall -Batman: The Court of Owls -Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? -V for Vendetta -Batman: Hush -Kingdom Come -Flashpoint -Batman: The Killing Joke -Batman: The Long Halloween -Arkham Asylum: Serious House on a Serious Earth -Justice League: Tower of Babel -Hellblazer: Original Sins
Green Arrow Quiver by Kevin Smith, Green Arrow Year One by Andy Diggle & Jock, Superman Man of Steel by John Byrne, Superman Red Son by Mark Millar, Superman Unchained by Scott Snyder & Jim Lee, The Teen Titans The Judas Contract by Marv Wolf Man & George Perez, Superman Last Son by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, & Adam Kubert.
I think possibly 'Superman Red son' should have made it onto this list and possibly The Killing Joke. Oh and as someone else suggested Kingdom Come. Still a good list and I agree with your top 3
Woof. This is a solid list, but no Kingdom Come, no Longbow Hunters, no Hawkworld, no Killing Joke, no Long Halloween, no The Golden Age...I do not envy the person who made this list.
BOYS!!!!!! Do a top ten manga novels!!!!!! And can I recommend Junji Ito's Uzumaki, it's beautifully drawn, haunting and taps into the primal fear of the unknown I'd argue better than anything I've ever read, seen or played
I like the video but i would like to add my favorite DC graphic novel: The Tornado's Path. Superb artwork and a great story for a more mature audience. I highly recommend this and am seriously considering adding the hardcover version to my small personal collection. (Check your local library, you might luck out).
This is a pretty good list, and I'm glad there's some Sandman on it, but if I'm being honest, I really don't think Preludes & Nocturnes is the volume to put on there. Not that it's bad or anything, but it's probably one of the weaker volumes, especially compared to Season of Mists or World's End. But if we were to include non-DC comics on this list, I would absolutely put Bone, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, and Maus on this list over a fair amount of the things here.
Kinda sad the Batman: Arkham Asylum wasn't on the list, but I can understand why it might not be the best read for some people. Still a good list though, actually have most of these.
I’m glad Alan Moore got his props but I wish Saga of the Swamp Thing was added to the list, it’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever read, comics or otherwise
Fables is dope. Vertigo tends to get overlooked even though they published some of the greatest comics of all time. Karen Burger is the best editor there ever was.
Ak Wilson They tried to do fables several years back but I think they had copywrite issues(don't think Bill Willingham liked their approach) so they made once upon a time instead. I think to do Fables right it would have to be really expensive, especially when they adapt the home lands and war and pieces arcs and pretty much everything afterwards. I think there are other Vertigo titles that are better than Fables and would be easier to adapt such as Scalped, Y: The Last Man, DMZ, and 100 bullets.
But the concept is so unique, if Once upon a time didn't come out it would have been something nobody have ever seen before. And they had the budget to make Once upon a time so they could easily make Fables.
These are my favorite DC comics. 1. Watchmen 2. Kingdom Come 3. Justice 4. Crisis on infinite earths 5. Injustice: gods among us 6. Batman: the long halloween 7. Forever Evil 8. All-star Superman 9. Batman: the dark knight returns 10. Superman Unchained
Five titles I would respectfully add to the list: V FOR VENDETTA, BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, THE GOLDEN AGE (A tale that bridges the WWII era and the McCarthy/Space AGE era; just as good as NEW FRONTIER), BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, and SUPERMAN: RED SON.
As soon as you said “Static shock” I immediately started singing his theme song in my head (it resides with great “Saturday morning cartoon” themes like the gummy bears song & the gargoyle’s opening “poem”). Static Shock is in my top 10 favourite comic book heroes but he’s 1 of only 2 who are black (Green Lantern). There’s only 1 “Out” character too (Midnighter of The Authority)... there’s a couple of others with gay storylines tho.
1:10...Okay, points to you for not only including Denny O'Neill on this list but for highlighting one of his most obscure masterpieces. Hope for you yet, What Culture!
This was a solid list, but I'm sad how many of these are out of print (notably The Question and Static Shock). Saga of the Swamp Thing was also revolutionary enough that I'd probably have put it on my own version of the list.
We all have our lists. I would have put the entire run on Sandman as the number one spot and I would have included the Ennis run on Hellblazer over the Delano run. Pretty much everything else you included was certainly significant....with the possible exception of All Star Superman which always read to me as far more calculated than heartfelt.Yes I know many will disagree...still.... Not only would I have never placed it more highly than Dark Night Returns, I would not have included it at all. Finally, I really think I might have included the Keith Giffen run on the Legion of Super-Heroes in which they were adults. This is aesthetically arguably the single most overlooked and underappreciated storyline in any DC comic book.
Yeah, all of the characters were original someone else. But when DC decided they had other plans for the characters Alan Moore took his original idea and turned it up to 11.
yeah alan moore had to create new characters cause he couldn't get the ones he wanted it went something like this Rorschach = The Question Comedian = Peacemaker Silk Spectre = Nightshade Dr Manhattan = Captain Atom Ozymandias = Thunderbolt (peter cannon) Nite Owl = Blue Beetle
You’ve just thrown the term ‘household names’ out there without thinking. No one in my house would know those names. Superman is a household name, I forgot some of their names before watching this.
Hard Boiled. Frank Miller's best writing, and I can best describe Goeff Darrow's artwork as "Give Deep Thought a definition of Kipple, and a Printer." That's what it would produce. You know how you can go back, and see details you missed in a comic you read before? You can do that in every panel, every day, for the rest of your life. The social commentary, story, characterization, and (Dark) humor is all there too.
Top Ten DC Graphic Novels: 10. Superman Red Son 9.Kingdom Come 8.All Star Superman 7.The Dark Knight 6. Gotham by Gaslight 5.Arkham Asylum ( A Serious House on Serious Earth) 4.Batman Hush (penciled art without colour collection) 3. Green Lantern Green Arrow collection (Neal Adams/ Denny O'Neill) 2. The Killing Joke 1.Watchmen Honorable mention: Enemy Ace War in Heaven
What about the war comics? While everyone else may have been reading about Superman or Batman in the 70's or 80's, I gravitated to the war comics. Sgt Rock and the crew of the Haunted Tank were my heroes during that time. Where are the graphic novels of them?
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I was kinda hoping Kingdom Come would’ve been on ther
I was just thinking that! Easily one of my favourite DC story-lines of all time!
I agree. Kingdom Come was a beautifully drawn, beautifully told story.
Same. Kingdom Come is pretty much my all-time favourite
Young Punk Troll I have the Kingdom Come story.
Young Punk Troll I was disappointed by reading it tbh it is rlly good but still the arts better than the rest of the book.
I totally get that lists like these are super subjective, but I really think Kingdom Come might have been over looked for this one. Very surprised it wasn’t number two. Needless to say, but I highly recommend it if there is anyone that is reading this that by chance hasn’t already read Kingdom Come.
Just read Kingdom Come for the first time…..what a read and the artwork is top notch
I agree
Where is Superman: Red Son?? One of the best graphic novels that I've ever read!
Good job, Ewan. I like that you shook up the list a little.
man, what about V for Vendetta?
That's not DC
@@francescobirsaalessandri3992 yes it is.
It's by vertigo technically
@@raahimkamaal5363 vertigo is owned by dc
Excellent selection. Way to make the deep cuts! Question was a fantastic series. The Rorschach issue is especially surreal especially now with Doomsday Clock. Glad to see New Frontier towards the front.
More Ewan! I love hearing Ewan talk about stuff, he's got such a smart way of looking at comics that I appreciate. I like Jules and Ben's biting sarcasm a lot but Ewan's thoughtful way of talking about the stuff he likes is great too.
FYI Rorschach is the Question! DC didn't "hold out" on anything in the 80's when the buyout happened DC asked Moore to come up with a story idea what he gave them was the the original draft of Watchmen. The problem was DC just acquired these characters and the story left most of the unusable so some alterations were made. Blue Beetle became Night Owl, Captain Atom became Dr Manhattan and The Question became Rorschach.
Glad i saw this vid, for years I've been wondering what was the spread that showed all the dc characters in that way, now i know it's from the new frontier....seems its worth the pick up even if i don't really follow comics that much
When I first clicked on the video I thought oh, it's just gonna be Watchmen, The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns, and etc. that we've all heard before.
I was not expecting stuff like The Question or Static Shock considering their current status in the DC universe. Now I've got a few more things to add to my reading list. Good job!
Mad props for choosing the Delano run on Hellblazer. People usually go for Ennis but Delano's writing is so much stronger. The political commentary might have gotten a tad outdated but the atmosphere he conveys is eternal.
Good list overall. I just wish you recognized Rucka's work on WW (Hikateia maybe), Gotham Central or No Man's Land (my DC desert island pick).
oh man, Gotham Central is an amazing series, it's hard to write a series about Batman without releying on him too much :D
Brubaker (sp?) did an amazing job on it.
Ewan Boi?! You are on the roll man 👍
this was wonderful. more Ewan please!
Old Man Logan really was impressive when I read it. The plot just totally blew me away...
EDIT: just realized this was D.C. Sorry, Watchmen deserves number 1 in all its amazing glory
I would have put Kingdom Come, Red Son, Killing Joke, Under the Red Hood and Injustice Year One
Red Son is very underrated.
Sure to the others, can't comment on Injustice, but Under the Red Hood? Eh, it's okay at best (and the "It would be too easy" monologue is brilliant, only beaten by a similar comment from Superman in Morrison's Justice League), but I'd rank Long Halloween, Hush, Arkham Asylum and even some of the recent stuff like the Court of Owls story that was Scott Snyder's start on it over it any day, and that's just the Batman stuff, let alone comics like JLA Tower of Babel or Rock of Ages, hell most of Grant Morrison and Mark Waid's JLA run in the 90s and early 00s and Geoff Johns JSA run for that matter, or all of Morrison's Doom Patrol or Animal Man, or the numerous other Vertigo stories like Scalped or Y the Last Man or Fables, or to go with Red Son other Elseworlds tales like The Nail, hell freaking Planetary is technically DC now with the folding in of the WildStorm universe.
However unlike most of those, the first five on the list for the most part are lesser known comics that probably a lot didn't know about, and unlike the various other alternatives wouldn't be extremely easy to just stumble over in any self-respecting comic shop. For that reason I tend to ignore the first half of most of these lists as "information agenda" rather than facts, with only the last half really counting.
Mark Waid's run of Flash was better than his JLA work in my opinion, Animal Man is another underrated character who is now once again stuck in Vixen's shadow.
Identity Crisis is also quite awesome and heartbreaking.
red son is simply amazing
No Kingdom Come?
I'm surprised that Infinite Crisis isn't in here.
Thing with Infinite Crisis is that it's kinda too weird for most people to get, Morrison's All-Star Superman or even his Arkham Asylum book (which ALSO should be here) is very approachable in comparison despite dealing with deep stuff, but Infinite Crisis and Multiversity is just plain weird in comparison. Brilliant once you take the time to deep dive and look at not just the larger story but the story behind the story also and how everything connects, but it takes more effort.
Kingdom Come should be here, somewhere in the #5-3 list (I'd rank it above ASSM). But I kinda think several of the first five on this is more to draw attention to stuff, Kingdom Come and Arkham Asylum are both better than both the Static and Question books and most of the GL/GA stuff, but it kinda worked to draw the attention of folks to those books where other candidates like those two or even something like Morrison's Animal Man or Doom Patrol are pretty easy to find on walking into any self-respecting comic store. I tend to only really take last few places seriously in these lists in general for that reason.
y'all really need to learn the diff between Trades and Graphic Novels.
WTF? No Kingdom Come?
Great List! Planetary should definitely have a place on the list, but yet again, Wildstorm probably needs its own list.
I feel like dc comics is better than marvel comics but marvel movies are better than dc movies
Bc they are lol
Yes
Nice video. Good to see DC getting some good coverage
anyone who reads plays or even watch the animated movies based on the material knows that DC rules
I personally prefer Marvel but this video made me tilt more to DC loving.
I like both, though are prefer Marvel because of their more cosmic level stories and their flawed heroes.
Marvel has the better movies, by a massive margin. Other than that DC has better animated shows, characters (imo), and strike a better balance between goofy and mature
very happy to see Delano's work on Hellblazer get mentioned. Some of my all time favorite comics.
I'm glad TDKR inspired BvS
BvS is one my favorite Superhero movies.
Hey guys! Hope you all enjoyed the list. It was SO hard choosing what to put on it, so I hope you understand if a favourite of your own didn't make it in.
Be sure to keep your recommendations coming! :)
Ewan Paterson Great list!
Missed the killing joke, but good list
why does rorschach sucks btw?
i would think that you'd have more subs. i'm #11. LOL
I thought it was shit honestly...
A bunch you missed: Kingdom Come, Flashpoint, Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Year One, and V for Vendetta. And I would argue that Death of the Endless (Time of Your Life, et al.) has become more iconic than Morpheus from Sandman.
NoJusticeNoPeace Especially since they killed Morpheus and replaced him with...well...Sandman.
Nothing was "missed", this is their list not yours....
Flashpoint is amazing.
Your voice is soothing . Love i
I know hush is fairly new but it is a great comic that I think could become a classic
I've read it, it's a good book for new batman fans and it features a lot of batman's rogues gallery
I know Moore is known for watchmen but the fact they didn’t mention V for vendetta and the killing joke is criminal
True
I do agree with a lot on this list especially Sandman, and Constantine. Several other good title mentioned here except Magic. It used a lot of DC's characters dealing with supernatural. The main one being used for series Zatanna. I would advise checking it out.
Rorschach sucks? He’s only the best character in one of the greatest graphic novels of all time...
It was a line from a story where the Question tried to imitate Rorschach, but it didn't work out for him
It’s because he is misinterpreted from a damaged and messed up person to a cool anti hero
Yeah, no. Rorschach is Alan Moore's way of showing that in the real world, "cool broody vigilantes" like Batman, Daredevil, etc. would actually be perceived as inhumanely brutal psychopaths with psychological problems and overtly bias political views.
+Jake Johnson
That's exactly what makes his character so good. He clearly ISN'T a hero and moreso a deranged and deluded psychopath, no better than the people he's brutally murdered. He's Batman if Batman went down the deep end and had a few (more) screws loose.
That being said if people think Roarshach is cool then sure, all the more power to them. It's no different to people thinking that Punisher is pretty badass.
He's responsible for the end of the world in his universe. Put him in that situation in the ending of The Dark Knight where Jim and Batman contemplate whether they should let knowledge of Harveys corruption go public, Rorschach would say yes.
Please do an explanation as to why you don't like Rorschach is misread. I would love that. Thanks for the video. Its great. Great list. Maybe a honorary number 11...Kingdom Come. Twas very good indeed and in word.
any chance youmake a list like this for other publishers (image,vert... etc.)?
-Batman Year One
-Superman: Red Son
-Batman: Knightfall
-Batman: The Court of Owls
-Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
-V for Vendetta
-Batman: Hush
-Kingdom Come
-Flashpoint
-Batman: The Killing Joke
-Batman: The Long Halloween
-Arkham Asylum: Serious House on a Serious Earth
-Justice League: Tower of Babel
-Hellblazer: Original Sins
Static Shock animated series was one of the peaks of my childhood
Superman Red Son, All Star Superman, Long Halloween, Batman Year one, Blackest Night?
Also killing joke
Thank you so very much for pronouncing Constantine's name properly!
Green Arrow Quiver by Kevin Smith, Green Arrow Year One by Andy Diggle & Jock, Superman Man of Steel by John Byrne, Superman Red Son by Mark Millar, Superman Unchained by Scott Snyder & Jim Lee, The Teen Titans The Judas Contract by Marv Wolf Man & George Perez, Superman Last Son by Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, & Adam Kubert.
Happy that even thought I’ve only been reading and collecting comics for just over a year I’ve managed to read 3 of these titles.
Before I DIE? Bitch I got the dragonballs :)
YES MATE! Ewan gets to narrate one of these. Your Dad will be so proud!
I'm sorta glad Kingdom Come wasn't on this list. I love the concept but I don't remember anything about the story. Something about saving the world?
I think possibly 'Superman Red son' should have made it onto this list and possibly The Killing Joke. Oh and as someone else suggested Kingdom Come. Still a good list and I agree with your top 3
Learn the difference between a graphic novel and a trade paperback and then get back to me.
It's pronounced Constan-teen. It doesn't matter how the name is traditionally pronounced, only how the creator of the character pronounces it.
I'm guessing that you didn't include Kingdom Come because you ate going to do a best 10 Alex Ross' works...
Very pleased that Sandman made the list :)
Is there or will there be a marvel and or other publisher version of this video
Great list. I recommend Superman Red Son.
Woof. This is a solid list, but no Kingdom Come, no Longbow Hunters, no Hawkworld, no Killing Joke, no Long Halloween, no The Golden Age...I do not envy the person who made this list.
5:30 i still have trouble remembering which is which. i hope that helps. he's not a teen
Please do a top 10 image comics plz
Have to say, 3 books in.. these are some interesting suggestions. Good list so far.
Unfortunately, the Dennis O'Neal run of The Question, collected in trade paper backs are out of print!
BOYS!!!!!! Do a top ten manga novels!!!!!! And can I recommend Junji Ito's Uzumaki, it's beautifully drawn, haunting and taps into the primal fear of the unknown I'd argue better than anything I've ever read, seen or played
Any "Best DC Comics" list that doesn't have Kingdom Come in it is a joke.
JakeSnake07 100% agreed
and The Killing Joke
Good list
Oh, thank god, you correctly pronounced it Constantine, not teen.
“It’s Tine, rhymes with ‘fine.’
TrenchcoatWallflower he is British soo it is his natural pronunciation
TrenchcoatWallflower Well, I learned a thing.
*WOW*doge meme I know he’s British, and it was in The Laughing Magician. What annoys me is when they mispronounce it ‘teen’ in the movie & TV show.
I don't give a damn what the British pronunciation is. I vehemently refuse to say 'Tyne' over 'Teen'. To "Hell" with that.
The World According To Truth Don’t you mean “Heck?”
What about Kingdom come, and JSA The Golden Age
I would have put flash rebirth up there too, it's just such an important flash comic and it holds a special place in my heart
The Question: Zen and Violence is really good. Glad to see it getting some recognition.
I like the video but i would like to add my favorite DC graphic novel: The Tornado's Path. Superb artwork and a great story for a more mature audience. I highly recommend this and am seriously considering adding the hardcover version to my small personal collection. (Check your local library, you might luck out).
Comic books collected in hard/paperbacks and graphic novels are different things. Most of these are collections not graphic novels.
Ciaran Murren all of them are collections of a story, watchmen was a 12 issue story, then put into 1 graphic novel.
It was conceived and executed as 12 part story. Green Arrow Green Lantern was an ongoing series that had many creators before and after that run.
Do a video on misreading Rorschach!
If you have a few hours to yourself and if your bored count the amount of comments that complain that kingdom come isn't on the list.
This is a pretty good list, and I'm glad there's some Sandman on it, but if I'm being honest, I really don't think Preludes & Nocturnes is the volume to put on there. Not that it's bad or anything, but it's probably one of the weaker volumes, especially compared to Season of Mists or World's End.
But if we were to include non-DC comics on this list, I would absolutely put Bone, The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, and Maus on this list over a fair amount of the things here.
I'd recommend JLA: Tower of Babel, Batman: Killing Joke and the original Crisis on Infinite Earths too.
Crisis on Infinite Earths, Identity Crisis, Killing Joke, Kingdom Come, Lightning Saga, and Red Son
What about killing joke, crisis on infinite earths, secret wars, or the infinity gauntlet?
Alex Orozco secret wars and the infinity gauntlet is not from DC its from Marvel
What do you mean when you say most people misread Rorschach?
Superman American alien was fantastic in my opinion and definitely worth a read.
Kinda sad the Batman: Arkham Asylum wasn't on the list, but I can understand why it might not be the best read for some people. Still a good list though, actually have most of these.
I’m glad Alan Moore got his props but I wish Saga of the Swamp Thing was added to the list, it’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever read, comics or otherwise
While I'm not a fan, no mention of Kingdom Come?
Also, Sinestro Corps War and Long Halloween should be up there.
Fables
*drops mic*
Dude, that's so true!
Fables is dope. Vertigo tends to get overlooked even though they published some of the greatest comics of all time. Karen Burger is the best editor there ever was.
Why haven't they made a Fable TV show yet? It's easily one of the best and the easiest to adapt to small screen.
Ak Wilson They tried to do fables several years back but I think they had copywrite issues(don't think Bill Willingham liked their approach) so they made once upon a time instead. I think to do Fables right it would have to be really expensive, especially when they adapt the home lands and war and pieces arcs and pretty much everything afterwards. I think there are other Vertigo titles that are better than Fables and would be easier to adapt such as Scalped, Y: The Last Man, DMZ, and 100 bullets.
But the concept is so unique, if Once upon a time didn't come out it would have been something nobody have ever seen before. And they had the budget to make Once upon a time so they could easily make Fables.
_Justice_ by Jim Krueger and Alex Ross is fantastic. If you're a fan of the JLA or Silver Age DC then you will love this book.
These are my favorite DC comics.
1. Watchmen
2. Kingdom Come
3. Justice
4. Crisis on infinite earths
5. Injustice: gods among us
6. Batman: the long halloween
7. Forever Evil
8. All-star Superman
9. Batman: the dark knight returns
10. Superman Unchained
Mine too
Maybe do a Five Hour Energy before your next vid, my friend.
Five titles I would respectfully add to the list: V FOR VENDETTA, BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, THE GOLDEN AGE (A tale that bridges the WWII era and the McCarthy/Space AGE era; just as good as NEW FRONTIER), BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, and SUPERMAN: RED SON.
I just want to know what Frank Miller did to hurt them so badly?
As soon as you said “Static shock” I immediately started singing his theme song in my head (it resides with great “Saturday morning cartoon” themes like the gummy bears song & the gargoyle’s opening “poem”). Static Shock is in my top 10 favourite comic book heroes but he’s 1 of only 2 who are black (Green Lantern). There’s only 1 “Out” character too (Midnighter of The Authority)... there’s a couple of others with gay storylines tho.
Aquaman: Time and Tide
One of the best graphic novels I have ever read
Kingdom Come should've definitely been included. Also maybe Green Lantern:Sinestro War and Blackest Night. Maybe even Forever Evil.
1:10...Okay, points to you for not only including Denny O'Neill on this list but for highlighting one of his most obscure masterpieces. Hope for you yet, What Culture!
This was a solid list, but I'm sad how many of these are out of print (notably The Question and Static Shock).
Saga of the Swamp Thing was also revolutionary enough that I'd probably have put it on my own version of the list.
I'm surprised Kingdom Come didn't make the list. Also my favourite DC story Long Haloween I feel should've made the list.
oh good, there aren't any of these lists on the internet. Watchmen? Dark Knight Returns? never heard of em
We all have our lists. I would have put the entire run on Sandman as the number one spot and I would have included the Ennis run on Hellblazer over the Delano run. Pretty much everything else you included was certainly significant....with the possible exception of All Star Superman which always read to me as far more calculated than heartfelt.Yes I know many will disagree...still.... Not only would I have never placed it more highly than Dark Night Returns, I would not have included it at all. Finally, I really think I might have included the Keith Giffen run on the Legion of Super-Heroes in which they were adults. This is aesthetically arguably the single most overlooked and underappreciated storyline in any DC comic book.
I know it is still relatively new, but
The Omega Men.
The Question was nearly in Watchmen? Cool. Guess that explains Rorschach.
Yeah, all of the characters were original someone else. But when DC decided they had other plans for the characters Alan Moore took his original idea and turned it up to 11.
yeah alan moore had to create new characters cause he couldn't get the ones he wanted it went something like this
Rorschach = The Question
Comedian = Peacemaker
Silk Spectre = Nightshade
Dr Manhattan = Captain Atom
Ozymandias = Thunderbolt (peter cannon)
Nite Owl = Blue Beetle
the comedian being called peace maker is superbly ironic
James Forster All of which, let us remember, were originally the "action heroes" of Charlton Comics.
"I want you to remember the one man...... who beat you......" One of the best memorable lines of the Dark Knight Returns.
Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits is bloody fantastic!
You’ve just thrown the term ‘household names’ out there without thinking. No one in my house would know those names. Superman is a household name, I forgot some of their names before watching this.
I recommend The Killing Joke and V for Vendetta. Hush, Cataclysm and No Man's Land are good too.
Oh also Flashpoint
Hard Boiled. Frank Miller's best writing, and I can best describe Goeff Darrow's artwork as "Give Deep Thought a definition of Kipple, and a Printer." That's what it would produce. You know how you can go back, and see details you missed in a comic you read before? You can do that in every panel, every day, for the rest of your life. The social commentary, story, characterization, and (Dark) humor is all there too.
Top Ten DC Graphic Novels:
10. Superman Red Son
9.Kingdom Come
8.All Star Superman
7.The Dark Knight
6. Gotham by Gaslight
5.Arkham Asylum ( A Serious House on Serious Earth)
4.Batman Hush (penciled art without colour collection)
3. Green Lantern Green Arrow collection (Neal Adams/ Denny O'Neill)
2. The Killing Joke
1.Watchmen
Honorable mention:
Enemy Ace War in Heaven
What about the war comics? While everyone else may have been reading about Superman or Batman in the 70's or 80's, I gravitated to the war comics. Sgt Rock and the crew of the Haunted Tank were my heroes during that time. Where are the graphic novels of them?
i would put animal man and swamp thing on this list too...
When I think about 'good comics' I would never in a million years think 'Frank Miller'
Ya ya I've already read killing joke dark knight returns and watchmen now, time to watch the actual video
President Morty Did you read Batman: Dark Victory?
I realized something coolConstantine and Mr Miracle show up in Sandman
Just finished reading Watchmen, holy crap that was amazing, know I need to watch the movie,