But the number of BATMAN titles is a little surprising. It’s not a bad idea considering what a difficult time new readers, or those who have left for awhile, can have finding jumping on points.
Batman: A Death in the Family Are you sure you want to delete your score and checked items on this list? Well, this is not it.Written by Brian K. Vaughan, and designed by Fiona Staples, Saga is a combination of different genres. The only graphic novel to ever win a Hugo Award and appear on the list of Time’s magazine “the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present”. I’m not trying to be mean, I just want to understand what these people, that are saying DC is living in the past, think is a worthy comic.It looks a little like an attempt to reach out to the book store market by way of the trades market but it misses the mark a bit.
People using magical powers while other use laser guns, rocket ships robots and much more. It’s that nothing of any real merit has been done since these books. It’s an impressive list once you get past an avalanche of spandex. It would be unfair to knock superhero titles out of the Top 25 simply because they are superhero graphic novels, but should be judged on their own merit. WONDER WOMAN: COME BACK TO ME. This is what we’re going to be keeping in print and everything else we would like to fall into obscurity and be forgotten about please!” list. 1 by Byrne; Wonder Woman, Vol. Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book 1 1: A Kid’s Game by Johns & McKone for superhero stuff. All that, in addition to whatever else you want to throw in from Vertigo, Paradox, Zuda et. Just off the top of my head: Moore hates DC, Waid hates Didio, Frank Miller’s latest project was declined by DC, etc.Collections that sell well or that are the best, using literary and artistic standards, aren’t necessarily the best ones for introducing people to the DC universe–which is, I suppose, one of the objectives of an essentials list, or should be. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The Sandman Universe . @wahab I think you are missing the point. Sleeper. This May DC released a free guide in magazine-like format, about the size of a small prestige graphic novel itself, containing a list of “essential graphic novels” and also a “chronology” for new readers. Essential to understanding the DC Universe?”From the composition of the list, it looks like it was formed by a committee where everyone had their own idea of what “Essential” meant.Mostly it kind of looks like they might have taken their sales figures for Graphic Novels over the past few years, grabbed the top 50, cut it down to 25 by removing a few Batman collections and only having “volume 1” of any series, and said “there you go – our top 25 best-selling graphic novels.” That can’t be all of it because neither Preacher nor V for Vendetta are on that list and I’d expect to see it there if that was the formula they used (maybe they had an upper bound on non-DC superhero titles that cut those) but I suspect it’s close to the reasoning used.Whoops – V for Vendetta IS on the list. Amazon.com New Releases: The best-selling new & future releases in DC Comics & Graphic Novels This cannot be undone. Novels. No one likes people who aren’t motivated by money. It’s Oldsmobile’s business plan. Watchmen is as good as it gets. From the Mind of Neil Gaiman.
“The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen” is not just a top comic but a literary masterpiece.Sin City is Frank Miller’s masterpiece, admittedly he had plenty but this one is probably the one that made it to the top comics of all time.
Transmetropolitan.
1: Welcome to the Treehouse by Baltazar & Franco and a Batman Adventures books for the kids.If I were giving a new fan 25 books and I didn’t want them to hate meI have to say as a retailer, these look like DC’s best selling trades and collections. Diana: Princess of the Amazons (Wonder Woman) Batman Vol. It’s not a bad idea considering what a difficult time new readers, or those who have left for awhile, can have finding jumping on points.PLANETARY: Volume 1, All over the World and Other StoriesIf you managed to pick up the free guide already, you’re probably skipping over that list, but on the off chance you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth scanning through.
As is not including DC New Frontier.I think Batman: Court of Owls is better than a lot of this list.