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Best Science Fiction Comics and Graphic Novels

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240 members

6 reviews

3.8

3 Members: macha, scottd, questbird

2

Ghost in the Shell

by Masamune Shirow

1,562 members

24 reviews

3.9

3 Members: macha, Myyst, ajterreault

3

The Compleat Moonshadow

by J. M. DeMatteis

271 members

11 reviews

4

3 Members: macha, scottd, scificomics

4

The Complete Concrete

by Paul Chadwick

169 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, PMBCollection

5

The Ballad of Halo Jones : Full Colour Omnibus Edition

487 members

10 reviews

4.1

3 Members: macha, ajterreault, scificomics

6

2001 Nights, Volume 1: The Death Trilogy Overture

by Yukinobu Hoshino

71 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: scottd, scificomics

7

Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book 1

by Brian K. Vaughan

1,163 members

23 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda, PMBCollection

8

11,856 members

216 reviews

4.2

3 Members: macha, Myyst, PMBCollection

9

Akira, Volume 1

by Katsuhiro Otomo

2,091 members

43 reviews

4.2

3 Members: macha, Myyst, scificomics

10

The First Journey of Agatha Heterodyne: Book One: Agatha Heterodyne and the Beetleburg Clank

833 members

30 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

11

The First Journey of Agatha Heterodyne: Book Two: Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City

486 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

12

The First Journey of Agatha Heterodyne: Book Three: Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine

426 members

6 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: hipdeep, Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

13

Maus I: My Father Bleeds History

by Art Spiegelman

12,149 members

279 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: macha, PMBCollection

14

The X-Files: Night Lights

by Kevin J. Anderson

35 members

½ 4.5

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1

by Hiromu Arakawa

2,177 members

44 reviews

4.2

3 Members: macha, Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

16

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 1

by Hayao Miyazaki

995 members

17 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: questbird, Myyst

17

by Alejandro Jodorowsky

984 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: macha, scificomics

18

Moebius 6: Pharagonesia & Other Strange Stories

111 members

1 review

4.1

2 Members: macha, scottd

19

Planetes, Book 1

by Makoto Yukimura

441 members

10 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Myyst, scificomics

20

The X-Files: The Haunting

by Stefan Petrucha

34 members

½ 4.5

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Death: The Time of Your Life

2,298 members

14 reviews

4.1

2 Members: macha, PMBCollection

22

The Sandman: A Game of You

6,406 members

91 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned, and the Forsaked

77 members

4 reviews

4.2

2 Members: scottd, WomensSeqArtLibrary

24

4,271 members

93 reviews

4.1

2 Members: macha, PMBCollection

25

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

by Frank Miller

7,070 members

111 reviews

4.1

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

26

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 1

4,931 members

88 reviews

3.9

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Y: The Last Man: The Deluxe Edition, Book 2

by Brian K. Vaughan

679 members

8 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci

44 members

1 review

2.8

2 Members: macha, PMBCollection

29

Y: The Last Man: The Deluxe Edition, Book 3

by Brian K. Vaughan

606 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Sandman: Brief Lives

5,782 members

78 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: macha

31

by Dave Kellett

40 members

½ 4.4

Member: hipdeep

32

The Autumnlands #7

4 members

4

Member: KSnapdragon

33

267 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: macha, scificomics

34

Y: The Last Man: The Deluxe Edition, Book 4

by Brian K. Vaughan

521 members

8 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Y: The Last Man: The Deluxe Edition, Book 5

by Brian K. Vaughan

453 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

36

1,454 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: macha, WomensSeqArtLibrary

37

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 2

by Hiromu Arawaka

1,296 members

16 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

38

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 3

by Hiromu Arakawa

1,151 members

7 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

39

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 4

by Hiromu Arakawa

1,041 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

40

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 5

by Hiromu Arakawa

944 members

6 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

41

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 6

by Hiromu Arakawa

883 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

42

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 7

by Hiromu Arakawa

818 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

43

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 8

by Hiromu Arakawa

798 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

44

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 10

by Hiromu Arakawa

765 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

45

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 9

by Hiromu Arakawa

744 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

46

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 11

by Hiromu Arakawa

694 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

47

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 12

by Hiromu Arakawa

666 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

48

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 13

by Hiromu Arakawa

639 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

49

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 14

by Hiromu Arakawa

610 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

50

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 16

by Hiromu Arakawa

577 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

51

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 15

by Hiromu Arakawa

569 members

8 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

52

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 18

by Hiromu Arakawa

532 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

53

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 17

by Hiromu Arakawa

532 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

54

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 19

by Hiromu Arakawa

500 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

55

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 20

by Hiromu Arakawa

489 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

56

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 21

by Hiromu Arakawa

466 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

57

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 23

by Hiromu Arakawa

446 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

58

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 22

by Hiromu Arakawa

445 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

59

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 24

by Hiromu Arakawa

409 members

5 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

60

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 26

by Hiromu Arakawa

388 members

7 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

61

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 25

by Hiromu Arakawa

382 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

62

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 27

by Hiromu Arakawa

361 members

8 reviews

½ 4.7

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

63

by Maki Kusumoto

41 members

1 review

½ 3.5

2 Members: macha, WomensSeqArtLibrary

64

Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook

by Jill Thompson

153 members

13 reviews

4

2 Members: macha, WomensSeqArtLibrary

65

Wet Moon Volume 1: Feeble Wanderings

by Sophie Campbell

257 members

12 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: macha, WomensSeqArtLibrary

66

Complete Dykes to Watch Out For, Volume 1

by Alison Bechdel

53 members

½ 4.3

2 Members: macha, WomensSeqArtLibrary

67

The Unwritten Vol. 01: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

1,411 members

70 reviews

3.8

Member: KSnapdragon

68

Swamp Thing Vol. 4: A Murder of Crows

773 members

12 reviews

4.2

Member: macha

69

The Curie Society

by Janet Harvey

89 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Dave Kellett

25 members

4

Member: hipdeep

71

Akira, Volume 6

by Katsuhiro Otomo

846 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: macha, Myyst

72

by Grant Morrison

3,207 members

83 reviews

3.9

Member: macha

73

Birthright, Vol. 1: Homecoming

by Joshua Williamson

192 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: KSnapdragon

74

I Am Not Okay With This

by Charles Forsman

174 members

9 reviews

3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

75

by Dave Kellett

18 members

4.1

Member: hipdeep

76

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend

by Winsor McCay

185 members

3 reviews

4

Member: macha

77

Lone Sloane ; Delirius

by Philippe Druillet

138 members

1 review

3.9

Member: scottd

78

by Jeph Jacques

4 members

3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

79

Tales of the Drive (Drive)

by Dave Kellett

1 member

5

Member: hipdeep

80

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, Volume 1

by Jerry Siegel

96 members

1 review

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

81

by Mike Dubisch

4 members

4

Member: scottd

82

George R. R. Martin: Sandkings

by George R. R. Martin

60 members

½ 3.7

Member: scificomics

83

Oblivion Song By Kirkman & De Felici Volume 1

by Robert Kirkman

181 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

84

Batman: The Killing Joke

1,842 members

56 reviews

4

Member: macha

85

by Jonathan Hickman

184 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: scificomics

86

Man-Eaters Volume 1

by Chelsea Cain

253 members

9 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

87

Human Diastrophism (Love & Rockets)

by Gilbert Hernandez

232 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: macha

88

Metabarons: Othon & Honorata

by Alejandro Jodorowsky

80 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: scificomics

89

by Edward Gorey

2,944 members

41 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: macha

90

by Jean "Moebius" Giraud

220 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: scificomics

91

By Night, Vol. 1

by John Allison

73 members

4 reviews

3.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

Outside Over There

by Maurice Sendak

1,252 members

47 reviews

3.9

Member: macha

93

By Night, Vol. 2

by John Allison

38 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

94

By Night, Vol. 3

by John Allison

28 members

2 reviews

½ 2.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

95

Strange Science Fantasy

21 members

½ 4.6

Member: scificomics

96

Megatokyo, Volume 1

by Fred Gallagher

804 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Sandman: The Kindly Ones

5,528 members

83 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: macha

98

Grendel: Devil's Legacy

79 members

3.8

Member: macha

99

Kill Shakespeare Volume 1

by Conor McCreery

304 members

26 reviews

3.2

Member: macha

100

Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince

by Bill Willingham

1,381 members

45 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: macha

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August 2013
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