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Best Science Fiction Comics and Graphic Novels

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241 members

6 reviews

3.8

3 Members: macha, scottd, questbird

2

Ghost in the Shell

by Masamune Shirow

1,576 members

24 reviews

3.9

3 Members: macha, Myyst, ajterreault

3

The Compleat Moonshadow

by J. M. DeMatteis

274 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

486 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

1,160 members

23 reviews

4.2

3 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda, PMBCollection

8

11,943 members

217 reviews

4.2

3 Members: macha, Myyst, PMBCollection

9

Akira, Volume 1

by Katsuhiro Otomo

2,113 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

12,237 members

281 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

2,207 members

44 reviews

4.2

3 Members: macha, Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

16

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Volume 1

by Hayao Miyazaki

1,007 members

17 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: questbird, Myyst

17

by Alejandro Jodorowsky

1,002 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

443 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

2,299 members

14 reviews

4.1

2 Members: macha, PMBCollection

22

The Sandman: A Game of You

6,407 members

91 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

23

Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned, and the Forsaked

76 members

3 reviews

4.2

2 Members: scottd, WomensSeqArtLibrary

24

4,274 members

92 reviews

4.1

2 Members: macha, PMBCollection

25

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

by Frank Miller

7,096 members

111 reviews

4.1

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

26

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 1

4,941 members

88 reviews

3.9

2 Members: macha, ManWithAnAgenda

27

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

by Brian K. Vaughan

685 members

8 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Chiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci

45 members

1 review

2.8

2 Members: macha, PMBCollection

29

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

by Brian K. Vaughan

613 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

30

The Sandman: Brief Lives

5,783 members

78 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: macha

31

by Dave Kellett

41 members

½ 4.4

Member: hipdeep

32

The Autumnlands #7

4 members

4

Member: KSnapdragon

33

268 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: macha, scificomics

34

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

by Brian K. Vaughan

526 members

9 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

35

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

by Brian K. Vaughan

460 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

36

1,453 members

45 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: macha, WomensSeqArtLibrary

37

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 2

by Hiromu Arawaka

1,308 members

16 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

38

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 3

by Hiromu Arakawa

1,160 members

7 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

39

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 4

by Hiromu Arakawa

1,050 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

40

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 5

by Hiromu Arakawa

952 members

6 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

41

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 6

by Hiromu Arakawa

891 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

42

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 7

by Hiromu Arakawa

825 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

43

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 8

by Hiromu Arakawa

806 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

44

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 10

by Hiromu Arakawa

772 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

45

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 9

by Hiromu Arakawa

750 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

46

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 11

by Hiromu Arakawa

700 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

47

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 12

by Hiromu Arakawa

671 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

48

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 13

by Hiromu Arakawa

643 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

49

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 14

by Hiromu Arakawa

617 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

50

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 16

by Hiromu Arakawa

581 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

51

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 15

by Hiromu Arakawa

573 members

8 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

52

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 18

by Hiromu Arakawa

537 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

53

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 17

by Hiromu Arakawa

536 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

54

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 19

by Hiromu Arakawa

503 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

55

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 20

by Hiromu Arakawa

493 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

56

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 21

by Hiromu Arakawa

469 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

57

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 23

by Hiromu Arakawa

449 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

58

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 22

by Hiromu Arakawa

448 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

59

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 24

by Hiromu Arakawa

412 members

5 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

60

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 26

by Hiromu Arakawa

390 members

7 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

61

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 25

by Hiromu Arakawa

384 members

4 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Myyst, WomensSeqArtLibrary

62

Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 27

by Hiromu Arakawa

364 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

259 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

1,410 members

69 reviews

3.8

Member: KSnapdragon

68

Swamp Thing Vol. 4: A Murder of Crows

782 members

13 reviews

4.2

Member: macha

69

The Curie Society

by Janet Harvey

89 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Dave Kellett

26 members

4

Member: hipdeep

71

Akira, Volume 6

by Katsuhiro Otomo

854 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: macha, Myyst

72

by Grant Morrison

3,237 members

85 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

19 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

139 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

95 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

1,849 members

58 reviews

4

Member: macha

85

by Jonathan Hickman

186 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: scificomics

86

Man-Eaters Volume 1

by Chelsea Cain

256 members

9 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

87

Human Diastrophism (Love & Rockets)

by Gilbert Hernandez

233 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

2,952 members

41 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: macha

90

by Jean "Moebius" Giraud

221 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: scificomics

91

By Night, Vol. 1

by John Allison

74 members

4 reviews

3.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

92

Outside Over There

by Maurice Sendak

1,267 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

806 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Sandman: The Kindly Ones

5,535 members

85 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

305 members

26 reviews

3.2

Member: macha

100

Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince

by Bill Willingham

1,386 members

45 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: macha

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