Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁
I'm sorry, but there are some "big reveals" that aren't even close to spoilers. Clark Kent is really Superman?! Ok, so it's a big deal to Jimmy Olsen, but as far as the average reader is concerned it's a non-issue.
For those that don't want the spoilers. Variant's Top 10: 1. Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 2. Batman The killing joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland 3. The Punisher by Garth Ennis 4. Marvels by Kurt Busiek 5. Flash Rebirth by Geoff Johns 6. Watchman by Alan Moore 7. The Amazing Spiderman Kraven's Last Hunt by Dematteis 8. Daredevil The Man without fear by Frank Miller 9. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore 10. Batman The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
0:46 All Star Superman- Grant Morrisson 2:02 Batman Killing Joke Alan Moore 3:31 Punisher Max Garth Ennis 4:19 The Marvels Kurt Busiek 5:23 The Flash Reboth Geoff Johns Ethan Van Sciver 6:36 Watchmen 7:42 The Amazing Spiderman Kraven’s Last Hunt 8:39 Daredevil Man Without Fear 9:36 V for Vendetta 10:40 The Dark Knight Returns Frank Miller
I think he gave us enough info for each story to make us want to read, because I knew the story for the killing joke but far more interesting when I bought it. Even have to read several times for all the deeper meanings still very enjoyable.
It and The Killing Joke are the only two graphic novels I own. I don't know why but I haven't read it since I got it a while ago. I have read The Killing Joke though, and consider it extremely overrated.
Sandman is one of modern literatures greatest treasures and is a bona fide under appreciated work of uniquely inspired writing. Perhaps the greatest peice of intelligently researched and comprehensively formulated peice of creative writing to ever hit graphic novels. It's an absolutely unmissable series. Each to their own. 👍
My 10 (in this specific order) 1. The killing joke 2. Watchmen 3. Hush 4. The sandman 5. Lucifer 6. All star superman 7. The dark knight returns 8. V for vendetta 9. Promethea 10. Watchmen again. I think this order takes you on a journey through philosophy in comics. It is in this specific order to expose certain elements of the comics. For example I would read watchmen right after the killing joke to experience the nihilistic and existential themes throughout the two books. I think this first read through makes you focus more on Oz and Rorschach and their opposing philosophies. On the second reading after reading a bit about hermeticism in Promethea, understand the emotional vastness of powerful characters like superman, and understanding the relationship between creator and created in lucifer you can better understand Dr. Manhattan. I think watchmen allows you to take many different perspectives on the story and find something new in it each time.
CHEERS FOR INCLUDING PUNISHER MAX!!! never thought i'd ever see it mentioned in a top 10 comics list. never ever. everyone always goes for the basics (if incredible). Glad to see some love for it. Liking your video.
yeah but Garth Ennis with Hellblazer and Preacher demonstrated that he is one of the best comic writers of all time, and let me tell you Preacher always shows up in many top 10 lists in fact it is so good that after finishing volume 2 i gave a break as it is too good to be read through fast😂
I've never really thought any of the "Crisis" books were worth reading more than once. They're all mediocrely constructed stories to change continuity for editorial reasons. The stories aren't great in themselves.
I haven’t commented before, but I have to say this: This channel is freaking phenomenal. Not just saying this to kiss up or anything. Variant has quite literally made me the comic fan I am today. You guys have expanded my comic book knowledge beyond what I thought it would ever would be. History Of episodes and Top 10 lists have made the incredibly complex world of comics approachable and quite appealing. Variant, keep up the Lord’s work. Videos like this one make me excited for a new episode from this channel every week.
Jeez!!! This was some list. Several not-so-well-known comics, and all amazing. I'm sad I've already read them all, because it's obvious you do know a lot about comics and recommendations from you are worth checking out. Still, massive like to your video. Cheers.
1. Watchmen 2. Dark Knight Returns 3. Lee/Kirby FF 4.Claremont X-Men from Giant Size X-Men to Outback 5. Peter David's Incredible Hulk 6.Robinson's Starman 7.Usagi Yojimbo 8. Ostrander Suicide Squad 9. Delano and Ennis Hellblazer 10. Sandman I guess The above aren't really in any order. It's brutal to make a top ten list because you have to leave stuff out that is just as valid of an option: Batman Year One, Kirby's Fourth World, Lee/Ditko Spider-man, Love and Rockets, Moore's Swamp Thing, Miller Daredevil, Waid's Flash, Astro City. There is so much great stuff out there.
Thank god many of us like Kingdom Come! Its my fav comicbook arc of all time. I would have to say this list could be different for so many people. Great video though 👍🏻
Actually if you think about it Kravens Last Hunt is about Spider-Man by being about Kraven. By showing how Kraven acts in the costume and how brutal he is it shows a lot about Peters personality.
If this was a top 15 I’d recommend including Flashpoint, The Man Of Steel by John Byrne, the death of Superman, Kingdom Come , and one non-cape graphic novel, Maus. Seriously I don’t know why people don’t still talk about Maus, it’s incredible. My personal top 10 is 10. Flashpoint 9. Kingdom Come 8. Watchmen 7. The Marvels 6. Death of superman+ funeral for a friend+ reign of the supermen 5. Maus 4. The original Lee/Ditko Spider-Man issues+ AF15 3. Batman Year One 2. The Dark Knight Returns 1. All Star Superman, which is, in my opinion, the greatest thing ever written.
way to much information about the stories! fortunately I've read almost all. I'd say that you ruined the watchmen for any unfortunate that hasn't read it.
The Boys was a good comic series as well, showing just because they save the day doesn't mean heroes aren't still assholes. The Boys are who is called when the good guys step out of line while showing how the supposed good guys aren't as clean as you may think they are. I highly recommend.
I believe it was Warren Ellis who told me it was his favorite comic event, It is not mine but I do like it a lot, reading it just barely below surface level really helps to elevate it.
My top 10 1. Silver surfer Requiem 2.Watchmen 3. Batman Dark knight returns 4. Batman Hush 5. Infinity Gauntlet 6. V for Vendetta 7.Batman Year One 8.300 9. Death of Superman 10. Batman the killing joke
I have to go to the 60's, because that's where I started. Some of the Justice League issues were good silly fun. Then I jump to the 70's and Neal Adams run on Green Lantern/Green Arrow. For the 80's I pick Alan Moore, John Totlbene and Steve Bissette on Swampy. They gave us Constantine, after all. There is one issue I keep next to my recliner at all times. Hellblazer #49 from January 1992. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. One read and you'll understand.:)
Out of what I’ve read I’d say 1. Dark Knight Returns 2. Court Of Owls 3. Spawn Origins Collection 4. Watchmen 5. Batwoman Elegy 6. Justice League VS Suicide Squad 7. Batman Hush 8. Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom 9. Ultimate X-Men: Cable 10. Punisher Year One
For me: The Death of The Stacys Kraven's Last Hunt Old Man Logan Watchmen Green Lantern/Green Arrow's 70's run Punisher: Born Punisher: Welcome Back Frank Preacher Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow The Killing Joke
Honourable mentions: Kingdom Come, Sandman, Lucifer (Mike Carey), Maus, Year One, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, The Long Halloween, God Loves Man Kills, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinite Gauntlet, Extremis, Y The Last Man, DC The New Frontier, Civil War, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, JLA Tower of Babel, Blackest Night. Definitely forgot a few though. I respect your opinion regarding Sandman, but I thought it to be a masterpiece. As well as Lucifer.
I would have included the four-part Marvel vs DC from the mid 90's (minus the Amalgam universe outcome). A story that combined all the DC and Marvel characters into one universe is a comic book reader's dream. The only complaint is that it should have had a longer run and went much more in depth with other characters instead of just the major ones.
I like your list. Apart from the comics in your list, I also like Green Lantern Blackest Night, Green Lantern Brightest Day, Justice League Forever Evil, DC Metal, Batman White Knight, Spiderman Spiderverse, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Spiderman/Deadpool
Caeden Goering Trust me, they are. While White Knight will completely change your perspective on the Joker and his relationship with Batman and Harley, DC Metal will throw light on the hard life led by Batman and how he is walking on a thread that separates sanity and insanity. Overall you will enjoy it and come out wanting more. I know I did.
You really should have done a list of 20 instead of 10.... while this list is pretty spot on, I can’t even try to say that it’s not, there are still some you should have added in because they are also essentials. Some of those being death of Superman, civil war, infinity, one of the wolverine stories, from hell, plus you also gotta put in a spawn story for sure, lethal protector would also be a great one to put on the list(or just about anything about venom), and you can’t forget DP and even tho it’s newer the most recent carnage mini series is a must read for any comic/spidey fan. And I can easily list another 10-20 that ought to be on a must read list, because as you said there are so many fantastic comics out there, X-men fantastic 4, justice league, so on and so forth.... but a list of 50 is just too much. At the same time, 10 is too few..... 25 would be best I think. That way you could really get a good list made up of a great variety without leaving out very many essential must reads. Maybe do an updated video of a list of 25 in the near future....? Maybe???
I would include the Secret Wars from the 80's, Marvel's Contest of Champions, the Punisher limited series (art by Mike Zeck), Wolverine limited series (art by Frank Miller), Death the 2 issue series by Neil Gaiman, the Tick (the original series), and the Crow (the original limited series)
I love The Boys and I legit think it's a very interesting take on the superhero genre but Ennis goes way too far with his criticisms and becomes repetitive. I mean it's still a great book but you can tell Ennis is self indulging his hate boner against capes in it.
List should be called Top 10 superhero comics to read because that's the only genre you covered. Comic books are a medium and superheroes are just one part of that.
1.Spiderman kravens last hunt 2.Blackest night 3.The Dark Knight Returns 4.The Death of Spider-Man 5.Civil war 6.Batman Under the red hood 7.Nightwing death of the familly 8. Red hood death of the familly 9.Infinity gaunlet 10. Captain América the winter soldier
My ten (not in any certain order): 1. The Death of Superman 2. KnightFall; Part 1-3 3. The Dark Knight Returns 4. Batman The Killing Joke 5. Kingdom Come 6. Flashpoint 7. Flash Rebirth 8. Civil War 9. Batman Hush 10. Batman Year One
I love the rest of your list but I've never understood people's passion for Death of Supes or Knighfall. I don't think either is very good beyond the shock factor. I own copies of both but I've never felt the urge to re-read either.
Those two are amazing to me. Death of Superman was a story that prove that even that Superman is invicible it also proves that he even can die and he was stopped by a rampaging mindless monster who everybody before him tried to stop him and failed. He give his life to stop Doomsday and to save all of Metropolis. KnightFall was a story about new villain Bane who tested Batman passed the breaking points of physical and mental abilities. He released all of Batman's villains from Arkham; Batman went after them all and almost died in the process. He was the first villain in Batman's rogue's gallery to find out his secret identity, to defeat him, and literally "break the bat". That's the reason why these two are so important to me; they prove that are heroes are not gods, but that they can come back and be stronger then ever!
I see a lot of very good recommendations, so I'm just inserting some that I didn't see in the comments(or I just missed them): Saga of the Swamp Thing 100 Bullets Fables(you may die without reading this one, but still it's very enjoyable)
I was freaking out towards the end of this list, “theres no way dark knight returns doenst make it!”... sorry to anyone who thinks its overhyped or anything but its just stunning.
Nite Raine . Damn, that story went on forever, I think the extended story is 3 thick books. I am putting together an original run of the main story myself.
Lucas Ownes19 Nah you’re not the only one. Most popular Batman books seem to be overrated. The Killing Joke, TDKR, Under the Hood, Year One and even The Long Halloween (which I personally love, but it’s still overrated. Haunted Knight is a much better book imo). Prey is a book I hear people love, but I personally hated it.
Just an aside, if you love Captain America, check out John Byrne and Roger Stern's run in the 1980s. You don't need to know too much contextually as it pretty much set a new status quo for Steve Rogers and Cap. It's a spectacular, fun, surprisingly deep set of stories and is considered the peak of the old Captain America comics outside of his more well known series. It's a personal favourite of mine, and it ended far too soon, only being around 9 or 10 issues long. Oh yeah, it also contains the best and most succinct retelling of Cap's origin story ever told.
1- Wanted by Mark Millar 2- Old Man Logan by Frank Miller 3- Jupiter's Legacy by Mark Millar 4- Nemesis by Mark Millar 5- The Dark Knight 3: The Master Race by Frank Miller 6- Metal: Dark Nights by Scott Synder 7- Death of the Family by Scott Synder 8- Endgame by Scott Synder 9- Wonder Woman Earth 1 by Grant Morrison 10- Batman Inc. by Grant Morrison H.M.- Superior by Mark Millar, Joker by Brain something (my bad can't think of last name😶), Green Latern Darkest Night by Johns, TDW run with TMNT
1. Civil War 2. Batman year one 3. Batgirl year one 4. Gotham by Gaslight 5. Captain America the Death of Captain America 6. Captain America Reborn 7. DC the new frontier 8. Superman Red Son 9. Masks( published by Dynamite its a pulp style adventure that teams up The Shadow the Green Hornet & Kato the Spider the Black Bat Zorro and others) 10. Spider man the death of Jean DeWolfe honorable. Mention. The Rocketeer
10) The Watchmen 9) Squadron Supreme 8) JLA: Tower of Babel 7) Thor: The Black Galaxy Saga 6) Crisis On Infinite Earths 5) Kingdom Come 4) Superman: Red Son 3) Identity Crisis 2) Batman vs Predator (my personal favorite) 1) Avengers: The Serpent Crown
I really enjoyed Miles Morales’ Ultimate Spider-Man run written by Bendis and art by David Marquez. An absolute favorite of mine Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe Avengers v Xmen Deadpool: Secret Invasion
1. Watchmen 2. The Dark Knight Returns 3. Batman: The Killing Joke 4. The Flash: Rebirth 5. Kingdom Come 6. Swamp Thing by Alan Moore 7. Flashpoint 8. Daredevil: Born Again 9. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills 10. V For Vendetta
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Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁
"He gives her a liquified form of his DNA for her birthday"
I bet he does
IKR that sounded very wrong 😂😂
Never noticed that before this 😂😂😂
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I dont mean to be an ass, but whats the point of reading these comics if you are going to spoil them?
Enrique Zamora click away if you’re that sensitive to spoilers
Darth Ruin it dowsnt matter how old they are
This is NO substitute for reading the comic. At all. If you like the plot, go and read them.
I'm sorry, but there are some "big reveals" that aren't even close to spoilers. Clark Kent is really Superman?! Ok, so it's a big deal to Jimmy Olsen, but as far as the average reader is concerned it's a non-issue.
Enrique Zamora no hes really being an ass might as well dig up other 10 great comic list
For those that don't want the spoilers.
Variant's Top 10:
1. Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely
2. Batman The killing joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
3. The Punisher by Garth Ennis
4. Marvels by Kurt Busiek
5. Flash Rebirth by Geoff Johns
6. Watchman by Alan Moore
7. The Amazing Spiderman Kraven's Last Hunt by Dematteis
8. Daredevil The Man without fear by Frank Miller
9. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
10. Batman The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Thank you so much
WATCHMEN**
thx
3 out of 10
Roy thank you so much. I don’t know why he gave spoilers
0:46 All Star Superman- Grant Morrisson
2:02 Batman Killing Joke Alan Moore
3:31 Punisher Max Garth Ennis
4:19 The Marvels Kurt Busiek
5:23 The Flash Reboth Geoff Johns Ethan Van Sciver
6:36 Watchmen
7:42 The Amazing Spiderman Kraven’s Last Hunt
8:39 Daredevil Man Without Fear
9:36 V for Vendetta
10:40 The Dark Knight Returns Frank Miller
I feel like you spoiled a lot of details from these books.
He said the name of each one before he talked about the story. If anyone is that sensitive to spoilers, it's on them to click away
Jackson, i like your picture
Yeah i feel the same way
I think he gave us enough info for each story to make us want to read, because I knew the story for the killing joke but far more interesting when I bought it. Even have to read several times for all the deeper meanings still very enjoyable.
BigMack9737 it’s on them to click away if he said he’ll spoil it
Wut, no Kingdom Come?
Daniel Champion exactly my thoughts
Yeah. Kindom come is definitly Top 5
Gokul Nath agree
At least Marvels made the list
It and The Killing Joke are the only two graphic novels I own. I don't know why but I haven't read it since I got it a while ago. I have read The Killing Joke though, and consider it extremely overrated.
FLASH POINT!!!
Eder Hernandez yup
Let's reset everything by making flash run like never beforeeee xD yeah
EderHernandez yeah flashpoints awesome
do i need to read it if I watched the animated movie
@@huh3967 No
c'mon, where is Kingdome Come?
That is an AMAZING story, plus glorious art by Alex Ross.
Sandman is one of modern literatures greatest treasures and is a bona fide under appreciated work of uniquely inspired writing. Perhaps the greatest peice of intelligently researched and comprehensively formulated peice of creative writing to ever hit graphic novels.
It's an absolutely unmissable series.
Each to their own. 👍
Kingdom Come!?!?
Right
So right
Great comic, and kind of similar to Marvel ones he talks about in the video. I will probably put it changing the punisher's one
I just love this guy's oratory skills. He reads off of a script but makes it sound so smooth
I think I would've included Kingdom Come
Shadowslice I’m not sure I should bother watching if Kingdome Come didn’t make this list. That’s major disrespect.
Same.
Haha. Kingdom Cum.... 🍆🍆🍆🥛
Tronald Dump 🤣
@@the_aby_ss_8530 always got to be that asshole who males it political, pathetic
My 10 (in this specific order)
1. The killing joke
2. Watchmen
3. Hush
4. The sandman
5. Lucifer
6. All star superman
7. The dark knight returns
8. V for vendetta
9. Promethea
10. Watchmen again.
I think this order takes you on a journey through philosophy in comics. It is in this specific order to expose certain elements of the comics. For example I would read watchmen right after the killing joke to experience the nihilistic and existential themes throughout the two books. I think this first read through makes you focus more on Oz and Rorschach and their opposing philosophies. On the second reading after reading a bit about hermeticism in Promethea, understand the emotional vastness of powerful characters like superman, and understanding the relationship between creator and created in lucifer you can better understand Dr. Manhattan. I think watchmen allows you to take many different perspectives on the story and find something new in it each time.
choncy barbosa finally someone shows some love for Promethea. I'm surprised how underrated it seems to be
Definitely Promethea! !!
Glad to see Lucifer getting some respect. Such an underappreciated comic. You're talking about Mike Carey's run I'm assuming.
@choncy barbosa which year tho for Lucifer???
CHEERS FOR INCLUDING PUNISHER MAX!!! never thought i'd ever see it mentioned in a top 10 comics list. never ever. everyone always goes for the basics (if incredible). Glad to see some love for it. Liking your video.
i ordered the 2 Punisher MAX omnibusses, arriving tomorrow !!! super-excited :)
Where every body knows your name ( cheers reference)
yeah but Garth Ennis with Hellblazer and Preacher demonstrated that he is one of the best comic writers of all time, and let me tell you Preacher always shows up in many top 10 lists in fact it is so good that after finishing volume 2 i gave a break as it is too good to be read through fast😂
Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run was outstanding. I would put that ahead of V for Vendetta, but to each his own.
-Watchmen movie mentioned "which i loved"
-V for Vendetta movie mentioned "which i loved"
-Batman v Superman mentioned "....."
LoL
My Top 5 List no particular order
1. Crisis on Infinite Earths
2. Batman Eternal
3. The Sandman
4. Watchmen
5. Future's End
I've never really thought any of the "Crisis" books were worth reading more than once. They're all mediocrely constructed stories to change continuity for editorial reasons. The stories aren't great in themselves.
Batman eternal?
Batman Eternal is boring af
Way too many spoilers in this video. I wanted recommendations, not a summary of the whole stories.
Don't care if you're Marvel or DC fan. If you like comics, or good books....do yourself a favor and read Hickman's run on Fantastic Four.
Kingdom Come?
I love the watchmen especially rorschach he is one of my favorite anti hero
I haven’t commented before, but I have to say this: This channel is freaking phenomenal. Not just saying this to kiss up or anything.
Variant has quite literally made me the comic fan I am today. You guys have expanded my comic book knowledge beyond what I thought it would ever would be.
History Of episodes and Top 10 lists have made the incredibly complex world of comics approachable and quite appealing.
Variant, keep up the Lord’s work. Videos like this one make me excited for a new episode from this channel every week.
No Kingdom Come?
Jeez!!! This was some list. Several not-so-well-known comics, and all amazing. I'm sad I've already read them all, because it's obvious you do know a lot about comics and recommendations from you are worth checking out. Still, massive like to your video.
Cheers.
V for Vendetta, Batman The killing joke, watchmen are my favorites. Great list dude.
Is v good for first timers
Big Alan Moore fan I see, can't blame you lol
Watchmen was fine, but I absolutely hated The Killing Joke
@@yarali5916 well killing joke wasn't action packed but really deep and thought provoking but I respect your opinion
1. Watchmen 2. Dark Knight Returns 3. Lee/Kirby FF 4.Claremont X-Men from Giant Size X-Men to Outback 5. Peter David's Incredible Hulk 6.Robinson's Starman 7.Usagi Yojimbo 8. Ostrander Suicide Squad 9. Delano and Ennis Hellblazer 10. Sandman I guess
The above aren't really in any order. It's brutal to make a top ten list because you have to leave stuff out that is just as valid of an option: Batman Year One, Kirby's Fourth World, Lee/Ditko Spider-man, Love and Rockets, Moore's Swamp Thing, Miller Daredevil, Waid's Flash, Astro City. There is so much great stuff out there.
So funny to have so many Alan Moore comics and then say you loved the movie adaptations. Like being a fan of both Lincoln and Wilkes Booth
In terms of Alan Moore, I feel like From Hell could've also been on this list
Thank god many of us like Kingdom Come! Its my fav comicbook arc of all time. I would have to say this list could be different for so many people. Great video though 👍🏻
"And, let's be honest! Anything that Alex Ross draws is a visual masterpiece!"
Amen
Amen
Amen.
I always thought Alan Moore's swamp thing was amazing
Actually if you think about it Kravens Last Hunt is about Spider-Man by being about Kraven. By showing how Kraven acts in the costume and how brutal he is it shows a lot about Peters personality.
While I like the Watchmen comic, I would never recommend it to a first timer.
Thunder Goku Is it to hardcore for first timers?
This list isn't for new comers it's just 10 comics that are good.
Watchmen was the first comic book I read and it remains my favorite to this day
OMG, so true! Watchmen is deep! Watchman feels like a piece you would study in American Lit...
David DeLeon first time I read it was in my English 100 class freshman year of college lol
Doomsday Clock will definitely be on this list once it ends!
Nope
@@edge1rated2superstar yep
No
Not at all
Knight fall is a pretty great comic
I really love the twists and turns in comics...which is the reason why one should never miss an issue.
If this was a top 15 I’d recommend including Flashpoint, The Man Of Steel by John Byrne, the death of Superman, Kingdom Come , and one non-cape graphic novel, Maus.
Seriously I don’t know why people don’t still talk about Maus, it’s incredible.
My personal top 10 is
10. Flashpoint
9. Kingdom Come
8. Watchmen
7. The Marvels
6. Death of superman+ funeral for a friend+ reign of the supermen
5. Maus
4. The original Lee/Ditko Spider-Man issues+ AF15
3. Batman Year One
2. The Dark Knight Returns
1. All Star Superman, which is, in my opinion, the greatest thing ever written.
way to much information about the stories! fortunately I've read almost all. I'd say that you ruined the watchmen for any unfortunate that hasn't read it.
The Boys was a good comic series as well, showing just because they save the day doesn't mean heroes aren't still assholes. The Boys are who is called when the good guys step out of line while showing how the supposed good guys aren't as clean as you may think they are. I highly recommend.
"Welcome back Frank" is definitely my favourite comic book story
LOVING THE BANE T SHIRT!!
The art in Marvels is so good. It blew me away as a teen when it came out.
No "The Death of Superman?"
ComicPhreak big random guy falls from sky and tries to destroy the earth our hero must stop him but tragedy strikes
ComicPhreak it’s not an amazing story
ComicPhreak if he stayed dead it would be awesome
More like nap of superman ...
I believe it was Warren Ellis who told me it was his favorite comic event, It is not mine but I do like it a lot, reading it just barely below surface level really helps to elevate it.
House of M or Age of Apocalypse would be on my list
Unmasked Sakaaran Soldier Just started rereading AoA. :)
i was also going to suggest AoA here, what a badass x-men story !!!
My top 10
1. Silver surfer Requiem
2.Watchmen
3. Batman Dark knight returns
4. Batman Hush
5. Infinity Gauntlet
6. V for Vendetta
7.Batman Year One
8.300
9. Death of Superman
10. Batman the killing joke
I would also recommend Maus
I have to go to the 60's, because that's where I started.
Some of the Justice League issues were good silly fun.
Then I jump to the 70's and Neal Adams run on Green Lantern/Green Arrow.
For the 80's I pick Alan Moore, John Totlbene and Steve Bissette on Swampy. They gave us Constantine, after all.
There is one issue I keep next to my recliner at all times. Hellblazer #49 from January 1992. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. One read and you'll understand.:)
Seemed like you were mainly keeping the list to super hero characters, but Maus is also a must read
Do a video comparing the speed of Barry Allen to Tim Allen from Home Improvement
Kingdom Come should of made a honorable mention at the very least
Others I'd recommend are Spiderman Maximun Carnage, Teen Titans Judas Contract, Blackest Night, Planet Hulk, World War Hulks, and Spiderman Blues.
Out of what I’ve read I’d say
1. Dark Knight Returns
2. Court Of Owls
3. Spawn Origins Collection
4. Watchmen
5. Batwoman Elegy
6. Justice League VS Suicide Squad
7. Batman Hush
8. Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom
9. Ultimate X-Men: Cable
10. Punisher Year One
For me:
The Death of The Stacys
Kraven's Last Hunt
Old Man Logan
Watchmen
Green Lantern/Green Arrow's 70's run
Punisher: Born
Punisher: Welcome Back Frank
Preacher
Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow
The Killing Joke
That's a great list. I love the O'Neil/Adams GLGA book. It's so hard to narrow things down to just 10.
Hope you guys will do one of top 10 modern classic comics!!
define modern.. like after the 2000s?
Honourable mentions:
Kingdom Come, Sandman, Lucifer (Mike Carey), Maus, Year One, Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, The Long Halloween, God Loves Man Kills, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Infinite Gauntlet, Extremis, Y The Last Man, DC The New Frontier, Civil War, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, JLA Tower of Babel, Blackest Night.
Definitely forgot a few though.
I respect your opinion regarding Sandman, but I thought it to be a masterpiece. As well as Lucifer.
The Dark Phoenix Saga should've been on that list, no doubt.
I would have included the four-part Marvel vs DC from the mid 90's (minus the Amalgam universe outcome). A story that combined all the DC and Marvel characters into one universe is a comic book reader's dream. The only complaint is that it should have had a longer run and went much more in depth with other characters instead of just the major ones.
I like your list. Apart from the comics in your list, I also like Green Lantern Blackest Night, Green Lantern Brightest Day, Justice League Forever Evil, DC Metal, Batman White Knight, Spiderman Spiderverse, Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Spiderman/Deadpool
anandakaarun I've been meaning to check out DC Metal and Batman White Night. They both seem like really cool stories.
Caeden Goering Trust me, they are.
While White Knight will completely change your perspective on the Joker and his relationship with Batman and Harley, DC Metal will throw light on the hard life led by Batman and how he is walking on a thread that separates sanity and insanity.
Overall you will enjoy it and come out wanting more. I know I did.
I came here for recommendations and got spoilers
You really should have done a list of 20 instead of 10.... while this list is pretty spot on, I can’t even try to say that it’s not, there are still some you should have added in because they are also essentials. Some of those being death of Superman, civil war, infinity, one of the wolverine stories, from hell, plus you also gotta put in a spawn story for sure, lethal protector would also be a great one to put on the list(or just about anything about venom), and you can’t forget DP and even tho it’s newer the most recent carnage mini series is a must read for any comic/spidey fan. And I can easily list another 10-20 that ought to be on a must read list, because as you said there are so many fantastic comics out there, X-men fantastic 4, justice league, so on and so forth.... but a list of 50 is just too much. At the same time, 10 is too few..... 25 would be best I think. That way you could really get a good list made up of a great variety without leaving out very many essential must reads. Maybe do an updated video of a list of 25 in the near future....? Maybe???
I would include the Secret Wars from the 80's, Marvel's Contest of Champions, the Punisher limited series (art by Mike Zeck), Wolverine limited series (art by Frank Miller), Death the 2 issue series by Neil Gaiman, the Tick (the original series), and the Crow (the original limited series)
No love for The Boys by Garth Ennis huh?
casey trader Not including it in Top 10 of all time equals "no love"? Lol ok...
I love The Boys and I legit think it's a very interesting take on the superhero genre but Ennis goes way too far with his criticisms and becomes repetitive. I mean it's still a great book but you can tell Ennis is self indulging his hate boner against capes in it.
Preacher, garth ennis hellblazer, garth ennis punisher and the boys are four of my top 10 comic books...man this dude is a sick man but im loving most
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Now there are so many new ones so you can’t say that anymore
List should be called Top 10 superhero comics to read because that's the only genre you covered. Comic books are a medium and superheroes are just one part of that.
Good video to release now who wants a Top 10 Comic Book title series video.
Top 10 Animated comic book movies?
really think that the Dark Phoenix Saga should have been on here.
You’re supposed to recommend them, not reveal EVERY SINGLE DETAIL THAT HAPPENS! Thanks, now they’re ruined....
comics are everything
Marvel but no Kingdom Come?! :O
Who needs to read any of theses books after so many spoilers? Even last pages? Are you kidding me?
1.Spiderman kravens last hunt 2.Blackest night 3.The Dark Knight Returns 4.The Death of Spider-Man 5.Civil war 6.Batman Under the red hood 7.Nightwing death of the familly 8. Red hood death of the familly 9.Infinity gaunlet 10. Captain América the winter soldier
My ten (not in any certain order):
1. The Death of Superman
2. KnightFall; Part 1-3
3. The Dark Knight Returns
4. Batman The Killing Joke
5. Kingdom Come
6. Flashpoint
7. Flash Rebirth
8. Civil War
9. Batman Hush
10. Batman Year One
I love the rest of your list but I've never understood people's passion for Death of Supes or Knighfall. I don't think either is very good beyond the shock factor. I own copies of both but I've never felt the urge to re-read either.
Those two are amazing to me. Death of Superman was a story that prove that even that Superman is invicible it also proves that he even can die and he was stopped by a rampaging mindless monster who everybody before him tried to stop him and failed. He give his life to stop Doomsday and to save all of Metropolis. KnightFall was a story about new villain Bane who tested Batman passed the breaking points of physical and mental abilities. He released all of Batman's villains from Arkham; Batman went after them all and almost died in the process. He was the first villain in Batman's rogue's gallery to find out his secret identity, to defeat him, and literally "break the bat". That's the reason why these two are so important to me; they prove that are heroes are not gods, but that they can come back and be stronger then ever!
I see a lot of very good recommendations, so I'm just inserting some that I didn't see in the comments(or I just missed them):
Saga of the Swamp Thing
100 Bullets
Fables(you may die without reading this one, but still it's very enjoyable)
I was freaking out towards the end of this list, “theres no way dark knight returns doenst make it!”... sorry to anyone who thinks its overhyped or anything but its just stunning.
we all know Supes gives Lois his liquefied dna on a regular basis
Yeah, I chuckled when he said that.
I haven't watched the entire video yet, but Knightfall is one of my top 10, thats all, just sharing
Same
Knightfall is amazing!
I don't own the entire series, but I actually have a few of the original comics from when I was younger and was a bigger collector.
Adam Porter wow, really? That's cool.
Nite Raine . Damn, that story went on forever, I think the extended story is 3 thick books. I am putting together an original run of the main story myself.
am i the only one who thinks the killing joke isn't as good as everyone says
Lucas Ownes19 Alan Moore thinks the same apparently.
it is very overrated indeed
Lucas Ownes19 Nah you’re not the only one. Most popular Batman books seem to be overrated. The Killing Joke, TDKR, Under the Hood, Year One and even The Long Halloween (which I personally love, but it’s still overrated. Haunted Knight is a much better book imo). Prey is a book I hear people love, but I personally hated it.
Well, while I think it is interesting I like "Death of the Family" more
What do you think is overrated about The Killing Joke? I also really love Batman: Prey.
How about the top 10 stories from each age? Modern, copper, bronze, etc. So many great stories!
Just an aside, if you love Captain America, check out John Byrne and Roger Stern's run in the 1980s. You don't need to know too much contextually as it pretty much set a new status quo for Steve Rogers and Cap. It's a spectacular, fun, surprisingly deep set of stories and is considered the peak of the old Captain America comics outside of his more well known series. It's a personal favourite of mine, and it ended far too soon, only being around 9 or 10 issues long. Oh yeah, it also contains the best and most succinct retelling of Cap's origin story ever told.
I don't agree with 1 and 5. I would replace them with superman for all seasons and kingdom come
Top 10 Comics you need to read before you die:
Variant: Here is a bunch of spoilers for these comics we are recommending to read!
I’ve Read V For Vendetta & I Just Got Watchmen.
1- Wanted by Mark Millar
2- Old Man Logan by Frank Miller
3- Jupiter's Legacy by Mark Millar
4- Nemesis by Mark Millar
5- The Dark Knight 3: The Master Race by Frank Miller
6- Metal: Dark Nights by Scott Synder
7- Death of the Family by Scott Synder
8- Endgame by Scott Synder
9- Wonder Woman Earth 1 by Grant Morrison
10- Batman Inc. by Grant Morrison
H.M.- Superior by Mark Millar, Joker by Brain something (my bad can't think of last name😶), Green Latern Darkest Night by Johns, TDW run with TMNT
Well, that title is a little morbid.
Syafiq Razip Sadly death is a part of life 😞 which we can't avoid.
Neil Avila not helping 😂
neil gaiman's sandman is a priceless treasure . I cannot even express in words how amazing it is. Just too beautiful.
Damn is it that good
@@elewoo7131 to me it is...maybe an acquired taste
It's 20 bucks a pop it ain't that good to me 🤣
You forgot to mention ultimate Spider-Man issue 160(death of ultimate Spider-Man)
Kingdom Come, Secret Wars? Dude that's the few from my list you missed
Do top ten vertigo books.
Great video
ski mask I want a History of Sonic the hedgehog episode.
Jahiem Young sounds good doesn’t work
This is just one huge spoiler for these comics. No need reading them after viewing this.
Other gems to consider:
Grant Morrison's run on Animal Man
Astro City: Confession
Kingdom Come
Superman for All Seasons
I don't like that list you don't have any lantern story and i know they have some great story out there
1. Civil War 2. Batman year one 3. Batgirl year one 4. Gotham by Gaslight 5. Captain America the Death of Captain America 6. Captain America Reborn 7. DC the new frontier 8. Superman Red Son 9. Masks( published by Dynamite its a pulp style adventure that teams up The Shadow the Green Hornet & Kato the Spider the Black Bat Zorro and others) 10. Spider man the death of Jean DeWolfe honorable. Mention. The Rocketeer
and Captain American "Man Without a Country"
MaverickDoesEveryhing it is the first civil war. The 2 is for the 2nd item on the list.
Trash list dude. Where's Watchmen? Dark Knight Returns? Killing Joke?
Civil war is overrated
Civil war 2 is terrible dude
Uh maybe you should state in the title that you'd be spoiling every single comic you talk about.
10) The Watchmen
9) Squadron Supreme
8) JLA: Tower of Babel
7) Thor: The Black Galaxy Saga
6) Crisis On Infinite Earths
5) Kingdom Come
4) Superman: Red Son
3) Identity Crisis
2) Batman vs Predator (my personal favorite)
1) Avengers: The Serpent Crown
I really enjoyed Miles Morales’ Ultimate Spider-Man run written by Bendis and art by David Marquez. An absolute favorite of mine
Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe
Avengers v Xmen
Deadpool: Secret Invasion
Marvel Civil War would have definitely made my list
William Vouk agreed
Did you actually read it. It is a fucking mess.
choncy barbosa I’ve read it three times now and it’s one of my favorite comics of all time (second only to the Killing Joke)
choncy barbosa Did you actually read it? I find it hard to believe anyone would think it’s a mess
William Vouk I love that it was actually long, and it felt fleshed out and like it actually impacted the Marvel universe
Where is Sandman?
1. Watchmen
2. The Dark Knight Returns
3. Batman: The Killing Joke
4. The Flash: Rebirth
5. Kingdom Come
6. Swamp Thing by Alan Moore
7. Flashpoint
8. Daredevil: Born Again
9. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
10. V For Vendetta