The 100 Greatest Comics of All Time

The following is an aggregate list sourced from over 80 "Greatest Comic Books of All Time" lists curated by Comic Book Canon. The full list can be found here. (updated as of 2/13/25)

  1. Maus - Art Spiegelman (Pantheon)
  2. Watchmen - Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (DC)
  3. The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller & Klaus Janson (DC)
  4. Sandman - Neil Gaiman & Various Artists (DC)
  5. All-Star Superman - Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely (DC)
  6. Saga - Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)
  7. Hellboy - Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
  8. From Hell - Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell (Top Shelf)
  9. Bone - Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)
  10. Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli (DC)
  11. V For Vendetta - Alan Moore & David Lloyd (Vertigo)
  12. Preacher - Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon (Vertigo)
  13. The Saga of The Swamp Thing - Alan Moore & Stephen Bissette (DC)
  14. Uncanny X-Men - Chris Claremont & John Byrne (Marvel)
  15. Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra (Vertigo)
  16. Blankets - Craig Thompson (Top Shelf)
  17. Marvels - Kurt Busiek & Alex Ross (Marvel)
  18. Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi (L'Association)
  19. Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth - Chris Ware (Pantheon)
  20. Kingdom Come - Mark Waid & Alex Ross (DC)
  21. Batman: The Killing Joke - Alan Moore & Brian Bolland (DC)
  22. Batman: The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale (DC)
  23. Daredevil - Frank Miller & Klaus Janson (Marvel)
  24. Transmetropolitan - Warren Ellis & Darick Robertson (Vertigo)
  25. Love and Rockets - Hernandez Brothers (Fantagraphics)
  26. The Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore (Image)
  27. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel (Houghton Mifflin)
  28. Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo (Kodansha)
  29. Daytripper - Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá (Vertigo)
  30. Daredevil: Born Again - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli (Marvel)
  31. Sin City - Frank Miller (Dark Horse)
  32. Miracleman - Alan Moore & John Tottleben (Eclipse)
  33. DC: The New Frontier - Darwyn Cooke (DC)
  34. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill (ABC)
  35. Black Hole - Charles Burns (Fantagraphics)
  36. A Contract With God - Will Eisner (Poorhouse Press)
  37. Hawkeye - Matt Fraction & David Aja (Marvel)
  38. Fables - Bill Willingham & Mark Buckingham (Vertigo)
  39. Astro City - Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Image)
  40. The Amazing Spider-Man - Stan Lee & Steve Ditko (Marvel)
  41. Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley (Oni Press)
  42. Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow - Alan Moore & Curt Swan (DC)
  43. New Teen Titans - Marv Wolfman & George Perez (DC)
  44. Batman: Arkham Asylum - Grant Morrison & Dave McKean (DC)
  45. Ghost World - Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics)
  46. Usagi Yojimbo - Stan Sakai (Dark Horse)
  47. Crisis on Infinite Earths - Marv Wolfman & George Perez (DC)
  48. Asterios Polyp - David Mazzucchelli (Pantheon)
  49. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills - Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson (Marvel)
  50. Doom Patrol - Grant Morrison & Richard Case (DC)
  51. The Infinity Gauntlet - Jim Starlin & George Pérez, Ron Lim (Marvel)
  52. Nimona - ND Stevenson (Webcomic)
  53. Planetary - Warren Ellis & John Cassaday (Wildstorm)
  54. The Incal - Alejandro Jodorowsky & Jean Giraud (Les Humanoïdes Associés)
  55. American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang (First Second)
  56. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters - Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
  57. Locke & Key - Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodríguez (IDW)
  58. Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud (Tundra Publishing)
  59. Superman: Red Son - Mark Millar & Various Artists (DC)
  60. The Fantastic Four - Stan Lee & Jack Kirby (Marvel)
  61. Blacksad - Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido (Dargaud)
  62. Invincible - Robert Kirkman & Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley (Image)
  63. March - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin & Nate Powell (Top Shelf)
  64. Legion of Superheroes: The Great Darkness Saga - Paul Levitz & Keith Giffen, Larry Mahlstedt (DC)
  65. The Mighty Thor - Walt Simonson & Sal Buscema (Marvel)
  66. Criminal - Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips (Image)
  67. Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky (Image)
  68. Animal Man - Grant Morrison & Chas Truog (DC)
  69. Hellblazer - Various Artists & Writers (Vertigo)
  70. Wolverine - Chris Claremont & Frank Miller (Marvel)
  71. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - Hayao Miyazaki (Tokuma Shoten)
  72. Batman - Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo (DC)
  73. Secret Wars - Jim Shooter & Mike Zeck, Bob Layton (Marvel)
  74. 300 - Frank Miller & Lynn Varley (Dark Horse)
  75. Civil War - Mark Millar & Steve McNiven (Marvel)
  76. Astonishing X-Men - Joss Whedon & John Cassaday (Marvel)
  77. The Invisibles - Grant Morrison & Various Artists (Vertigo)
  78. Ms. Marvel - G. Willow Wilson & Adrian Alphona (Marvel)
  79. Captain America - Ed Brubaker & Steve Epting (Marvel)
  80. Berlin - Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
  81. Lone Wolf and Cub - Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima (Futabasha)
  82. Superman For All Seasons - Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale (DC)
  83. Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
  84. Batman - Grant Morrison & Andy Kubert (DC)
  85. The Vision - Tom King & Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Marvel)
  86. 100 Bullets - Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso (Vertigo)
  87. The Wicked + The Divine - Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie (Image)
  88. The Punisher Max - Garth Ennis & Laurence Campbell (Marvel)
  89. Ultimate Spider-Man - Brian Michael Bendis & Mark Bagley (Marvel)
  90. East of West - Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta (Image)
  91. Eightball - Daniel Clowes (Fantagraphics Books)
  92. Kraven's Last Hunt - J. M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck (Marvel)
  93. Gotham Central - Ed Brubaker, Greg Ruka & Michael Lark (DC)
  94. Batman: Hush - Jeph Loeb & Jim Lee (DC)
  95. Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton (Webcomic)
  96. New X-Men - Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely (Marvel)
  97. This One Summer - Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (First Second)
  98. Pluto - Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki (Shogakukan)
  99. Sweet Tooth - Jeff Lemire (Vertigo)
  100. Essex County - Jeff Lemire (Top Shelf Productions)

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