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The Best Graphic Novel (series) of the 90's
Astro City: Life in the Big City (Kurt Busiek's Astro City)Astro City: Life in the Big City (Kurt Busiek's Astro City) by Kurt Busiek
Buy new: £14.95 / Used from: £5.99
Often called the most ‘realistic’ superhero book ever to hit the stands, Astro City is a fresh look at extraordinary superhero’s from the view of ordinary people.
Bone: One volume collection: Vol 1 (Bone Series)Bone: One volume collection: Vol 1 (Bone Series) by Jeff Smith
Buy new: £19.46 / Used from: £18.92
Smiley Bone, Phoney Bone and Fone Bone, are the three brothers who get lost into a strange, magical, forested land - but will they ever get out? Bone is pure comics and it's pure entertainment.
Hellblazer: Dangerous HabitsHellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £4.00
The coolest Englishmen to ever appear in a comic must be this trench coat wearing, cigarette smoking anti-hero whose frank attitude helps keep his head above troubled waters.
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v. 1 (Hellboy) (Hellboy (Dark Horse))Hellboy: Seed of Destruction v. 1 (Hellboy) (Hellboy (Dark Horse)) by Mike Mignola
Buy new: £7.41 / Used from: £5.06
Hellboy is not your average paranormal investigator - he happens to be a demon. This series is a dark journey into the occult, with run-ins into Nazi’s, frogs and all manner of strange things.
The Invisibles: Say you Want a Revolution: You Say You Want a RevolutionThe Invisibles: Say you Want a Revolution: You Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison
Buy new: £10.50 / Used from: £6.89
Anarchic, multi-layered and writer Grant Morrison’s finest work, The Invisbles has a strong claim for the most original series of this decade.
Preacher: Gone to TexasPreacher: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis
Buy new: £6.56 / Used from: £3.82
The Pulp Fiction of comics. God has gone missing, and Jesse Custer, is on a mission to find him
Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes: 1 (Sandman Collected Library)Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes: 1 (Sandman Collected Library) by Neil Gaiman
Buy used from: £7.00
The most imaginative, best written comic series of the 90’s, The Sandman is an amazing journey of dreams and concepts which ring true in the lost depths of your being.
Sin City: Hard Goodbye Bk. 1 (Sin City (Dark Horse))Sin City: Hard Goodbye Bk. 1 (Sin City (Dark Horse)) by Frank Miller
Buy new: £7.20 / Used from: £5.47
Bullets and broads - noir in comics has never been done with such a dark edge, or at such a high level.
Stray Bullets Volume 1 (Stray Bullets (Graphic Novels))Stray Bullets Volume 1 (Stray Bullets (Graphic Novels)) by David Lapham
Buy used from: £15.00
Independent and exciting. David Lynch reads it. Nuff said.
Strangers In Paradise Pocket Book 1: Pocket Book Bk. 1 (Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book Collection)Strangers In Paradise Pocket Book 1: Pocket Book Bk. 1 (Strangers in Paradise Pocket Book Collection) by Terry Moore
Buy new: £8.65 / Used from: £1.50
Probably the only comic book in history to have more female readers than male, the real-life stories of friends Katchoo and Francine are a breath of fresh air.