 | Preacher: Proud Americans by Garth Ennis
Buy new: £6.56 / Used from: £5.60 Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon create a story that could only be done in comics
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 | Miracleman Book One: A Dream of Flying by Alan Moore
Buy used from: £140.38 Mired in a legal quagmire if you find a copy it's well worth it
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 | V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Buy used from: £6.00 A companion piece to Miracleman and just as good
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 | Watchmen by Alan Moore
Buy new: £8.51 / Used from: £6.49 Intricate and brilliant Moore deconstructs comic book with more affection than cynicism
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 | Lost Girls Collected by Alan Moore
Buy used from: £50.00 Like the perfect woman - beautiful, smutty and clever.
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 | League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Vol 01 by Alan Moore
Buy used from: £3.98 Ingenious and infinitely explorable alternate literary world.
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 | Judge Dredd: America by John Wagner
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £5.62 Heart-breaking and beautiful depiction of the dark heart of MC1
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 | Strontium Dog: v. 1: Search/destroy Agency Files (2000 Ad Strontium Dog 1) by John Wagner
Buy new: £9.23 / Used from: £6.95 The best 2000AD character not called Judge Dredd
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 | 2000 AD Presents Zenith Phase 1 (Zenith) by Grant Morrison
Another legal minefield but Morrison almost outdoes Moore in examining the superhero.
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 | Girls: The Complete Collection by Joshua Luna
Buy new: £46.82 / Used from: £42.61 The brutal truth behind human nature and the battle of the sexes
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 | Y: The Last Man Deluxe: Bk. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Brian K Vaughan's matriachal apocalyse. Marvellously inventive, cynical but good natured.
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 | The Walking Dead Book 1: Bk. 1 by Robert Kirkman
Buy new: £15.75 / Used from: £19.57 A Zombie apocalypse more interested in the living than the undead.
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 | Captain Britain By Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus HC Classic Costume Cover by Alan Moore
Buy new: £40.67 / Used from: £40.68 Alan Davis' complete run on the good Captain. Glorious.
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 | X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga (New Printing) TPB by Chris Claremont
Buy new: £10.70 / Used from: £6.98 The revolution started here as we realise that comics could make us feel as well as wonder
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 | Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Volume 1 Tpb (Fantastic Four (Marvel Paperback)) by John Byrne
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £5.00 The best portrayal of Marvel's first family since the 60s.
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 | The Authority : Relentless by Warren Ellis
Buy used from: £6.50 Hitch & Ellis create "widescreen" comics. Never mind the width feel the quality
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 | Ministry of Space by Warren Ellis
Buy new: £6.62 / Used from: £7.88 A neat "What If?" story as the British empire takes to space after WWII
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 | Scarlet Traces by Ian Edginton
Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £4.93 A beautifully realised sequel to HG Wells "War of the Worlds"
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 | Leviathan (2000 Ad) by Ian Edginton
Buy used from: £24.98 Creepy more than horrific this is a great story that knows when to quit.
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 | Heart of Empire: The Legacy of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot
Buy new: £11.45 / Used from: £9.87 The superior sequel to "The Adventures of Luther Arkwright"
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 | Supreme Power: Contact v. 1 by J.Michael Straczynski
Buy used from: £1.50 A darkly cynical view of superheroes for the 21st century
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 | Rising Stars Volume 1: Born in Fire: Born in Fire v. 1 by J. Michael Straczynski
Buy new: £8.44 / Used from: £1.11 A more optimistic vision of modern day superheores from JMS
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 | The Amazing Spider-Man: Coming Home v. 1 by J.Michael Straczynski
Buy new: £7.10 / Used from: £3.80 The start of JMS's run on Spidey - the best he'd been for years until Marvel ruined it.
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 | Camelot 3000 by Mike W. Barr
Buy new: £14.36 / Used from: £14.10 One of the first "maxi" series from the 80s - still great fun
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 | Invincible: The Ultimate Collection Volume 1: v. 1 by Robert Kirkman
Buy new: £18.19 / Used from: £19.90 Beautifully realised old superheroics in a modern setting
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