 | Watchmen by Alan Moore
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £4.50 As brilliant and ground-breaking as everyone says. Avoid the movie, this book is essential.
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 | Batman: Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb
Buy new: £8.46 / Used from: £4.58 One of the greatest Batman stories ever, bringing him back to his 'dark detective' roots. The gangster-noir story is intriguing, the art is to die for.
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 | Crisis on Infinite Earths by DC Comics
Buy used from: £16.13 A vast crossover epic, featuring pretty much every hero of the DCU, and the awesome Anti-Monitor villain. Puts the fun back into comics. Set the standard for cross-over events.
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 | Saga of the Swamp Thing: Bk. 1 New Edition by Alan Moore
Get all the trades, if you can. Quite simply one of the greatest comic series ever. Intelligent, profound, suspenseful. Giving horror the respect it deserves.
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 | Identity Crisis by Brad Meltzer
Buy used from: £8.74 A gripping and violent murder mystery, featuring the heroes of the JLA/JSA, which confronts some grave issues for the hero community.
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 | Dangerous Habits (Hellblazer) by Garth Ennis
Buy used from: £3.94 We first met him in Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, here the cocky occultist faces cancer and pulls one over on Old Nick. Delivered with aplomb by the masterful Ennis.
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 | David Boring by Daniel Clowes
Buy new: £7.75 / Used from: £5.43 Clowes' best, a work of comic genius, with existential themes.
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 | The Complete D.R. and Quinch (2000 Ad) by Alan Moore
Buy new: £5.44 / Used from: £3.49 Packed with irreverent humour and trigger-happy violence. in the same vein as Tank Girl, which by the way is fantastic fun as well. "Mind the oranges, Marlon!"
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 | League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Vol 01 by Alan Moore
Buy used from: £3.90 Yet another Moore must-have. All your favourite literary characters working together in one narrative. This sparkles with inventiveness and humour.
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 | Batman: Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
Buy new: £6.93 / Used from: £4.98 Possibly Miller's best work. Redefined the dark knight and responsible for so much change in the way comics were written. The art is excellent too.
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 | Batman: Year One - Deluxe Edition by Frank Miller
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £4.36 The perfect intro to the dark knight. This is how batman stories should be done. Along with Long Halloween this provided massive inspiration for the recent movies. Mazzuhccelli's grimy art is perfect
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 | Promethea: Book 1 by Alan Moore
Buy used from: £6.99 I love Moore, in case you haven't noticed. This is a deep, spellbinding adventure, and the art is first class. Check out JHW III's current artwork on DC's Batwoman.
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 | Preacher: Gone to Texas v. 1 by Garth Ennis
Buy new: £17.47 / Used from: £17.29 Hilarious and blood-thirsty in equal measures, reminds you how much fun comics can be. the whole series is unmissable. the comic equivilent of a Tarantino movie.
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 | Daredevil: Born Again TPB by Frank Miller
Buy new: £10.49 One of the first Marvel books I read. Miller really brings this character alive, and proivdes a tragic undercurrent that let's us invest emotionally in Matt Murddock.
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 | Essential Silver Surfer Volume 1 TPB: v. 1 by Stan Lee
Buy new: £8.57 / Used from: £2.19 Marvel's noble hero, a tragic protagonist, estranged from those he serves, cut off from his true love. These tales are consistently exhilerating.
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 | Fables: Legends in Exile (Vertigo) by Bill Willingham
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £4.00 I was very impressed by this series. The concept is great, and the characters well thought out. I did feel a little cheated by the climax of this trade, though. Still definitely worth checking out.
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 | The Complete Ballad of Halo Jones (2000 AD Presents) by Alan Moore
Buy used from: £8.99 Moore's early work, but no less essential. This is an excellent space adventure, featuring one of the most likeable of Moore's characteristically strong female protagonists; and some intersting themes
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 | Catwoman: The Dark End of the Street by Ed Brubaker
Buy new: £6.89 / Used from: £4.98 All of the Brubaker Catwoman trades are excellent. This is how catwoman should be done. The stories are noirish and intriguing, while catwoman, morally-conflicted and realistic,nevertheless kicks butt
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 | Ronin by Frank Miller
Buy used from: £9.50 An early Miller story, this compelling drama masterfully combines techno-dytopic science fiction with good old fashioned samurai action. The art, as ever, is phenominal. one of my fav Miller stories.
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 | The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: £10.16 / Used from: £8.96 A contemporary classic of immeasurable significance, this is touching, poigniant and very funny when it wants to be. its also a very honest work, with a narrative which deconstructs itself as you read
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 | The Mighty Vol. 1 by Peter Tomasi
It's not out yet, but I've been enjoying the comics. Its ashame its gone relatively unnoticed as this is one of DC's best books. not in the DCU, the reading experience is very 'pure', the art a joy
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 | Tank Girl 1 (Remastered edition) by Alan Martin
Buy new: £6.45 / Used from: £5.28 mentioned above, this punky spunky comic from the 90s is so much fun to read, the energy leaps of the page and smacks you in the face.
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 | Mike Mignola's B.P.R.D. Collection: Hollow Earth and Other Stories by Mike Mignola
I prefer B.P.R.D. to hellboy, i have to say. the stories are topnotch, the art always wonderfully quirky. These haunting books bring creepy back to comics.
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