
"Brief Lives" by Neil Gaiman, Jill Thompson, Vince Locke and Dick Giordano (Sandman #41-49) - 206 points (3 first place votes)Ĥ9. "Demon Bear Saga" by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz (New Mutants #18-21) – 202 points (1 first place vote)ĥ0. “American Gothic” by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Rick Veitch, Stan Woch, Ron Randall, Alfredo Alcala and Tom Mandrake (The Saga of the Swamp Thing #37-38, 42-45, Swamp Thing #39-41, 46-50) – 200 points (6 first place votes)ĥ1. “Knightfall” by Doug Moench, Chuck Dixon, Jim Aparo, Norm Breyfogle, Graham Nolan, Jim Balent and a number of inkers (Batman #491-500, Detective Comics #659-666) - 196 points (3 first place votes)ĥ2. "Grand Guignol" by James Robinson and Peter Snejbjerg (with Paul Smith) (Starman #62-73) – 192 points (4 first place votes)ĥ3. “Anatomy Lesson” by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette and John Totleben (Sage of the Swamp Thing #21-27) – 186 points (1 first place vote)ĥ4. Vaughan, Adrian Alphona, Craig Yeung, Takeshi Miyazawa, David Nebold and Christina Strain (Runaways #1-18) – 184 points (5 first place votes)ĥ5.
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“The Age of Apocalypse” by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Fabian Nicieza, Andy Kubert, Joe Madureira, Steve Epting, Roger Cruz and a pile of other artists and writers (X-Men: Alpha #1, Amazing X-Men #1-4, Astonishing X-Men #1-4, X-Men: Omega #1 plus a bunch of tie-ins) – -180 points (4 first place votes)ĥ6. "Darkseid War" by Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson and a whole pile of other writers and artists on the one-shots in the middle of it all (Justice League #40-50, Justice League: Darkseid War: Batman #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Superman #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: The Flash #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Green Lantern #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Shazam! #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Lex Luthor #1 and Justice League: Darkseid War Special #1) – 178 points (1 first place vote)ĥ7. “Annihilation” by Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Simon Furman, Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Scott Kolins, Kev Walker, Renato Arlem, Jorge Lucas, Greg Titus, Andrea DiVito and more (Annihilation: Prologue, Annihilation: Nova #1-4, Annihilation: Silver Surfer #1-4, Annihilation: Ronan #1-4, Annihilation: Super Skrull #1-4, Annihilation #1-6) - 178 pointsĥ8.

“Green Lantern: Rebirth” by Geoff Johns, Ethan Van Sciver and Prentis Rollins (Green Lantern: Rebirth #1-6) 174 points (4 first place votes)ĥ9. "The Last Iron Fist Story" by Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, David Aja, Travel Foreman and Various Artists (Immortal Iron Fist #1-14, Civil War: Choosing Sides and Annual #1) – 168 (1 first place vote)Ħ0. "The God Butcher" by Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic, Jackson Guice, Tom Palmer, Dean White and Ive Svorcina (Thor: God of Thunder #1-11) – 167 points (4 first place votes)Ħ1. "We3" by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (We3 #1-3) – 165 points (1 first place vote)Ħ2. "All in the Family" by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Preacher #8-12) – 164 points (4 first place votes)Ħ3. "Weapon X" by Barry Windsor-Smith (Marvel Comics Presents #72-84) - 161 pointsĦ4. "The Dark Angel Saga" by Rick Remender, Jerome Opena, Mark Brooks, Billy Tan, Robbi Rodriguez, Richard Elson, Scot Eaton, Dean White and a whole bunch of inkers (Uncanny X-Force #8, 10-18) – 160 points (4 first place votes)Ħ5. "Return of Barry Allen" by Mark Waid, Greg Larocque and Roy Richardson (Flash Vol. “Rock of Ages” by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter, Gary Frank, Greg Land, John Dell and Bob McLeod (JLA #10-15) - 155 points (1 first place vote)Ħ7. “Squadron Supreme” by Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, Paul Ryan, John Buscema, John Beatty, Sam De La Rosa, Jackson Guice and Keith Williams (Squadron Supreme #1-12) – 154 points (2 first place votes)Ħ8. "Gifted" by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men #1-6) – 153 points (1 first place vote)Ħ9. “Half a Life” by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark (Gotham Central #7-10) – 151 points (5 first place votes)ħ0. "A Game of You" by Neil Gaiman, Colleen Doran, Shawn McManus, Bryan Talbot and many inkers (Sandman #32-37) – 150 points (1 first place vote)ħ1.

"Deus ex Machina" by Grant Morrison, Chas Truog, Doug Hazlewood, Mark Farmer and a few other artists (Animal Man #18-26) - 145 points (6 first place votes)ħ2. "The Longbow Hunters" by Mike Grell (Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters #1-3) – 142 pointsħ3. “Ultimates 2" by Mark Millar, Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary (Ultimates 2 #1-13) – 141 pointsħ4.

"Dangerous Habits" by Garth Ennis, Will Simpson, Mark Pennington and a host of other inkers (Hellblazer #41-46) – 139 points (4 first place votes)ħ5.
