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[Starlord]

#3: Journey into Mystery
#2 Batman and Robin
#1 Batman

[IvCNuB4]

Off the top of my head:

Batwoman
Supergirl
Aquaman

[Johnny Smith]

1. Wolverine & the X-Men
2. New Mutants
3. Wonder Woman

[TROY]

Gonna second Batman I didn't think I would ever enjoy reading a Batman book again as much as I have Snyder and Capullo's Batman. Everything about this book is the exact opposite of everything that made me hate Batman while Morrison had his hands all over the character the previous few years.

Venom was another great surprise. I was totally thinking the idea would suck and that it would fail after 6 issues but I love this book and it only continues to get better with each issue.

Thunderbolts has continued to amazing me, it is by far one of if not the best team books out right now. Jeff Parker has kicked ass on this book and I hope that continues when it changes over to Dark Avengers.

[chap22]

I just finished reading JL Generation Lost(based on yours and rdrs ravings) and as a JLI fan I freaking loved it. That's the Judd Winnick who gave me Barry Ween. I can't for the freakin life of me understand how he wasn't given the reigns on them for the ongoing?

b/c DC iz stoopid.

[Lord Ice]

Conan the Barbarian - Heard that Brian Wood was a good writer, but I'd been burned too often by believing hype like that. But, this has been a good fun read.

Blue Beetle - Still don't know why DC didn't go with Dan Garrett for a rebooted BB, but at least it wasn't Ted Kord. And the end result is my favorite book of the relaunch.

Supergirl - Despite the serious look and feel the book had before the book actually came out, it is rather nice and somewhat lighthearted.

[ElijahSnowFan]

I shouldn't have been surprised because the material that had preceded it was very, very good, but I'll tell you what: If you had been following along, there is no way in hell that The Thanos Imperative wasn't one of the best damn miniseries to finish something off that has ever been published.

In an industry that continually fails to tie things off, that miniseries was dead-solid perfect, IMO.

[Punchy]

Venom, there is no way that a book that's not only about Venom, but also features Flash fucking Thompson as the titular symbiote has any right to be good, but somehow Rick Remender managed it, this book is fantastic and Flash is a fascinating protagonist, with a lot of darkness and depth to him. It truly is a dark reflection of Spider-Man. Even the Rulk/X-23/Lady Ghost Rider crossover was good. One of Marvel's best comics, seriously.

Wonder Woman, I normally hate this character with the passion of a billion exploding suns, but Brian Azzarello's take is revolutionary in actually being interesting and not lame. Cliff Chiang's art is also a bonus.

Haunt under Joe Casey, not that the Kirkman/McFarlane run was bad per se, but it was pretty standard stuff, Joe Casey and Nathan Fox have exploded this title and made it a must-read, the art is fantastic, crazy shit happens and it's the perfect halfway point between Casey's unhinged creator-owned work and his more mainstream Marvel stuff.

[fieldy snuts]

Remender's Secret Avengers: I hated it the first couple of issues but it got so good at the end of the first story. A pity it got interrupted with an AvX crossover.

Ultimate Comics Ultimates: The Ultimate Universe was a mess, Hickman was wildly inconsistent at the time yet he put together a superhero book that blew me away. There's been comparisons with some of Warren Ellis's Wildstorm work on here and I agree....both in terms of tone and quality.

Age of Apocalypse: Easily the best new series I've read this year. De La Torre's art has evolved a lot from his T-Bolts, Cap and Daredevil runs and Lapham has built something very cool in what was once the beaten dead horse of X-Men alternate realities (even more than Days of the Future Past thanks to the endless 90's crossovers).

[bkthomson]

Dungeons and Dragons: It's a licensed comic book about a game that stopped being relevant in the 80s. Still, it's been pretty damn awesome and the writer a) loves the world he's building and b) treats the book as more than a job for a paycheck.

Courtney Crumrin: Read a review copy because I was bored a few weeks back and was shocked how good it was. Then I was even more shocked that it's been around for a decade and I had never heard a peep about it on the collective Internets.

Can't really think of a third one right now. I'll get around to it.

Last arc in D&D was excellent and Bree keeps on reminding me of Strict with all her stabbing references. I even bought the hard cover on fcbd.

[Eli Katz]

Snyder's Batman -- probably the best superhero stories in years.

Unknown Soldier -- a phenomenal Vertigo series that managed to be smart and political without being preachy.

Walking Dead -- still love this book and its cliffhangers and wild swings, even though it's ultimately driven by cheap shocks.

[DMM]

Action Comics
Venom
Daredevil
edit: BATMAN AND ROBIN (this book is the shit, and I really didn't think it would be)

[MoneyMelon]

Animal Man
Swamp Thing
Wonder Woman

[nietoperz]

I, Vampire - I almost didn't get this book, but thanks to the wisdom of Victorian Squid I acquiesced, and I'm so glad I did. It's just fantastic.

Animal Man - another book I didn't initially pick up, but the good word of mouth inspired me to buy the trade when it came out, and I'm a convert.

The New Deadwardians - I kind of picked it up on the off chance that it would be good, and I'm loving it so far. An interesting spin on both vampires and zombies, and a world that's ripe for development.

[rdrsfn82]

American Vampire was a book I bought for the artist and Stephen King's initial involvement. It's become one of my favorite books.

I, Vampire was a book that looked bad based on the covers, but ended up being great. I'd read Tumor by the same writer, but still those covers made me think it would be shitty, and it's great.

The Sixth Gun was a book I thought was being overrated on here, but it's a great book. Never read anything by anyone involved before this book, but it's great.