CBR Forums Top 50 Comics of 2011-The List

[Brandon Hanvey]

Here are the Top 50 Comics of 2011 as voted by posters of the CBR Forums.

I'll be posting 10 selections a day counting down from 50 to 1:
Monday 50-41
Tuesday 40-31
Wednesday 30-21
Thursday 20-11
Friday 10-1

This thread will be closed to normal posting. If you want to discuss the list, feel free to do so on this thread.

[Brandon Hanvey]

50. Punisher MAX (Marvel/MAX)
Written by Jason Aaron
Drawn by Steve Dillon

PunisherMax continues to be one of the best books produced by Marvel every month. Jason Aaron has managed to tell one long , mega story ...broken into arcs so far. Even with delays , 2011 is the year the book finally started coming back out on time. -SUPERECWFAN1

Jason Aaron continues what is perhaps the most audacious comic book series produced by Marvel with his continued adaptations of old school Marvel characters into the MAX universe. Seeing, say, Elektra and the Hand, adapted into the MAX universe allows for Aaron to take the story in unusual and exciting directions. Meanwhile, his examinations into Frank Castle’s soul (working off ideas introduced by Garth Ennis in his masterful epic run on Punisher MAX) are stunning as you see how it shifts your perceptions of the character dramatically. Plus, Steve Dillon is a great artist. -Brian Cronin

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49. Hellblazer (DC/Vertigo)
Written by Peter Milligan
Drawn by Giuseppe Camuncoli

Each month I pick up Hellblazer I really sit back and think how much it really has gotten good since Peter Milligan has hit his stride on it. The wacky idea of marrying life long loner John Constantine seemed crazy at 1st , but now it has a weird feeling that it makes Constantine a more full character. -SUPERECWFAN1

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48. Power Girl Volume 2 (DC)
Written by Judd Winick, Matthew Sturges
Drawn by Sami Basri, Hendry Prasetya

This is another book about emotion but it takes a broader approach, when it tries to be funny its funny, when it tries to be sad, is sad, it makes you care about all the different twists and is never borring. -ArnoldoAAD

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47. Supergirl Volume 6 (DC)
Written by Michael Green, Mike Johnson
Drawn by Mahmud Asrar

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46. Fear Itself: The Fearless (Marvel)
Written by Cullen Bunn, Matt Fraction, Chris Yost
Drawn by Mark Bagley, Paul Pelletier

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45. Batman & Robin Volume 2 (DC)
Written by Peter Tomasi
Drawn by Patrick Gleason

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44. Hellboy: House of the Living Dead (Dark Horse)
Written by Mike Mignola
Drawn by Richard Corben

Mignola / Corben buffness! -Kees_L

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43. Venom Volume 2 (Marvel)
Written by Rick Remender
Drawn by Tony Moore,Tom Fowler

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42. The Thunderbolts (Marvel)
Written by Jeff Parker
Drawn by Kevin Walker, Declan Shalvey

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41. Justice League Dark (DC)
Written by Peter Milligan
Drawn by Mikel Janin

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40. Deadpool MAX (Marvel/MAX)
Written by David Lapham
Drawn by Kyle Baker

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39. Xombi (DC)
Written by John Rozum
Drawn by Frazer Irving

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38. Habibi (Pantheon)
Written and Drawn by Craig Thompson

Emotionally moving and philosophically challenging. Forces you to think about what you're reading and how it relates to your own experience -maniacmatt

Craig Thompson’s masterpiece takes all the obvious talents that Thompson showed in his work on Blankets and upped the ante even further with a more elaborate and more striking plot. In Habibi, we follow the lives of two slaves on the run and their lives both together and apart. This comic is a dark work, so if you want an upbeat comic book, this is not the book for you – but if you want a lush, evocative work with amazing artwork, well-developed characters, clever storytelling and heartfelt examinations of the power of love even in the worst of environments (and the dangers of love, as well, in driving you to do things you’d never think you’d do – either in its name or in your response to heartbreak), then this is the comic for you. -Brian Cronin

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37. Birds of Prey Volume 3 (DC)
Written by Duane Swierczynski
Drawn by Jesus Saiz