Let's Name The Top 100 Comic Book Storylines/Events Together

[MRP]

I will go with Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, it revolutionized comics in the 80's, paved the way for the British invasion and the Vertigo line and told some darn fine stories along the way, with some great artwork.

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing

[FanboyStranger]

American Flagg! by Howard Chaykin, especially 1-14.

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!

[shaxper]

Usagi Yojimbo: Fantastic art, strong characterization and supporting cast, meticulous historical research, strong in both simple stand-alone stories and densely layered multi-parters, and achieving a perfect balance between lighthearted fancy and dark, historically accurate brutality.




1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
14. Usagi Yojimbo

[Richard Bishop]

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
14. Usagi Yojimbo
15. Bone

[MRP]

While it appeared as a Sunday supplement comic strip initially it has appeared in comic form as well through reprints and it trades, so I am going with Will Eisner's The Spirit. Eisner's influence is felt throughout the industry and the Spirit is his quintessential opus.

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
14. Usagi Yojimbo
15. Bone
16. The Spirit by Will Eisner

[FanboyStranger]

Wow. This is a pretty incredible list already.

My second choice would be the finest autobiographical comic of all time, Eddie Campbell's Alec.

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
14. Usagi Yojimbo
15. Bone
16. The Spirit by Will Eisner
17. Eddie Campbell's Alec

[dan bailey]

No surprise from me --

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
14. Usagi Yojimbo
15. Bone
16. The Spirit by Will Eisner
17. Eddie Campbell's Alec
18. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14

[An Ear In The Fireplace]

Apparently my choice didn't meet the criteria. Could you qualify what is meant by storyline or event?

[Kirayoshi]

Can I play too?

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
14. Usagi Yojimbo
15. Bone
16. The Spirit by Will Eisner
17. Eddie Campbell's Alec
18. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
19. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"

[Slam_Bradley]

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Conan the Barbarian
9.Preacher
10. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
12. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
13. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
14. Usagi Yojimbo
15. Bone
16. The Spirit by Will Eisner
17. Eddie Campbell's Alec
18. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
19. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
20. Sandman

[ASM78]

You have to add Frank Miller's Daredevil run to this list. Introduced the Hand, Stick and Elektra plus made Bullseye a legitimate foe.

[shaxper]

23. Wolfman/Perez's New Teen Titans:

Well developed team in which every member was eventually fleshed out into a rich thinking and feeling character with his/her own fears, dreams, and struggles, plus we got to witness DCs second generation of legacy characters begin to mature into their own identities, particularly Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, and Wally West. I think this comic captured a sense of teens undergoing maturity that hadn't been done before and hasn't been successfully replicated since.



1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. Action Comics 385-387
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
11. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Frank Miller's Daredevil
23. Wolfman/Perez's New Teen Titans

[MRP]

Whhops Shaxper beat me to it

Ok some bookkeeping then-putting in Ear in the Fireplace's choice of Immortal Superman and the last suggestion of Miller's Daredevil the list should look like this...

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Action #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller

Slam-I assume it is Neil Gaiman's Sandman and not the earlier DC series from the 70's that Jack Kirby was involved in?

I will add another to the list now...Jim Starlin's Dreadstar, classic space fantasy and cosmic goodness at its finest.

so

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Superman #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller
23. Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
24. Jim Starlin's Dreadstar

-M

[Gothos]

Lee-Kirby FF gets my vote even before Lee-Ditko Spidey:

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Superman #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller
23. Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
24. Jim Starlin's Dreadstar
25. Lee-KIrby FANTASTIC FOUR

[mrc1214]

Apparently my choice didn't meet the criteria. Could you qualify what is meant by storyline or event?

I just missed it when I did the first list. I have never heard of that storyline Im going to buy those issues.

1. Astro City
2. Cerebus
3. X-Men (Claremont)
4. Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos (44-81)
5. Eightball
6. Jingle Jangle Tales
7. Maus
8. The Immortal Superman (Superman #385-387)
9. Conan the Barbarian
10.Preacher
11. Avengers- Busiek/Perez
12. Sandman Mystery Theater
13. Alan Moore's Swamp Thing
14. Howard Chaykin's American Flagg!
15. Usagi Yojimbo
16. Bone
17. The Spirit by Will Eisner
18. Eddie Campbell's Alec
19. Hawkworld, especially #s 1-14
20. Strangers in Paradise, "I Dream of You"
21. Sandman
22. Daredevil by Frank Miller
23. Wolfman/Perez New Teen Titans
24. Jim Starlin's Dreadstar
25. Lee-KIrby FANTASTIC FOUR
26. All star superman Morrison