The Top 100 Comic Book Runs

The Top 100 Comic Book Runs Master List

100 (tie). Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library – 95 points (2 first place votes)
100 (tie). Doug Moench’s Master of Kung Fu – 95 points
100 (tie). Jack Cole’s Plastic Man – 95 points (1 first place vote)
99. Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise – 96 points (2 first place votes)
97 (tie). Matt Wagner’s Grendel – 98 points (1 first place vote)
97 (tie). Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo – 98 points (2 first place votes)
96. Denny O’Neil and Denys Cowan’s The Question – 99 points (1 first place vote)
95. Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s Lone Wolf & Cub – 100 points
93 (tie). Garth Ennis’ Hellblazer – 101 points (1 first place vote)
93 (tie). Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos’ Alias – 101 points (1 first place vote)
92. Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen’s Nextwave – 103 points (2 first place votes)
91. Mike Grell’s Green Arrow – 104 points (3 first place votes)
90. Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr’s X-Men – 106 points (1 first place vote)
89. Mark Gruenwald’s Captain America – 107 points (3 first place votes)
88. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s Doctor Strange – 108 points (2 first place votes)
86 (tie). Roy Thomas’ Avengers – 109 points (2 first place votes)
86 (tie). Jim Starlin’s Warlock – 109 points (1 first place vote)
85. Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier’s Groo – 110 points (1 first place vote)
83 (tie). Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Thor/Tales of Asgard – 112 points (1 first place vote)
83 (tie). Warren Ellis’ Stormwatch – 112 points (1 first place vote)
81 (tie). Peter Milligan and Mike Allred’s X-Force/X-Statix – 113 points (2 first place votes)
81 (tie). Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Sleeper – 113 points (2 first place votes)
80. Mike Carey, Peter Gross and Ryan Kelly’s Lucifer – 114 points (3 first place votes)
79. Robert Kirkman’s Invincible – 115 points (1 first place vote)
78. Joe Casey’s Wildcats – 117 points (1 first place vote)
77. John Byrne’s Superman – 119 points (1 first place vote)
76. Paul Chadwick’s Concrete – 120 points (4 first place votes)
74 (tie). Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker’s Gotham Central – 122 (1 first place vote)
74 (tie). Chris Claremont and Alan Davis’ Excalibur – 122 (3 first place votes)
73. Christopher Priest’s Black Panther – 130 (4 first place votes)
71 (tie). Chris Claremont and Paul Smith’s Uncanny X-Men – 133 (1 first place vote)
71 (tie). Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri’s Uncanny X-Men – 133 (3 first place votes)
70. Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming’s Powers – 134 points (1 first place vote)
69. Peter David’s 1st Run on X-Factor – 140 points (2 first place votes)
68. Alan Moore’s Top Ten – 141 points (3 first place votes)
67. Peter Milligan’s Shade, the Changing Man- 142 points (4 first place votes)
66. Chris Claremont’s New Mutants – 144 points (4 first place votes)
65. Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle’s Batman – 146 points (2 first place votes)
64. Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – 148 points (2 first place votes)
62 (tie). Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo’s Fantastic Four – 150 points (1 first place votes)
62 (tie). Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso’s 100 Bullets – 150 points (3 first place votes)
61. Bob Layton and David Michelinie’s 1st Run on Iron Man – 152 points (2 first place votes)
60. Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch’s Authority – 159 points (2 first place votes)
59. Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams’ Green Lantern (co-starring Green Arrow)- 162 points (1 first place votes)
58. Roger Stern’s Avengers – 164 points (3 first place votes)
56 (tie). Alan Moore’s Supreme – 168 points (2 first place votes)
56 (tie). Geoff Johns’ Flash – 168 points (2 first place votes)
55. Roger Stern and John Romita Jr.’s Amazing Spider-Man – 170 points (4 first place votes)
53. Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern – 174 points (1 first place vote)
53. Mike Baron and Steve Rude’s Nexus – 174 points (4 first place votes)
52. Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s All Star Superman- 176 points (3 first place votes)
51. Mike Mignola’s Hellboy – 179 points (2 first place votes)
50. Jack Kirby’s Fourth World – 180 points (2 first place votes)
49. Steve Englehart’s Detective Comics – 184 points (3 first place votes)
48. Geoff Johns’ JSA – 192 points (1 first place votes)
47. Joe Kelly’s Deadpool – 202 points (6 first place votes)
46. Will Eisner’s The Spirit – 204 points (7 first place votes)
45. John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake’s The Spectre – 205 points (5 first place votes)
44. Keith Giffen and Tom and Mary Bierbaum’s Legion – 208 points (4 first place votes)
43. Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli’s Daredevil – 211 points (3 first place votes)
41 (tie). Steve Gerber’s Howard the Duck – 218 points (1 first place vote)
41 (tie). Kurt Busiek’s Avengers – 218 points (1 first place vote)
40. Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III’s Promethea – 220 points (4 first place votes)
39. Mark Waid’s 1st Flash Run – 228 points (2 first place votes)
38. Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s Astonishing X-Men – 229 points (2 first place votes)
37. Garth Ennis and John McCrea’s Hitman – 232 points (6 first place votes)
36. Alan Moore’s Marvelman/Miracleman – 234 points (3 first place votes)
35. Los Bros Hernandez’s Love and Rockets – 236 points (5 first place votes)
34. Stan Lee and John Romita’s Spider-Man – 270 points (3 first place votes)
33. Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Runaways – 307 points (3 first place votes)
32. Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch’s Ultimates – 315 points (5 first place votes)
31. Jeff Smith’s Bone – 321 points (7 first place votes)
30. Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson’s Astro City – 323 points (4 first place votes)
29. Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen’s 1st Legion of Superheroes Run – 328 points (10 first place votes)
28. John Ostrander’s Suicide Squad – 336 points (5 first place votes)
27. Grant Morrison’s Invisibles – 349 points (10 first place votes)
26. Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley’s Ultimate Spider-Man – 364 points (3 first place votes)
25. Dave Sim and Gerhard’s Cerebus – 370 points (8 first place votes)
24. Garth Ennis’ Punisher – 389 points (5 first place votes)
23. Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson’s Transmetropolitan – 418 points (11 first place votes)
22. Bill Willingham’s Fables – 428 points (6 first place votes)
21. Grant Morrison’s Animal Man – 430 points (13 first place votes)
20. Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev’s Daredevil – 480 points (9 first place votes)
19. Peter David’s Hulk – 484 points (7 first place votes)
18. Warren Ellis and John Cassaday’s Planetary – 493 points (7 first place votes)
17. Ed Brubaker’s Captain America – 504 points (4 first place votes)
16. John Byrne’s Fantastic Four – 508 points (7 first place votes)
15. Walt Simonson’s Thor – 514 points (5 first place votes)
14. Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol – 524 points (12 first place votes)
13. Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s Y the Last Man – 547 points (6 first place votes)
12. Grant Morrison and Howard Porter’s JLA – 574 points (7 first place votes)
11. Marv Wolfman and George Perez’s Teen Titans – 643 points (15 first place votes)
10. Grant Morrison’s New X-Men – 701 points (14 first place votes)
9. Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’s Justice League – 742 points (13 first place votes)
8. Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher – 857 points (21 first place votes)
7. James Robinson’s Starman – 921 points (35 first place votes)
6. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man – 926 points (19 first place votes)
5. Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing – 942 points (30 first place votes)
4. Frank Miller and Klaus Janson on Daredevil – 988 points (12 first place votes)
3. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four – 1030 points (37 first place votes)
2. Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s X-Men – 1182 points (28 first place votes)
1. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman – 1318 points (42 first place votes)