Check out VirtualGirl, Jill aka TheNerdyBird, and WITA’s favorites from 2008.
We GEN comics girls put together a list of categories with our top comic book picks from last year. We couldn’t decide on just one! So here’s one final salute to 2008, and a grand welcome to 2009! What were your favorites?
Hellboy: In The Chapel of Moloch
Justice Society of America Kingdom Come Special: Superman
Jingle Belle: Santa Claus Vs. Frankenstein
DC Universe Halloween ‘08
Captain America: White
Detective Comics - “Heart of Hush”
The Darkness - “Empire”
The Sword - “Water”
Superman/Batman - “K”
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - “Wolves at the Gate”
Batman Confidential - “The Bat & the Cat”
Joker
Ghost
Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein
Comic Book Tattoo
Kill Your Boyfriend (reprint)
Impaler
Broken Trinity
Dragon Prince
Magneto Testament
Two Face: Year One
Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge
NYX: No Way Home
Sky Doll
Mauria Legend
Ythaq: The Forsaken World
Kick-Ass
Locke & Key
House of Mystery
Unknown Soldier
Mercy Sparx
Batman RIP
All Star Batman and Robin
Kick-Ass
Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani
Stephan Roux
Stjepan Sejic
Stephanie Gladden
Guillem March
Ron Marz
Joss Whedon
Jeph Loeb
Joshua Dysart
Geoff Johns
Gail Simone
Tony Daniel
Guillem March
Nelson Blake II
Sana Takeda
James Jean
Jim Lee
Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen
Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.
The Luna Brothers
Marz and Stijepan Sejic
Greg Pak and Carmine Di Giandomenico
Mirrors Edge
Gears of War
X-Files
DeadSpace
Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
LEGO Batman
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Wanted
Hancock
The Incredible Hulk
Watchmen
Witchblade
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Kick-Ass
January 14th, 2009 at 12:29 am
WHOA!!! Dont get me wrong, all those comic books are the best in their own right. But you didn’t add the one storyline that was selling like pancakes.
What happened to Secret Invasion?
January 14th, 2009 at 8:28 am
I don’t know about the other girls, but I didn’t suggest Secret Invasion because I’m waiting for the trade. Crazy big crossover, and I’ve heard very good things—and usually I prefer buying my comics issue-by-issue—but for some comics I wait for the trades.
Thanks for pointing that out, though. We wanted to give props to great comics, but we wanted to make sure they were ones we personally read and enjoyed.
January 14th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Yeah, I didn’t read Secret Invasion so the fact that it sold well didn’t factor into our decision making.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Anyone know when the trade will be coming out—or multiple trades? Lol. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that.
Any recommendations on which books are essential to pick up?
January 15th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Lol…I figured that we would be called out for not having Secret Invasion in there! Like Wita said, we just wanted to put the comics that we personally read and enjoyed. I always wait for the trades when it comes to those big runs!
January 31st, 2009 at 6:45 am
Hancock’s actually not based on a comic book. Not every superhero started out in comics. Minus 200 nerd cred for all of you, except for Meagan. Minus 500 for her!
February 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
True, but it’s a superhero movie. Minus 100 pwned cred for William.
February 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
True, but the banner says Best Comic Movie, not Best Superhero Movies. Minus infinity billion for Stephanie!
February 18th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Banner, I trusted you!