Essential Archives: Most Important Comics Ever Published

Explore the most important comics ever published in our Essential Archives list. Discover iconic books, key storylines, and legendary issues that shaped comic book history.

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Maus

by Art Spiegelman

The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel.
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Batman

by Frank Miller

Batman comes out of retirement in a dark future.
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Understanding Comics

by Scott McCloud

Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
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Watchmen

by Alan Moore

Imagine a future where Nixon is still President, America won the Vietnam War, and the nuclear clock stands at five minutes to midnight.
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Innocence of Nihilism

by David Lapham

These are their stories. Follow the lost lives of people who are savagely torn apart by events beyond their control. As the innocent world of an imaginative little girl is shattered when she witnesses a brutal double meurder. Or an introverted young boy on the verge of manhood gets a lesson on just how far is too far when he falls for a needy woman who lives life in the fast lane. These are some of the tales that will rip out your guts and break your heart.
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Kingdom Come

 

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Box Office Poison

 

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Starman

 

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The Essential Howard the Duck 1

by Steve Gerber

"Born on a planet populated by talking waterfowl, Howard the Duck found himself trapped in a world he never made: ours! Howard was the archetypal outsider, able to see through the absurdities of human society in the 1970s with uncanny accuracy and an acerbic wit. Now, experience for yourself the early adventures of Marvel's much-maligned mallard!"--Back cover.
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