– Harvey Kurtzman’s complete work, focusing on MAD and the EC war books, and if I must bring it down to one story, it’s “Corpse on the Imjin,” from Frontline Combat. I decided that the best way to sum up a top ten (in no order of preference, since that would drive me to madness) was to list the creator (or team in the case of O’Neil and Adams) as a body of work, and then pick my favorite single issue to serve as an example of that artist.

“Superduperman,” Harvey Kurtzman & Wallace WoodĬounted as a vote for MAD #1-28, Harvey Kurtzman & Will Elder, Wallace Wood, Jack Davis, et al.“The Pact!”, Jack Kirby, with Mike RoyerĬounted as a vote for The Fourth World Stories, Jack Kirby, with Mike Royer, et al.“The Joker’s Five-Way Revenge,” Denny O’Neil & Neal Adams.“The Dark Knight Returns,” Frank Miller, with Klaus Janson & Lynn VarleyĬounted as a vote for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.“Corpse on the Imjin,”, Harvey Kurtzman.A Contract with God and Other Tenement Stories, Will Eisner.The Arzach Stories, Jean “Moebius” Giraud.The Two-Fisted Tales Stories, John SeverinĬounted as a vote for The EC Comics War Stories, Harvey Kurtzman & John Severin, Wallace Wood, Jack Davis, et al.Ĭartoonist, Stig’s Inferno illustrator, Batman Adventures.The New Teen Titans Stories, Marv Wolfman & George Pérez.The MAD “Marginal” Cartoons, Sergio Aragonés.The Daredevil Stories, Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev.The Conan the Barbarian Stories, Kurt Busiek & Cary Nord.Writer, The New Teen Titans, Marv Wolfman & George Pérez

It was not in any way applied to the The Rubber Blanket Stories because that material did not receive multiple votes from other participants. That vote was divided evenly between Asterios Polyp and Paul Auster’s City of Glass because they fit that description and received multiple votes on their own. For example, in Jessica Abel’s list, she voted for The Post-Superhero comics of David Mazzucchelli.

In the case of divided votes, only works fitting the description that received multiple votes on their own received the benefit. In instances where the vote varies somewhat with the Top 115 entry the vote was counted towards, an explanation of how the vote was counted appears below it. Unranked lists are alphabetized by title. The following lists were submitted in response to the question, “What are the ten comics works you consider your favorites, the best, or the most significant?” All lists have been edited for consistency, clarity, and to fix minor copy errors.

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