INVINCIBLE is easily 1 of the greatest superhero books ever. Beginning to End of All Things. And SPAWN is the cornerstone of Image and IS the greatest game changin character in history IMO
Top Image/Top Cow Comics : 1. Curse of Spawn 2. Spawn 3. Wetworks (Wildstorm not Image when Portacio was on it) 4. Darkness 5. Witchblade 6. Fathom. 7. Ascension 8. Spawn The Impaler 9. Cyberforce 10. Aria (the Christy Turlington lookalike not the Blond girl) boring but by far the best artwork of any Image comics. the rest of Image comics barely comes close to these
Allan Swegard but if your late spawn fan buy single issues can be expensive and some tpb I spent almost 50.0 for single issue of spawn I didn’t own in series
You mean, "Brit"? If so, I agree. Kirkman writes for characters of all ages and abilities. Also, Kirkman likes (or at least liked) to visit my local comic store and sign everything (well, his own books, and the ceiling, too), and I have several of them. I liked his _Battle Pope_ as well, that was his first work I read. I got to #30 or so of _Walking Dead_ then gave up when he said (in a letter column) we might never learn how it all began. _Invincible_ and several others I stuck with all the way, either paper or digital. 😍🤩😁
@@StaySqueezy12 -- Maybe that's the case. Robert Kirkman created a character named Brit (who was invulnerable and very strong, as was his baby son), and he and his family starred in his own comic. He also was a character in Kirkman comics featuring teams of heroes ("Guardians of the Globe" comes to mind). Lots of good comics to look for.
The Walking Dead show is actually gotten really good again, the whisperer war arc was done better than the comics did and not being dragged out like season 8 did with the war with the saviors
@Tom The Fish yes and I'm very biased towards the comics being better but surprisingly the new show runner has done a really good job at making the whisperers actually being a menacing opponent. Also I think the shows version of Alpha and Beta are better than the comics. Makes me think Kirkman rushed through the whisperer comic arc a little bit but I still enjoyed the comic version
@@shanenonwolfe4109 Yes, I remain skeptical as well. I was watching the walking dead for a very long time but stopped a couple years ago because it endlessly frustrated me. Wondering whether its worth revisiting again as some people have told me its good again.
EoW is my jam!!! Top 3 comic in my collection. It’s a great read, great art, great story. I hope you enjoy it when you finally get to the Deluxe editions. 🥰
Nice to see McFarlane/Spawn at #1. McFarlane on Amazing Spider-Man got me into comics at the end of the 80s and he's remained my all time favorite artist.
Spawn is my favorite character of all time! Love it! I read the first 30 issues of Saga and liked it ok, but it kind of lost me! I'm just getting into collecting Walking Dead books, but I read the first six trades back in the day and loved them!
I just finished TWD for the 2nd time as I finally just picked up the 4th omnibus. Such a great story. Start to finish. I started Invincible a few years back, so I need to go to that soon. Good list. Several I haven’t read, so I’ll save this list. Thanks for sharing!
Your comments on invincible and Walking Dead are spot on. I stopped collecting for 25 years and picked up a walking dead TPB, then ended up geting the whole series along with invincible, that was about 5 years ago and i have not looked back, collecting like crazy now :)
Great Vid. My top ten would be: 1. Saga 2. Invincible 3. The Walking Dead 4. Lazarus 5. Criminal/Kill or be Killed 6. Deadly Class 7. East of West 8. Paper Girls 9. Chew 10. Descender/Ascender Honorable Mentions: Gideon Falls, The Black Monday Murders, Outer Darkness
What about "Shadowhawk"? That character's so underrated people need to pick up a book and read it. Also I wasn't aware of the Facebook group, but I will take the time to request a add so I can be a part of other polls.
Some of the most classic superhero stuff should be better collected. Not everything was good, but that also applies to DC/Marvel. Savage Dragon, Shadowhawk, the Claremont Wildcats, the Alan Moore stuff that he did for Image.
All I can say, if you stopped watching walking dead, I highly recommend you get back into it. The past two seasons 9&10 have been the best two seasons of the series. The show is so good now and is definitely worth watching again
I really need to get into Saga and Invincible, always been stuck with The Walking Dead and now that its been over i really need to try the other Image titles out.
Top Image/Top Cow Comics : 1. Curse of Spawn 2. Spawn 3. Wetworks (Wildstorm not Image when Portacio was on it) 4. Darkness 5. Witchblade 6. Fathom. 7. Ascension 8. Spawn The Impaler 9. Cyberforce 10. Aria (the Christy Turlington lookalike not the Blond girl)
Spawn at Number One. Absolutely Agree. Without Spawn's success, Images Comics wouldn't have survived past the 90s. Plus, the character definitely still holds up today. Look at all the excitement around him in the new Mortal Kombat game. And that is a VIDEO GAME APPEARANCE. :-) (Not a comic or TV but a video game.) I agree, Spawn is one of my favorite characters of all time also. Beyond that, Invincible is on there which is awesome! Great list!
Hey Gem, enjoying your kick ass videos as always! I’m mainly a marvel and dc reader since I’ve been reading comics (about 3-4 years now) but have just started on spawn. It’s a comic I always wanted to get into but just never got around to. I’ve managed to track down origins collection book 1 and am starting there. These are crazy hard to come by especially the collected omnibus editions like you have but I have to say I’m really enjoying the writing and as you said, the artwork is awesome! Cheers dude!
You know Spawn was going to be 1 those hc are no joke. I need to to reed a lot on this list. Thanks videos like this are super helpful for the wish list.
Re _Invincible,_ you address "you guys", but "us gals" really enjoyed it, too! Also, I miss it (and _Astro City)_ compared to nearly all other comic books today. 😕😟😢
Hey! I really enjoy the books you review. I want to know if you’ve ever read “Stray Bullets”. by David Lapham El Capitan comics. It’s a crime comic whose characters explode in your face. One of my fav titles.
Dope video. It helps people get into independent publishers. Great looks on the shout out to First Edition. It's great to see the omnibus community grow.
Personal IMAGE top ten: 10) Rumble 9) Southern Bastards 8) Goddamned 7) Luna Bros. 6) Millarworld 5) Stray Bullets 4) The Notorious BKV 3) Savage Dragon (& the extended Larsen-verse) 2) Kirkman 1) Brubaker & Phillips Honorable mentions: Manifest Destiny, Birthright, Ice Cream Man, & Astro City (which would have been around #6 if the majority of the series hadn’t been published elsewhere)
For once, this poll is spot on!!! Very surprising Edit: I still need to read some of these titles but I would put Chew somewhere in the middle of these books.
Damn fine list I read the first collection of gideon falls kinda meh prefer Kirkmans Outcast for my horror fix but I'm halfway through invincible and having the best time with it keep up the good work bro
I love this list...well done and Invincible got some love. Figured they might slide them into #9 and leave it at that. Very surprised Paper girls made the list over Monstress. Still a great title.
Yeah Invincible was really mind blowing how we got the main character mark on his journey of being a hero. From his early days I'm trying to knowing about his dad being a super dealing with high school and just really doing a really great job of trying to find his own path. This really reminded me something level Spider-Man struggle but it did an interesting twist to make it uniquely its own thing. I definitely have it finished the series yet because I stopped at issue 120. Personal reasons But damn this series was as good as The Walking Dead for me. Robert was killing it with the superheroes
As a kid my favourite comic book was Pitt. The artwork was something else entirely and for me it was Image's version of the hulk. Invincible is great too. Haven't red the rest with the exception of spawn and the walking dead.
Great video as always Stephen! Some titles are new to me but will def check them out, especially if reviewed by you. A big fan of The Walking Dead and I love your comments about it. Apart from saying check it out, there’s nothing more to be said that hasn’t been said already. It’s awesome!
1996 I was trying to survive in LA and Spawn kept me sane- I bought most of the toys Sam and Twitch and Medieval Spawn and the Anti-Pope with Nine Levels of Hell are beyond classic. Don’t forget the Dessicator !
Gem kill or be killed is a must read that book is one of the best reads I have ever read when it has come to a independent comic book I would love to hear your thoughts on that series.
