I will eventually make a list compiling the various superhero comics from Marvel and DC y'all you be reading or should have already read. Until I get around to that, I thought I'd suggest some other great comics that aren't superhero related. For now, mostly Image with some other publishing companies mixed in like Darkhorse or Oni Press etc. For one reason or another, these are all worth giving a fair chance.
Black Science – A story that takes place across the multiverse on multiple versions of Earth.
The Realm – The world has been thrown into disarray by mythical creatures such as dragons, orcs etc. The story follows a group of humans trying to survive in this ever-growing, despair filled world.
Nailbiter - Buckaroo, is a town that has given birth to the worst serial killers. Main characters must discover why and how this keeps happening.
Avatar Last Airbender Comics - Takes place after the original series but before the Legend of Korra.
Wicked + The Divine - Centers around reincarnated deities known as the Pantheon. They are reborn every 90 years and within two years, they will die. Story about Laura and her interaction with reincarnated Gods.
Saga - Two soldiers on opposing sides of a galactic war fall in love and have a child. They are now on the run.
Luther Strode Series – This is just busted ass people throwing grown man hands. Just read it for the art and action.
Morning Glories – Primarily focuses on a group of six teenagers who are invited to the prestigious Morning Glory Academy. A seemingly normal school for elite students but ... it's truly a horribly dangerous place that physically and psychologically tortures its students.
Mech Cadet Yu - Stanford Yu is just a kid and a janitor. Suddenly, he is chosen by a sentient giant robot as it's pilot and becomes a cadet, one of the planet's protectors.
Tokyo Ghost – Addicted to the digital and virtual, technology reigns supreme. Our two heroes, Debbie and her tech'd up crackhead boyfriend Led Dent are sent to the last tech-less country on Earth, Tokyo, where they have no intention of returning from.
Pretty Deadly - This narrative is about Death's daughter in a dark, horror, western fantasy. Death Face Ginny.
Wayward - Wayward is a supernatural story of a teenager who moves to Japan and gets caught up in a weird mystical world. An American manga of sorts, it’s very colorful and expressive.
Frostbite – The world is now in something of a perpetual ice age due to an experiment gone wrong by a few leading scientists. In this winter wonderland, humanity fights for warmth, heat and thermal clothing. There is also a freezing phenomenon called Frostbite. The main character tries to lead the daughter of one of the scientists to a specific location so she can fix the climate.
Kill or Be Killed - A depressed, cynical, 28 year old heartbroken man fails at a suicide attempt. He is then plagued by a demon that says it saved his life but to continue living, he must murder one person a month. The main character becomes physically ill and sick if he doesn't kill...what to do...?
Sunbakery - A comic anthology. This graphic novel has video game parodies, series that are Shounen Jump inspired and many more that continue on through the issues.
Rat Queens - Rat Queens takes place in a medieval fantasy setting following a group of four unruly, hard drinking, vulgar female mercenaries and their crazy adventures.
Trees – Trees is what I like to call pre or mid apocalyptic. Aliens drop these massive “Trees” all over the world and they have no regard for the planet or humanity. Story takes place ten years after their arrival.
Deadly Class - An unfortunate youth living on the streets who gets invited to King’s Dominion School of the Deadly Arts, a school that trains future assassins. He must deal with the burden of his past, the trials and tribulations of high school and surviving dangerous missions.
Y the Last Man – Seemingly out of nowhere, every single man in the world suddenly dies except for one (and a male monkey). What would you do if you were the last man on Earth?
Death Vigil – Are you special? If so go ahead and become a Death Knight by joining the Death Vigil, a team tasked with fighting evil and the “Primordial Enemy”. Did I mention you have to be dead to join?
Paper Girls - This narrative follows four 12 year old papergirls who are suddenly visited by some supernatural forces from the future. How will they survive and what is happening?
Blankets – Coming of age narrative of a sickly, christian boy and his first love. Family, church, school, life and early adulthood.
Invincible - Superhero comic unlike any other. This ultra violent story follows half human, half Viltrumite Mark Grayson as his powers start to manifest. Taking up the superhero name Invincible, he attempts to balance being a hero with school, family, love and world threatening events.
Sunstone - Lesbian BDSM! Okay it's more that just that. A smart narrative that has two woman explore themselves through bondage. Great themes and artwork.
Monstress - Steampunk meets Kaiju? Need I say more? This series is about Marika, a young woman with a concerning heritage and ambiguous past. Follow her as she attempts to find answers in a world where human wage war against oddities and apparitions all while Marika tries to suppress something dark deep inside of her very being.
Scott Pilgrim - Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old Canadian slacker who's in a band and in between jobs. After falling in love with a delivery girl he meets, he must defeat all of her seven evil ex-boyfriends in order to date her (in peace).
LOW - The sun has expanded into a red giant thus making the surface of the planet inhabitable and forcing humanity to take refuge under the sea. The remaining few million survivors live under water while the Caine family tries to probe habitable planets for humanity to live on. But something terrible happens and now in the face of true despair, one woman’s hope is the only thing left keeping her going when everything seems so hopeless.
American Vampire – It's a story about Vampires. I don't really know how else to explain it but it's good! Created by Scott Synder and Rafael Albuquerque, written by STEPHEN KING & Synder and drawn by Albuquerque & Mateus Santolouco (Dave McCaig, colorist).
Snotgirl – About a fashion blogger, social media and a bunch of superficial stuff. Lottie, the main character has bad allergies she hides from her fans and friends.
Motor Crush – Racer Domino Swift races for international fame in motorcycle racing ad street races at night for an illegal substance known as Crush.
Habibi – Two runaway Islamic slaves grow up together in isolation for a few years. Uncontrollable circumstance separate them and they grow up apart yet always yearning to meet each other again.
Sleeper – An undercover agent in a criminal organization who’s nigh indestructible. After his outside contact is gone, he’s stuck in this organization with no way out.
Blacksad Series – John Blacksad is a Black Panther detective that goes around solving cases in a world with no humans. Everyone is an anthropomorphic animal. The series has him deal with various cases and even racism.
East of West - This is a sci-fi, dystopian America where the Civil War never ended. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse return to fulfill a prophecy and they happen to be after the life of the US President. Watch the stories of important members of each nation unfold and the journey of Death, who is looking for someone or something important to him.
Made Men – A mission went wrong causing an entire team of Detroit Special Ops to get wiped out..except one..who is a Frankenstein. She knows the secrets of her family and guess who she's planning on reviving?
Seven to Eternity - Disgraced family, Adam Osidis joins a desperate group of magical beings to take down an omniscient king tormenting the world.
Romulus - The last assassin from an Ancient Order challenges the secret rulers of the world in order to free the world from their control.
Skybourne – The creators describe the series as a high action James Bond with fantasy elements.
Clean Room – The fiancee of our heroine kills himself after reading a book by the world famous Astrid Muller, a self help Guru. She plans to now infiltrate this massive worldwide organization to get to the truth.
Bounty - Simply put, this is the love child of Firefly and Rat Queens.
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