The Best Comic Books of 1996
This page collects all of the books I gave a rating of "Strongly Recommended"
or better to during 1996. Initially I was going to just compile all the
"Best Book of the Week" awards, but due to some weeks having multiple good
books and others having no outstanding books, I felt that was somewhat
unfair.
So, here it is, broken down by month. Books which got ratings better than
"Strongly Recommended" will be in boldface. Be warned that
this reflects my reading habits, there may well have been some excellent
titles out there I didn't read for whatever reason.
- January
- Batman & Robin Adventures #4 (DC)
- Akiko on the Planet Smoo (Sirius, not to be confused with Akiko #1)
- Spider-Man 2099 #41 (Marvel)
- Justice League America #109 (DC)
- Astro City v1 #6 (Image)
- Impulse #12 (DC)
- Batman & Robin Adventures #5 (DC)
- February
- Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #3 (Slave Labor)
- Scud the Disposable Assassin #1 2nd Printing (Fire Man Press)
- March (many good books, few great books)
- Cowboy Wally Show TPB (Marlowe & Company)
- April
- Sergio Aragones Massacres Marvel (Marvel)
- Ray #24 (DC)
- Legion of Super-Heroes #81 (DC)
- May
- Kingdom Come #1 (DC)
- Legionnaires #38 (DC)
- Legion of Super-Heroes #82 (DC)
- June
- Captain America #454 (Marvel, final pre-Heroes Reborn issue)
- Akiko #3 (Sirius)
- Impulse #16 (DC)
- Kingdom Come #2 (DC)
- Justice League Task Force #37 (DC, final issue)
- July
- Copybook Tales #1 (Slave Labor)
- Impulse #17 (DC)
- Kingdom Come #3 (DC)
- Gon #2 (of 4) (DC)
- August
- Akiko #5 (Sirius)
- Kingdom Come #4 (DC)
- Akiko #6 (Sirius)
- Gon #3 (of 4) (DC)
- September
- Incredible Hulk - Hercules Unleashed #1 (of 1) (Marvel)
- Batman & Robin Adventures Annual #1 (DC)
- Legion of Super-Heroes #86 (DC)
- October
- X-O Manowar v2 #1 (Acclaim)
- Astro City v2 #2 (Homage)
- Reality Check v2 #1 (Sirius)
- Drywall: Unzipped! (Fire Man Press)
- Astro City #1/2 (Wizard/Homage)
- November
- Steel #34 (DC)
- Wonder Woman Plus Jesse Quick #1 (DC)
- Akiko #8 (Sirius)
- Astro City v2 #3 (Homage)
- Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #5 (Slave Labor)
- December
- Amoeba Adventures #24 (Protoplasm Press, minicomic)
- Batman & Captain America #1 (of 1) (Marvel/DC)
- Superman "Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow" #1 (of
1) (DC)
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