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  1. Frank Miller
  2. Dave Gibbons
  3. Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
  4. Kurt Busiek
  5. World Events
  6. Lost Classics


Frank Miller

Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Volume 1
Frank Miller's run on Daredevil in the early '80s revolutionized comics, and these gritty, noir-ish stories still make for great reading. This Comicraft-designed book is the first of three volumes collecting his run on the series, and features new color separations and quality paper stock.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller, DC Comics, 1987 Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli, DC Comics, 1989 Elektra: Assassin - Frank Miller & Bill Sienkiewicz, Marvel Comics, 1986


Dave Gibbons

Star Wars: Vader's Quest
A never-before-revealed link between "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back," including the first face-to-face meeting of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker! By Darko Macan, Dave Gibbons and Angus McKie.

Martha Washington Goes to War - with Frank Miller, Dark Horse Comics

Martha Washington Saves the World - with Frank Miller, Dark Horse Comics

Watchmen - with Alan Moore, DC Comics


Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale

We can't recommend Batman: The Long Halloween high enough -- set in Batman's early years, it's an epic-length whodunit that pits Batman's wits against each of his classic villains. Writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale's brilliant storytelling makes this a book that beats out any of the Batman movies hands down. Haunted Knight collects Tim and Jeph's three previous Halloween stories in one handy volume!

Batman: Haunted Knight - DC Comics, 1997

Batman: The Long Halloween- DC Comics, 1999

Superman For All Seasons- Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale, DC Comics 2000


Kurt Busiek

MARVELS - Kurt Busiek & Alex Ross, Marvel Comics, 1994

Untold Tales of Spider- Man - Kurt Busiek & Pat Olliffe, Marvel Comics, 1996

Avengers Forever - Kurt Busiek & Carlos Pacheco, Marvel Comics 1999


World Events

Fax From Sarajevo - Joe Kubert, Dark Horse Comics 1998

Palestine Book 1: 'A Nation Occupied' - Joe Sacco, Fantagraphics, 1993

Continues in
Palestine Book2: 'In the Gaza Strip'

Maus : A Survivor's Tale (volumes 1 & 2 Boxed Set) - Art Spiegelman, Pantheon Books, 1993


Lost Classics

Triple-X International - Pander Bros., Dark Horse Comics, 1997 V for Vendetta - Alan Moore & David Lloyd, DC Comics

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