We've looked at 25 books which are bona fide contenders for a place on our 10 Best Stories Ever list. As a quick reminder, here are the books we've talked about:
1. Planetary ~ (complete series)
2. Kingdom Come ~ (complete series)
3. Starman Vol. 2 ~ (complete series)
4. Kick Ass ~ (complete series)
5. Preacher ~ (complete series)
6. The Authority ~ (#1 - 12: The Circle, Shiftships & The Outer Dark)
7. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns ~ (complete series)
8. Sandman ~ (#21 - 28: Season Of Mists)
9. Watchmen ~ (complete series)
10. V For Vendetta ~ (complete series)
11. Griffin ~ (complete series)
12. Barry Allen: The Life Story Of The Flash ~ (graphic novel)
13. Crimson ~ (complete series)
14. John Byrne's Next Men/2112 ~ (complete series & graphic novel)
15 .Marvels ~ (complete series)
16. Mutant X ~ (complete series)
17. Arrowsmith ~ (complete series)
18. Avengers Forever ~ (complete series)
19. Uncanny X-Men ~ (#141 - 142: Days Of Future Past)
20. Action Comics ~ (#858 - 863: Superman & The Legion Of Super-Heroes)
21. JLA ~ (#1 - 4: New World Order)
22. Astro City ~ (#4 - 9: Confession)
23. The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect ~ (complete series)
24. Marvel 1602 ~ (complete series)
25. Negation ~ (complete series)
I've done an initial judging of them based around the criteria I mentioned below, plus allowing for the inclusion of a score for climactic moments. The big moment in a story or series where you just sit back and say....'holy crap!' The first draft left me with some very tight scoring, so I'm going to expand the scale to 1 - 10 and re-score, with perhaps the inclusion of 'character impact' as a category that reflects longterm influence over the character as a result of the story.
But for those of you wondering......the first draft yielded a slightly unexpected winner:
Kingdom Come.
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