Comic Watch’s Best Comics of 2024

By Dustin Gebel

 on December 30, 2024

As the holidays roll in and 2024 comes to a close, the team at Comic Watch wanted to celebrate some of our favorite comics of the year. By no means a comprehensive list, each book represents what comics mean to us and why we come back to them (and the medium as a whole) week after week. Please enjoy these lists, and hopefully, you will find something new to read as you flip the page to 2025. 

Anthony Bergamini’s Top 10 

10. Public Domain (Image)
    (W/A/C/L: Chip Zdarsky)

9. Wonder Woman (DC)
   W: Tom King
   A: Daniel Sampere, Belén Ortega, Guillem March, Tony S. Daniel, Khary Randolph, Bruno Redondo & Caio Filipe
   C: Tomeu Morey, Alejandro Sánchez, Arif Prianto, Tamra Bonvillain, Jay David Ramos, Leonardo Paciarotti, Alex Guimarães, Adriano Lucas
   L: Clayton Cowles

8. Local Man (Image)
   W: Tim Seely, Tony Fleecs
   A: Tim Seely, Tony Fleecs
   C: Felipe Sobreiro, Brad Simpsons, Allen Passalaqua
   L: Tim Seely, Tony Fleecs

7. The Penguin (DC)
   W: Tom King
   A: Rafael de Latorre, Stevan Subic
   C: Marcelo Maiolo
   L: Clayton Cowles

6. Alan Scott: The Green Lantern (DC)
   W: Tim Sheridan
   A: Cian Tormey, Jordi Tarragona, John Livesay, & Raúl Fernández
   C: Matt Hermes, Hi-Fi
   L: Lucas Gattoni

5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW)
   W: Jason Aaron
   A: Joëlle Jones, Rafael Albuquerque, Cliff Chiang, Chris Burnham, Darick Robertson & Norm Rapmund
   C: Ronda Pattison, Marcelo Maiolo, Cliff Chiang, Brian Reber, Tony Aviña
   L: Shawn Lee

4. Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel)
   W: Jonathan Hickman
   A: Marco Checchetto, David Messina
   C: Matthew Wilson
   L: VC’s Cory Petit, VC’s Joe Sabino

3. The One Hand & The Six Fingers (Image)
   W: Ram V, Dan Watters
   A: Laurence Campbell, Sumit Kumar
   C: Lee Loughridge
   L: Aditya Bidikar

2. Transformers (Image)
   W: Daniel Warren Johnson
   A: Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona, Jason Howard
   C: Mike Spicer, Sarah Stern
   L: Rus Wooton

1. Rare Flavours (BOOM! Studios)
   W: Ram V
   A: Filipe Andrade
   C: Filipe Andrade
   L: AndWorld Designs

• Honorable Mentions: Aliens vs. Avengers

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Chad Burdette’s Top 10 List

10. The Boy Wonder (DC)
    W/A: Juni Ba
    C: Chris O’Halloran
    L: Aditya Bidikar

9. Big Jim & The White Boy (Ten Speed Press)
   W: David F. Walker
   A/C/L: Marcus Kwame Anderson

8. Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre (IDW)
   W/A/C/L: Tom Scioli

7. Star Wars: Darth Maul – Black White Red (Marvel)
   W: Benjamin Percy, Mark Russell, Erica Schultz, Greg Pak
   A: Stefano Raffaele, Carlos Nieto, Leonard Kirk, Will Sliney, Luca Pizzari, Jay Leisten, Roberto Poggi
   C: Raúl Angulo, Carlos Nieto, Andres Mossa
   L: VC’s Joe Caramagna

6. Mary Tyler Morehawk (Top Shelf)
   W/A/C/L: Dave Baker

5. Plastic Man No More! (DC)
   W: Christopher Cantwell
   A: Alex Lins, Jacob Edgar
   C: Marcelo Maiolo
   L: Becca Carey

4. The Pedestrian (Magma Comix)
   W: Joey Esposito
   A: Sean Von Gorman, David Bowie Rendon-Gorman, Micah Williams
   C: Josh Jensen
   L: Shawn Lee

3. Batman: Dark Age (DC)
   W: Mark Russell
   A: Michael Allred
   C: Laura Allred
   L: Dave Sharpe

2. Death Ratio’d (AWA)
   W: Mark Russell
   A: Vladimir Krsti?-Laci
   C: Marco Lesko
   L: Sal Cipriano

1. Absolute Batman (DC)
   W: Scott Snyder
   A: Nic Dragotta
   C: Frank Martin
   L: Clayton Cowles

• Honorable Mentions: The Last Wardens, Watership Down, Red Hook Vs Dean Haspiel 

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Dustin Gebel’s Top 10 List

10. Houses of the Unholy (Image)
    W: Ed Brubaker
    A: Sean Phillips
    C: Jacob Phillips
    L: Sean Phillips

9. John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America (DC)
   W: Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell
   A: Aaron Campbell, Kelsey Ramsay, John Pearson, John McCrea, Lisandro Estherren
   C: Jordie Bellaire, Francesco Segala, John Pearson, Mike Spicer, Patricio Delpeche
   L: Aditya Bidikar, Steve Wands

8. Nights (Image)
   W: Wyatt Kennedy, Brandon Graham, Alana Fox, Kassem Gharaibeh
   A: Luigi Formisano, Jaxon Sorby, Brandon Graham, Amina  Pagnozzi, Anand Ramcheron, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Freddie Tanto
   C: Francesco Segala, Gloria Martinelli
   L: Maria Letizia Mirabella

7. The Hunger and the Dusk (IDW)
   W: G. Willow Wilson
   A: Christian Wildgoose
   C: Msassyk, Diana Sousa
   L: Simon Bowland

6. Ultimate X-Men (Marvel)
   W: Peach Momoko, Zack Davisson
   A/C: Peach Momoko
   L: VC’s Travis Lanham

5. Newburn (Image)
   W: Chip Zdarsky, Amy Chase
   A: Jacob Phillips, Fabian Lelay
   C: Jacob Phillips & Pip Martin, Desolina Fletcher
   L: Jacob Phillips, Toben Racicot

4. Zatanna: Bringing Down the House (DC)
   W: Mariko Tamaki
   A/C: Javier Rodríguez
   L: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

3. Public Domain (Image)
   (W/A/C/L: Chip Zdarsky)

2. G.O.D.S. (Marvel)
   W: Jonathan Hickman
   A: Valerio Schiti
   C: Marte Gracia
   L: VC’s Travis Lanham

1. Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel)
   W: Jonathan Hickman
   A: Marco Checchetto, David Messina
   C: Matthew Wilson
   L: VC’s Cory Petit, VC’s Joe Sabino

• Honorable Mentions: Various Moon Knights, No/One, Blood Hunt, Green Arrow, Batman and Robin: Year One, The Domain, Time Waits

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Ross Hutchinson‘s Top 10 List

10. NYX (Marvel)
    W: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
    A: Francesco Mortarino, Enid Balám, Elisabetta D’Amico, Michael Shelfer
    C: Raúl Angulo
    L: VC’s Joe Sabino

9. Minor Threats 2: Fastest Way Down (Dark Horse)
   W: Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum
   A: Scott Hepburn
   C: Ian Herring
   L: Nate Piekos

8. Flash Gordon (Mad Cave)
   W: Jeremy Adams
   A: Will Conrad, Cliff Richards
   C: Lee Loughridge
   L: Taylor Esposito

7. Absolute Batman (DC)
   W: Scott Snyder
   A: Nic Dragotta
   C: Frank Martin
   L: VC’s Clayton Cowles

6. Ultimate X-Men (Marvel)
   W: Peach Momoko, Zack Davisson
   A/C: Peach Momoko
   L: VC’s Travis Lanham

5. Uncanny X-Men (Marvel)
   W: Gail Simone
   A: David Marquez, Javier Garrón, Edgar Salazar, Victor Olazaba
   C: Matthew Wilson
   L: Clayton Cowles

4. The Ultimates (Marvel)
   W: Deniz Camp
   A: Juan Frigeri, Phil Noto
   C: Federico Blee, Phil Noto
   L: VC’s Travis Lanham

3. Black Cloak (Image)
   W: Kelly Thompson
   A/C: Meredith McClaren
   L: Becca Carey

2. Nightwing (DC)
   W: Tom Taylor, Marve Wolfman
   A: Bruno Redondo & Caio Filipe, Sami Basri & Vicente Cifuentes, Daniele Di Nicuolo
   C: Adriano Lucas
   L: Wes Abbott

1. Nights (Image)
   W: Wyatt Kennedy, Brandon Graham, Alana Fox, Kassem Gharaibeh
   A: Luigi Formisano, Jaxon Sorby, Brandon Graham, Amina  Pagnozzi, Anand Ramcheron, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Freddie Tanto
   C: Francesco Segala, Gloria Martinelli
   L: Maria Letizia Mirabella

Honorable Mentions: DOOM