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
- Public Domain (Image)
(W/A/C/L: Chip Zdarsky)
- 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
- 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
- The Penguin (DC)
W: Tom King
A: Rafael de Latorre, Stevan Subic
C: Marcelo Maiolo
L: Clayton Cowles
- 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
- 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
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Marvel)
W: Jonathan Hickman
A: Marco Checchetto, David Messina
C: Matthew Wilson
L: VC’s Cory Petit, VC’s Joe Sabino
- The One Hand & The Six Fingers (Image)
W: Ram V, Dan Watters
A: Laurence Campbell, Sumit Kumar
C: Lee Loughridge
L: Aditya Bidikar
- Transformers (Image)
W: Daniel Warren Johnson
A: Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona, Jason Howard
C: Mike Spicer, Sarah Stern
L: Rus Wooton
- 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
- The Boy Wonder (DC)
W/A: Juni Ba
C: Chris O’Halloran
L: Aditya Bidikar
- Big Jim & The White Boy (Ten Speed Press)
W: David F. Walker
A/C/L: Marcus Kwame Anderson
- Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre (IDW)
W/A/C/L: Tom Scioli
- 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
- Mary Tyler Morehawk (Top Shelf)
W/A/C/L: Dave Baker
- Plastic Man No More! (DC)
W: Christopher Cantwell
A: Alex Lins, Jacob Edgar
C: Marcelo Maiolo
L: Becca Carey
- The Pedestrian (Magma Comix)
W: Joey Esposito
A: Sean Von Gorman, David Bowie Rendon-Gorman, Micah Williams
C: Josh Jensen
L: Shawn Lee
- Batman: Dark Age (DC)
W: Mark Russell
A: Michael Allred
C: Laura Allred
L: Dave Sharpe
- Death Ratio’d (AWA)
W: Mark Russell
A: Vladimir Krsti?-Laci
C: Marco Lesko
L: Sal Cipriano
- 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
- Houses of the Unholy (Image)
W: Ed Brubaker
A: Sean Phillips
C: Jacob Phillips
L: Sean Phillips
- 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
- 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
- The Hunger and the Dusk (IDW)
W: G. Willow Wilson
A: Christian Wildgoose
C: Msassyk, Diana Sousa
L: Simon Bowland
- Ultimate X-Men (Marvel)
W: Peach Momoko, Zack Davisson
A/C: Peach Momoko
L: VC’s Travis Lanham
- Newburn (Image)
W: Chip Zdarsky, Amy Chase
A: Jacob Phillips, Fabian Lelay
C: Jacob Phillips & Pip Martin, Desolina Fletcher
L: Jacob Phillips, Toben Racicot
- Zatanna: Bringing Down the House (DC)
W: Mariko Tamaki
A/C: Javier Rodríguez
L: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
- Public Domain (Image)
(W/A/C/L: Chip Zdarsky)
- G.O.D.S. (Marvel)
W: Jonathan Hickman
A: Valerio Schiti
C: Marte Gracia
L: VC’s Travis Lanham
- 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
- 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
- Minor Threats 2: Fastest Way Down (Dark Horse)
W: Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum
A: Scott Hepburn
C: Ian Herring
L: Nate Piekos
- Flash Gordon (Mad Cave)
W: Jeremy Adams
A: Will Conrad, Cliff Richards
C: Lee Loughridge
L: Taylor Esposito
- Absolute Batman (DC)
W: Scott Snyder
A: Nic Dragotta
C: Frank Martin
L: VC’s Clayton Cowles
- Ultimate X-Men (Marvel)
W: Peach Momoko, Zack Davisson
A/C: Peach Momoko
L: VC’s Travis Lanham
- Uncanny X-Men (Marvel)
W: Gail Simone
A: David Marquez, Javier Garrón, Edgar Salazar, Victor Olazaba
C: Matthew Wilson
L: Clayton Cowles
- The Ultimates (Marvel)
W: Deniz Camp
A: Juan Frigeri, Phil Noto
C: Federico Blee, Phil Noto
L: VC’s Travis Lanham
- Black Cloak (Image)
W: Kelly Thompson
A/C: Meredith McClaren
L: Becca Carey
- 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
- 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
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