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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Comic Book Trade Paperbacks I Loved in 2025

 Trades

Fun, Loud Big-Ass Reboots
Absolute Batman (DC)
Scott Snyder (writer), Nick Dragotta (artist)

Absolute Wonder Woman (DC)
Kelly Thompson (writer), Hayden Sherman (artist)

Wrap-Up of a Run With a Beloved Character by a Fine Writer
Daredevil & Elektra: The Red Fist Saga Part Three (Marvel)
Chip Zdarsky (writer), Rafael De Latorre and Marco Checchetto (artists)
Might be late for 2025, but that's when I read it. My list, my rules, kids.

Most Bizarre Horror Mash-up with Misleading Covers that Don't Match the Interiors
DC Horror Presents.... 
Four-issue limited series.
Various writers and artists

Euthanauts (Black Crown)
Tini Howard (writer), Nick Robles (artist)

Refreshing Take on a Very Established Team with a Magical Writer-Artist Team
Justice League Unlimited
Mark Waid (writer), Dan Mora (artist)

Same Team, Some of the Same Characters (Bruce and Clark)
Batman/Superman: World's Finest Volume 6: IMPossible
Mark Waid (writer), Dan Mora (artist)

Most Illuminating Yet Dense Read
Legalization Nation (Rosie the Elephant)
Brian Box Brown (writer, artist, letterer, colourist)

Most Unsettling Horror Treatment of a Fun, Goofy Character
Plastic Man: No More! (DC)
Christopher Cantwell (writer), Alex Lins, Jacob Edgar (artists)

Best Follow-up to a Meta-Mash of an Indie Mini-Series
Public Doman Volume Two: Building Something New (Image Comics)
Chip Zdarsky (writer, artist, letterer, colourist)

Latest from my Most Fave Contemporary Comics Writer
Reversal (Dark Horse Comics)
Alex de Campi (writer), Skylar Partridge (artist) 

Best Universal Monster Treatment I didn't Know I Needed
Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! (Image Comics)
Dan Watters and Ram V (writers), Matthew Roberts (artist)

A Heartfelt Cosmic Adventure I didn't Know I Needed
Space Ghost (Dynamite)
David Pepose (writer), Jonathan Lau (artist)

Best New Series from a Contemporary Favourite
Traveling to Mars
My favourite satirist Mark Russell cintinues his blue streak with this series about a corporation sending a dirt-poor terminally ill patient with few prospects on a one-way spaceship trip to Mars.
 

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