10 Best Comic Books Of 2019

The best of the best from DC, Marvel and beyond.

Immortal Hulk Alex Ross
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This is my third time compiling a 'best of year' list for comics, and it never gets any easier.

As if being forced to choose only ten of the best comics of the last decade wasn't hard enough, it seems as though with each passing year the medium just keeps managing to outdo itself. Writers, artists and letterers are all turning him some truly magnificent work wherever they go, whether that be with more traditional outlets, such as DC and Marvel, or with other publishers, like newcomers TKO.

Wherever you look, there is clearly so much to love about being a comics reader in 2019, but particularly for those invested in the superhero genre. The Big Two are better than ever, spurred on by a new generation of talent that keep knocking it out of the park seemingly every month. It's incredibly hard to keep on top of if you're a reader, but that's only a testament to the sheer volume of genuinely great books that are hitting the stands each week.

Filled to the brim with action and adventure, horror and suspense, conflict and loss, and - in one of the biggest surprises of the year - genuine humour and wit, here are the greatest comics of 2019 (or at least just ten of them).

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.