20 Essential Comic Issues You Must Read Before You Die

20. Animal Man #26

Grant Morrison's run on Animal Man was a wonderfully surreal book that managed to combine spiritual and metaphysical themes with the adventures of a z-list superhero.

No other issue better exemplifies that than his final issue, in which Animal Man meets the evil mastermind who killed his family and has been controlling his life... Grant Morrison.

The issue is a complete deconstruction of even the very concept of comics as Animal Man revolts against his status as a fictional character.

Don't worry though, there are fight scenes too. Got to keep things interesting for the reader after all.