10 Best Comic Books Of 2019

5. Die - Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans

Kieron Gillen has had a tremendous decade in comics, and his most recent work is no exception. The Darth Vader and Young Avengers writer set his sites on a new series after concluding the Wicked + The Divine with artist Jamie McKelvie earlier this year, and with Dungeons and Dragons mounting a comeback, the comic in question, Die, couldn't have released at a better moment.

Billed as a "pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning unearthly horror they barely survived as teenage role-players" - as well as a "goth Jumanji" by Gillen himself - Die is a gripping epic drawn to perfection by artist Stephanie Hans, and the perfect companion for fantasy and DND lovers alike. (Granted there's obviously a large intersect there already, but still.)

At the time of writing, Image has published ten issues of Die, and all of them have been frankly brilliant. Here's hoping it maintains its momentum going into the next year.