10 Best Comic Books Of The Decade

9. Hellboy In Hell - Mike Mignola & Dave Stewart

Although Hellboy has since returned from the grave as recently as this year, the character's definitive ending arrived in 2016. It's so rare that creative figures who created a superhero are allowed to chart their creation's journey from start to finish, but that's just what Mike Mignola managed to do on Hellboy.

Hellboy is one of the great comics of the last few decades, and a truly wonderful property. Mignola's love for gothic horror and history has always shone through in the comic, and when it became clear that the writer/artist was gearing up to conclude the character's story, fans held their breath.

Anung Un Rama was 'killed' in 2011's The Fury, where he led England's old armies against the forces of Nimue. Hellboy loses his actual heart in the conflict, and plummets to Hell thereafter - seemingly poised to inherit his other destiny as the harbinger of the Apocalypse.

What followed was nothing short of exceptional, as Hellboy in Hell depicted the eponymous character navigating the vast depths of Pandemonium itself. Mignola continues his formidable partnership with Dave Stewart, and their version of Hell is nothing short of exceptional. The atmosphere is peerless, as is the story, which ends Hellboy's adventure in the most stunning way.

Endings really don't get any better.