YEAR IN REVIEW: Top Comic Series of 2019

We review a lot of comics every week. From horror, superhero, drama, and more our site looks to cover any genre we come across and makes it our purpose to look past the big two. As such, there were a lot of comic series that either wrapped or came out this year to consider for our top comics of 2019. To come up with this list of comic series and mini-series, we reached out to our comic reviewers for their top. We then compiled a list and here we are, the top comics of 2019 from comic publishers like DC Comics, Image, Dark Horse, BOOM! Studios, Vault, and more.

Check out which ones made the cut below.

15. Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II

Writer: Jody Houser
Art: Olivia Samson
Colors: MSASSYK
Genre: Video Games
Publisher: Dark Horse

The unlikely heroes of Vox Machina are back in action! Join familiar faces from Critical Role’s smash-hit first campaign as their escapades in Stilben lead them toward new adventure–and a dire threat to Grog when he goes missing in the night. Tracking him down will see the party lose one member, gain another, and reveal parts of Grog’s secret past. But first, his friends have to actually find him.

14. Powers of X

Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Art: R.B. Silva
Genre: Superhero
Publisher: Marvel

FEAR THE FUTURE Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman continues his revolutionary new direction for the X-Men. Intertwining with HOUSE OF X, POWERS OF X reveals the secret past, present, and future of mutant-kind, changing the way you look at every X-Men story before and after. You do not want to miss the next seminal moment in the history of the X-Men!

13. The Long Con

Writer: Ben Coleman, E.A. Denich, and Dylan Meconis
Art: E.A. Denich
Pencils: E.A. Denich
Inks: E.A. Denich
Colors: M. Victoria Robado
Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy
Publisher: Oni Press

Five years ago, a cataclysmic event obliterated everything within a fifty-mile radius of the Los Spinoza Convention Center — including the attendees of Long Con, the world’s biggest (and longest) comic convention. But unknown to the outside world, the con-goers not only survived, but they also kept the convention going. When proof of their survival surfaces, reporter Victor Lai is sent to investigate — after all, he was covering the con that fateful day and escaped mere minutes before everything went kablooie… abandoning his nerdy pal Dez in the process. So clearly he’s the perfect person for the job, and he won’t get trapped inside like some kinda idiot. Right?

12. Captain Marvel

Writer: Kelly Thompson
Art: Carmen Carnero, Annapaola Martello
Genre: Superhero
Publisher: Marvel

Captain Marvel enlists in the War of the Realms! The Dark Elf King Malekith and his allies have conquered Earth. At least, they think they have — and they’ve divided the spoils accordingly, with the Enchantress raising an army of the dead and staking a claim on South America. But Earth isn’t going down without a fight, and Captain Marvel leads Black Widow and Doctor Strange into the land of the dead for a melee of myth and magic that Carol Danvers will never forget! Then, when her Kree heritage is exposed to the world in dramatic fashion, Carol goes from beloved hero to Public Enemy No. 1! And as a new hero steps into the limelight, Carol can’t help but wonder: Does the world even need Captain Marvel?

11. House of X

Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Art: Pepe Larraz
Genre: Superhero
Publisher: Marvel

FACE THE FUTURE. Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman takes the reins of the X-Men universe! Since the release of Uncanny X-Men #1, there have been four seminal moments in the history of the X-Men. Giant-Sized X-Men. X-Men. Age of Apocalypse. New X-Men. Four iconic series that introduced a new era for Marvel’s mutants and revolutionized the X-Men. In House of X, Charles Xavier reveals his master plan for mutantkind…one that will bring mutants out of the shadow of mankind and into the light once more.

10. Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader’s Castle

Writer: Cavan Scott
Art: Nicoletta Baldari, Francesco Francavilla, Kelley Jones, Megan Levens, Charles Paul Wilson III
Genre: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, Movie/TV
Publisher: IDW Publishing

Return to Vader’s Castle for a spooky spin on your favorite villains from a galaxy far, far away… This exciting weekly series explores the hidden corners of the Star Wars Galaxy and features a wretched hive of scum and villainy including Darth Maul, Grand Moff Tarkin, Asajj Ventress, Jabba the Hutt—all under the shadow of Darth Vader!

9. The Batman Who Laughs

Writer: Scott Snyder
Pencils: Jock
Inks: Jock
Colors: David Baron
Genre: Superhero
Publisher: DC Comics

Left rattled by the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the nightmares spawned from the Dark Multiverse. But even though evil devoured evil in the collapse of Challengers Mountain, the Dark Knight still has his doubts. He discovers that the Batman Who Laughs not only survived the fight with The Joker at the end of METAL, but now he is enacting a sinister plan across the Multiverse—something both terrifying and oddly familiar. But when Bruce Wayne realizes the only way to stop this madman is to kill him, he must consider violating the very rule Batman won’t break…the same rule that created this insatiable villain—the Batman Who Laughs!

8. Sera and the Royal Stars

Writer: Jon Tsuei
Art: Audrey Mok
Colors: Raul Angulo
Genre: Action/Adventure, Fantasy
Publisher: Vault Comics

Civil war rages in the Empire of Parsa, and famine has struck. As the seasons refuse to turn, Princess Sera receives a vision from the deity Mitra telling her to find the Royal Stars and restore them to the heavens. Despite her kingdom and her troops’ need of her command, Sera embarks on a quest to find the fallen stars—now trapped on earth—and save her people from dearth and death.

7. Unearth

Writer: Cullen Bunn, Kyle Strahm
Art: Baldemar Rivas
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Publisher: Image Comics

When a flesh-warping disease ravages a remote village in Mexico, a scientific task force travels to the inhospitable area to investigate the contamination. Tracing the source of the disease to a nearby cave system, the team discovers a bizarre, hostile ecosystem and a supernatural revelation from which they may never escape.

6. West Coast Avengers

Writer: Kelly Thompson
Art: Daniele Di Nicuolo, Gang Hyuk Lim
Genre: Superhero
Publisher: Marvel

Marvel Boy is back, and his timing couldn’t be worse! What house of horrors awaits the West Coast Avengers? And what familiar face is going to throw a wrench into Kate Bishop’s less-than-well-oiled team? Could it be Kate’s former boyfriend, the Kree warrior Noh-Varr? Yes it could! Your favorite Hawkeye’s relationship with Fuse is looking shaky, and the last thing she wants is her hot ex hanging around! Meanwhile, something foul is afoot in the City of Angels, courtesy of the newly formed Masters of Evil West Coast! Creepy Hollywood cults and gruesome blood sacrifices? This is a job for the Whackos! Kate and your other favorite Hawkeye must lead the fight to save the “chosen one” — America Chavez! But who is their mysterious and powerful new ally?

5. Angel

Writer: Bryan Edward Hill
Art: Gleb Melnikov
Colors: Gabriel Cassata
Genre: Action/Adventure, horror
Publisher: BOOM! Studios

Angel walks the line between two worlds; a vampire cursed with a soul, he’s spent centuries battling back the forces that would destroy humanity, in an attempt to redeem himself for the crimes committed by the monster he was when he was first turned. But now, when the trail of the most recent demonic uprising takes him to Sunnydale, he realizes that the redemption he seeks can only come with a price.

4. The Plot

Writer: Tim Daniel, Michael Moreci
Art: Joshua Hixson
Colors: Jordan Boyd
Genre: Fantasy, horror
Publisher: Vault Comics

When Chase Blaine’s estranged brother and sister-in-law are murdered, he becomes guardian to McKenzie and Zach, the niece and nephew he hardly knows. Seeking stability for the children, Chase moves his newly formed family to his ancestral home in Cape Augusta—which overlooks a deep, black bogland teeming with family secrets. Mixing the chilling atmosphere of The Haunting of Hill House with the gripping terror of The Conjuring, THE PLOT is your next horror addiction.

3. Blackbird

Writer: Sam Humphries
Art: Jen Bartel
Genre: Mystery, Fantasy
Publisher: Image Comics

Nina Rodriguez knows there’s a hidden magical world run by ruthless cabals hiding in Los Angeles. And when a giant magic beast kidnaps her sister, Nina must confront her past (and her demons) to get her sister back and reclaim her life.

2. Sabrina the Teenage Witch

Writer: Kelly Thompson
Art: Andy Fish, Veronica Fish, Jack Morelli
Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Comedy
Publisher: Archie Comics

Kelly Thompson and artists Veronica Fish and Andy Fish team-up to tell the story of Sabrina Spellman, a teen witch who’s struggling with balancing the double life of high school and her burgeoning powers. Newly relocated to Greendale with her aunts Hilda and Zelda (also witches), Sabrina is trying to make the best of being the new girl in town which so far includes two intriguing love interests, an instant rivalry, a couple of misfits that could turn into BFFs, and trying to save the high school (and maybe the world) from crazy supernatural events. NBD!

1. DCeased

Writer: Tom Taylor
Art: Laura Braga, Neil Edwards, Trevor Hairsine, James Harren, Darick Robertson
Genre: Superhero, horror
Publisher: DC Comics

What happens to the World’s Finest if the world ends? With death spreading across the planet, who will live and who will turn in this apocalyptic tale of heroism, sacrifice and annihilation? Fighting time, each other and all of humanity, Earth’s greatest heroes must rally together for what may very well be their last chance to save the world from the most terrible plague humanity has ever seen. The Anti-Life Equation has been released and is ravaging the world at the viral speed of social media. Once exposed, victims lose their minds, violently attacking all around them. The heroes of Earth are fighting a losing battle to save the world… and themselves!

This rounds out our list of top comics of 2019 in series and mini-series form. What do you think? Did this list that pulled across genres this year leave you in agreement? Or do you have some of your own that we missed?

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All synopsis and creative team information for the top comics of 2019 were pulled from ComiXology.