Check out Forbidden Planet's '50 Best of the Best Graphic Novels' list

Back on Dec. 26, I posted a best-of book list called Forbidden Planet’s “50 SF Books You MUST Read,” and while surfing around their FP’s Web site the other day, I ran across another cool list of theirs called “50 Best of the Best Graphic Novels.”

Selected by the editors at Forbidden Planet as “a great starting point for exploring the genre,” this list includes more than a few titles that you will recognize. Books that made the list include the following titles:

1. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
2. Watchmen
3. V for Vendetta
4. From Hell
5. Maus: The Complete Maus

6. 2000AD: Judge Dredd: Complete Case Files, Vol. 1
7. Alice in Sunderland
8. Batman: Arkham Asylum
9. Marvels
10. Hellboy: Library Edition: Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction/Wake the Devil

11. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
12. Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
13. Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Original Sins
14. Batman: Year One
15. Preacher, Vol. 1: Gone to Texas

16. Ultimates, Vol. 1: Superhuman
17. Ghost World
18. Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
19. 300
20. Criminal: Omnibus

21. 100 Bullets, Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call
22. The Tale of One Bad Rat
23. Invisibles, Vol. 1: Say You Want A Revolution
24. Fables, Vol. 1: Legends In Exile
25. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

26. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
27. Violent Cases: 10th Anniversary Edition
28. Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
29. Batman: The Killing Joke
30. Powers: Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl?

31. Ex Machina, Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days
32. DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground
33. The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
34. Blankets
35. Wanted

36. Authority, Vol. 1: Relentless
37. All Star Superman, Vol. 1
38. Kingdom Come
39. Punisher MAX, Vol. 1: In the Beginning
40. Black Hole: Collected Edition

41. Astonishing X-Men: By Whedon & Cassaday: Omnibus
42. WE3
43. Epileptic
44. Batman: The Long Halloween
45. New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout

46. Saga of the Swamp Thing, Vol. 1
47. Astro City, Vol. 1: Life in the Big City
48. Daredevil: Man Without Fear
49. Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life
50. Tank Girl, Vol. 1

For more information about this list and the books mentioned above, visit http://forbiddenplanet.com/picks/50-best-graphic-novels/.

Over the years, I’ve had the chance to read a few of the books on this list, including “The Dark Knight Returns,” “Watchmen,” “The Killing Joke,” “Batman: Year One,” “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1,” “Arkham Asylum” and “From Hell.” I know that all of those books were awesome, so if the rest of the books on Forbidden Planet’s list are of equal quality, then they are definitely worth checking out. A handful that I’ve always wanted to read include “Batman: The Long Halloween,” “V for Vendetta” and “Hellboy: Seed of Destruction/Wake the Devil.”

In the end, how many of the books mentioned above have you had the chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.