From the epic superhero crossover Judgment Day to wordless fantasy Step by Bloody Step here are EW’s picks.
Read on for our favorites of the year.
This year, we finally got to see the results andCosmic Detectivewas a particular highlight.

‘Cosmic Detective’ by Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, and David Rubin.
Kate Beaton, who first made her name as a cartoonist with the webcomicHark!
Beaton’s narrative is relatable (who among us hasn’t felt burdened by debt?
Once & Future(Boom!

‘Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands’ by Kate Beaton.Drawn and Quarterly
This well-deserved solo comic fromMs.
The combination was a rich reading experience that felt very in tune with 2022 concerns.

The cover of ‘Judgment Day’ #1 by Kieron Gillen and Valerio Schiti.MArvel

The cover to the first volume of ‘Monkey Meat’ by Juni Ba.Image

The first volume of' The Nice House on the Lake' by James Tynion IV and Alvaro Martinez Bueno.DC Comics

The first volume of ‘The Night Eaters’ by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.Sana Takeda for Abrams ComicArts

The fourth volume of ‘Once & Future’ by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora.BOOM! Studios

The first issue of ‘Poison Ivy’ by G. Willow Wilson and Marcio Takara.DC Comics

The cover to volume 10 of ‘Saga’ by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.Image

The collected edition of ‘Step By Bloody Step’ by Si Spurrier and Matias Bergara.Image