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Comic Book Club - Best Graphic Novels Of 2022

Best Graphic Novels Of 2022

12/28/22 • 83 min

Comic Book Club

On this week's Stack podcast, we're not only reviewing the regular rundown of weekly comic books, we're also revealing some of our favorite original graphic novels and trade collections of 2022.

Here's the rundown of books we reviewed that came out this week:

Timeless #1

Marvel

Written by Jed MacKay

Art by Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Patch Zürcher & Salvador Larroca

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #1

DC Comics

Written by Pornsak Pichetshote

Art by Jeff Stokely

Book of Slaughter #1

BOOM! Studios

Written by James Tynion IV

Art by Werther Dell’edera

Murderworld: Spider-Man #1

Marvel

Written by Jim Zub & Ray Fawkes

Art by Farid Karami

John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1

DC Comics

Written by Geoffrey Thorne

Art by Marco Santucci

Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #1

BOOM! Studios/IDW

Written by Ryan Parrott

Art by Dan Mora

The Amazing Spider-Man #16

Marvel

Written by Zeb Wells

Art by Ed McGuinness

Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee #1

DC Comics

Written by Michael Uslan, Mark Waid, Stephanie Williams, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad, Kenny Porter, Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, Zac Thompson, Meghan Fitzmartin, Steve Orlando, Jerry Ordway

Art by Lee Weeks, Kevin Maguire, Belén Ortega, Pablo M. Collar, Karl Mostert, Juan Ferreyra, Hayden Sherman, Anthony Marques, Max Dunbar, Jerry Ordway

Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #2

BOOM! Studios

Written by Jason Aaron

Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi

Miracleman #3

Marvel

Written by Neil Gaiman

Art by Mark Buckingham

Action Comics #1050

DC Comics

Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Tom Taylor and Joshua Williamson

Art by Mike Perkins, Clayton Henry and Nick Dragotta

The Roadie #4

Dark Horse Comics

Written by Tim Seeley

Art by Fran Galán

Venom #14

Marvel

Written by Al Ewing

Art by Bryan Hitch

The Riddler Year One #2

DC Comics

Written by Paul Dano

Art by Stevan Subic

Plush #2

Image Comics

Written by Doug Wagner

Art by Daniel Hillyard

She-Hulk #9

Marvel

Written by Rainbow Rowell

Art by Takeshi Miyazawa

The Nice House on the Lake #12

DC Comics

Written by James Tynion IV

Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno

Frankenstein: New World Order #4

Dark Horse Comics

Written by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski

Art by Peter Bergting

X-Terminators #4

Marvel

Written by Leah Williams

Art by Carlos Gómez

Tim Drake: Robin #4

DC Comics

Written by Meghan Fitzmartin

Art by Riley Rossmo

Damn Them All #3

BOOM! Studios

Written by Simon Spurrier

Art by Charlie Adlard

Harley Quinn #25

DC Comics

Written by Stephanie Phillips

Art by Matteo Lolli & David Baldeón

All-Out Avengers #4

Marvel

Written by Derek Landy

Art by Greg Land

DC vs. Vampires #12

DC Comics

Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg

Art by Otto Schmidt

Dark Web: X-Men #2

Marvel

Written by Gerry Duggan

Art by Rod Reis & Phil Noto

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #3

DC Comics

Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Art by Nicola Scott

Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #2

Marvel

By Tradd Moore with Jennie Eckwall

Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #2

DC Comics

Written by Josh Trujillo

Art by Adrián Gutiérrez

...and our picks for best graphic novels and trade collections of 2022, in no particular order:

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Image Comics

By Zoe Thorogood

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Drawn and Quarterly

By Kate Beaton

Clementine, Book One

Image Comics

By Tillie Walden

The Night Eaters: She Eats The Night

Harry N. Abrams

Written by Marjorie Liu

Art by Sana Takeda

Enter The Blue

Z2 Comics

By Dave Chisholm

Salamandre

Berger Books

By I.N.J Culbard

Fantastic Four: Full Circle

Harry N. Abrams

By Alex Ross

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

BOOM! Studios

Written by Ram V

Art by Felipe Andrade

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

DC Comics

Written by Tom King

Art by Bilquis Evely

Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton: Volume One

Image Comics

Written by Kyle Starks

Art by Chris Schweizer

A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Volume 1 and 2

Image Comics

Written by Rick Remender

Art by André Lima Araújo

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

IDW Publishin...

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On this week's Stack podcast, we're not only reviewing the regular rundown of weekly comic books, we're also revealing some of our favorite original graphic novels and trade collections of 2022.

Here's the rundown of books we reviewed that came out this week:

Timeless #1

Marvel

Written by Jed MacKay

Art by Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Patch Zürcher & Salvador Larroca

The Sandman Universe: Dead Boy Detectives #1

DC Comics

Written by Pornsak Pichetshote

Art by Jeff Stokely

Book of Slaughter #1

BOOM! Studios

Written by James Tynion IV

Art by Werther Dell’edera

Murderworld: Spider-Man #1

Marvel

Written by Jim Zub & Ray Fawkes

Art by Farid Karami

John Stewart: The Emerald Knight #1

DC Comics

Written by Geoffrey Thorne

Art by Marco Santucci

Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II #1

BOOM! Studios/IDW

Written by Ryan Parrott

Art by Dan Mora

The Amazing Spider-Man #16

Marvel

Written by Zeb Wells

Art by Ed McGuinness

Tales from Earth-6: A Celebration of Stan Lee #1

DC Comics

Written by Michael Uslan, Mark Waid, Stephanie Williams, Becky Cloonan & Michael W. Conrad, Kenny Porter, Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing, Zac Thompson, Meghan Fitzmartin, Steve Orlando, Jerry Ordway

Art by Lee Weeks, Kevin Maguire, Belén Ortega, Pablo M. Collar, Karl Mostert, Juan Ferreyra, Hayden Sherman, Anthony Marques, Max Dunbar, Jerry Ordway

Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #2

BOOM! Studios

Written by Jason Aaron

Art by Alexandre Tefenkgi

Miracleman #3

Marvel

Written by Neil Gaiman

Art by Mark Buckingham

Action Comics #1050

DC Comics

Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Tom Taylor and Joshua Williamson

Art by Mike Perkins, Clayton Henry and Nick Dragotta

The Roadie #4

Dark Horse Comics

Written by Tim Seeley

Art by Fran Galán

Venom #14

Marvel

Written by Al Ewing

Art by Bryan Hitch

The Riddler Year One #2

DC Comics

Written by Paul Dano

Art by Stevan Subic

Plush #2

Image Comics

Written by Doug Wagner

Art by Daniel Hillyard

She-Hulk #9

Marvel

Written by Rainbow Rowell

Art by Takeshi Miyazawa

The Nice House on the Lake #12

DC Comics

Written by James Tynion IV

Art by Álvaro Martínez Bueno

Frankenstein: New World Order #4

Dark Horse Comics

Written by Mike Mignola, Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski

Art by Peter Bergting

X-Terminators #4

Marvel

Written by Leah Williams

Art by Carlos Gómez

Tim Drake: Robin #4

DC Comics

Written by Meghan Fitzmartin

Art by Riley Rossmo

Damn Them All #3

BOOM! Studios

Written by Simon Spurrier

Art by Charlie Adlard

Harley Quinn #25

DC Comics

Written by Stephanie Phillips

Art by Matteo Lolli & David Baldeón

All-Out Avengers #4

Marvel

Written by Derek Landy

Art by Greg Land

DC vs. Vampires #12

DC Comics

Written by James Tynion IV and Matthew Rosenberg

Art by Otto Schmidt

Dark Web: X-Men #2

Marvel

Written by Gerry Duggan

Art by Rod Reis & Phil Noto

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons #3

DC Comics

Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Art by Nicola Scott

Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #2

Marvel

By Tradd Moore with Jennie Eckwall

Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #2

DC Comics

Written by Josh Trujillo

Art by Adrián Gutiérrez

...and our picks for best graphic novels and trade collections of 2022, in no particular order:

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

Image Comics

By Zoe Thorogood

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Drawn and Quarterly

By Kate Beaton

Clementine, Book One

Image Comics

By Tillie Walden

The Night Eaters: She Eats The Night

Harry N. Abrams

Written by Marjorie Liu

Art by Sana Takeda

Enter The Blue

Z2 Comics

By Dave Chisholm

Salamandre

Berger Books

By I.N.J Culbard

Fantastic Four: Full Circle

Harry N. Abrams

By Alex Ross

The Many Deaths of Laila Starr

BOOM! Studios

Written by Ram V

Art by Felipe Andrade

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

DC Comics

Written by Tom King

Art by Bilquis Evely

Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton: Volume One

Image Comics

Written by Kyle Starks

Art by Chris Schweizer

A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance, Volume 1 and 2

Image Comics

Written by Rick Remender

Art by André Lima Araújo

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

IDW Publishin...

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Image Comics

Written by Chris Condon

Art by Sean Phillips

14. Ice Cream Man

Image Comics

Written by W. Maxwell Prince

Art by Martín Morazzo

13. Catwoman: Lonely City

DC Comics

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12. I Hate This Place

Image Comics

Written by Kyle Starks

Art by Artyom Topilin

11. Superman: Son of Kal-El

DC Comics

Written by Tom Taylor

Art by John Timms, Cian Tormey et al

10. Deadly Class

Image Comics

Written by Rick Remender

Art by Wes Craig

9. Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons

DC Comics

Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick

Art by Gene Ha, Nicola Scott

8. The Closet

Image Comics

Written by James Tynion IV

Art by Gavin Fullerton

7. DC vs. Vampires

DC Comics

Written by James Tynion IV, Matt Rosenberg

Art by Otto Schmidt

6. The Massive-verse

Image Comics

5. Nightwing

Image Comics

Written by Tom Taylor

Art by Bruno Redondo et al

4. Punisher

Marvel

Written by Jason Aaron

Art by Jesus Saiz, Paul Azaceta

3. Rain

Image Comics

Written by David M. Booher

Based on the story by Joe Hill

Art by Zoe Thorogood

2. The Human Target

DC Comics

Written by Tom King

Art by Greg Smallwood

1. Do A PowerBomb!

Image Comics

By Daniel Warren Johnson


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