LibGuides: Graphic Novels: SUPERHEROES

SUPERMAN

Superman: for Tomorrow by Brian Azzarello; Jim Lee (Illustrator); Scott Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.S9 A99 2013

ISBN: 9781401237806

Publication Date: 2013-02-12
Superman: Secret Origin Deluxe Edition HC by Geoff Johns; Gary Frank (Illustrator)
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.S9 J6396 2010

ISBN: 9781401226978

Publication Date: 2010-12-21
Superman and the Men of Steel by Grant Morrison; Rags Morales (Illustrator)
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.S9 M73

ISBN: 9781401235468

Publication Date: 2012-08-07
Superman: Reign of Doomsday by Paul Cornell
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.S9 C676 2012

ISBN: 9781401233457

Publication Date: 2012-02-07
Superman: War of the Supermen by Sterling Gates; James Robinson
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.S9 G38 2011

ISBN: 9781401229672

Publication Date: 2011-02-08

WATCHMEN

Alan Moore'sseminal series, The Watchmen, is a required read for all comic book and graphic novel fans. Due to its success and resurgence in popularity since the 2009, film adaptation directed by Zack Snyder, DC is releasing a series of Watchmen prequals. Check them out below:

Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre by Darwyn Cooke (Illustrator); Amanda Conner (Illustrator)
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.W386 C66 2013

ISBN: 9781401238926

Publication Date: 2013-07-02
Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan by Adam Hughes (Illustrator); Joe Kubert (Illustrator); J. Michael Straczynski
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.W386 S77 2013

ISBN: 9781401238940

Publication Date: 2013-07-16
Before Watchmen: Ozymandias/Crimson Corsair by Jae Lee (Illustrator); John Higgins (Illustrator); Len Wein
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.W386 W46 2013

ISBN: 9781401238957

Publication Date: 2013-07-02

BATMAN

Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.B36 M6725 2012

ISBN: 9781401204259

Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Batman by Alan Moore; Brian Bolland (Illustrator); Richard Starkings (Contribution by); Tim Sale (Introduction by); Bob Kane (Created by)
Call Number: GRA NOV PN6728.B36 M66 2008

ISBN: 9781401216672

Publication Date: 2008-03-19

DC's BATMAN series is our largest superhero collection and also, our most popular graphic novels. Technically, the majority of the superhero titles are "Trade" meaning they were originally published as individual comic books. "Graphic Novel" refers to a work that exists as a whole book for the first time, i.e. was not originally a comic book. Here are few highlights from the collection: