Comicon’s Best Comic Series Of 2024

The following are Comicon’s 5 Best Comic Series of 2024.

5. Ultimate Spider-Man, published by Marvel Comics; written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn by Marco Checchetto and David Messina, colored by Matthew Wilson and lettered by Cory Petit

You think you know the basics of Spider-Man. In twelve issues, Hickman, Checchetto, and Messina crafted a familiar tale with some fantastic twists and turns. By placing Peter Parker’s superhero origin deep into his adulthood, keeping Ben Parker in his life, and allying him closely with Harry Osborn, the creative team has crafted a Spider-Man epic that’s wholly unique, but also wholly Spider-Man. It’s easily the best Spidey series in years, and I’m excited to pick it up every time.

— Tony Thornley

4. Miles Morales: Spider-Man, published by Marvel Comics; written by Cody Ziglar, drawn by Federico Vicentini, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by Cory Petit

If there was one thing that many Miles Morales fans were waiting for, it was most definitely for the comic book version to return to the heights his cinematic counterpart has been enjoying. Back in 2022, that was achieved when the current run led by Ziglar, Vicentini, Valenza, and Petit began. Since then, it continues to perfectly deliver both the Miles and Spider-Man flavors. Giving the young web-slinger the focus, depth, world-building, drama, and adventure that he deserves ten times over. Frantic, chaotic, energized artwork captures the experience of being the bouncing quipping not really trained sort of fighter that the Spider-Men happen to be. Hell, even when the curve ball of Miles becoming a vampire was thrown their way this team took it and knocked it so far out of the park it’s now landed in Wakanda. That’s the stuff right there.

3. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, published by IDW; written, drawn, and colored by Patrick Horvath and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

The elevator pitch of “Dexter meets Busytown” is a wild one. It turned into one of the best horror series in years, with a sequel on the way. The tale of Samantha Smith, a bear hardware store owner in a sweet town populated by other talking animals, turned from a sweet and comforting tale to a tense horror thriller. Writer-artist Patrick Horvath crafted a great world, full of fully-realized characters, and put some of the most horrifying visuals on the page in the middle of it. It was a tight six issues that would have been perfectly satisfying on its own, but I’m thrilled we’re revisiting it next year.

— Tony Thornley

2. Detective Comics, published by DC Comics; written by Ram V, drawn by various, colored by various, and lettered by various

How does a story become a classic? It contains complexity and depth, which transcends time and keeps speaking to audiences well beyond its origin year(s). There is a message, which resonates about something universal with its own unique flavorings. With comic books those stories often distill a beloved character to their essence while also developing them in ways beyond what has been seen before. Artwork that just really hits hard, allowing every story detail to sing and stand even taller than it would as prose. For all those reasons and more, the work that Ram V and a multitude of artists brought to their run of Detective Comics is already assured to be a classic. This series under their guidance (it ended in the fall of 2024) reached amazing heights, deep lows, and was a Batman story for the ages.

1. Helen of Wyndhorn, published by Dark Horse Comics; written by Tom King, drawn by Bilquis Evely, colored by Matheus Lopes, and lettered by Clayton Cowles