Comic Attack Top 5 of 2019 Fan Poll Results Pt 1!

Comic Attack Top 5 of 2019 Fan Poll Results Pt 1!

The votes are tallied and YOU have spoken so it’s time for the results of the Comic Attack Top 5 of 2019 Fan Poll! Each category showcased submissions sent in from fans and some of the staff here to be voted on as we waited to see who the top 5 in each would be. There were various close calls as several listings were changing in the rankings every other minute while others took off never to look back! If we saw that a title had tied for 5th place that next title will receive an honorable mention in the listings below. After some serious back and forth about all of the talent represented here over past few days your voices were heard and the votes locked in so here’s the moment you’ve been waiting for so go check out the results!

TOP 5 SURPRISE GOOD READS
2019 was full of new comics coming at us from different directions and all by a multitude of creators. So the suggestions sent for this category were the ones that caught fans completely off guard and had them impatiently waiting for the next issue to drop. So here we go with the Top 5 Good Reads of 2019

Is’nana the Were-Spider: The Ballads of Rawhead & John Henry (Webway Comics)
Bitter Root: Red Summer Special (Image Comics)
Marassa (Evoluzione Publishing)
Naomi (DC Comics)
Excellence (Image/Skybound)

TOP 5 NEW CAPES AND TIGHTS OF 2019
The superhero genre will always be a comic staple and 2019 introduced it’s fair share of new heroes in tights while some classics returned with new missions and alternate versions!

Naomi (DC)
X-Men (Marvel)
Far Sector (DC)
Batman: Curse of the White Knight (DC)
Batman Who Laughs (DC)

TOP 5 GRAPHIC NOVELS OF 2019
This was one of the hottest voted in categories proving that the stories beyond the superhero genre are just as gripping and entertaining! See which graphic novels the fans chose to rep their top 5 for 2019!

Life of Frederick Douglas (Ten Speed Press)
Prince of Cats (Image)
They Called Us Enemy (IDW)
Hot Comb (Drawn & Quarterly)
Superman: Year One (DC)

TOP 5 COMIC LIVE ACTION SHOWS OF 2019
Live action adaptations can be wonderfully fantastic and take what first impressed us in the source material and go beyond that and deliver a whole new experience brought to life! 2019 had a huge amount of live action adaptations so the competition was fierce but check the top 5 below!

Watchmen (HBO)
The Boys (Amazon Prime)
Black Lightning (CW)
Doom Patrol (DC Universe)
Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

TOP 5 NEW INDIE TITLES OF 2019
Sure getting comics from those big 2 companies is great but indie publishers tend to drop more surprises and compelling content that adds more to the variety of comics. 2019 saw a a multitude of new characters and stories from some wonderful creative teams and this category seemed to be a hotly debated favorite from the voters! Check who came out on top!

Niobe: She is Death (Stranger Comics)
Excellence (Skybound/Image)
Wailing Blade (Comix Tribe)
Something is Killing the Children (BOOM!)
Dead Legends (A Wave Blue World)

TOP 5 MANGA OF 2019

My Hero Academia (Planeta DeAgostini)
Demon Slayer (Viz)
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes (Shueisha)
One Piece (Viz)
Promised Neverland (Viz)

HM: Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection (Viz)

TOP 5 BREAK OUT CHARACTERS OF 2019
2019 was full of breakout moments for characters across our shared fandom! Some redefined what it means to be a hero while others went through more unconventional means on their journey. See who ended up in top 5 out of the many submissions in this category!

The Sangerye family (Bitter Root)
Jennika (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Moira McTaggert (House of X/Powers of X)
Edddie Brock (Venom)
Miles Morales (Miles Morales: Spider-Man)

TOP 5 WEB COMICS OF 2019
All across the internet are creatives telling unique and powerful stories through web comics which have been arguably some of the most risk taking and outgoing tales here. There was quite the collection submitted by fans to vote on and the final 5 are pretty fantastic!

Bounce! (Chuck Collins)
Codex: Black (Camilo Moncada)
Weapon of the People: Decoded (Muhammad Rasheed)
Unsounded (Ashley Cope)
Ants (Julian Lytle)

TOP 5 ANIMATED SERIES OF 2019
The choices for animated shows was nonstop in 2019 as they just kept coming and we saw some brand new worlds along with returning heroes and a new look at some old legends!

Young Justice: Outsiders (DC Universe)
Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)
She-Ra Princess of Power (Netflix)
Dragon Prince (Netflix)
Avengers Assemble: Panther’s Quest (Disney XD)

There’s more fan poll results coming your way so keep an eye out for the next batch. Remember that this is all in fun and pretty subjective when leaving comments and hopefully after it’s all said and done, you find something new to read or watch!

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This Post Has 4 Comments

  1. Rick-E

    THERE”S ANOTHER TURTLE??!!! Friend or foe? I missed out on the last one of these but I like that I’ll be picking up some new comics. Keep up the good work!

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