Welcome to the GlobalComix Most Popular of 2024, our annual feature series celebrating the most popular stories over the past year on GlobalComix. Each day, we'll feature the top 10 from publishers and the top 10 from creators for each category. We’ll cap things off on December 31st, 2024, with two features: the top 10 from publishers, and the top 10 from creators.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular titles overall by Publishers:
1. Invincible (Compendium), 3328 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
Mark Grayson is teenage superhero Invincible. He was a normal high school senior with a normal part-time job and otherwise normal life, except his father Nolan is the superhero Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. At the age of 17, Mark begins to display superpowers, which come from his father being a member of the Viltrumite race, who, according to Nolan, pioneer the galaxy on a mission of benevolence and enlightenment.
Story and Art by Bill Crabtree, Cliff Rathburn, Cory Walker, Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley
2. Transformers, 385 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
THE ALL NEW TRANSFORMERS ERA STARTS HERE! Superstar creator DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON (DO A POWERBOMB, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth), alongside ENERGON UNIVERSE showrunner ROBERT KIRKMAN (VOID RIVALS, INVINCIBLE), reimagines Hasbro’s robots in disguise for a brand-new generation. Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies—the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity’s only hope of survival is Optimus Prime. Discover THE TRANSFORMERS like you’ve never seen them before!
Story and Art by Daniel Warren Johnson, Jorge Corona, Mike Spicer
3. DIGIMON LIBERATOR, 394 pages - Published by Bandai Card Games, (cc/ @BandaiCardGames)
Shoto Kazama, a boy who has never been able to win at card games because of his habit of giving up on things easily, enters the immersive world of Digimon Liberator through the invitation of his childhood friend, Arisa Kinosaki. The game allows players to engage in highly realistic card battles. At first, Shoto is hesitant towards it, but through his engrossing encounters with the Digimon there, he becomes a fan of the game. Encounters with wild Digimon such as Pteromon and battles with NPCs who have gone rogue. These various happenings set the wheels of fate in motion for Shoto and his companions. ——This is a story about Digimon, and the world.
Story and Art by Bandai Card Games
4. Something is Killing the Children (Volume), 919 pages - Published by BOOM! Studios, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
When the children of Archer's Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. The few children that return alive have terrible stories-impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only adult who sees what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done.
Story and Art by James Tynion IV, Letizia Cadonici, Miquel Muerto, Sam Johns, Werther Dell'Edera, Werther Dell’Edera
5. The Walking Dead (Compendium), 4330 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
Just in time for the new season of The Walking Dead on AMC, the fan-favorite, New York Times bestselling series returns with its FOURTH massive paperback collection! With over 1,000 pages, this volume contains the next chapter of ROBERT KIRKMAN and CHARLIE ADLARD 's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror. From the Whisperers to the Commonwealth, Rick Grimes meets new allies and enemies on the way to reclaiming the world from the dead. Wars are started, and dear friends fal...
Story and Art by Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, Dave Stewart, Michel Fiffe, Robert Kirkman, Stefano Gaudiano
6. Red Light, 227 pages - Published by AWA Studios, (cc/ @ChrisF-AWA)
A futuristic erotic thriller by newcomer Sarah H. Cho and Priscilla Petraites! Lacy is an A.I. sex worker in a futuristic Red Light District. And Lacy knows exactly what her clients want—better than they know it themselves. Housed in a high-tech brothel under the watchful eye of the mysterious Mister, Lacy has little in her manufactured life besides work. All that changes when she befriends Natalie, an orphaned child who comes into her care. Now Lacy and Natalie are on a mission to escape the Red Light District, only to find themselves flung headlong into the mystery behind Lacy's creation.
Story and Art by C.P. Smith, Jeff Dekal, Miroslav Mrva, Priscilla Petraites, Sal Cipriano, Sarah H. Cho, Sarah M. Cho
7. Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, 757 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
It's been a decade since teen comic book nerd Dave Lizewski donned his homemade Kick-Ass costume and took to the streets of NYC to fight the city 's hardest criminals. This New York Times bestseller became a worldwide phenomenon overnight, spending three months at the top spot on the Diamond Direct Market chart and spawning the KICK-ASS movie that opened at No.1 in the box office!
Story and Art by John Romita Jr. and Mark Millar
8. BRZRKR, 421 pages - Published by BOOM! Studios, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
U.S. government Doctor Diana Ahuja seeks to unlock the mysterious B.'s memories - lifetimes of violence and tragedy like no one else who has ever lived that began with a fateful decision in ancient Mesopotamia. * But is Diana here to help him... or is she serving a darker agenda?
Story and Art by Bill Crabtree, Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Steve Skroce
9. Godslap, 297 pages - Published by Bad Egg Publishing, (cc/ @RobertMeyers)
In the city of Montpelier, the mighty rule form on high, while the struggle for survival plays out on the streets below. Godslap follows the story of Aius Braun, an impetuous young man whose anger at the world is only outstripped by his untapped potential to change it.
Story and Art by Aubrey Sitterson, Baldemar Rivas, Jackson Clarke, Justin Greenwood, Michele Abounader, Michele Aboundader, Ricardo Jaime, Robert Meyers, Stephanie Phillips, Troy Peteri
10. Scott Pilgrim Color Collection, 1128 pages - Published by Oni Press, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
The New York Times bestselling series and basis for the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is now available in a new full-color format! Laugh as slacker Scott Pilgrim tries and sometimes fails to get his life together and win the heart of the literal girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers! Cry when things look bleak for our heroes! Make a confused face at the countless Canadian references! (Unless you live in Canada already.) The perfect gift for a Scottoholic-or for anyone discovering the bestselling series for the first time.
Story and Art by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Want to check out more of the end-of-year features? Keep your eyes peeled every weekday here: Most Popular of 2024.
Rosiepoise101 8 months ago
when will the next issues of transformers be released on the app? Also when will the current G.I. Joe comic be released on the app?