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The Best Comics of 2025
According to me!
Liam McGuire
December 05, 2025
2025 has been another fantastic year in comics. There have been many standouts this year from several different publishers across the industry, but the following books stood out as the best of the best. Here’s Comic Frontier’s Best Comics of 2025.
New Gods - Ram V, Evan Cagle, Francesco Segala, and Tom Napolitano (and more guest artists) - DC Comics
The New Gods are my favorite comic book characters of all time, so when I heard that Ram V and Evan Cagle were tackling the series, I was quite excited. After 12 issues, it’s hard not to believe they crafted the best New Gods series since Jack Kirby debuted the characters. Equal parts moving, gorgeously drawn, fantastic lettering, and totally all-in on what makes the New Gods so great, this stunning series blew me away almost every single issue. Hopefully, the creative team gets more leeway here because they’ve made something seriously special.
Drome - Jesse Lonergan, 23rd Street
I’m a simple person. I see a Jesse Lonergan story, I buy it.
Drome is a brilliant, nearly wordless cosmic story about creation, violence, chaos, and order. Lonergan pushes the boundaries of comic paneling to create a comic like no other, as each page is an ambitious visual treat that never lets its foot off the gas. Profound, engrossing, bizarre, and unique, it is truly hard to explain what this story achieves on a technical and storytelling level without seeing it up close. It’s spellbinding. Creativity is still alive and well.
Avengers - Jed MacKay, Farid Karami, Andrea Broccardo, Federico Blee, Javier Pina, Cory Petit (and more guest artists)
The Avengers continues to be Marvel’s most consistent ongoing book. Each hero gets the chance to shine and rarely feels overlooked, the new villains and characters are complex and interesting, it has a ton of fun cameos, and MacKay’s writing, whether it’s something as big as the Avengers fighting to save Earth or finding Hyperion a new home, always lands in big or small emotional beats. I’m not sure how long this book will go — but it’s been a blast from issue one onward.
Absolute Wonder Woman - Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Jordie Bellaire, Becca Carey (and more guest artists)
If reinventing one of the most beloved, important heroes in comic book history wasn’t a big enough challenge, Absolute Wonder Woman does so with style, incredible world-building, and captivating visuals and writing. It feels sort of insane to say, but Absolute Wonder Woman might be the best Wonder Woman story… ever. Thompson, Sherman, and Bellaire are working at the height of their powers. Good luck at the Eisners to everyone else.
The Ultimates - Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee, and Travis Lanham
Deniz Camp is one of the most thoughtful, socially conscious writers working in comics, with his run on The Ultimates with Juan Frigeri and Federico Blee showing superheroes have a lot to say about the real world and its reflections. The messages aren’t always subtle, but by god, they are important. The reinvention of heroes is top-tier, while the bold storytelling is consistently moving and enthralling. I’m confident the series will stick the landing.
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(I am definitely forgetting some comics, so this section might be expanded later).
