Best of 2016 - Comics Miniseries and One-Shots

Last year, I had a top 10 filled up with Marvel, mostly Secret Wars, with the notable exception of We Stand on Guard, another great Brian K. Vaughan book with fantastic art by Steve Skroce. This year? A little more diverse, but still largely Marvel.

Best Miniseries:
1. Nighthawk #1-6 (Marvel)
2. Captain Marvel #1-10 (Marvel)
3. Star Wars Han Solo #1-5 (Marvel)
4. Lake of Fire #1-5 (Image)
5. Voltron Legendary Defender #1-5 (Lion Forge)
6. Britannia #1-4 (Valiant)
7. Klaus #1-7 (Boom!)
8. Civil War II Ulysses #1-3 (Marvel)
9. Shaft Imitation of Life #1-4 (Dynamite)
10. Interceptor #1-4 (2000 AD)

Also in the running: Three other Civil War II tie-ins (Amazing Spider-Man, Gods of War, X-Men), Civil War II (the ending ruined it, but I liked a lot up until that point), Empress, Vote Loki, Divinity II (Valiant), and Gutter Magic (IDW)

I read close to 100 first issues and one-shots this year, so I'm adding a category for this as well.

Best First Issues:*

1. Thanos #1 (Marvel)
2. Hawkeye #1 (Marvel)
3. Occupy Avengers #1 (Marvel)
4. Batman/TMNT Adventures #1 (DC/IDW)
5. Future Quest #1 (DC)
6. Black Panther #1 (Marvel)
7. Doom Patrol #1 (DC/Young Animal)
8. Ether #1 (Dark Horse)
9. Kim & Kim #1 (Black Mask)
10. Eclipse #1 (Image)

*Caveat: I didn't include any of the first issues from my Top 10 new series. So you can consider this really the bottom of a Top 20 list if you want.

Those that almost but didn't quite make the top 10 include: Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #1 (DC/Young Animal), Gamora #1, Star-Lord #1, and Invincible Iron Man #1 (Marvel), Black #1, Jade Street Protection Services #1 and The Skeptics #1 (Black Mask), Motor Crush #1, Moonshine #1 and Reborn #1 (Image), Divinity III Stalinverse #1 (Valiant), Night's Dominion #1 and Heart-Throb #1 (Oni Press), Motor Girl #1 (Abstract Press), Red Dog #1 (451 Studios), Warhammer 40K Tide of Iron #1 (Titan) and Vampire Hunter D Message From Mars #1.

Best One-Shots:
1. Criminal 10th Anniversary Special
2. Doctor Strange Last Days of Magic #1
3. Suicide Squad War Crimes #1
4. Dark Knight Returns The Last Crusade #1
5. Lazarus Sourcebook #1