We’re celebrating Image Comics‘ 25th anniversary all this week by breaking down the company’s all-time best 25 series. With so much diversity in its catalog, Image truly has comics for everyone. Check them out for yourself! And leave some of your own favorites in the comments.
This celebration was originally published as a five-part series, but has been consolidated here for your convenience. Thanks to writers Tony Wendel, Nick Enquist, Wes Messer, and Manny Gomez (who thought of and organized this project).
4. Lazarus
If ever a series that with any given issue will make you wonder, “what if?”, Lazarus is that kind of series. Writer Greg Rucka and artist Michael Lark create a dystopian world in which is ruled by a select group of families and they control everything. Each family has a Lazarus, think bodyguard and elite warrior, and starting with the family Caryle and their Lazarus, Forever, you learn more about this world. The scope widens as the series goes on but this is one series that changes on a dime and that makes it beautiful. I’m only giving you a hint of what this series is like but once you are in the world, you’ll be hooked. Amazing action, political mayhem, and an always changing universe, this is Lazarus and it is brilliant.
