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Comic Book Awards Almanac
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1986 Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards(All comics with a 1986 cover date were eligible, which explains the presence of some 1985 miniseries or stories that ran into 1986. Vote tallies are in [brackets], and only listed the top 10 in each category are listed.)
FAVORITE COMIC BOOK STORY
1. Batman: The Dark Knight 1-4 [533]
2. Daredevil 227-233 [236]
3. Watchmen [188]
4. Superman 423/Action 583 ("What ever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?")
[139]
5. X-Men 210-213/X-Factor 9-11/Thor 373/New Mutants 46/Power Pack 27/
Daredevil 238 (Mutant Massacre) [136]
6. Swamp Thing 53 (Swamp Thing invades Gotham City) [115]
7. Man of Steel 1-6 [101]
8. Crisis on Infinite Earths [58]
9. Batman 400 [52]
10. New Mutants 45 [53]
FAVORITE LIMITED COMIC BOOK SERIES
1. Batman: the Dark Knight [944]
2. Watchmen [660]
3. Man of Steel [407]
4. Legends [224]
5. Elektra: Assassin [118]
6. Mage [76]
6. Punisher [76]
8. Crisis on Infinite Earths [61]
9. Aquaman [48]
10. The Shadow [34]
FAVORITE COLORIST
1. Lynn Varley [622]
2. Tom Ziuko [273]
3. Tatjana Wood [266]
4. Glynis Oliver [212]
5. Adrienne Roy [186]
6. Carl Gafford [142]
7. Christie Max Scheele [127]
8. Matt Wagner [103]
9. John Higgins [96]
10. Les Dorscheid [86]
FAVORITE COVER ARTIST
1. George Perez [444]
2. Bill Sienkiewicz [416]
3. Arthur Adams [381]
4. John Byrne [294]
5. Dave Stevens [188]
6. Frank Miller [106]
7. Walter Simonson [86]
8. Mike Zeck [72]
9. Barry Windsor-Smith [66]
10. Steve Lightle [64]
FAVORITE GRAPHIC NOVEL (includes new and reprint)
1. Daredevil: Love and War [527]
2. The Dark Knight [478]
3. Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky [197]
4. Grendel: Devil by the Deed [157]
5. Robotech the Graphic Novel, Genesis: Robotech [124]
6. Alien Legion: A Grey Day to Die [81]
7. Dracula: A Symphony in Moonlight and Murder [79]
8. Demon with a Glass Hand [77]
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [70]
10. Time2: the Epiphany [64]
FAVORITE WRITER
1. Alan Moore [876]
2. Frank Miller [796]
3. Chris Claremont [266]
4. John Byrne [176]
5. Marv Wolfman [164]
6. Roy and Dann Thomas [89]
7. Mike Baron [63]
8. Matt Wagner [58]
9. Louise Simonson [57]
10. Paul Levitz [56]
FAVORITE LETTERER
1. John Costanza [733]
2. Tom Orzechowski [350]
3. Ken Bruzenak [281]
4. John Workman [271]
5. Jim Novak [124]
6. Joe Rosen [117]
7. Bob Lappan [95]
8. Todd Klein [84]
9. Bob Pinaha [79]
10. Dave Gibbons [75]
FAVORITE COMIC BOOK (title)
1. Swamp Thing [395]
2. Uncanny X-Men [356]
3. Batman [127]
4. Legion of Super-Heroes/Tales of the LSH [116]
5. Superman [101]
6. New Teen Titans/Tales of the Teen Titans [93]
7. X-Factor [89]
8. Daredevil [82]
9. Avengers [79]
10. Watchmen [73]
FAVORITE CHARACTER
1. Batman [680]
2. Wolverine [287]
3. Superman [178]
4. Rorschach (Watchmen) [136]
5. Spider-Man [122]
6. Swamp Thing [96]
7. 'Mazing Man [49]
8. Daredevil [46]
9. Cerebus [44]
10. Groo [44]
FAVORITE INKER
1. Terry Austin [724]
2. Karl Kesel [348]
3. Klaus Janson [231]
4. Dick Giordano [188]
5. Tom Palmer [94]
6. Jerry Ordway [90]
7. John Totleben [84]
8. Mike DeCarlo [66]
8. Bruce D. Patterson [66]
10. Romeo Tanghal [65]
FAVORITE PENCILLER
1. John Byrne [647]
2. George Perez [510]
3. Arthur Adams [246]
4. Frank Miller [244]
5. Bill Sienkiewicz [114]
6. Steve Rude [112]
7. David Mazzuchelli [85]
8. Dave Gibbons [67]
9. Todd McFarlane [60]
10. Alan Davis [59]
FAVORITE DIRECT-SALES ONLY TITLE (Phil Seuling Award)
1. Watchmen [272]
2. New Teen Titans [238]
3. Infinity Inc. [183]
4. Power Pack [159]
5. Batman: the Dark Knight [151]
6. Legion of Super-Heroes [149]
7. Cerebus [92]
8. Nexus [85]
9. Vigilante [71]
10. Mage [62]
FAVORITE PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS
1. Amazing Heroes [1022]
2. Comics Journal [245]
3. Marvel Age [243]
4. Comics Feature [224]
5. Comics Interview [100]
6. Comic Book Price Guide [79]
7. Four Color Magazine [61]
8. Comics Collector [43]
9. DC Releases [30]
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