Read Y: The Last Man

Two soldiers from warring planets raise their daughter on the run; Vaughan and Staples.

Spider Jerusalem, a Hunter Thompson of the future, against the City; Warren Ellis.

Retired vigilantes in a 1985 with Nixon still president; the graphic novel that made comics grow up.

A 55-year-old Batman comes out of retirement to fight Superman; Frank Miller's 1986 reinvention.

Bruce Wayne's first year and Jim Gordon's; Miller and Mazzucchelli's crime comic.

The Joker's possible origin and Barbara Gordon shot; one bad day.

Superman has a year to live and does twelve impossible things; Morrison and Quitely.

An ageing Justice League returns to stop a new generation of reckless heroes; Alex Ross's paintings.