The best post-apocalyptic comics are, at the top,Old Man Loganby Mark Millar,Sweet Toothby Jeff Lemire,The Walking DeadetWasteland. This tier list ranks stories of collapsed worlds according to their quality, atmosphere and inventiveness, from brutal survival to melancholy journey. Facts (authors, publishers, dates) checked, no invented ratings.
The post-apocalyptic depicts what remains after the collapse: ruins, survivors, society to be reinvented. This tier list brings together the stories that best convey this desolation – tension, characters, credible world. Criterion: the success of the post-apo story, not just notoriety.
Editorial Ranks, Factsverified. Each entry refers to a site file when it exists.
Tier S: the worlds after
Old Man Loganimagines an aged Wolverine in an America conquered by villains – a cult post-apo western.Sweet Toothby Jeff Lemire follows a deer child in a world ravaged by a pandemic, with immense tenderness.The Walking Deaddefined modern survival, andWastelanddeploys a coherent post-apo universe over dozens of issues.
Tier A: the great survivors
Y: The Last Manimagine a world deprived of its men.Xenozoic Tales(Cadillacs and Dinosaurs) mixes post-apo and dinosaurs,East of Westdeploys its apocalyptic western, andDMZplunges into an America at war.
Tier B: devastated lands
Scoutby Tim Truman,Roche Limit,Extinction Parade(by Max Brooks) andThe Last Man Standingoffer varied visions of the collapse.
Tier C: curiosities of the genre
Kamandiby Jack Kirby,Ashes,The Great PacificetAfter the Capecomplete the selection with original approaches to the world after.
Tier D: the singularities
Hard Boiledby Frank Miller and Geof Darrow,Wonton Soupby Brandon Graham andDeadworldclose this tier list: niche readings, real but more difficult to find.
To remember
- Old Man Logan and Sweet Toothare the modern peaks of the genre.
- The post-apo lends itself to everything:western, pandemic, dinosaurs, civil war.
- Old Man Loganhas wanted key numbers (Wolverine vol. 3 #66-72).
- Each entry refers to a site file when it exists.
Frequently asked questions
Old Man Logan(Millar) andSweet Tooth(Lemire) are the modern references, alongside the essentialThe Walking Dead.
Not necessarily. The zombie is one cause of collapse among others (pandemic, war, catastrophe). Post-apocalyptic refers more broadly to any world after the fall.
BySweet Tooth(moving and complete) orOld Man Logan(spectacular and autonomous). Both exist in collections.
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