END OF YEAR POLL: What Was The Best Comic Book Series Of 2012?

It's been a hell of a year for comic books and so we've compiled a list of the twelve ongoing series' we consider to be the best in order for you to pick a winner. So, what are you waiting for? Hit the jump to cast your vote!

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By Josh Wilding - 12/25/2012

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! If you're already sick of unwrapping gifts and eating turkey, have no fear, as we're here to keep you entertained this Holiday season. As well as a couple of news stories (which, if I've timed them right, should already be up on the site as you read this), we have yet another "End of Year Poll" for you; this time we're asking which comic book series of 2012 was your favourite. To meet the criteria, each of the comic books listed below had to have the same writer throughout the year and be an ongoing series. Of course, it's inevitable that someone's favourite won't have been included here, but you can share those suggestions below and we'll be sure to tally them up when the results are announced on Twitter at some point later this week.

Animal Man (Jeff Lemire)

Aquaman (Geoff Johns)

Batman (Scott Snyder)

Daredevil (Mark Waid)

Green Lantern (Geoff Johns)

Hawkeye (Matt Fraction)

Journey Into Mystery (Kieron Gillen)

Punisher (Greg Rucka)

Swamp Thing (Scott Snyder)

The Walking Dead (Robert Kirkman)

Uncanny X-Force (Rick Remender)

Uncanny X-Men (Kieron Gillen)

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47 Comments

	aztecRaingod - 12/25/2012, 9:12 AM Login to report abuse The Thor:God Of Thunder series is not on here? Ok fine, I realize its too new.
	ManofSteel91 - 12/25/2012, 9:13 AM Login to report abuse First
	aztecRaingod - 12/25/2012, 9:14 AM Login to report abuse "First" Fail.
	TheRock234 - 12/25/2012, 9:28 AM Login to report abuse @LEVITKUZ Dan slott can't write for shit about Spider-man
	Dynamo - 12/25/2012, 9:29 AM Login to report abuse Scott Snyder's Batman was [frick]ing brilliant.
	Wildaniel - 12/25/2012, 9:30 AM Login to report abuse Avengers VS X-Men!!! LOL, I vote for Snyder's Batman! Fear The Court!
	ReeferInferno - 12/25/2012, 9:31 AM Login to report abuse lol, who reads comics?
	SwordExplosion - 12/25/2012, 9:34 AM Login to report abuse Can anyone honestly say they've read all of these titles to make a fair comparison? Dumb poll.
	BattlinMurdock - 12/25/2012, 9:46 AM Login to report abuse Snyder's run is excellent, but Waid's Daredevil is a complete revival. Funny, dmart, action-packed, and more recently incredibly scary...it's got my vote. Easily the best comic team.
	SwordExplosion - 12/25/2012, 9:48 AM Login to report abuse I really enjoyed Batman, but a lot of the credit has to go to Greg Capullo. If it were Greg Land drawing Batman, I don't see Court of Owls being as well received. Batman is just running on all cylinders- even the coloring is top notch IMHO.
	Bandido - 12/25/2012, 9:54 AM Login to report abuse Nooo! U bastard u had to put hawkguy against batman :( lol
	Diana - 12/25/2012, 10:03 AM Login to report abuse WONDER WOMAN deserves to be on that list.
	Egan - 12/25/2012, 10:05 AM Login to report abuse No Invincible? bullshit.
	JoshWilding - 12/25/2012, 10:06 AM Login to report abuse "Can anyone honestly say they've read all of these titles to make a fair comparison? Dumb poll." Seriously? This list barely covers even half of my monthly pull list. No wonder so many people on here don't seem to know what the hell is going on when we post comic previews! Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS guys! :)
	thorhulk77 - 12/25/2012, 10:09 AM Login to report abuse Scott Snyders Batman. Court of Owls was really good and so far, Death of the Family is shaping up to be great.
	Bandido - 12/25/2012, 10:10 AM Login to report abuse @Splenda: i can tell u that if u buy all the issues for hawkeye you definitely wont regret it @joshwilding: merry xmas u bastard! Haha jk
	hayyam - 12/25/2012, 10:37 AM Login to report abuse I was between Animal Man and Batman. But I chose Animal Man just because its trippy and different
	ArtisticErotic - 12/25/2012, 10:42 AM Login to report abuse You should have titled this "The Best Mainstream" comics of 2012 a lot of other great comics from other companies you forgot.
	polarkyle - 12/25/2012, 10:50 AM Login to report abuse What no justice league
	BattlinMurdock - 12/25/2012, 10:51 AM Login to report abuse Ironically spelling "smart" as "dmart" now.
	Jodez99 - 12/25/2012, 11:02 AM Login to report abuse How about Hickman's work with the fantastic Four?
	astromerc - 12/25/2012, 11:12 AM Login to report abuse Wow! It looks like no one here is even reading.
	Shadowelfz - 12/25/2012, 11:24 AM Login to report abuse Aquaman and Batman FTW!
	clogan - 12/25/2012, 12:06 PM Login to report abuse What's this shit. No Invincible here?
	superotherside - 12/25/2012, 12:12 PM Login to report abuse I voted Batman. But the now Iron Man, Thor, Cap, Hulk, and Avengers have all been great.
	TheOneAboveAll - 12/25/2012, 12:19 PM Login to report abuse ATOMIC ROBO!
	Goggles - 12/25/2012, 12:33 PM Login to report abuse Gotta give my vote to the Hawkguy.
	Mnathan - 12/25/2012, 2:09 PM Login to report abuse Where's' Captain Marvel!?!? Batman always win,he is one of my my favorite heroes(is in my top 3 along with Spidey and GL),but he always been so awesome and i hate him,sometimes,because of this. Always the best CBM hero,always the best movie,always the best comic,always the best action figure,always the best cereal... i am picking Aquaman(i dont like him that much,but the recent comics are really good)
	Gunslinger - 12/25/2012, 3:18 PM Login to report abuse Snyder's Court of the Owls was nearly flawless but Death of the Family just isn't as good, imo. Hawkeye is probably the best mainstream comic there (i say mainstream due to being a Marvel book about an acenger - the script (Fraction) and art (Aja) are anything but), and Marvel Now's Thor is pretty good, quite unconventional in the way it's told with some really good art as well. Still, only 3 issues out, not fair to say best of 2012. Hawkeye def is, out of the options given.
	Gunslinger - 12/25/2012, 3:21 PM Login to report abuse Special mention for Image's "Glory". Very good read. And "Morning Glories".
	SkinnyOne - 12/25/2012, 3:50 PM Login to report abuse Batgirl needs to be on this poll. Gail Simone has been fantastic writing that series. But out of these choices I'd go with Batman and Uncanny X-Force a close 2nd
	Franshu - 12/25/2012, 3:51 PM Login to report abuse For me, the most original title out of those was Animal Man. It's creepy, it's great storytelling, and you anxiously wait for the next issue, while never knowing exactly what might happen next. So, for me, it's: 1)Animal Man 2)Batman 3)Green Lantern 4)Aquaman Unfortunately, I couldn't get to read any of the otehr titles. I do find "Daredevil, End of Days" pretty cool too, but since it's a mini series that is still ongoing, I still cant give it a definitive position in the ranking
	FightAs0ne - 12/25/2012, 4:39 PM Login to report abuse Damn I'm just gonna list all my favs from this year. Aquaman, Batman, Green Lantern, Ult. Spider-Man(yeah I said it so what), Uncanny/All New X-men, and Walking Dead. I'm gonna vote Aquaman because most people (including me) counted him as the butt of the jokes in the DC universe, but I've grown to like him and the comic, though Miles follows behind at number 2.
	lapress - 12/25/2012, 7:04 PM Login to report abuse @Josh Wilding Maybe you should do Mainstream and then Independent comic polls
	ScionStorm - 12/25/2012, 7:48 PM Login to report abuse Cool, Gillen got two series on this list.
	spider1489 - 12/25/2012, 7:55 PM Login to report abuse WHAT ! WHERE IS THE ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN!!!! WITH MILES !!!
	JustDame - 12/25/2012, 8:38 PM Login to report abuse Saga.
	DoodPool - 12/25/2012, 9:30 PM Login to report abuse @JustDame Saga was REALLY good but i would put it second to Scott Snyder's run on Batman. Snyder's Batman books are modern classics. Marvel has been doing HORRIBLE on all fronts. The quality of story telling in marvel has been pretty shit since SEIGE ended. The best Marvel i have read are Wolverine and the X Men (feels nostalgic, has the 90s gen x feel to it) and The start of the incredible hulk reboot (great art, great story after years of hulk family bs). Spider man is starting to get good again. But all the x men vs avengers stuff was horrible, hype that went nowhere. @nomis Snyder's Swamp Thing is basically just like Moore's, That's why it's great, and Snyder has a great way of working in that style and being original at the same time. But... i don't think his swamp thing run is as important as his Batman Shit...
	Tymminator - 12/25/2012, 9:37 PM Login to report abuse Cute how my post is deleted.
	JustDame - 12/25/2012, 9:53 PM Login to report abuse @doodpool i'd put Batman 3rd after Saga and Daredevil. I honestly love them all, though. On my list they're probably followed by Ultimate Spider-Man, Animal Man, The Massive, Alabaster Wolves, Debris, Winter Soldier and The Punisher in no particular order. But, I'm mixed on your opinion on Marvel. There was a lot of shitty books coming out but there was also a lot of good ones. I dropped The Incredible Hulk after the first arc too. But I'm a huge fan of Marvel NOW just like I was with The New 52. I'm sure the momentum will slow down and I'll be dropping a few titles like DC too. I personally think it's a great time to be a comic book fan.
	thalidomide - 12/25/2012, 10:38 PM Login to report abuse Uncanny X-force (hands down) Batman Daredevil Hawkeye Journey into Mystery
	JustDame - 12/25/2012, 10:51 PM Login to report abuse Brubaker's Cap got shitty after McNiven left, too. The arc with Zircher was pretty good though.
	marvel72 - 12/26/2012, 4:02 AM Login to report abuse marvel 1st uncanny x-force 2nd daredevil 3rd journey into mystery dc 1st animal man 2nd batman 3rd swamp thing image 1st saga 2nd invincible 3rd the walking dead comic of the year saga it would be different if you included marvel now titles 1st all new x-men 2nd thor god of thunder 3rd indestructible hulk 4th avengers 5th journey into mystery
	Scabsallover - 12/26/2012, 9:10 AM Login to report abuse I keep hearing Daredevil and Swamp Thing were really good, but the only series of these I read was Batman, so I simply won't vote.
	Minghagz - 12/26/2012, 4:37 PM Login to report abuse Ummm... where's Flash? Court of Owls was amazing but I was a little let down at the end so my final vote (on this list) goes to Aquaman.
	ComicBookGoth - 12/27/2012, 10:31 AM Login to report abuse s'a shame Rucka's punisher got canned for thunderbolts.
	bgharcourt - 12/28/2012, 1:46 AM Login to report abuse 1.Hell Yeah! 2.Aquaman 3.Morning Glories 4.Moriarty 5.Invincible 6.Daredevil