most long runs ostrander did at DC like sicide squad, MM, spectre, firestorm are great
too bad DC doesn't give a shit about his work
O'Neil question
Moore swamp thing
Grell Green arrow
Robinson starman

Starman
Madman
Badger
Nexus
Hulk by Peter David

Absolute best cape comic of all time is Moore's Miracleman.

Ditko Strange and Spidey
Simonson Thor
Miller DD
Conway/Stern/McFarlane/Busiek/Bendis/Jenkins/Defalco/DeMatteis Spidey
Bendis DD
Busiekvengers
PAD Hulk
DnA Cosmic
Starlin Cosmic
DeMatteis Moonshadow
Claremont X-Men
Byrne FF
Lee FF
Ennis Punisher
Gruenwald Cap
Brubaker Cap
Waid FF
Morrison X-Men
Miller Wolverine
Brubaker DD
PaD Captain Marvel


I dont read DC

>>81925714
JMS Spidey is also cool despite having one of the weakest stories in Spider-Man history.

>>81924317
1. Injustice
2. Anything by Bendis. Bendis the writer. Bendis writes comic books.

>>81925604
it's not a cape comic at all m8.
it's a comic about people gaining godlike superpowers and the consequences of it.

>>81925851
Way t be semantic about it. In that case a lot of comics from marvel and DC aren't cape comics either

Okay here are some of my first thoughs:

Grant Morrison on Doom Patrol
Grant Morrison on the New X-men
Grant Morrison on Animal Man
Alan Moore on Miracleman
Starman by James Robinson
Greatest runs on Daredevil by: Frank Miller, Brian Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Mark Waid
Green Arrow by Kevin Smith
Green Arrow by Jeff Lemire
Nick Fury by Jim Steranko
Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby
The Amazing Spider-man by Straczynski. I also like Spider-man by Paul Jenkins.
Also Spider-man by Roger Stern, classic.
Thor by Simonson. Thor by Straczynski

Well thats just a few

Oh i forgot about my fav one - The Immortal Iron Fist by Brubaker/Fraction.

Also some classic Moon Knights run, i dont remember the writers but they are good. Also the one by Charlie Huston

X statix
Uncanny x force

>>81924317
Objectively? Depending on what you count as "cape" then I'd go with these (in no particular order):

>PERFECT TIER
Binder/Beck Captain Marvel
Cole Plastic Man
Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four
Lee/Ditko Spider-Man
Miller Daredevil
Claremont X-Men
Ennis Punisher

>TOP TIER
Ellis Planetary
Baron/Rude Nexus
Baron Badger
Moore Swamp Thing
Lee/Romita Spider-Man
Morrison Animal Man

>HIGH TIER
Simonson Thor
Johns JSA
Johns Green Lantern
Johns Action Comics
Millar Superman Adventures
Lee/Buscema Spider-Man
Morrison Doom Patrol
Morrison JLA

>RUNNERS-UP TIER
Grell Green Arrow
Waid Flash
Byrne Fantastic Four
Byrne She-Hulk

>SINGLE ARC/MINISERIES TIER (listing these separately since they aren't really "runs" per se)
All Star Superman
The Dark Knight Returns
Batman Year One

>>81925816
We laugh and joke, but Bendis' Ultimate Spiderman and DD are top tier m8

>>81925989
>Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby

Keep telling yourself that.

https://www.MediaFire.com/EssentialCapeshit

>>81926234
This is one of the worst lists I have ever seen.

X-Factor Vol 3. There are only two issues I don't like out of the entire run and it's bc they used that shitful art by Stroman for two Secret Invasion tie ins. It's basically flawless from beginning to end.

>>81925989
>Green Arrow by Kevin Smith
>Green Arrow by Jeff Lemire
>no mention of Grell or even O'Neil

>>81926132
>Cole Plastic Man
What issues are this?

Top 10 DC/Vertigo
1. John Ostrander - Suicide Squad
2. Mike Grell - Green Arrow
3. Grant Morrison - Doom Patrol
4. Geoff Johns - JSA
5. Garth Ennis - Hitman
6. Grant Morrison - JLA
7. Paul Levitz - Legion of Superheroes (all of his)
8. Marv Wolfman/George Perez - New Teen Titans
9. Justice League International - Giffen/Dematteis
10. Mark Waid - The Flash

Marvel:
1. Kurt Busiek Thunderbolts
2. Ed Brubaker/Matt Fraction - Immortal Iron Fist
3. Ed Brubaker - Captain America
4. Jim Steranko - Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD
5. Frank Miller - Daredevil
6. Chris Claremont - X-Men (even if you don't like it, you can't deny its impact)
7. Jack Kirby/Stan Lee - Fantastic Fou
8. Walt Simonson - Thor
9. Jonathan Hickman - Fantastic Four
10. Garth Ennis - Punisher MAX

>>81926878
Police Comics #1-90, Plastic Man #1-26.
The stories in Police Comics were only 1/4-1/2 of the issue.

>>81926132
>>Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four
>Lee/Ditko Spider-Man
Lee's dialogue does not hold up.

>>81926986
But are all of those by him?

>By the decade's end, however, Cole's feature was being created entirely by anonymous ghost writers and artists despite Cole's name being bannered. One last stint by Cole himself in 1949 and 1950 could not save the title. Plastic Man was cancelled in 1956 after several years of reprinting the Cole material, and new stories by others.

>>81926465
You must have only ever seen a handful of god tier lists

>>81926989
if you say so faggot

>>81926132
Fuck, did I seriously forget Hitman?

Add Hitman to perfect tier.

>>81926234
>The King to The Angry Man
You left Machine Man outside of a folder in there. How come?

>>81925908
>In that case a lot of comics from marvel and DC aren't cape comics either
nope, they are capes all right.
It's not semantics. cape comics are just drawn wrestling matches. The medium allows for the setting to be a street or a town or a planet instead of a ring.
Very few comics about superheroes break from this mold.

>>81924317
Marvel:
Miller's Daredevil
Ennis' Punisher
Claremont's X-Men
Lee/Kirby's Fantastic Four
Gerber's Howard the Duck
Brubaker's Captain America
Simonson's Thor
Bendis' Ultimate Spider-Man
Waid's Daredevil
Hickman's Fantastic Four

DC:
Moore's Swamp Thing
Johns' JSA
Morrison's Doom Patrol
Waid's Flash
Simonson's Orion
O'Neill's Batman
Morrison's JLA
Giffen's JLI
Grell's Green Arrow
Ostrander's Suicide Squad

Maggin/Bates/Swan's Superman
Kirby's Fourth World Saga
Steranko's Nick Fury

top of my head

Claremont et al Uncanny X-Men
Claremont/Sienkiewicz New Mutants
Miller Daredevil
Ostrander/McDonnell/Yale Suicide Squad
Waid et al The Flash
Robinson/Harris/Snejbjerg Starman
Levitz/Giffen/Lightle/LaRocque Legion of Superheroes
Brubaker's Cap
Lee/Ditko/Kirby Spidey/FF/Dr Strange