Recommended Graphic Novels Sorted By Age Age Rating Title Author Year Genre Publisher Price Additional Information All Adventures of Tintin: Tintin in Herge 1994 Adventure Little, Brown $17.99 HC America (v.1-7) All Akiko Pocket Books (3 vols.) Mark Crilley 1997 Fantasy Sirius $12.95 Digest All Amelia Rules!: The Whole World's Jimmy Gownley 2003 Humor iBooks $14.95 SC Gone Crazy All Amelia Rules!: What Makes You Jimmy Gownley 2004 Humor iBooks $14.95 SC Happy All Archie American Series: Best of the Victor Gorelick 1998 Humor Archie Comic Books $9.95 (-11.95) Digest; Price changes (40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's) depending on volume. All Asterix (14 v. translated) Rene Goscinny and 2005 Humor/ Adventure Orion $9.95 SC Albert Uderzo All Batman Adventures : Rogues Gallery Various Authors 2004 Superhero DC $6.95 Digest All Batman Adventures Vol.2: Shadows Various Authors 2004 Superhero DC $6.95 Digest and Masks All Bone: Out From Boneville (v.1-9) Jeff Smith 1991 Fantasy Cartoon Books/ Scholastic $9.95 Color-SC; HC 18.95; Scholastic currently reprinting in color; All Cartoon Cartoons: Name That Toon! Various Authors 2004 Humor DC $6.95 Digest (v.1-2) All Decoy: Storm of the Century Courtney Huddleston 2000 Action Penny Farthing $17.95 SC All Good-bye Chunky Rice Craig Thompson 1999 Slice of Life Top Shelf $14.95 SC All Groo the Wanderer (10 vols.) Sergio Aragones 1995 Humor Dark Horse $9.95 (-13.95) SC; Price changes depending on volume. All JLA: New World Order Grant Morrison 1997 Superhero DC $7.95 SC All Justice League Adventures : The Dan Slott, et al. 2003 Superhero DC $6.95 Digest Magnificent Seven Thursday, April 14, 2005 Key: [M] – for mature teens Format: SC – soft cover HC – hard cover Digest – short soft cover, thickness varies Age Rating Title Author Year Genre Publisher Price Additional Information All Justice League Adventures Vol.2: Dan Slott, et al. 2004 Superhero DC $6.95 Digest Friends & Foes All Moby Dick Will Eisner 2003 Literary Adaptation Nantier Beall Minoustchine $15.95 HC Publishing All My Neighbor Totoro (v.1-3) Hayao Miyazaki 2004 Fantasy Viz LLC $9.99 Digest All Pakkins' Land: Paul's Adventure (v.1-4) Gary Shipman 1997 Fantasy Stabur Press $15.95 SC All Patrick the Wolf Boy Franco Aureliani 2005 Fantasy Devil's Due Publishing $10.00 SC All Peter and the Wolf Miguelanxo Prado 2003 Folklore Nantier Beall Minoustchine $15.95 SC Publishing All Powerpuff Girls: Titans of Townsville A. Denson 2003 Humor DC $6.95 Digest All Princess and the Frog Will Eisner 2003 Fantasy Nantier Beall Minoustchine $7.95 SC Publishing All Scooby Doo: All Wrapped Up! Chris Duffy, et al. 2005 Humor DC $6.95 Digest All Scooby Doo: Ruh-Roh Chris Duffy, et al. 2003 Humor DC $6.95 Digest All Scooby Doo: The Big Squeeze Chris Duffy, et al. 2005 Humor DC $6.95 Digest All Scooby-Doo: You Meddling Kids Chris Duffy, et al. 2003 Humor DC $6.95 Digest All Shrek Mark Evanier 2003 Fantasy Dark Horse $9.95 Digest All Simpsons Comics (8 vols.) Matt Groenig 2001 Humor HarperCollins $11.95 (-14.95) SC; Price changes depending on volume. All Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures Various Authors 2004 Action Dark Horse $6.95 Digest All Star Wars: Darth Maul Ron Marz and Jan 2001 Fantasy Dark Horse $12.95 SC Duursema, et al. All Superman Adventures : Up, Up and Mark Millar 2004 Superhero DC $6.95 Digest Away! Thursday, April 14, 2005 Key: [M] – for mature teens Format: SC – soft cover HC – hard cover Digest – short soft cover, thickness varies Age Rating Title Author Year Genre Publisher Price Additional Information All Superman Adventures Vol.2: The Mark Millar 2004 Superhero DC $6.95 Digest Never-Ending Battle All Teen Titans Go!: Truth, Justice, Pizza! J. Torres 2004 Superhero DC $6.95 Digest All The Tick (select volumes available) Ben Endlund 1996 Humor Marlowe & Company $14.95 SC All Tokyo Mew Mew (v.1-7) Mia Ikumi 2003 Action TokyoPop $9.99 Digest All Uncanny X-men (v.1-6) Chris Claremont, et al. 2004 Superhero Marvel $11.99 (-17.99) SC; v.4 currently unavailable All Walt Disney's Donald Duck Various Authors 2003 Humor Gemstone $7.95 Digest Adventures All Whistle! (v.1-4) Daisuke Higuchi 2004 Sports Viz LLC $7.99 Digest All Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Batton Lash 1992 Humor Exhibit A Press $7.95 Digest Macabre: Supernatural Law Gr.4+ Age of Reptiles: Tribal Warfare Ricardo Delgado 1996 Historical Fiction Dark Horse $14.95 SC Gr.4+ Alison Dare, Little Miss Adventures: Is J. Torres 2002 Humor Oni Press $8.95 SC That a Dare? Gr.4+ Aria (v.1-3) Kozue Amano 2004 Slice of Life ADV $9.99 Digest Gr.4+ Astro Boy (v.1-23) Osamu Tezuka 2002 Science Fiction Dark Horse $9.95 Digest Gr.4+ Courageous Princess Rod Espinosa 2003 Fantasy Antarctic Press $15.95 SC; HC 24.95 Gr.4+ Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Ted Naifeh 2003 Fantasy Oni Press $11.95 Digest Mystics (vol.2) Gr.4+ Courtney Crumrin and the Night Ted Naifeh 2002 Fantasy Oni Press $11.95 Digest Things Gr.4+ Courtney Crumrin and the Twilight Ted Naifeh 2004 Fantasy Oni Press $11.95 Digest Kingdom (vol.3) Gr.4+ Days Like This J. Torres 2003 Historical Fiction Oni Press $8.95 SC Thursday, April 14, 2005 Key: [M] – for mature teens Format: SC – soft cover HC – hard cover Digest – short soft cover, thickness varies Age Rating Title Author Year Genre Publisher Price Additional Information Gr.4+ Di Gi Charat (v.1-4) Koge Donobo 2003 Fantasy/Humor Viz LLC $12.95 Digest Gr.4+ Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde (v.1-4) Oscar Wilde and P. 1992 Literary Adaptation Nantier Beall Minoustchine $8.95 SC; HC 15.95, v.3(15.95), Craig Russell 4(7.95) Gr.4+ JLA: Liberty and Justice Paul Dini and Alex 2003 Superhero DC $9.95 Oversized SC Ross Gr.4+ Leave It To Chance : Shaman's Rain James Robinson 2002 Adventure Image $14.95 HC Gr.4+ Leave It To Chance Vol.2: Trick or James Robinson 2003 Adventure Image $14.95 HC Threat Gr.4+ Leave It To Chance Vol.3: Monster James Robinson 2003 Adventure Image $14.95 HC Madness Gr.4+ Little Lit: Folklore & Fairytale Funnies Art Spiegelman, et al. 2000 Folklore/ Short Tal HarperCollins $19.95 HC Gr.4+ Little Lit: It Was a Dark and Silly Art Spiegelman, et al. 2003 Short Tale Collecti HarperCollins $19.99 HC Night Gr.4+ Little Lit: Strange Stories For Strange Art Spiegelman, et al. 2001 Short Tale Collecti HarperCollins $19.95 HC Kids Gr.4+ Rose Jeff Smith and Charles 2002 Adventure Cartoon Books $19.95 SC; spinoff miniseries from Jeff Vess Smith's "Bone" Gr.4+ Roswell Walks Among Us Bill Morrison 1997 Science Fiction/ Fa HarperCollins $12.95 SC Gr.4+ Shazam!: Power of Hope Paul Dini and Alex 2000 Superhero DC $9.95 Oversized SC Ross Gr.4+ Sidekicks: The Transfer Student J. Torres 2003 Superhero Oni Press $11.95 SC Gr.4+ Spirited Away (v.1-5) Hayao Miyazaki 2002 Fantasy Viz LLC $9.95 Digest Gr.4+ Superman For All Seasons Jeph Loeb 2000 Superhero DC $17.95 SC Gr.4+ Tellos : Reluctant Heroes Todd Dezago 2001 Fantasy Image $17.95 SC Gr.4+ Tellos Vol.2: Kindred Spirits Todd Dezago 2001 Fantasy Image $17.95 SC Thursday, April 14, 2005 Key: [M] – for mature teens Format: SC – soft cover HC – hard cover Digest – short soft cover, thickness varies Age Rating Title Author Year Genre Publisher Price Additional Information Gr.4+ Thieves and Kings (v.1-5) Mark Oakley 1998 Fantasy One Box Publishing $13.50 (-16.95) SC; only vols. 1, 2, 5 are currently available Gr.4+ Ultimate Spider-Man : Power and Brian Michael Bendis 2002 Superhero Marvel $14.95 SC Responsibility Gr.4+ Ultimate Spider-Man Vol.2: Learning Brian Michael Bendis 2002 Superhero Marvel $12.99 SC Curve Gr.4+ Ultimate Spider-Man Vol.3: Double Brian Michael Bendis 2002 Superhero Marvel $17.95 SC Trouble Gr.4+ Wind in the Willows Vol.2: Mr. Toad Kenneth Grahame 1998 Fantasy Nantier Beall Minoustchine $15.95 HC Gr.4+ Wind in the Willows Vol.3: Gates of Kenneth Grahame 1996 Fantasy Nantier Beall Minoustchine $15.95 HC Dawn Gr.4+ Wind in the Willows Vol.4: Panic at Kenneth Grahame 2002 Fantasy Nantier Beall Minoustchine $15.95 HC Toad Hall Gr.4+ WJHC On the Air! Jane Smith Fisher 2003 Slice of Life Wilson Place $11.95 SC Gr.4+ X-Men: Evolution Devin Grayson 2002 Superhero Marvel $8.99 SC; Digest also avail. 5.99 Gr.4+ X-Men: Evolution Volume Two Devin Grayson 2003 Superhero Marvel $11.99 SC Gr.4+ Yu-Gi-Oh! (v.1-7) Kazuki Takahashi 2003 Action Viz LLC $7.95 Digest MS .Hack Sign (v.1-3) Tatsuya Hamazaki 2003 Adventure TokyoPop $9.99 Digest MS 13th of Never Crab Scrambly 2004 Gothic Fantasy SLG $7.95 SC MS Age of Bronze : A Thousand Ships Eric Shanower 2001 Historical Fiction/ Image $19.95 SC MS Age of Bronze Vol. 2: Sacrifice Eric Shanower 2004 Historical Fiction/ Image $29.95 HC MS Amazing Spiderman Vol. 2: J. Michael Straczynski 2002 Superhero/ 9-11 Tr Marvel $8.99 SC Revelations and John Romita Jr., et MS Angelic Layer (v.1-5) Clamp 2002 Action TokyoPop $9.99 Digest Thursday, April 14, 2005 Key: [M] – for mature teens Format: SC – soft cover HC – hard cover Digest – short soft cover, thickness varies Age Rating Title Author Year Genre Publisher Price Additional Information MS Aquaman: The Waterbearer Rick Veitch and Yyvel 2003 Superhero DC $12.95 SC Guichet MS Arana: The Heart of the Spider Fiona Avery 2005 Superhero/ Drama Marvel $7.99 Digest (Marvel Age) MS Azumanga Daioh (v.1-2) Kiyohiko Azuma 2003 Slice of Life ADV $9.99 Digest MS Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Matt Groenig 1999 Humor HarperPerennial $15.95 SC Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo MS Batgirl: Year One Scott Beatty and Chuck 2003 Superhero DC $19.95 SC Dixon MS Batman and Superman: World's Finest Karl Kesel and Steve 2003 Superhero DC $19.95 SC Rude MS Batman: Hush (v.1-2) Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee 2003 Superhero DC $12.95 SC MS Beet the Vandel Buster (v.1-2) Riku Sanjo 2004 Fantasy Viz LLC $7.99 Digest MS Birds of Prey (3 vols.) Chuck Dixon/Gail 1999 Superhero DC $14.95 (-17.95) SC; Price changes Simone (2004) depending on volume.