1986 Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards (original) (raw)
Comic Book Awards Almanac
(All comics with a 1986 cover date were eligible, which explains the presence of some 1985 miniseries or stories that ran into 1986. Vote tallies are in [brackets], and only listed the top 10 in each category are listed.)
FAVORITE COMIC BOOK STORY
- Batman: The Dark Knight 1-4 [533]
- Daredevil 227-233 [236]
- Watchmen [188]
- Superman 423/Action 583 ("What ever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?") [139]
- X-Men 210-213/X-Factor 9-11/Thor 373/New Mutants 46/Power Pack 27/ Daredevil 238 (Mutant Massacre) [136]
- Swamp Thing 53 (Swamp Thing invades Gotham City) [115]
- Man of Steel 1-6 [101]
- Crisis on Infinite Earths [58]
- Batman 400 [52]
- New Mutants 45 [53]
FAVORITE LIMITED COMIC BOOK SERIES
- Batman: the Dark Knight [944]
- Watchmen [660]
- Man of Steel [407]
- Legends [224]
- Elektra: Assassin [118]
- Mage [76]
- Punisher [76]
- Crisis on Infinite Earths [61]
- Aquaman [48]
- The Shadow [34]
FAVORITE COLORIST
- Lynn Varley [622]
- Tom Ziuko [273]
- Tatjana Wood [266]
- Glynis Oliver [212]
- Adrienne Roy [186]
- Carl Gafford [142]
- Christie Max Scheele [127]
- Matt Wagner [103]
- John Higgins [96]
- Les Dorscheid [86]
FAVORITE COVER ARTIST
- George Perez [444]
- Bill Sienkiewicz [416]
- Arthur Adams [381]
- John Byrne [294]
- Dave Stevens [188]
- Frank Miller [106]
- Walter Simonson [86]
- Mike Zeck [72]
- Barry Windsor-Smith [66]
- Steve Lightle [64]
FAVORITE GRAPHIC NOVEL (includes new and reprint)
- Daredevil: Love and War [527]
- The Dark Knight [478]
- Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky [197]
- Grendel: Devil by the Deed [157]
- Robotech the Graphic Novel, Genesis: Robotech [124]
- Alien Legion: A Grey Day to Die [81]
- Dracula: A Symphony in Moonlight and Murder [79]
- Demon with a Glass Hand [77]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [70]
- Time2: the Epiphany [64]
FAVORITE WRITER
- Alan Moore [876]
- Frank Miller [796]
- Chris Claremont [266]
- John Byrne [176]
- Marv Wolfman [164]
- Roy and Dann Thomas [89]
- Mike Baron [63]
- Matt Wagner [58]
- Louise Simonson [57]
- Paul Levitz [56]
FAVORITE LETTERER
- John Costanza [733]
- Tom Orzechowski [350]
- Ken Bruzenak [281]
- John Workman [271]
- Jim Novak [124]
- Joe Rosen [117]
- Bob Lappan [95]
- Todd Klein [84]
- Bob Pinaha [79]
- Dave Gibbons [75]
FAVORITE COMIC BOOK (title)
- Swamp Thing [395]
- Uncanny X-Men [356]
- Batman [127]
- Legion of Super-Heroes/Tales of the LSH [116]
- Superman [101]
- New Teen Titans/Tales of the Teen Titans [93]
- X-Factor [89]
- Daredevil [82]
- Avengers [79]
- Watchmen [73]
FAVORITE CHARACTER
- Batman [680]
- Wolverine [287]
- Superman [178]
- Rorschach (Watchmen) [136]
- Spider-Man [122]
- Swamp Thing [96]
- 'Mazing Man [49]
- Daredevil [46]
- Cerebus [44]
- Groo [44]
FAVORITE INKER
- Terry Austin [724]
- Karl Kesel [348]
- Klaus Janson [231]
- Dick Giordano [188]
- Tom Palmer [94]
- Jerry Ordway [90]
- John Totleben [84]
- Mike DeCarlo [66]
- Bruce D. Patterson [66]
- Romeo Tanghal [65]
FAVORITE PENCILLER
- John Byrne [647]
- George Perez [510]
- Arthur Adams [246]
- Frank Miller [244]
- Bill Sienkiewicz [114]
- Steve Rude [112]
- David Mazzuchelli [85]
- Dave Gibbons [67]
- Todd McFarlane [60]
- Alan Davis [59]
FAVORITE DIRECT-SALES ONLY TITLE (Phil Seuling Award)
- Watchmen [272]
- New Teen Titans [238]
- Infinity Inc. [183]
- Power Pack [159]
- Batman: the Dark Knight [151]
- Legion of Super-Heroes [149]
- Cerebus [92]
- Nexus [85]
- Vigilante [71]
- Mage [62]
FAVORITE PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS
- Amazing Heroes [1022]
- Comics Journal [245]
- Marvel Age [243]
- Comics Feature [224]
- Comics Interview [100]
- Comic Book Price Guide [79]
- Four Color Magazine [61]
- Comics Collector [43]
- DC Releases [30]
FAVORITE EDITOR
- Denny O'Neil [389]
- Mark Gruenwald [296]
- Karen Berger [253]
- Marv Wolfman [217]
- Ann Nocenti [210]
- Mike Gold [164]
- Jim Shooter [163]
- Andy Helfer [151]
- Dick Giordano [131]
- Roy Thomas [113]
A look at who voted: Most common age: 15 Age that had same number above and below it: 18 Arithmetical average: 20.7 Gender: Males: 3017 Females: 191 No answer: 166