1986 Comics Buyers Guide Fan Awards (original) (raw)

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(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

  1. Batman: The Dark Knight 1-4 [533]
  2. Daredevil 227-233 [236]
  3. Watchmen [188]
  4. Superman 423/Action 583 ("What ever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?") [139]
  5. X-Men 210-213/X-Factor 9-11/Thor 373/New Mutants 46/Power Pack 27/ Daredevil 238 (Mutant Massacre) [136]
  6. Swamp Thing 53 (Swamp Thing invades Gotham City) [115]
  7. Man of Steel 1-6 [101]
  8. Crisis on Infinite Earths [58]
  9. Batman 400 [52]
  10. New Mutants 45 [53]

FAVORITE LIMITED COMIC BOOK SERIES

  1. Batman: the Dark Knight [944]
  2. Watchmen [660]
  3. Man of Steel [407]
  4. Legends [224]
  5. Elektra: Assassin [118]
  6. Mage [76]
  7. Punisher [76]
  8. Crisis on Infinite Earths [61]
  9. Aquaman [48]
  10. The Shadow [34]

FAVORITE COLORIST

  1. Lynn Varley [622]
  2. Tom Ziuko [273]
  3. Tatjana Wood [266]
  4. Glynis Oliver [212]
  5. Adrienne Roy [186]
  6. Carl Gafford [142]
  7. Christie Max Scheele [127]
  8. Matt Wagner [103]
  9. John Higgins [96]
  10. Les Dorscheid [86]

FAVORITE COVER ARTIST

  1. George Perez [444]
  2. Bill Sienkiewicz [416]
  3. Arthur Adams [381]
  4. John Byrne [294]
  5. Dave Stevens [188]
  6. Frank Miller [106]
  7. Walter Simonson [86]
  8. Mike Zeck [72]
  9. Barry Windsor-Smith [66]
  10. Steve Lightle [64]

FAVORITE GRAPHIC NOVEL (includes new and reprint)

  1. Daredevil: Love and War [527]
  2. The Dark Knight [478]
  3. Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky [197]
  4. Grendel: Devil by the Deed [157]
  5. Robotech the Graphic Novel, Genesis: Robotech [124]
  6. Alien Legion: A Grey Day to Die [81]
  7. Dracula: A Symphony in Moonlight and Murder [79]
  8. Demon with a Glass Hand [77]
  9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [70]
  10. Time2: the Epiphany [64]

FAVORITE WRITER

  1. Alan Moore [876]
  2. Frank Miller [796]
  3. Chris Claremont [266]
  4. John Byrne [176]
  5. Marv Wolfman [164]
  6. Roy and Dann Thomas [89]
  7. Mike Baron [63]
  8. Matt Wagner [58]
  9. Louise Simonson [57]
  10. Paul Levitz [56]

FAVORITE LETTERER

  1. John Costanza [733]
  2. Tom Orzechowski [350]
  3. Ken Bruzenak [281]
  4. John Workman [271]
  5. Jim Novak [124]
  6. Joe Rosen [117]
  7. Bob Lappan [95]
  8. Todd Klein [84]
  9. Bob Pinaha [79]
  10. Dave Gibbons [75]

FAVORITE COMIC BOOK (title)

  1. Swamp Thing [395]
  2. Uncanny X-Men [356]
  3. Batman [127]
  4. Legion of Super-Heroes/Tales of the LSH [116]
  5. Superman [101]
  6. New Teen Titans/Tales of the Teen Titans [93]
  7. X-Factor [89]
  8. Daredevil [82]
  9. Avengers [79]
  10. Watchmen [73]

FAVORITE CHARACTER

  1. Batman [680]
  2. Wolverine [287]
  3. Superman [178]
  4. Rorschach (Watchmen) [136]
  5. Spider-Man [122]
  6. Swamp Thing [96]
  7. 'Mazing Man [49]
  8. Daredevil [46]
  9. Cerebus [44]
  10. Groo [44]

FAVORITE INKER

  1. Terry Austin [724]
  2. Karl Kesel [348]
  3. Klaus Janson [231]
  4. Dick Giordano [188]
  5. Tom Palmer [94]
  6. Jerry Ordway [90]
  7. John Totleben [84]
  8. Mike DeCarlo [66]
  9. Bruce D. Patterson [66]
  10. Romeo Tanghal [65]

FAVORITE PENCILLER

  1. John Byrne [647]
  2. George Perez [510]
  3. Arthur Adams [246]
  4. Frank Miller [244]
  5. Bill Sienkiewicz [114]
  6. Steve Rude [112]
  7. David Mazzuchelli [85]
  8. Dave Gibbons [67]
  9. Todd McFarlane [60]
  10. Alan Davis [59]

FAVORITE DIRECT-SALES ONLY TITLE (Phil Seuling Award)

  1. Watchmen [272]
  2. New Teen Titans [238]
  3. Infinity Inc. [183]
  4. Power Pack [159]
  5. Batman: the Dark Knight [151]
  6. Legion of Super-Heroes [149]
  7. Cerebus [92]
  8. Nexus [85]
  9. Vigilante [71]
  10. Mage [62]

FAVORITE PUBLICATION ABOUT COMICS

  1. Amazing Heroes [1022]
  2. Comics Journal [245]
  3. Marvel Age [243]
  4. Comics Feature [224]
  5. Comics Interview [100]
  6. Comic Book Price Guide [79]
  7. Four Color Magazine [61]
  8. Comics Collector [43]
  9. DC Releases [30]

FAVORITE EDITOR

  1. Denny O'Neil [389]
  2. Mark Gruenwald [296]
  3. Karen Berger [253]
  4. Marv Wolfman [217]
  5. Ann Nocenti [210]
  6. Mike Gold [164]
  7. Jim Shooter [163]
  8. Andy Helfer [151]
  9. Dick Giordano [131]
  10. 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