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Comics - Top (5) of Top 100 Comic Runs of All Time
	Sandman - Voted #1 Comic Run of All Time Niel Gaiman The Sandman became a cult success for DC Comics and attracted an audience unlike that of mainstream comics: half the readership was female, many were in their twenties, and many read no other comics at all. By the time the series concluded in 1996, it was outselling the titles of DC's flagship character Superman. Gaiman had a finite run in mind for the series, and it concluded with issue 75. Gaiman said in 1996, "Could I do another five issues of Sandman? Well, damn right. And would I be able to look at myself in the mirror happily? No. Is it time to stop because I've reached the end, yes, and I think I'd rather leave while I'm in love." The photo on the left is of the very first issue (1989).
	Chris Claremont and John Byrne's X-Men - Voted #2 Comic Run of All Time X-Men/Uncanny X-Men #108-109, 111-143 X-Men was already an up and coming series from Marvel before John Byrne took over as penciler from Dave Cockrum. It was not exactly lighting the sales charts on fire, but there was a buzz about the book. It was at the end of a storyline when Byrne was brought on to replace Cockrum in Uncanny X-Men #108. After one more Cockrum issue with #110, Byrne was back for good with #111, and he and Claremont went on an incredible journey, taking the X-Men all over the world, with nice character work and excellent artwork by Byrne. The photo on the left is of the very first issue (1977). The issue #108 is very rare and is often sought after by X-Men collectors.
	Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Fantastic Four - Voted #3 Comic Run of All Time To put the over 100-issue run on Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby into perspective, take into consideration that its now about forty years after they FINISHED on the book, and writers are still working off the stories they did in those issues, that is how deep and realized the universe was that they created in those 100-plus issues. The series was Fantastic Four Issue #1 to #102, Fantastic Four Annual #1-6. The series included such characters as Doctor Doom, Silver Surfer, Namor, and the list goes on and on, the series was a feat in imagination and a true treasure for comic collectors. If you are lucky enough to find issue #1 thru #10 you are doing very well. In retrospect, isn't it amazing that the #1 issue only cost 10 cents at the time!
	Frank Miller and Klaus Janson on Daredevil - Voted #4 Comic Run of All Time Daredevil #158-161, 163-167 (Frank Miller as artist, with Klaus Janson inks), #168-176 (Miller as writer/artist, with Janson as inker), 177-184 (Miller as writer/co-artist with Klaus Janson), #185-190 (Miller as writer, with Janson as artist), #191 (Miller as writer/artist, no Janson as inker) Frank Miller was already an up and coming artist when he took over the penciling duties on Daredevil, under writer Roger McKenzie, with the book's inker, Klaus Janson, staying on to give the book some continuity between departing artist, Gene Colan, and Miller.
	Alan Moore's Swamp Thing Saga of the Swamp Thing/Swamp Thing #20-58, 60-61, 63-64, Annual 2 Something that I think often gets lost when discussing Alan Moore's tremendous run on Swamp Thing is how the run started. Everyone remembers Moore's SECOND issue, "Anatomy Lesson," but Moore actually started on the book one issue earlier, tying up the loose plotlines of previous writer Marty Pasko. It's quite interesting to read the care and attention Moore puts into Pasko's storylines, while still managing to wrap it all up in one issue in a much different style than Pasko.

To see the complete list of the Top 100 running comics please go here and view the complete list. Thanks to Brian Cronin.