ComicRankings – Year In Reviews 2007
Posted by: Jon Haehnle on January 14, 2008 at 2:29 am
Based on scores from over 5800 reviews for 2007 releases collected from across the web, ComicRanking’s Year In Reviews is a different kind of Best Of list.
COMICRANKING’S BEST & WORST OF 2007
Note: We have a separate Year In Reviews for manga here. Tables are sortable by clicking on column header; you can also click linked Publishers/Creators/Books for details.
| Publisher | Books Reviewed | Reviews | Avg. Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Horse | 167 | 282 | 80.6 |
| Oni | 25 | 39 | 80.5 |
| Devils Due | 32 | 45 | 77.8 |
| Image | 238 | 396 | 76.4 |
| IDW | 28 | 41 | 75.8 |
| Boom | 21 | 33 | 75.8 |
| DC | 824 | 1641 | 73.8 |
| Marvel | 751 | 1630 | 73.1 |
| Dynamite | 45 | 70 | 71.1 |
| Creator | Books Reviewed | Reviews | Avg. Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mignola | 22 | 38 | 86.3 |
| Jeff Parker | 25 | 55 | 83.9 |
| Matt Fraction | 37 | 93 | 83.1 |
| Ed Brubaker | 53 | 172 | 83.0 |
| Gail Simone | 25 | 42 | 82.5 |
| Bill Willingham | 31 | 63 | 81.2 |
| Brian Wood | 16 | 34 | 80.9 |
| Geoff Johns | 45 | 123 | 79.0 |
| Robert Kirkman | 49 | 88 | 78.3 |
| Creator | # of Reviews | Avg. Score |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Way | 24 | 54.5 |
| Jeph Loeb | 18 | 59.2 |
| Tony Bedard | 23 | 60.0 |
| Paul Jenkins | 15 | 61.0 |
| Chris Claremont | 25 | 67.4 |
| Sean McKeever | 20 | 68.9 |
| Mark Waid | 20 | 70.0 |
| Brian Reed | 19 | 70.2 |
| Kurt Busiek | 28 | 70.2 |
| J. Michael Straczynski | 26 | 72.6 |
| Series | # of Reviews | Avg. Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite | 4 | 18 | 93.8 |
| Green Lantern, Vol. 4 | 11 | 26 | 87.1 |
| Criminal | 7 | 26 | 86.9 |
| Blue Beetle, Vol. 7 | 12 | 21 | 85.7 |
| Immortal Iron Fist | 9 | 26 | 85.6 |
| Captain America, Vol. 5 | 9 | 27 | 85.5 |
| Fables | 12 | 34 | 84.9 |
| Daredevil, Vol. 2 | 11 | 42 | 83.9 |
| Dynamo 5 | 9 | 19 | 83.9 |
| The Spirit, Vol. 6 | 10 | 32 | 83.5 |
| Series | # of Reviews | Avg. Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Rider, Vol. 5 | 12 | 14 | 47.9 |
| Heroes For Hire, Vol. 2 | 7 | 10 | 50.7 |
| Teen Titans, Vol. 3 | 12 | 25 | 52.3 |
| Moon Knight, Vol. 5 | 7 | 16 | 53.4 |
| Countdown Presents: The Search For Ray Palmer | 5 | 13 | 56.1 |
| Wolverine, Vol. 3 | 11 | 40 | 59.8 |
| Black Panther, Vol. 4 | 9 | 12 | 59.9 |
| New Avengers | 11 | 32 | 61.0 |
| Countdown | 25 | 53 | 61.2 |
| Wolverine: Origins | 11 | 21 | 62.1 |
| Batman and the Outsiders, Vol. 2 | 3 | 11 | 63.4 |
| Book | # of Reviews | Avg. Score |
|---|---|---|
| SHAZAM: The Monster Society Of Evil #2 | 4 | 96.3 |
| Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #3 | 5 | 95.4 |
| Green Lantern Vol. 4 #25 | 4 | 95.3 |
| Criminal #10 | 4 | 92.5 |
| SHAZAM: The Monster Society Of Evil #1 | 7 | 91.9 |
| Fell #8 | 4 | 92.5 |
| Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #2 | 6 | 92.2 |
| Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #1 | 5 | 91.6 |
| Green Lantern Vol. 4 #24 | 4 | 91.3 |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #14 | 5 | 90.8 |
| Book | # of Reviews | Avg. Score |
|---|---|---|
| Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 2 #545 | 4 | 33.8 |
| Countdown: Arena #1 | 6 | 34.2 |
| Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #13 | 4 | 36.5 |
| Wolverine Vol. 3 #55 | 4 | 42.5 |
| Teen Titans East: Special #1 | 5 | 44.6 |
| Green Arrow / Black Canary Wedding Special #1 | 4 | 48.8 |
| Cable & Deadpool #47 | 4 | 50.5 |
| Flash Vol. 2 #233 | 4 | 52.0 |
| Countdown #27 | 4 | 52.3 |
| Ultimates 3 #1 | 6 | 52.7 |
Thanks for taking the time to check out yet another Best/Worst of 2007 list. Keep your eye out for much more from ComicRankings very soon!
KG January 15th, 2008
And yet… I still find the Marvel work better than most. There were definitely some good indy comics published in 2007, but… if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it…. and all that jazz.
blackwater January 17th, 2008
I would find Marvel somewhat entertaining if they could dump the trailor trash Emma Frost.
Shazza Nakim January 18th, 2008
I thought I would have come disagreement with the rankings but I pretty much agree. Marvel and DC usually sell a lot of volume but much of it is loyalty. I have taken a change a started buying more Indy Books and found the story and art to be more satisfying. If you can get beyond some of the scheduling and delays, you can be very much happy with a quality purchase.
The Whole Civil War/Initiative Storyline started well but was rushed. it petered out to a slow bubble. World War Hulk, had great promised and should have been delayed longer before throwing that into the Marvel Universe. That was a missed opportunity for a great year and now it just part of the whole chaos. Now you have this Skrull thing coming and as far as I’m concern, you still have not resolved the Civil War. I think that’s why Marvel scores are so low.
Best thing to happen to DC was the Senestro War. I was loving the series until they did that Crossover thing which all the other books are dealing with that 52 thing that still isn’t resolved. TOO MUCH Chaos. The JLA has promise but the core characters of DC are all over the place.
I am buying less books because of all of this MADNESS.
Darkhorse, IDW and Image are still kick A$$.
Write more to the publishers if you don’t like what you are reading. Its your money you are spending and believe it or not THEY DO LISTEN.













