In attempt to find the critical consensus, this is an aggregate rank of 186 individual "Best Comics of 2025" lists.
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Tongues - Anders Nilsen (Pantheon)
Absolute Martian Manhunter - Deniz Camp & Javier Rodriguez (DC Comics)
Absolute Batman - Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta (DC Comics)
Absolute Wonder Woman - Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman (DC Comics)
The Power Fantasy - Kieron Gillen & Caspar Wijngaard (Image Comics)
Spent - Alison Bechdel (Mariner Books)
The Once and Future Riot - Joe Sacco (Metropolitan Books)
Assorted Crisis Events - Deniz Camp & Eric Zawadzki (Image Comics)
Drome - Jesse Lonergan (23rd St.)
Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me - Mimi Pond (Drawn & Quarterly)
Cannon - Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)
This Place Kills Me - Mariko Tamaki & Nicole Goux (Harry N. Abrams)
Ginseng Roots - Craig Thompson (Pantheon)
The Ultimates - Deniz Camp & Juan Frigeri (Marvel)
Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance - Ben Passmore (Pantheon)
Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum - W. Maxwell Prince & Martin Morazzo (DC Comics)
Batman: Dark Patterns - Dan Watters & Hayden Sherman (DC Comics)
Hello Sunshine - Keezy Young (Little, Brown Ink)
Insectopolis: A Natural History - Peter Kuper (W. W. Norton & Company)
Exquisite Corpses - James Tynion IV & Michael Walsh (Image Comics)
Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring - Patrick Horvath (IDW)
Out of Alcatraz - Christopher Cantwell & Tyler Crook (Oni Press)
Bowling With Corpses & Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown - Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us - Matthew Rosenberg & Stefano Landini (Image Comics)
Transformers - Daniel Warren Johnson (Image Comics)
Batman and Robin: Year One - Mark Waid & Chris Samnee (DC Comics)
Bug Wars - Jason Aaron & Mahmud Asrar (Image Comics)
One World Under Doom - Ryan North & R.B. Silva (Marvel)
Beat It, Rufus - Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
Absolute Superman - Jason Aaron & Rafa Sandoval (DC Comics)
Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy - David Mazzucchielli, Lorenzo Mattotti, & Paul Karasik (Pantheon Graphic Library)
The Knives - Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips (Image Comics)
Life Drawing - Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
It Rhymes With Takei - George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger, & Harmony Becker (Penguin Random House)
Ultimate Spider-Man - Jonathan Hickman & Marco Checchetto (Marvel)
Everything Dead & Dying - Tate Brombal & Jacob Phillips (Image Comics)
Escape - Rick Remender & Daniel Acuña (Image Comics)
Simplicity - Mattie Lubchansky (Penguin Random House)
Holy Lacrimony - Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
More Weight - Ben Wickey (Top Shelf productions)
Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog - Marc Torices (Drawn & Quarterly)
Chainsaw Man - Tatsuki Fujimoto (Viz Media)
Batman - Matt Fraction & Jorge Jimenez (DC Comics)
Angelica and the Bear Prince - Trung Le Nguyen (Penguin Random House)
The Confessional - Paige Hender (Silver Sprocket)
Lucas Wars - Laurent Hopman & Renaud Roche (MacMillan)
Captain America - Chip Zdarsky & Valerio Schiti (Marvel)
Spectators - Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon (Image Comics)
Precious Rubbish - Kayla E. (Fantagraphics)
Milk White Steed - Michael Kennedy (Drawn & Quarterly)