In attempt to find the critical consensus, this is an aggregate rank of 151 individual "Best Comics of 2025" lists.
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1. Tongues - Anders Nilsen (Pantheon)
2. Absolute Martian Manhunter - Deniz Camp & Javier Rodriguez (DC Comics)
3. Absolute Batman - Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta (DC Comics)
4. Absolute Wonder Woman - Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman (DC Comics)
5. The Power Fantasy - Kieron Gillen & Caspar Wijngaard (Image Comics)
6. Spent - Alison Bechdel (Mariner Books)
7. The Once and Future Riot - Joe Sacco (Metropolitan Books)
8. Assorted Crisis Events - Deniz Camp & Eric Zawadzki (Image Comics)
9. Drome - Jesse Lonergan (23rd St.)
10. Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me - Mimi Pond (Drawn & Quarterly)
11. Cannon - Lee Lai (Drawn & Quarterly)
12. This Place Kills Me - Mariko Tamaki & Nicole Goux (Harry N. Abrams)
13. Ginseng Roots - Craig Thompson (Pantheon)
14. The Ultimates - Deniz Camp & Juan Frigeri (Marvel)
15. Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance - Ben Passmore (Pantheon)
16. Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum - W. Maxwell Prince & Martin Morazzo (DC Comics)
17. Batman: Dark Patterns - Dan Watters & Hayden Sherman (DC Comics)
18. Hello Sunshine - Keezy Young (Little, Brown Ink)
19. Insectopolis: A Natural History - Peter Kuper (W. W. Norton & Company)
20. Exquisite Corpses - James Tynion IV & Michael Walsh (Image Comics)
21. Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring - Patrick Horvath (IDW)
22. Out of Alcatraz - Christopher Cantwell & Tyler Crook (Oni Press)
23. Bowling With Corpses & Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown - Mike Mignola (Dark Horse)
24. We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us - Matthew Rosenberg & Stefano Landini (Image Comics)
25. Transformers - Daniel Warren Johnson (Image Comics)
26. Batman and Robin: Year One - Mark Waid & Chris Samnee (DC Comics)
27. Bug Wars - Jason Aaron & Mahmud Asrar (Image Comics)
28. One World Under Doom - Ryan North & R.B. Silva (Marvel)
29. Beat It, Rufus - Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)
30. Absolute Superman - Jason Aaron & Rafa Sandoval (DC Comics)
31. Paul Auster’s The New York Trilogy - David Mazzucchielli, Lorenzo Mattotti, & Paul Karasik (Pantheon Graphic Library)
32. The Knives - Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips (Image Comics)
33. Life Drawing - Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)
34. It Rhymes With Takei - George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger, & Harmony Becker (Penguin Random House)
35. Ultimate Spider-Man - Jonathan Hickman & Marco Checchetto (Marvel)
36. Everything Dead & Dying - Tate Brombal & Jacob Phillips (Image Comics)
37. Escape - Rick Remender & Daniel Acuña (Image Comics)
38. Simplicity - Mattie Lubchansky (Penguin Random House)
39. Holy Lacrimony - Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)
40. More Weight - Ben Wickey (Top Shelf productions)
41. Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog - Marc Torices (Drawn & Quarterly)
42. Chainsaw Man - Tatsuki Fujimoto (Viz Media)
43. Batman - Matt Fraction & Jorge Jimenez (DC Comics)
44. Angelica and the Bear Prince - Trung Le Nguyen (Penguin Random House)
45. The Confessional - Paige Hender (Silver Sprocket)
46. Lucas Wars - Laurent Hopman & Renaud Roche (MacMillan)
47. Captain America - Chip Zdarsky & Valerio Schiti (Marvel)
48. Spectators - Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon (Image Comics)
49. Precious Rubbish - Kayla E. (Fantagraphics)
50. Milk White Steed - Michael Kennedy (Drawn & Quarterly)