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Comic Book Herald’s 50 favorite comics of 2025 are etched in stone and you can see all of them right here. I’m happy with the list – the last two years have been my most careful, studied series of recommendations – but I know from putting together my picks for the best graphic novels of the 2020s (so far) that a handful of books I haven’t even read yet will inevitably creep towards “Oh, that really should have been on the best of the year list!” status.

Here’s an early attempt at getting out in front of some of those, with my 2025 picks for honorable mentions, and comics I simply did not get around to writing about and recommending. In some cases this could mean it’s because they don’t quite measure up to my faves, but in a lot of cases, it probably says more about the headspace I was in when I read them! I’ll try to focus on what I remember liking in the write-ups here, as obviously there was *something* that didn’t click for me for the work to be in the honorable (and how honorable they are!) mentions.

You can find the (near) full 2025 list of all my favorite comics this year on Bookshop. The annual list is right around 100 for the year! Don’t hesitate to let me know any of your favorites I may have missed via dave@comicbookherald.com!

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