Alan Moore Reading Order

3 books (2019–2021)

Start with Vol. 1 and read in order.

#	Title
1	Vol. 1 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Vol. 2 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Vol. 3 2021Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2006–2007)

Start with Albion, the first of 5 books in the Albion series.

#	Title
1	Albion 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	Battler Britton(By: Garth Ennis,Colin Wilson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Steel Claw(By: Kenneth Bulmer) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Albion: Origins(By: Steve Holland) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
5	Thunderbolt Jaxon(By: Dave Gibbons) 2007Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (1983–2017)

Start with Just Another Asshole, the first of 20 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Just Another Asshole 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	First Annual Collection 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Best Comics of the Decade, 1980-1990 Volume One 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Now We Are Sick 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	Taboo #5 1991Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Starry Wisdom: A Tribute to H.P. Lovecraft 1994Buy 🇺🇸
8	Shadowhawks of Legend, Vol. 1 1995Buy 🇺🇸
9	Dust 1996Buy 🇺🇸
10	Across the Universe: The DC Universe Stories 2003Buy 🇺🇸
11	Supreme: The Return 2003Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases 2003Buy 🇺🇸
13	Top Shelf Asks the Big Questions 2003Buy 🇺🇸
14	Negative Burn Very Best From 1993-1998 2005Buy 🇺🇸
15	Shoes, Ships and Cadavers 2010Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities 2011Buy 🇺🇸
17	Occupy Comics 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	Swampmen 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cinema Purgatorio #12 2017Buy 🇺🇸
20	Cinema Purgatorio Vol. 1 2017Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2014–2014)

#	Title
1	Crossed +100 Volume 1 2014Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1987–2026)

Start with Watchmen(With: Dave Gibbons), the first of 6 books in the DC Compact Comics series.

#	Title
1	Watchmen(With: Dave Gibbons) 1987Buy 🇺🇸
2	Catwoman - Trail of the Catwoman(By: Ed Brubaker,Darwyn Cooke) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
3	Harley Quinn & the Gotham City Sirens(By: Guillem March,Paul Dini) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
4	Joker(By: Lee Bermejo,Brian Azzarello) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
5	Wonder Woman: Earth One(By: Grant Morrison,Yanick Paquette) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
6	Batgirl of Burnside(By: Brenden Fletcher) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2021–2023)

Start with DC Through the 80s: The Experiments(With: Neil Gaiman,Keith Giffen,Marv Wolfman,Dave Gibbons,George Pérez,Don McGregor,Paul Levitz,Frank Miller) and read in order.

#	Title
1	DC Through the 80s: The Experiments(With: Neil Gaiman,Keith Giffen,Marv Wolfman,Dave Gibbons,George Pérez,Don McGregor,Paul Levitz,Frank Miller) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
2	DC Through the 80s: The Heroes(By: Marv Wolfman,John Byrne,George Pérez,Paul Levitz) 2023Buy 🇺🇸

17 books (2013–2021)

Start with Superman, the first of 17 books in the DC: A Celebration of 75 Years series.

#	Title
1	Superman 2013Buy 🇺🇸
2	Batman(By: Greg Rucka,Chuck Dixon,Carmine Infantino,Dennis O'Neil,Dick Sprang,Robert Kanigher,Mike W. Barr,John Broome,Frank Miller) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
3	Teen Titans(By: Marv Wolfman,Geoff Johns,George Pérez) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Joker(By: Bill Finger,Bob Kane,Jerry Robinson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Catwoman(By: Dennis O'Neil,Ed Brubaker,Bill Finger,Bob Kane,Darwyn Cooke) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	Green Lantern(By: Geoff Johns) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	Justice Society of America(By: Roy Thomas,Geoff Johns,Gardner F. Fox,Rich Buckler,Jerry Ordway,Dick Dillin) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
8	Lex Luthor(By: Geoff Johns,John Byrne,Jerry Siegel) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
9	Robin, The Boy Wonder(By: Chuck Dixon,Scott McDaniel,Jim Mooney,Sheldon Moldoff,Bill Finger,Jim Aparo,Bob Kane,Jim Starlin) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Flash(By: Carmine Infantino,Geoff Johns,Gardner F. Fox,John Broome,Cary Bates,Irv Novick) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
11	Will Eisner's The Spirit(By: Will Eisner) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
12	Aquaman(By: Geoff Johns) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
13	Green Arrow(By: Dennis O'Neil) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
14	Batgirl(By: Chuck Dixon,Carmine Infantino,Kelley Puckett,Damion Scott,Gail Simone,Cameron Stewart,Gardner F. Fox,Marcos Martin,Babs Tarr) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
15	Harley Quinn: A Celebration of 25 Years(By: Paul Dini) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
16	Two-Face(By: Bill Finger) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
17	Green Lantern: John Stewart(By: Dave Gibbons,Geoff Johns,Len Wein) 2021Buy 🇺🇸

26 books (1983–2024)

Start with Swamp Thing, the first of 26 books in the Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Swamp Thing 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Monster 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Watchmen 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	Batman: The Killing Joke 1988Buy 🇺🇸
7	Miracleman 1990Buy 🇺🇸
8	V for Vendetta 1990Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Small Killing 1991Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Bojeffries Saga 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	Captain Britain 1996Buy 🇺🇸
12	From Hell 1999Buy 🇺🇸
13	Top 10 2000Buy 🇺🇸
14	Supreme: The Story of the Year 2002Buy 🇺🇸
15	Alan Moore's The Courtyard 2003Buy 🇺🇸
16	Hypothetical Lizard 2003Buy 🇺🇸
17	Judgment Day 2003Buy 🇺🇸
18	Mirror of Love 2003Buy 🇺🇸
19	Future Shocks 2006Buy 🇺🇸
20	Lost Girls 2006Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Spirit 2009Buy 🇺🇸
22	Alan Moore's Neonomicon(With: Jacen Burrows) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Complete Skizz 2017Buy 🇺🇸
24	Tom Strong Compendium 2023Buy 🇺🇸
25	Top 10 Compendium 2023Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic(With: Steve Moore) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (2006–2012)

Start with Recharge(By: Patrick Gleason,Dave Gibbons,Geoff Johns), the first of 13 books in the Green Lantern Corps series.

#	Title
1	Recharge(By: Patrick Gleason,Dave Gibbons,Geoff Johns) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Dark Side of Green(By: Dave Gibbons) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	To Be A Lantern(By: Dave Gibbons) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ring Quest(By: Peter J. Tomasi) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	Emerald Eclipse(By: Peter J. Tomasi) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	Sins of the Star Sapphire(By: Peter J. Tomasi) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
7	Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 1(By: Robin Snyder) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
8	Blackest Night(By: Patrick Gleason,Peter J. Tomasi) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
9	Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 2(With: Len Wein,Kurt Busiek) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
10	Tales of the Green Lantern Corps, Vol. 3(By: Steve Englehart) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
11	Revolt of the Alpha-Lanterns(By: Tony Bedard) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Weaponer(By: Tony Bedard) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
13	War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath(By: Scott Kolins,Tony Bedard,Peter J. Tomasi) 2012Buy 🇺🇸

50 books (1991–2022)

Start with Bloodlines(By: Garth Ennis,William Simpson), the first of 50 books in the Hellblazer Graphic Novels series.

#	Title
1	Bloodlines(By: Garth Ennis,William Simpson) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dangerous Habits(By: Jamie Delano) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	Damnation's Flame(By: Garth Ennis) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Fear and Loathing(By: Garth Ennis) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Fear Machine(By: Jamie Delano) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hard Time(By: Brian Azzarello) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	Freezes Over(By: Brian Azzarello) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
8	Good Intentions(By: Brian Azzarello) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
9	Haunted(By: Warren Ellis) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
10	Son of Man(By: Garth Ennis) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
11	Highwater(By: Brian Azzarello) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
12	Setting Sun(By: Warren Ellis) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
13	All His Engines(By: Mike Carey) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
14	Rare Cuts(By: Grant Morrison,Garth Ennis,Jamie Delano) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
15	Empathy is the Enemy(By: Denise Mina) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
16	Lady Constantine(By: Andy Diggle) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
17	Papa Midnite(By: Mat Johnson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Gift(By: Mike Carey) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Devil You Know(By: Jamie Delano) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Red Right Hand(By: Denise Mina) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
21	Joyride(By: Andy Diggle) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Family Man(By: Jamie Delano) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
23	The Laughing Magician(By: Andy Diggle) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
24	Dark Entries(By: Ian Rankin) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
25	Scab(By: Peter Milligan) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	The Roots of Coincidence(By: Andy Diggle) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
27	Hooked(By: Peter Milligan) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
28	India(By: Peter Milligan) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
29	Bloody Carnations(By: Peter Milligan) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
30	City of Demons(By: Si Spencer) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
31	Original Sins(By: John Ridgway,Jamie Delano) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
32	Phantom Pains(By: Peter Milligan) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Devil's Trenchcoat(By: Peter Milligan) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
34	Death and Cigarettes(By: Peter Milligan) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
35	Critical Mass(By: Paul Jenkins) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
36	Rake at the Gates of Hell(By: Garth Ennis) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
37	Shoot(By: Brian Azzarello) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
38	Tainted Love(By: Garth Ennis) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
39	In The Line Of Fire(By: Paul Jenkins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
40	Last Man Standing(By: Paul Jenkins) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
41	How to Play with Fire(By: Sean Phillips) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
42	Out of Season(By: Mike Carey) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Wild Card(By: Mike Carey) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
44	30th Anniversary Celebration(With: Neil Gaiman,Paul Jenkins,Garth Ennis) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
45	Systems of Control(By: Mike Carey) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
46	No Future(By: Peter Milligan) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
47	Regeneration(By: Peter Milligan) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
48	Another Season(By: Peter Milligan) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
49	Sectioned(By: Peter Milligan,Si Spencer) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
50	The Curse of the Constantines(By: Peter Milligan) 2022Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1990–1991)

Start with A Dream of Flying and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Dream of Flying 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Red King Syndrome 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Miracleman, Book Three 1991Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2003–2009)

Start with Alan Moore's Writing for Comics and read in order.

#	Title
1	Alan Moore's Writing for Comics 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Alan Moore on His Work and Career 2007Buy 🇺🇸
3	25,000 Years of Erotic Freedom 2009Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2000–2005)

Start with Promethea, Book 1, the first of 5 books in the Promethea series.

#	Title
1	Promethea, Book 1 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Promethea, Book 2 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Promethea, Book 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	Promethea, Book 4 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Promethea, Book 5 2005Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (2015–2017)

Start with Providence #1, the first of 13 books in the Providence series.

3 books (1988–2022)

Start with A Hypothetical Lizard and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Hypothetical Lizard 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Brighter Than You Think 2016Buy 🇺🇸
3	Illuminations 2022Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2012–2025)

Start with Spawn Compendium 1, the first of 7 books in the Spawn Compendium series.

#	Title
1	Spawn Compendium 1 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Spawn Compendium 2(By: Brian Holguin) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
3	Spawn Compendium 3(By: Brian Holguin) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
4	Spawn Compendium 4(By: Todd McFarlane) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
5	Spawn Compendium 5(By: Todd McFarlane,Szymon Kudranski,Jonboy Meyers,Will Carton,Jon Goff) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
6	Spawn Compendium 6(By: Erik Larsen,Todd McFarlane,Paul Jenkins,Scott Snyder,Darragh Savage,Jason Shawn Alexander,Tom Leveen,Jonathan Goff) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
7	Spawn Compendium Volume 7(By: Todd McFarlane,Jason Shawn Alexander,Carlo Barberi,Rory McConville,Jon Goff) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

30 books (2009–2025)

Start with Spawn Origins, Volume 1(By: Todd McFarlane), the first of 30 books in the Spawn Origins series.

39 books (1994–2025)

Start with Batman/Spawn: War Devil(By: Chuck Dixon,Alan Grant,Doug Moench), the first of 39 books in the Spawn Universe series.

#	Title
1	Batman/Spawn: War Devil(By: Chuck Dixon,Alan Grant,Doug Moench) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
2	Bloodfeud 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	Medieval Spawn Witchblade(By: Garth Ennis,Brandon "Brand" Peterson) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Sanction(By: Todd McFarlane) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
5	Transformation(By: Todd McFarlane) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Abduction(By: Todd McFarlane) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
7	Corruption(By: Todd McFarlane) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	Damnation(By: Todd McFarlane) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	Spawn Blood and Shadows(By: Paul Jenkins) 1999Buy 🇺🇸
10	Devastation(By: Todd McFarlane) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
11	Termination(By: Todd McFarlane) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
12	Ascension(By: Todd McFarlane) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
13	Book of the Dead(By: Steve Niles) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
14	Armageddon(By: David Hine) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
15	New Flesh(By: David Hine,Brian Haberlin) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
16	Spawn Godslayer(By: Brian Holguin) 2007Buy 🇺🇸
17	Neo Noir(By: David Hine) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Undead(By: Paul Jenkins) 2008Buy 🇺🇸
19	Endgame(By: Brian Holguin) 2009Buy 🇺🇸
20	Sam and Twitch(By: Brian Michael Bendis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
21	Spawn: New Beginnings Vol. 1(By: Todd McFarlane,Jonathan Goff,Will Carlton) 2011Buy 🇺🇸
22	Sam and Twitch Book 2(By: Brian Michael Bendis) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
23	Spawn: New Beginnings Vol. 2(By: Jonathan Goff,Will Carlton) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
24	Resurrection(By: Todd McFarlane,Paul Jenkins,Jonboy) 2015Buy 🇺🇸
25	Satan Saga Wars(By: Erik Larsen,Todd McFarlane,Jonboy) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
26	Hell On Earth(By: Tom Leveen) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
27	Dark Horror(By: Todd McFarlane,Darragh Savage) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
28	Enemy of the State(By: Todd McFarlane) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
29	Spawn Kills Everyone(By: Todd McFarlane,J.J. Kirby,Will Robson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
30	Vengeance(By: Todd McFarlane) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
31	Spawn's Universe: #1(By: Brett Booth,Todd McFarlane,Marcio Takara,Andrew Dalhouse,Stephen Segovia,Jim Cheung,Tom Orzechowski,Peter Steigerwald,Adelso Corona,F.C.O. Plascencia,AndWorld Design) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
32	Aftermath(By: Todd McFarlane) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
33	Omega(By: Todd McFarlane) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Record-Breaker(By: Todd McFarlane,Scott Snyder) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
35	Bad Business(By: Todd McFarlane,Rory McConville) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
36	Shadows(By: Rory McConville) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
37	Unwanted Violence(By: Todd McFarlane) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
38	Monolith(By: Sean Lewis) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
39	Spawn Sinns War(By: Todd McFarlane,Carlo Barberi,Rory McConville) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1996–2016)

Start with Voice of the Fire and read in order.

#	Title
1	Voice of the Fire 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Jerusalem 2016Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1983–2024)

Start with Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book One, the first of 7 books in the Swamp Thing series.

#	Title
1	Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book One 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Three 1985Buy 🇺🇸
3	Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Four 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Five 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	Saga of the Swamp Thing, Book Six 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	Wild Things(With: Roy Thomas,Jamie Delano,Rick Veitch) 2024Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2000–2003)

Start with The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 and read in order.

2 books (2024–2026)

Start with The Great When and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Great When 2024Buy 🇺🇸
2	I Hear a New World 2026Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (2001–2023)

Start with Book 1, the first of 13 books in the Tom Strong series.

#	Title
1	Book 1 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Book 2(With: Al Gordon) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Terrific Tales, Book 1 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Terrific Tales, Book 2 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Book 3 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	Book 4(With: Howard Chaykin,Geoff Johns,Leah Moore) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
7	Book Five(With: Ed Brubaker,Mark Schultz,Brian K. Vaughan,Steve Aylett) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
8	Book Six(With: Michael Moorcock,Joe Casey,Steve Moore) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
9	Vol. 1 2009Buy 🇺🇸
10	Vol. 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸
11	Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom 2011Buy 🇺🇸
12	Tom Strong And The Planet of Peril(With: Peter Hogan) 2014Buy 🇺🇸
13	Tom Strong Compendium 2023Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2019–2019)

#	Title
1	Watchmen Companion(With: Dave Gibbons,Ray Winninger) 2019Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1993–2007)

Start with Covert-Action-Teams(By: Jim Lee), the first of 6 books in the WildC.A.T.s series.

#	Title
1	Covert-Action-Teams(By: Jim Lee) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	A Gathering of Eagles(By: Jim Lee,Chris Claremont) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
3	Gang War(By: Jim Lee) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
4	Homecoming 1999Buy 🇺🇸
5	Killer Instinct(By: Jim Lee) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
6	Complete WildC.A.T.s(By: Jim Lee) 2007Buy 🇺🇸