Going from CBR's top 100 comic writers and artists, and just going with the top ten for each, post what single run on a comic you would recommend.

10. Geoff Johns - I'd go with his lengthy run on JSA, in part because it feels like the last work by the pre-Event Master Johns. One of the most enjoyable team books ever, and he managed to utilize new and old characters to great effect throughout.

9. Ed Brubaker - Tempted to go with Captain America, based on it being, in my opinion, the best run on the character ever, but I'll go with Criminal instead. Excellent crime fiction, engaging characters despite being generally awful people, it feels like Brubaker at his purest.

8. Garth Ennis - Haven't read enough by him to make a recommendation.

7. Brian Michael Bendis - Alias. Like Brubaker with Cap, Bendis' DD run is outstanding, but Alias introduced an interesting new character to the Marvel Universe in Jessica Jones, and is one of the best character studies done at Marvel.

6. Frank Miller - Batman: Year One.

5. Stan Lee - Amazing Spider-Man. Could just as easily given this to Fantastic Four, but that felt too much like Stan AND Jack. Not underselling Ditko's contributions to Spider-Man, but Stan carried on in excellent form with John Romita, as well, so I went with this.

4. Warren Ellis - Fell. Creepy crime/horror/procedural without a bit of fat on it. Really wish he'd work on more of this.

3. Neil Gaiman - Sandman. Morpheus alone is enough to recommend this, but add to that the brilliant supporting cast, and the shear variety of stories told and the way in which it they were told, and nothing else he's done has come close.

2. Grant Morrison - All-Star Superman. It reminds me a bit of Alan Moore on the ABC books, in that it's a writer doing a type of book that's outside of the norm for them, and showing just how talented they really are by doing it excellently.

1. Alan Moore - Having to pick one, I'll go with V for Vendetta.

Preacher is the only acceptable answer.

And I'd pick Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing instead of V for Vendetta, or maybe Promethea, but otherwise I agree with the rest of your picks.

...Though now that I think of it for Frank Miller I might go with his first Daredevil run as writer/artist.

10. Geoff Johns - Green Lantern. No one has written Hal as good as Johns.

9. Ed Brubaker - I will succumb to the temptation of going with Captain America.

8. Garth Ennis - What Unca Twitch said.

7. Brian Michael Bendis - I don't know. Powers or whatever.

6. Frank Miller - Batman: Year One. Hard to disagree.

5. Stan Lee - Fantastic Four is tops.

4. Warren Ellis - Transmetropolitan is the correct answe.

3. Neil Gaiman - Sandman. Really, nothing to add here.

2. Grant Morrison - JLA - Simply the best superhero book ever.

1. Alan Moore - Supreme.

Hard to argue with Rafael's choices, too. Hmm.

(Full disclosure: I've never read Moore's run on Supreme because, you know -- Liefeld. Can't get past that. Is the run collected? I may need to Byrne-steal.)

Yeah, it's collected in two trades: "Supreme: The Story of the Year" and "Supreme: The Return."

I second this emotion.

Interesting, thanks.

There is very little Liefeld in Supreme, thanks to his complete inability to ever meet a deadline, but the art in some isn't very good, either. Though it has wonderful Rick Vietch art to compensate and Chris Sprouse is the main artist in the second trade Doot mentioned.

Most of mine are the same as Monk's.

10. Geoff Johns - JSA

9. Ed Brubaker - Gotham Central (with Rucka, but still...)

8. Garth Ennis - Preacher

7. Brian Michael Bendis - Alias.

6. Frank Miller - Batman: Year One.

5. Stan Lee - Amazing Spider-Man.

4. Warren Ellis - Iron Man: Extremis

3. Neil Gaiman - Never read Sandman or much of anything by Gaiman.

2. Grant Morrison - All-Star Superman.

1. Alan Moore - Watchmen I think.

I do love Vietch and Sprouse. Hmm.

All of those runs came easily to me, except the one for Moore. I could easily mention Promethea, V, From Hell, Watchmen or Tom Strong.

Also, it is sadly incomplete.

10. Geoff Johns - Green Lantern, it's really the only long run I've read by him.

9. Ed Brubaker - Captain America, same reason as above.

8. Garth Ennis - I read his Punisher run for Marvel, but I don't know if it's "recommended" for everyone.

7. Brian Michael Bendis - I can't think of anything I've read by him that I liked.

6. Frank Miller - Batman: Year One, which is weird considering I loved his Daredevil run as well.

5. Stan Lee - Fantastic Four is tops.

4. Warren Ellis - I got nothin here as well.

3. Neil Gaiman - Sandman.

2. Grant Morrison - I liked his Doom Patrol run, after I read it in the collected TPBs.

1. Alan Moore - I have to say Miracleman(Marvelman for you Brits) here, the first 16 issues of that book were incredible.

Okay, after all is said and done, here are my definitive choices:

10. Geoff Johns - JSA.

9. Ed Brubaker - Captain America.

8. Garth Ennis - Preacher.

7. Brian Michael Bendis - Alias. I've never read it, but what I've read of his I haven't liked, so I'll go with the general consensus here.

6. Frank Miller - Daredevil.

5. Stan Lee - Amazing Spider-Man.

4. Warren Ellis - Authority.

3. Neil Gaiman - Sandman.

2. Grant Morrison - JLA.

1. Alan Moore - Swamp Thing

In most of these cases I'm going by what I first read of theirs, because in general it's what first interested me in their overall body of work to begin with and nothing subsequently captured my attention or enthusiasm like those first things.

Why isn't Planetary in anybody's Warren Ellis? I keep reading the criteria and there's no reason it's disqualified.

I call FAIL on you all, and a pox on your whole house.

A friend gave me all the Planetary trades. I stopped reading them about half-way through the third one. Didn't care for it at all, and I'd say I gave it a fair shot. Anyway, I already said I based my criteria on what captured my enthusiasm first and most, which was, by and large, the first thing I read by each.

I enjoyed Transmet more, and the ending was fantastic.

8. Garth Ennis - Preacher.

6. Frank Miller - Daredevil.

5. Stan Lee - Tales to Astonish Hulk stories

1. Alan Moore - V for Vendetta

I have the impression Doot needs to read moar comics.

Someday I need to read Transmet.

Ellis and Bendis, yeah. I don't have much interest in Johns or Brubaker.