One of Alan Moore's best works. It's a wacky read that never goes completely off the rails. For example, a dog in a metal suit could have just been a one-off gag, but Moore develops the character and his relationships (both professional and romantic) masterfully.

While there is an overarching plot, Moore takes us on a number of detours that only add to the fun. The battle between the superpowered mice and cats and Ex-Verminator's consequent woes are probably my favorite scenes.

I thought the story developed a little too slowly, but once we get out of the opening scenes, things start rolling along nicely.

Gene Ha's artwork is incredibly detailed, and nearly every panel is filled with snarky details and references. His character drawings come across as a bit stiff, but it doesn't detract much from the visuals.

All in all, this is a graphic you'll be rereading numerous times. ( )

I thought I'd read this book before; certainly some of the characters seemed familiar. In Neopolis, everyone has superpowers. The top 10 are the superhero cops of Precinct 10. So this book is an engaging combination of superhero silliness and beat cops, with a dash of Judge Dredd madness of the city. It's a lot of fun, and Gene Ha slips all sorts of visual jokes into the city background. I particuluarly liked the way the characters were perpetually kept busy with leads on several cases and other distractions. ( )

Even if you haven't read one of his comics, you are probably familiar with Alan Moore from movies based on his work: Watchmen, V for Vendetta and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. With any luck, Top 10 will make it to the big screen. The floppies were published by DC's America's Best imprint in the late 90s early 2000s, and the trade paperback compilation of these floppies was released last year by DC's Vertigo imprint.

Top 10 gives us a world--multiple worlds, actually--where super powers and alien life forms are so common as to appear mundane. Talking animals in robotic prosthetics, alien porn stars, gods of ancient mythology getting loaded at the local bar and flabby 70 something year-olds walking around in spandex vigilante suits all serve to strip away the mystique of our modern superhero genre. Although the setting is pure science fiction, the story focuses on the daily grind of police work in the 10th precinct of Neopolis; a precinct riddled by petty crime, drug addiction and prostitution. Like a really good television police drama, Top 10 has multiple interconnected story-lines and has an ensemble of characters who can go from petty squabbling to fiercely defending each others lives before its time for their first coffee break of the day.

This is a book that invites multiple readings, not only because it skewers assumptions about superheroes and raises large, philosophical questions, but also because it is impossible to take in all of the pop cultural references pencil artist Gene Ha has packed into each page. ( )