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Title: Top Ten by Alan Moore, Zander Cannon, Gene Ha ISBN: 1563896680 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.31

Rating: 5
Summary: GOOD TIME STUFF
Comment: This is a fun book. With his ABC COMICS titles Alan Moore seems to create tons of characters but leaves them a little shallow. But it kinda works because the audience he writes for knows by heart the origins and types of heroes he's parodying.
This trade paperback works for me due to it's insanely funny moments (I normally don't find Moore's work this funny). Also, I love the pacing of the plots and sub-plots. There are some great characters in this series, but I don't really enjoy Toy Box that much. SMAX is great.
SIDE NOTE: Gene Ha just doesn't do it for me and his art. While it's very detailed, I find the artwork difficult to get a grasp on character facial features. When the series first started, it was the artwork the decided I would wait on buying it straight from the comic shop shelf. I know Zander Cannon's artwork from the REPLACEMENT GOD, but i don't see his influence at all in this series.

Overall, a really great book. Much better than some of the other comics that are out there!

Rating: 3
Summary: Liked the Art, Loved the Concept - Disappointing Overall
Comment: I truly admire Alan Moore for refusing to stay in a one box, no matter how well it works for him, commercially. From erotica (Lost Girls) to horror/conspiracy theory ('From Hell') to futuristic serial killers ('V for Vendetta') to superhero deconstruction ('Watchmen', 'Tom Strong', 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'), Moore continues to grow as an artist, following his muse down some very different paths while remaining in the same genre.

In "Top Ten", Moore mixes "Powers" (graphic novel where everyone has superpowers), an Astro City-esque "Neopolis", and a premise right out of a "Hill Street Blues" episode into a very unique, ensemble, comic book-sitcom. I loved the concept, I liked the art, but something was missing for me that I found in varying degrees in his other works. By no means is it bad, but "Top Ten" left me feeling disappointed. Its hard to pinpoint why, or even if the elements I missed weren't intentionally left out, but for whatever reason this was certainly not one of my 'Top Ten'.

Instead, I recommend "Watchmen", "League..." or "Tom Strong".

Rating: 5
Summary: Legion of Hill Street Justice League Blues
Comment: People have experimented with prime-time police soap operas like HILL STREET BLUES before. There was that Steven Bocho cop-drama-musical show that didn't last very long (I forget its name). Now we have TOP TEN.

This series gives Alan Moore the opportunity to make fun of both cop dramas and superhero comics. However, it is definitely good-spirited fun, not savage parody: people who like cop dramas or superheroes (or both) can still enjoy these stories, I think. Somewhere I read Moore say that one of the pleasures of comic books is that you can create stories about worlds where readers take for granted that entities as unrelated as Superman and the Swamp Thing coexist and may occasionally meet each other. We have a lot of that here, where gritty, ugly street crimes and tragedies exist alongside an entire population of costumed, super-powered citizens.

I should also point out that the Gene Ha pencil work is very nice on the eyeballs. His fine, meticulous drawing style is essential in portraying the dozens of bizarre characters as well as the realistic, detailed backgrounds.

Of the three ABC collections I've read (the others being PROMETHEA and TOM STRONG, both also by Moore), this is by far the best.

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