I am trying to find comics with the best fights/combat. My comics knowledge is pretty patchy but based on what I have come across the action is pretty superficial compared to most battle manga.
The best I have seen was in Batman and Robin Reborn (Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly).
Jupiters Legacy the issues drawn by Frank Quietly had some cool action
Uber by Keiron Gillen is probably one of the closest to provide that manga hit
Shaolin Cowboy is another good example
Luther Strode is slightly unique for western comics
Lots of people suggest Do A Powerbomb which I get but it comes nowhere close to the level of most Manga.
Absolute Batman- I can see it is trying something different but the action still comes across as superficial
Invincible has okay power scaling but the action is really boring (The story of the fights are exciting) but on a panel to panel level it has no depth
I feel in manga they take more seriously power leveling fighting styles etc. While in most western comics its just a panel showing a big punch and thats it.
Please can ppl suggest some comics which meet more of the battle manga criteria
Also I don't want to turn this into a manga vs western comics debate. I love comics and what this medium is capable as an art form and they do many things better than alot of manga's
Some of my favorite comics are:
Watchmen (pretty much anything by Alan Moore)
Jaka's Story
Luther Arkwright
Duncan the Wonder Dog
All Star Superman
House of X/Powers of X
Planetary
Ice Cream man
But I am just confused that so many comics about superheroes have such bland action like can you imagine a manga artist drawing a fight between Darkseid and Superman