One of the fabulous things about the Top 10 series is the incredible amount of detail that Gene Ha put into the backgrounds. There are all sorts of cool things you can find there, while browsing.

Zatanna and Black Canary pulling in fish nets, for one.

Then as far as the main story goes, Ultra-Mice Crisis is just hilarious.

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Brilliant! Just finished this series (although I see from LT that there is a third volume) and I can't recommend it highly enough. There are a good amount of "in jokes" that may only be caught by comic geeks, but I would be interested to see how the story (it's not that long) would be received by those new to the medium (start with Vol 1 of course). Moore wrapped up things very nicely and honestly surprised me (he is a true master of his craft). I believe that this series is often over looked. Over look no more, meet Top 10! I wish it was longer as I have really fallen for the characters (even ones added in Vol 2) and feel that they could easily tell more stories without it getting stale. A friend recommended that that I start Fables (by Bill Willingham) and I am enjoying that one so far and I think it has similar appeal. ( )

The tale of the police force of Neopolis, the city of superheroes, continues, with sendups of classic comics as well as impressive levels of innovation. Moore shows us corruption and heroism, laughter and camaraderie. The first episode, The Overview, as particularly moving; not much gets me misty-eyed, but Moore does it even on the reread. ( )

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This book continues the saga of Top Ten, a police precinct in Neopolis. Neopolis is a normal city, the citizens of which just happen to be super-heroes. All of them.

This is Moore at his best. It is joyful to see how he mixes normal police series plotlines with the super-hero perps and victims. All the different officers have their own powers, which come to good use on the day-to-day police work. A laugh-out-loud mix of Hill Street Blues and Supers. :)

The art is also top notch. The greatest pleasure for me was to see all the pop culture references in both the text and the art, especially the detailed backgrounds.

The best part of the book is the storyline of the ultramice (mice with super powers), continued from book one. Moore really has a blast with DC and Marvel with that one...

The only problem that I have with the Top Ten series is that it was too short-lived. More of this greatness, Moore! ( )