David Rubín's The Hero (2015)

For anyone who thinks Spanish comics means memoir, here is the antidote. David Rubín retells the life of Heracles as a loud, saturated superhero saga in which swords and sandals share the page with video monitors, and his elastic, explosive cartooning turns every labor into a set piece. Dark Horse published it in English as two hardcovers in 2015, and Book One alone runs to 280 pages. It is the most purely entertaining entry here and a good bridge for readers coming from American superhero comics, though its violence makes it a book for adults.