The Eisner Award for Best Limited Series is an award for "creative achievement" in American comic books. It has been given out every year since 1988, with the exceptions of 1990 when no Eisner Awards were given out and 2013.
A title must have had at least half of its issues published in the previous year to eligible for the award.
Winners and nominees
Year Title CreatorsPublihser 1980s 1988 Watchmen and Dave Gibbons DC Elektra: Assassin and Bill SienkiewiczMarvel Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters DC Jonny Quest Classics ComicoKafka and Stefano GaudianoRenegadeValkyrie, Paul Gulacy and Willie BlybergEclipse 1989 Silver Surfer and Jean "Moebius" Giraud Marvel Jezebel Jade and Adam KubertComico Scarlet in Gaslight Powell and MakinenEternity 1990s 1990 There was no Eisner Award ceremony, or awards distributed, in 1990, due to widespread balloting mix-ups."Eisners Cancelled," The Comics Journal #137 (Sept. 1990), p. 16. 1991 Give Me Liberty and Dave GibbonsDark Horse The Hobbit and David WenzelEclipse The Last AmericanMarvel/Epic The Magic Flute Eclipse Tapping the Vein and various artists Eclipse 1992Concrete: Fragile CreatureDark HorseBilli 99 and Tim SaleDark HorseBooks of Magic and various artistsDCBrat PackKing Hell/TundraDavid Chelsea In LoveEclipse 1993Grendel: War Child and Dark HorseCages TundraCereal KillingsFantagraphicsDeadface: Earth, Water, Air, and FireDark HorseMadmanTundraThe MaximortalKing Hell/Tundra 1994MarvelsKurt Busiek and Alex Ross MarvelDaredevil: The Man without Fear and John Romita, Jr.MarvelDeath: The High Cost of Living and Chris BachaloDC/VertigoThe Golden Age and Paul SmithDCJonah Hex: Two-Gun Mojo and Timothy TrumanDC/Vertigo 1995Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForDark Horse/LegendConcrete: Killer Smile Dark Horse/LegendThe Tale of One Bad RatDark HorseWitchcraft, Teddy Kristiansen, Peter Snejberg, Steve Yeowell, and Michael ZulliDC/Vertigo 1996Sin City: The Big Fat KillDark Horse/LegendChiaroscuro: The Private Lives of Leonardo da Vinci,, Pat McGreal, Chas Truog and Rafael Kayanan DC/VertigoFather & SonKitchen SinkNexus: The Wages of Sin and Steve RudeDark Horse 1997Kingdom Come and Alex Ross DCAge of Reptiles: The HuntDark HorseBatman: Black and White and Scott Peterson, eds.DCDeath: The Time of Your Life, Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and Mark Pennington DC/VertigoGon Paradox PressThe SystemDC/Vertigo VeriteTerminal City and Michael Lark DC/Vertigo 1998Batman: The Long Halloween and Tim SaleDCDestiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold, Kent Williams, Michael Zulli, Scott Hampton, and Rebecca GuayDC/VertigoThe Land of NodDark HorseRed Rocket 7Dark HorseTerminal City: Aerial Graffiti and Michael Lark DC/VertigoUncle Sam and Alex Ross DC/Vertigo 1999300 and Lynn VarleyDark HorseGrendel: Black, White & Red and various artistsDark HorseJustice League of America: The Nail and Mark Farmer DCSuperman for All Seasons and Tim SaleDCWhiteout and Steve LieberOni Press 2000s 2000Whiteout: Melt and Steve LieberOniClan ApisActive SynapseHeart of EmpireDark HorseHeavy LiquidDC/VertigoScene of the Crime, Michael Lark, and Sean PhillipsDC/Vertigo 2001The Ring of the Nibelung with Patrick Mason DarkDark Horse/MaverickBlue Monday: The Kids Are AlrightOniBreakfast After NoonOniFortune & GloryOniSock Monkey, vol. 3Dark Horse/Maverick 2002Hellboy: Conqueror WormMike MignolaDark Horse/MaverickEnemy Ace: War in Heaven, Chris Weston, Christian Alamy, and Russ Heath DCHopeless Savages, Christine Norrie, and Chynna Clugston-MajorOniRose and Charles Vess Cartoon BooksScary Godmother: Ghouls Out for SummerSirius 2003League of Extraordinary Gentleman, vol. 2 and Kevin O'NeillABCCourtney Crumrin & the Night ThingsOniHellboy: Third WishDark Horse 2004Unstable Molecules and Guy DavisMarvelArrowsmith, Carlos Pacheco, and Jesús MeriñoWildStorm/DCEmpire, Barry Kitson, and James Pascoe DCGlobal Frequency and various artists WildStorm/DCJSA: The Unholy Three, Tony Harris, and Ray SnyderDCSuperman: Red Son, Dave Johnson/Andrew Robinson, and Kilian Plunkett/Walden Wong DC 2005DC: The New FrontierDCDemo and Becky CloonanAiT/Planet Lar30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow and Ben Templesmith IDWWE3 and Frank Quitely Vertigo/DCWanted and J. G. JonesTop Cow/Image 2006Seven Soldiers and various artists DCNat TurnerKyle Baker PublishingOcean, Chris Sprouse, and Karl StoryWildStorm/DCSmoke and Igor Kordey IDW 2007Batman: Year 100 DCThe Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M, Liz Cavalier, and Ben Templesmith Desperado/ImageThe Other Side and Cameron Stewart Vertigo/DCScarlet Traces: The Great Game and D'IsraeliDark HorseSock Monkey: The Inches Incident Dark Horse 2008The Umbrella Academy and Gabriel BaDark HorseAtomic Robo and Scott Wegender Red 5 ComicsDark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, Robin Furth, and Jae Lee MarvelNightly NewsImageParade (with Fireworks) Shadowline/Image 2009Hellboy: The Crooked Man and Richard CorbenDark HorseGroo: Hell on Earth and Mark EvanierDark HorseLocke & Key and Gabriel Rodriguez IDWOmega the Unknown, Karl Rusnak, and Farel Dalrymple MarvelThe Twelve and Chris Weston Marvel 2010s 2010The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Skottie YoungMarvelBlackest Night, Ivan Reis, and Oclair AlbertDCIncognito and Sean PhillipsMarvel IconPluto: Urasawa X Tezuka and Takashi NagasakiVIZ MediaWolverine #66–72 and Wolverine Giant-Size Special: “Old Man Logan”, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines Marvel 2011Daytripper and Gabriel Bá Vertigo/DCBaltimore: The Plague Ships, Christopher Golden, and Ben Stenbeck Dark HorseCinderella: From Fabletown with Love and Shawn McManus Vertigo/DCJoe the Barbarian and Sean Murphy Vertigo/DCStumptown and Matthew SouthworthOni 2012Criminal: The Last of the Innocent and Sean Phillips Marvel IconAtomic Robo and the Ghost of Station X and Scott WegenerRed 5Flashpoint: Batman - Knight of Vengeance and Eduardo Risso Vertigo/DCThe New York Five and Ryan KellyVertigo/DCWho Is Jake Ellis? and Tonci Zonjic Image 2013The Best Limited Series category was not given this year 2014The Wake and Sean MurphyVertigo/DCThe Black Beetle: No Way OutDark HorseColder and Juan FerreyraDark Horse47 Ronin and Stan SakaiDark HorseTrilliumVertigo/DC 2015Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland and Gabriel Rodriguez IDWDaredevil: Road Warrior and Peter KrauseMarvel Infinite ComicsThe Multiversity et al. DCThe Private Eye and Marcos Martin Panel SyndicateThe Sandman: Overture and J. H. Williams IIIVertigo/DC 2016The Fade Out and Sean PhillipsImageChrononauts and Sean MurphyImageLady Killer and Jamie S. Rich Dark HorseMinimum Wage: So Many Bad Decisions ImageThe Spire and Jeff Stokely BOOM! Studios 2017The Vision and Gabriel Walta MarvelArchangel, Michael St. John Smith, Butch Guice, and Tom Palmer IDWBriggs Land and Mack Chater Dark HorseHan Solo and Mark Brooks MarvelKim and Kim and Eva Cabrera Black MaskWe Stand on Guard and Steve Skroce Image 2018Black Panther: World of Wakanda, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Alitha E. MartinezMarvelExtremityImage/SkyboundThe Flintstones, Steve Pugh, Rick Leonardi, and Scott Hanna DCMister Miracle and Mitch Gerads DCX-Men: Grand Design, by Ed Piskor Marvel 2019Mister Miracle and Mitch GeradsDCBatman: White Knight DCEternity Girl and Sonny LiewVertigo/DCExit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, Mike Feehan, and Mark MoralesDCX-Men: Grand Design: Second GenesisMarvel 2020s 2020Little Bird and Ian BertramImageAscender and Dustin Nguyen ImageGhost Tree and Simon GaneIDWNaomi , David Walker, and Jamal Campbell DCSentient and Gabriel WaltaTKO 2021Superman’s Pal Jimmy OlsenMatt Fraction and Steve LieberDCBarbalien: Red Planet, Tate Brombal, and Gabriel Hernandez Walta Dark HorseDecorum and Mike HuddlestonImageFar Sector and Jamal Campbell DCStrange Adventures, Mitch Gerads, and Evan “Doc” Shaner DC Black LabelWe Live and Roy Miranda AfterShock 2022The Good Asian and Alexandre TefenkgiImageBeta Ray Bill: Argent Star MarvelHocus Pocus and Jordan Collverhocuspocuscomic.squarespace.comThe Many Deaths of Laila Starr and Filipe AndradeBOOM! Studios Stray Dogs and Trish ForstnerImageSupergirl: Woman of Tomorrow and Bilquis EvelyDC 2023The Human Target and Greg SmallwoodDCAnimal Castle and Felix Delep AblazeBatman: One Bad Day and Jessica Berbey (ed.)DCMiracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age and Mark Buckingham MarvelSuperman: Space Age, Michael Allred, and Laura Allred DC 2024 PeePee PooPoo Silver Sprocket The Cull and Mattia De Iulis Image Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons and Inaki MirandaIDW Kill Your Darlings , Griffin Sheridan, and Robert QuinnImage Superman: Lost and Carlo PagulayanDC2025Zatanna: Bring Down the House and Javier Rodríguez DCAlan Scott: The Green Lantern and Cian TormeyDCAnimal Pound and Peter GrossBOOM! StudiosThe Deviant and Joshua Hixson ImageHelen of Wyndhorn and Bilquis EvelyDark HorseRare Flavours and Filipe AndradeBOOM! Studios2026Absolute Martian Manhunter and Javier Rodríguez DCBeneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of SpringIDWBronze FacesShobo, Shof, and Alexandre TefenkgiBOOM! StudiosCrownsville and Elia BonettiOni PressEverything Dead and Dying and Jacob PhillipsImageOut of Alcatraz and Tyler CrookOni Press
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