Today, we continue our countdown of your picks for the greatest comic book storylines of all-time with #84-81.

You voted (over 1,000 ballots cast and a little bit more than the last time we did this countdown) and you all sent in ballots ranking your favorite storylines from #1 (10 points) to #10 (1 point). I added up all of the points and here we are!

84. "Darkseid War" by Geoff Johns, Jason Fabok, Brad Anderson and a whole pile of other writers and artists on the one-shots in the middle of it all (Justice League #40-50, Justice League: Darkseid War: Batman #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Superman #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: The Flash #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Green Lantern #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Shazam! #1, Justice League: Darkseid War: Lex Luthor #1 and Justice League: Darkseid War Special #1) – 136 points (1 first place vote)

The New 52 was kickstarted by Geoff Johns' Justice League #1, so it makes sense that, in many ways, the New 52 came to a close with the conclusion of Geoff Johns' Justice League run with Justice League #50, where Johns was joined by the art team on the later third of his run, Jason Fabok and Brad Anderson. The League had taken on a new look leading up to the Darkseid War. After helping to save the world during "Forever Evil," Lex Luthor was allowed to join the Justice League. Also joining following "Forever Evil" was Power Ring, a young woman who was powered by, in effect, an evil Green Lantern ring (coming from Earth-3). When the previous bearer of the ring had been killed, Jessica Cruz had been chosen as the new bearer of the ring - not because she was fearless like Hal Jordan or John Stewart, but for the very opposite. She was chosen due to her ability to feel great fear. She was one of the most frightened people on Earth.

In any event, the Darkseid War was dramatic battle between Mobius (better known as the Anti-Monitor) and Darkseid. They were being manipulated into fighting each other by a new character on the scene known as Grail. Grail was the daughter of Darkseid and an Amazon warrior. Grail had been born on the same day that Wonder Woman was born. Grail's mother took her away from Paradise Island and trained her to destroy Darkseid - by any means necessary.

In this context, it meant putting the very universe at risk by pitting the Anti-Monitor against Darkseid. Eventually, the Anti-Monitor succeeded in killing Darkseid, but that was only the beginning of Grail's mad plan.

Along the way, the various members of the Justice League were transformed and became New Gods themselves. Batman took over Metron's Mobius Chair and became essentially the God of Knowledge, but was blinded by just how much knowledge that he now had. The Flash was merged with the Black Racer to become the new God of Death. Shazam found the gods that he drew upon dramatically changed, as he became a sort of God of Gods. Superman was imbued with a bunch of negative energy, while Green Lantern ultimately had to become the God of Light. After Darkseid was killed, his Omega Sanction needed a host and Lex Luthor got the nod and he became the God of Apokolips.

Cyborg and Jessica were both trapped within her own ring by Volthoom (Cyborg had lost his consciousness entirely when he was reverted to the Grid, which had happened to him during "Forever Evil," but after she was trapped, Jessica was able to at least get Cyborg's consciousness into the ring with her), as the evil god who controlled her ring teamed up with Grail.

The Crime Syndicate played a major role, as well, as Superwoman's baby was set to be used by Grail for the next step in her plan, where she would bring Darkseid back, but under her control now.

In an epic sequence, the Flash managed to split from the Black Racer, but only in time to become his next target. Jessica, though, one of the most frightened people in the world, managed to make a move to save the life of her friend...

And in her sacrifice, she proved herself a true hero...

Amazing sequence by Johns, Fabok and Anderson.

Naturally, the League managed to get over their personality changes and came back to save the day, just in time for the DC Universe to undergo a rebirth of its own. A number of plots in this storyline, however, have played major roles in the DC Universe since.

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83. “New World Order” by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter and John Dell (JLA #1-4) - 138 points

Grant Morrison’s JLA was perhaps THE most influential superhero book of the 1990s, as it influenced even The Authority (the widescreen aspect, at least).

“New World Order” was the first story arc of the “brand new” JLA, which consisted of the seven original members of the Justice League, or at least the seven superhero names of the original Justice League, as the Green Lantern and the Flash were both the successors of the characters who had formed the Justice League.

In this initial storyline, a group of aliens come to Earth and seemingly make the Justice League obsolete. The League knows that there is something up with these aliens, and soon discover that, yep, there are some sinister motivations going on behind these guys.

The secret behind the aliens is very clever, and it is especially notable how Batman discovers their secret (and how he exploits it).

This story first established Morrison’s take on Batman as the guy who prepares for everything (or “Bat God,” as some people refer to it)…

much to the villains' collective chagrin...

The other heroes in the book get notable scenes, as well, especially the Flash, who uses some of the knowledge the original Flash gave him to take down a villain.

The art by Howard Porter and John Dell is slick and apt for the sometimes over the top action of the book.

This series quickly became the most successful title for DC in the late 1990s, which was notable because the Justice League line of books had gotten pretty low in the sales charts before this title revitalized the group.

82. “Old Man Logan” (Wolverine #66-72, Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Sized #1) – 140 points (2 first place votes)

The main conceit of "Old Man Logan" is that it is has been 50 years since Wolverine has died. By "Wolverine," of course, we mean the superhero known as Wolverine, because the man now known as Logan retired after a horrific tragedy led to the deaths of the X-Men (the incident is slowly but surely revealed to the readers and it is so damn tragic). "Old Man" Logan is now a farmer and is married with two young children. He rents his farm land from the Banner Gang, the in-bred grandchildren of Bruce Banner (who married his cousin, She-Hulk).

The United States is now split into four parts, each ruled by a specific super-villain. Clint Barton, the former Hawkeye (who is now blind), shows up at Logan's home after the Banner Gang threaten his family because Logan is behind on rent. Clint wants to hire Logan to help him transport some illegal goods across the country. Logan is forced to agree to do so and so the two former heroes go for a fantastic trek across America, and as they travel, we see the world for what it has become in the 50 years since the age of heroes ended (lots of dark stuff, but lots of interesting things, nevertheless).

They come across many fantastical elements along the way...

like the Ghost Riders...

What do you need me to say about Steve McNiven? The guy is a legend. Millar, McNiven and Vines had just recently done the famous Civil War storyline and now this was their follow-up and boy did they hit it out of the park. The hit film Logan was based on this storyline. Think about that - Millar and McNiven did two stories together for Marvel and BOTH of them were turned into hit films! Wow! That's the sort of batting average that would make Ted Williams go goo-goo eyes over!

In any event, as the journey continues, Logan has to keep questioning whether he is truly content with no longer being a hero. When you've been a beaten down as Logan was, can you ever rise back up to become a hero again? It's a difficult question to answer and here, Millar beautifully shows Logan wrestling with these ideas and he finds that the soul of a hero might never be truly broken (how it is expressed, however, is a whole other story - as Logan as a hero is a lot different than Wolverine as a hero, as the world is now a much darker place).

Years later, the Logan from this storyline was brought to the Marvel Universe following the short-lived death of the regular Wolverine, leading to the popular Old Man Logan comic book series.

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81. "Church and State" by Dave Sim and Gerhard (Cerebus #52-111) – 141 points (5 first place votes)

Cerebus began as a parody of Conan the Barbarian, but by the time Church and State began, the book had moved past that and become a slightly more serious satire of a number of topics, including politics and society.

Church and State, which is by far the longest storyline on the Top 100, further moved Cerebus away from its early days with an elaborate allegorical story about religion, politics and, most of all, morality.

The basic gist of the story is that Cerebus in appointed the Pope of the Eastern Church of Tarim. He lets his power get to his head, loses everything, tries to get it back, gets it back, gets even MORE morally corrupt and ultimately meets, in effect, God.

This is the story where Sim lays out the prophecy that the rest of Cerebus was “ruled” by, which hovered over the next 180 plus issues of the book like a scythe.

That’s the plot of the story, but the beauty of it all is the character development, although development almost suggests an advancement, and that’s really not the case for Cerebus through most of the story – as he completely loses his way, morally.

His actions are at times chilling, and the fact that it they are taken by the “protagonist” of the comic were quite bold by Sim.

The artwork by Sim and Gerhard is strong, but it is the writing that is the key to this great epic storyline.

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