But my point was he doesn't use those as much as you and the myth says, far from it, hence the list I put together

I didn't put Lost Girls in the list (as its fairly obvious)

But for 1963, Anything Goes and Tom Strong, you mihgt see archetypes, but that's not the same thing, aspecially since he created complete own mythology and background for those. Because then, The Spirit and many other wouldn't be original creations by your considerations...

Miracleman is not a copy of Captain Marvel created by Moore, though. Miracleman-which was still Marvelman when Moore started working on it-was a character strongly based on Captain Marvel, created by Mick Anglo in 1953. Miracleman was not Moore ripping off Captain Marvel, it was Moore reinventing Marvelman.

Since we are allowed two votes - I liked his work on the Watchmen and WildCATS and with special consideration his work on SWAMP THING would be my third choice.

Bojeffries Saga did make the cut.

I left out Judgment Day because I thought it was terrible.

I almost put Neonomicon. I haven't actually read it.

My understanding is that Big Numbers was never finished. Am I incorrect? Or is the partial story just that good?

The other two I have not read and will zealously track down.

I'd be happy to get more short stories.

I think that's my glaring lack in terms of Moore reading. I only read Pictopia recently because it was in some "Best comics of the 1980s" collection I got.

I've read only Watchmen, Promethea, 1963 and Lost Girls, and liked them all. I intend to read more Moore, but am not voting because I'm unfamiliar with so many of his major works.

I went with V for Vendetta and Swamp Thing. In its final form, V for Vendetta magically shows none of the circumstances of its creation. The move from short stories in an anthology to full-length issues, the 10 year gap, the later coloring of intended black and white work. Consistent writing and art throughout, a true sense of craft from the first page to the last, telling a compelling story with compelling characters, featuring some of my favorite comic quotes. "There is no flesh or blood beneath this cloak. There is only an idea. Ideas are bulletproof." I just consider it the perfectly done comic. And if people only read one comic in their life, I think it should be V's story.

Swamp Thing is less clean and pure. It begins in the middle of an established series, the second devoted to the character. Heck, it begins in the middle of a story arc. It ties in heavily to the crazy mess that is the DC Universe. Random people in capes and tights show up left and right. It crosses over with big mega-events. And the artists change because of external considerations. Though he was fortunate to have nothing but excellent artists throughout.

But despite not being all neat and contained, I find it bursting with ideas and heart and... it's happy to be a horror comic, and then a superhero comic the next issue. Then back to horror. Then even more horror. Then it's down to hell. And now it's a love story. Mystical adventures. Back to superheroes. And now it's a cosmic odyssey filled with great science fiction concepts. Occasionally it seems to be more poetry than story. But by the end it really feels like it's the romance that has driven it all along, as our swamp monster finds happiness and the reader finds themselves in tears. It is all things.

And became a roadmap for another of comics greatest series, Sandman.

Ultimately, a vote for Swamp thing may reveal an Amero-centrism. Because it's the mainstream American market most affected by it. It raised the bar for every Marvel/DC comic to follow (higher than almost any of them could reach) and set the standard for modern mainstream American storytelling sensibility. This became the comic to beat, and the comic that basically nothing could.

But he has created lots and lots and lots of new characters.

Like, more than most anybody else in comics outside of the Kirbys of the world.