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Great list.
I'll second it, but add a few personal favourites:
* The Punisher MAX series. A special mention to The Slavers arc - completely brutal and pitiless, this is Frank Castle as I love him: Unstoppable, merciless, a nightmare to terrify the scum of the earth.
* WE3. I loved it, even though as a manly man I had to pretend that I got some dust in my eye.
* The Ultimates. I know, not popular, but I don't care - I thought it was awesome. Complete cheese - but awesome, tasty, gooey, melt-in-your-mouth cheese.
* Batman Year One and Death, The High Cost of Living. Both of them live in the shadows of their more famous siblings but both of them are worthy mentions, frequently overlooked.
I don't care for Watchmen either. I thoroughly enjoyed the film, though -- it wasn't as riddled with Moore's skewed views of society as the comic series was.
If we're talking Moore's works, I much prefer books like V For Vendetta, Miracleman, The Killing Joke, or his run on Swamp Thing... Hell, I even enjoyed Tom Strong more than Watchmen.
These days, it wouldn't even rank in my top 10... Let alone my top 5.
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V is my favorite Moore work, and Swamp Thing may be his best (it wasn't up my alley, but was undeniably well written). But I'm not as hard on Watchmen as some. It still holds up, imo. I don't quite understand the hate. Ozy's "20 minutes ago" reveal gave me legitimate chills to read, Manhattan remains one of the better ruminations of superpowers that exists in comics, and Rorschach is still interesting and deep, both as a character and as a moral lens through which to critique some elements of our culture.
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I am re-reading Marvels at the moment. It must have been really difficult not to hate Busiek and Ross a little bit when it came out. It is just so very, very good.