Reddit mentions of Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant

Marvel comics:

• Avengers | Kurt Busiek
  
• New Avengers | Brian Michael Bendis
  
• Daredevil | Mark Waid
  
• Hawkeye | Matt Fraction
  
• Marvel Age/Adventures
  
• Marvels | Kurt Busiek
  
• Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur | Reeder & Montclare
  
• Ms. Marvel | G. Willow Wilson
  
• Power Pack
  
• Ultimate Spider-Man | Brian Michael Bendis
  
• The Amazing Spider-Man | J. Michael Straczynski
  
• The Amazing Spider-Man | Dan Slott
  
• Star Wars | Jason Aaron
  
• Thor: The Mighty Avenger | Roger Langridge
  
  Other recommendations:
  
  
• Adventure Time | Ryan North
  
• Amulet | Kazu Kibuishi
  
• Atomic Robo | Brian Clevinger
  
• The Backstagers | James Tynion IV
  
• Bone | Jeff Smith
  
• DC: The New Frontier | Darwyn Cooke
  
• Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant | Tony Cliff
  
• Giant Days | Allison & Cogar
  
• Godzilla: Half Century War | James Stokoe
  
• Gotham Academy | Becky Cloonan
  
• Lumberjanes | Noelle Stevenson
  
• Mouse Guard | David Petersen
  
• Nimona | Noelle Stevenson
  
• Smile, Drama, Sisters, Ghosts | Raina Telgemeier
  
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Eastman & Waltz
  
• This One Summer | Mariko Tamaki
  
• Usagi Yojimbo | Stan Sakai
  
• The Legend of Wonder Woman | Renae De Liz
  
• A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle
  
  Additional resources:
  
  
• goodokbad
  
• comicbookresources
  
• comicsintheclassroom
  
• ilovelibraries
  
• pastemagazine
  
  EDIT: removed IDW's Transformers

I think all of these would be great, and don't have any content that would be particularly objectionable to a nun:

• Bandette by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover
  
• Deliah Dirke by Tony Cliff
  
• The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks
  
• Captain Marvel vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Dexter Soy
  
• She-Hulk vol. 1 by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido
  
• Black Widow vol. 1 by Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto
  
• Avengers Assemble: Science Bros. by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Stefano Caselli

No need to discriminate, or maybe I just can't choose, but if I'm summoning one, I shall summon all.

My family reads a TON of graphic novels, (pro tip - Humble Bundle has some great deals on them fairly frequently), but my all time favorite is probably the Zita the Space Girl series. Granted, I have a ten year old, so my reading list lately is mostly things like Tiny Titans, Princeless and Abigail & the Snowman, but I've read the Zita series multiple times, and can't wait for the next one! I like all of Ben Hatke's stuff, full disclosure, but I have a soft spot for Zita, a space traveling little girl just trying to do the right thing for her friends, and encountering intergalactic shenanigans along the way. The robots are fun, the art is gorgeous, and the chickens don't try and kill you. # winning

Of course, Zita's not as swashbuckly as Delilah Durk, and it's not as gorgeously well illustrated as The Mouse Guard, but it's a fun, quick read, and stands up to multiple re-reads.

I am biased, and admit it - I love graphic novels, so I've a long list of suggestions that are favorites - if I had to pick just one, I'd take Zita, but I'm also partial to:

[Fables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_(comics) - fairly dark, and I'm a native New Yorker, so an adult fairy tale recasting in Manhattan was bound to appeal...

[The Jane Foster Thor saga - female reboot of Thor by Marvel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Foster_(comics) - I just dig it - cancer survivor, badass, and the holder of Mjolnir because the original Thor is an arrogant ass - what's not to love?

Anything by Raina Telgemeier, since this is my mini's favorite author and she will sit anytime, any place, and read these to me.

If you speak Italian, Lupo Alberto is hilarious, and good slapstick fun.

Man, I could go on for days. I've got Monstress and Delilah Dirk on my WL, but I'll definitely be perusing this thread as it grows and adding more. Long live picturebooks!