Tomb Raider: The Series

From 2000 onward, Top Cow and Wizard brought Lara Croft to comics in Tomb Raider: The Series, a launch that paired the video-game icon with writer Dan Jurgens and artists Eric Basaldua and Michael Lopez. This single-issue debut set the stage for the archaeologist-adventurer's comic-book exploits, marking her transition from screen to page under the publisher's signature style. It matters as the starting point for a long-running franchise that helped define Top Cow's action-heroine lineup.