Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.
1998: (no award)
Sergio Aragones' Dia de las Muertos (Day of the Dead) by Sergio Aragones & Mark Evanier
Preacher by Garth Ennis
The Son of Man (Hellblazer 129-133) by Garth Ennis
The Dreaming: Trial and Error by Len Wein
1999: The Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman
Jonah Hex: Shadows West #1 by Joe R. Lansdale
Hellboy: Box Full of Evil by Mike Mignola
Faust: Book of M by David Quinn (art by Tim Vigil)
2000: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (miniseries) by Alan Moore
Cable 79-84 by Robert Weinberg
"Spuds" (Night Terrors #1) by Bernie Wrightson
2001: (no award)
"Freezes Over" (Hellblazer 158-161) by Brian Azzarello
"The First Adventures of Miss Catterina Poe" (The Dreaming 56) by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Desperadoes: Quiet of the Grave by Jeff Mariotte
"Quiver" (Green Arrow 1-10) by Kevin Smith
Weird Western Tales by Various Authors
2002: Nightside (Issues 1-4) by Robert Weinberg
Howard the Duck (Issues 1-6) by Steve Gerber
Fort: Prophet of the Unexplained (Issues 1-4) by Peter Lenkov
2003: The Sandman: Endless Nights (collection) by Neil Gaiman
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two by Alan Moore
Kolchak: "Devil in the Details" by Stefan Petrucha
Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce edited by Tom Pomplun
Vampire the Masqerade Giovanni — The Machiavelli Conundrum by Robert Weinberg
2004: Heaven's Devils by Jai Nitz
Lost Loves by James Lowder
Aleister Arcane by Steve Niles
Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson by Tom Pomplun
