id have to give manga the top slot though from a personal perspective although i don't mind either. most america comics tend to be episodic rather than serial one story 1 week a totaly new 1 the week after (there are exeptions) where as manga tends to follow on like a soap which is why you can pick up an american comic halfway through a series and have no trouble understanding whats going on like Y The Alien said earlier

as for plot they both tend to over recycle the same plots over and over

as for american comics i personaly am not a fan of superhero comics i find them to 1950's a time when ppl really believed the good guy always wins there too simple there either black or white theres no grey places inbetween

as for manga comics i hate mecha how many comics can you make about giant robots before the whole thing starts to get ridiculous

both comic styles have there +'s & -'s guess its just a case of which appeal to your tastes

bring on SPAWN ok so Todd McFarlane's canadian but hey its better than superman and xmen plent of sex drugs and violence, bad guys tend to win and theres those grey places i was talking about all over the place [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]