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1. 553 relations: "Omaha" the Cat Dancer, 'Mazing Man, Aardvark-Vanaheim, Acorn Green, Action Comics, Adrian Veidt, Adventure Publications, Al Milgrom, Al Smith (cartoonist), Al Williamson, Alan Davis, Alan Grant (writer), Alan Moore, Alan Weiss (comics), Alex Toth, Alfred Bestall, Allen Saunders, Alpha Flight (comic book), Amanda Waller, Amazing Adventures, Amazing Heroes, André Franquin, André-Paul Duchâteau, Angel Love, Ann Nocenti, Annibelle, Anti-Monitor, Apocalypse (character), Apple Comics, Archie Goodwin (comics), Archie's TV Laugh-Out, Arclight (comics), Ardath Mayhar, Arrow Comics, Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes, Art Spiegelman, Arthur Adams (comics), Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Atlanta Fantasy Fair, Barbara Slate, Barry Windsor-Smith, Batman, Batman (comic book), Battle Picture Weekly, Béla Szepes, Belgian Comic Strip Center, Belinda (comic strip), Ben Grimm, Betty Ross, Bill Hinds, ... Expand index (503 more) »

"Omaha" the Cat Dancer

"Omaha" the Cat Dancer is an erotic comic strip and later comic book created by artist Reed Waller and writer Kate Worley.

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'Mazing Man

Mazing Man is the title character of a comic book series created by Bob Rozakis and Stephen DeStefano and published by DC Comics.

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Aardvark-Vanaheim

Aardvark-Vanaheim is a Canadian independent comic book publisher founded in 1977 by Dave Sim and Deni Loubert and is best known for publishing Sim's Cerebus.

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Acorn Green

Acorn Green was a children's comic book series in the mid-1980s based around a community of woodland creatures, all of whom had different jobs to play in the wood, for instance police officer, nurse, firefighter and postman.

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Action Comics

Action Comics is an American comic book/magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters.

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Adrian Veidt

Adrian Alexander Veidt, also known as Ozymandias, is a fictional anti-villain in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics.

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Adventure Publications

Adventure Publications was an American comic book publisher founded by Steve Milo in 1986, based in Fairfax, Virginia and active from 1986 to 1993.

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Al Milgrom

Allen L. Milgrom (born March 6, 1950) is an American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics.

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Al Smith (cartoonist)

Al Smith (March 21, 1902 – November 24, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose work included a long run on the comic strip Mutt and Jeff.

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Al Williamson

Alfonso Williamson (March 21, 1931 – June 12, 2010) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy.

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Alan Davis

Alan Davis (born 18 June 1956) is an English artist and writer of comic books, known for his work on titles such as Captain Britain, The Uncanny X-Men, ClanDestine, Detective Comics, Excalibur, JLA: The Nail and JLA: Another Nail.

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Alan Grant (writer)

Alan Grant (9 February 194920 July 2022) was a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

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Alan Moore

Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, ''Swamp Thing'', Batman: The Killing Joke, and From Hell.

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Alan Weiss (comics)

Alan Weiss (born March 7, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American comics artist and writer known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics.

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Alex Toth

Alexander Toth (June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006) was an American cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s.

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Alfred Bestall

Alfred Edmeades "Fred" Bestall, MBE (14 December 1892 – 15 January 1986) wrote and illustrated Rupert Bear for the London Daily Express, from 1935 to 1965.

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Allen Saunders

Allen Saunders (April 24, 1899 – January 28, 1986) was an American writer, journalist and cartoonist who wrote the comic strips Steve Roper and Mike Nomad, Mary Worth and Kerry Drake.

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Alpha Flight (comic book)

Alpha Flight is the name of several comic book titles featuring the team Alpha Flight and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original Alpha Flight comic book series from 1983 to 1994.

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Amanda Waller

Amanda Blake Waller (née White), also known as "the Wall", is a fictional character featured in some American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Amazing Adventures

Amazing Adventures is the name of several anthology comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics.

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Amazing Heroes

Amazing Heroes was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992.

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André Franquin

André Franquin (3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami.

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André-Paul Duchâteau

André-Paul Duchâteau (8 May 1925 – 26 August 2020) was a Belgian comics writer and mystery novelist.

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Angel Love

Angel Love is a comic book series created by Barbara Slate, published by DC Comics in the 1980s, as well as the lead character of this series.

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Ann Nocenti

Ann "Annie" Nocenti (born January 17, 1957) is an American journalist, filmmaker, teacher, comic book writer and editor.

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Annibelle

Annibelle was a comic strip created in 1929 by Dorothy Urfer.

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Anti-Monitor

The Anti-Monitor is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Apocalypse (character)

Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Apple Comics

Apple Comics, also known as Apple Press, was an American comic book publisher which operated from 1986 to 1994.

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Archie Goodwin (comics)

Archie Goodwin (September 8, 1937 – March 1, 1998) was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist.

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Archie's TV Laugh-Out

Archie's TV Laugh-Out was a comic book published by Archie Comics from 1969 to 1986.

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Arclight (comics)

Arclight (Philippa Sontag) is a mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Ardath Mayhar

Ardath Frances Hurst Mayhar (February 20, 1930 – February 1, 2012) was an American writer and poet.

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Arrow Comics

Arrow Comics was one of the original independent publishers of black-and-white comics in the mid-1980s, the first truly creator-owned comic companies, started in Ypsilanti, Michigan, by founders Ralph Griffith (24 April 1960–11 December 2020) and Stuart Kerr.

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Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes (Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès) is the second collection of Arsène Lupin stories written by Maurice Leblanc, featuring two adventures following a match of wits between Lupin and Herlock Sholmes.

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Art Spiegelman

Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman (born February 15, 1948), professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus.

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Arthur Adams (comics)

Arthur Adams (born April 5, 1963) is an American comic book artist and writer.

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Association of American Editorial Cartoonists

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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Atlanta Fantasy Fair

The Atlanta Fantasy Fair (AFF) was a multigenre convention which took place once each summer in Atlanta, Georgia from 1975 to 1995.

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Barbara Slate

Barbara Slate (born May 9, 1947) is an American artist, cartoonist, graphic novelist, comic book creator, and writer.

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Barry Windsor-Smith

Barry Windsor-Smith (born Barry Smith, 25 May 1949) is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best-known work has been produced in the United States.

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Batman

Batman is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Batman (comic book)

Batman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman as its main protagonist.

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Battle Picture Weekly

Battle Picture Weekly (at various times also known as Battle and Valiant, Battle Action, Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force) was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with the new incarnation of Eagle after 644 issues.

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Béla Szepes

Béla Szepes (né Strauch; September 5, 1903, Igló – June 20, 1986, Budapest) was a Hungarian skier, athlete, graphic designer and journalist.

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Belgian Comic Strip Center

The Belgian Comic Strip Center (Centre belge de la Bande dessinée; Belgisch Stripcentrum) is a museum in central Brussels, Belgium, dedicated to Belgian comics.

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Belinda (comic strip)

Belinda, also known as Belinda Blue-Eyes, was a newspaper comic strip created in 1936 by the cartoonist Steve Dowling (1904-1986) and scripted by Bill Connor.

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Ben Grimm

The Thing also known as Benjamin Jacob "Ben" Grimm, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Betty Ross

Elizabeth "Betty" Ross (later Talbot and then Banner) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Bill Hinds

Bill Hinds (born April 21, 1950, in Houston, Texas) is an American sports cartoonist, whose work includes the sports cartoon feature Buzz Beamer, and the syndicated comic strips Cleats and Tank McNamara.

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Bill Schorr

Bill Schorr is an American cartoonist of syndicated editorial cartoons and comic strips.

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Bill Sienkiewicz

Boleslav William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz (born May 3, 1958) is an American artist known for his work in comic books—particularly for Marvel Comics' New Mutants, Moon Knight, and Elektra: Assassin.

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Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum is a research library of American cartoons and comic art affiliated with the Ohio State University library system in Columbus, Ohio.

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Blackthorne Publishing

Blackthorne Publishing Inc. was an American comic book publisher that flourished from 1986 to 1989.

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Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle is the name of three superheroes appearing in a number of American comic books published by a variety of companies since 1939.

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Blue Devil (DC Comics)

Blue Devil (Daniel Cassidy) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Bob Burden

Bob Burden is an American comic book artist and writer, best known as the creator of Flaming Carrot Comics and the Mystery Men.

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Bob Layton

Bob Layton (born September 25, 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor.

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Bob Rozakis

Robert "Bob" Rozakis (born April 4, 1951) is an American comic book writer and editor known mainly for his work in the 1970s and 1980s at DC Comics, as the writer of 'Mazing Man and in his capacity as DC's "Answer Man".

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Bob Smith (comics)

Robert Allen Smith (born November 18, 1951), better known as Bob Smith, is an American comic book artist, notable as an inker with DC Comics and Archie Comics.

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Booster Gold

Booster Gold (Michael Jon "M.J." Carter) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Boris Vallejo

Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941) is a Peruvian-American painter who works in the science fiction, fantasy, and erotica genres.

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Born Again (comics)

"Born Again" is a 1986 comic book story arc that appeared in the Marvel Comics series Daredevil.

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Brad Strickland

William Bradley Strickland (born October 27, 1947) is an American writer known primarily for fantasy and science fiction.

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Brent Anderson (comics)

Brent Anderson (born June 15, 1955) is an American comics artist known for his work on X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills and the comic book series Astro City.

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Bret Blevins

Bret Blevins (sometimes spelled Brett Blevins) (born August 13, 1960) is an American comics artist, animation storyboard artist, and painter.

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Brett Ewins

Brett Ewins (1955 – 16 February 2015) was a British comic book artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper in the weekly anthology comic 2000 AD.

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Brian Basset

Brian Basset is an American comic strip artist (Red and Rover).

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Brian Bolland

Brian Bolland (born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, Artists on Comic Art (Titan Books, 2000), p. 11 is a British comics artist.

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Brimstone (DC Comics)

Brimstone is an alias used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Broadside (comic strip)

Broadside is a weekly, single-panel comic published in Navy Times from 1986 until March 2020, and written by Jeff Bacon.

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Brothers Hildebrandt

Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, known as the Brothers Hildebrandt (born January 23, 1939), American twin brothers who worked collaboratively as fantasy and science fiction artists for many years, produced illustrations for comic books, movie posters, children's books, posters, novels, calendars, advertisements, and trading cards.

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Bruce Jones (comics)

Bruce Eliot Jones (born 1946) whose pen names include Philip Roland and Bruce Elliot, is an American comic book writer, novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter whose work included writing Marvel Comics' The Incredible Hulk from 2001 to 2005.

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Bryan Talbot

Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and its sequel Heart of Empire, as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books.

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Bubastis

Bubastis (Bohairic Coptic: Ⲡⲟⲩⲃⲁⲥϯ Poubasti; Greek: Βούβαστις Boubastis or Βούβαστος Boubastos), also known in Arabic as Tell-Basta or in Egyptian as Per-Bast, was an ancient Egyptian city.

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Burne Hogarth

Burne Hogarth (born Spinoza Bernard Ginsburg, December 25, 1911 – January 28, 1996) was an American artist and educator, best known for his work on the Tarzan newspaper comic strip and his series of anatomy books for artists.

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Caliber Comics

Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed.

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Cameron Hodge

Cameron Hodge is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually as an adversary in stories featuring the X-Men.

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Captain America (comic book)

Captain America is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Captain America and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original Captain America comic book series which debuted in 1968.

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Captain Britain

Captain Britain is a title used by various superheroes in comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Excalibur.

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Captain Confederacy

Captain Confederacy is an alternate history comic book by Will Shetterly and Vince Stone that was first published in 1986, revived in 1991–92, then published online with new and revised material in 2011.

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Captain Triumph

Captain Triumph is a superhero from the Golden Age of Comics who first appeared in Crack Comics #27, published in January 1943 by Quality Comics.

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Carl Macek

Carl Frank Macek (September 21, 1951 – April 17, 2010) was an American screenwriter and producer.

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Carl Potts

Carl Potts (born November 12, 1952) is an American comics artist, writer, teacher, and editor best known for creating the series Alien Legion for the Marvel Comics imprint Epic Comics.

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Carole Nelson Douglas

Carole Nelson Douglas (November 15, 1944 – October 20, 2021) was an American writer of sixty novels and many short stories.

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Carrie Kelley

Caroline Keene "Carrie" Kelley is a superheroine from Frank Miller's graphic novels The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and its sequels The Dark Knight Strikes Again (2001–2002) and The Dark Knight III: The Master Race (2015–2017).

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Celebrity comics

Celebrity comics are comics based on the fame and popularity of a celebrity.

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Charley's War

Charley's War was a British comic strip about the First World War, written by Pat Mills and drawn by Joe Colquhoun.

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Charlie Mensuel

Charlie Mensuel (or simply Charlie, "mensuel" being a French term for a monthly periodical) was a French monthly comics magazine.

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Chester Brown

Chester William David Brown (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist.

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Chris Claremont

Christopher S. Claremont (born November 25, 1950) is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his 16-year stint on Uncanny X-Men from 1975 to 1991, far longer than that of any other writer,Claremont, Chris.

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Classic X-Men

Classic X-Men, originally titled X-Men Classics and later retitled X-Men Classic, is a reprint comic book series published by Marvel Comics.

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Cloak and Dagger (characters)

Cloak (Tyrone "Ty" Johnson) and Dagger (Tandy Bowen) are a superhero duo appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Colin Dawkins

Colin Campbell Dawkins (September 8, 1922 – November 27, 1986) was an American writer for advertising and comic books, notably for EC Comics.

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Coluche

Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche, was a French stage comedian and cinema actor.

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The Comedian (Edward Morgan "Eddie" Blake) is a fictional character who debuted in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics.

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Comic book

A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.

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Comico: The Comic Company

Comico: The Comic Company was an American comic book publisher headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

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Comix Fair

Comix Fair was a comic convention that was held annually between 1983 and 1996 in Houston, Texas.

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Concrete (comics)

Concrete is a comic book series created and written by Paul Chadwick and published by Dark Horse Comics.

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Conrad (comic strip)

Conrad was a comic strip about "America's favorite frog prince".

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Continuity (fiction)

In fiction, continuity is the consistency of the characteristics of people, plot, objects, and places seen by the audience over some period of time.

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Cosmic Boy

Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn) is a superhero appearing in comics published by DC Comics.

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Creation Entertainment

Creation Entertainment is an American for-profit entertainment company located in Glendale, California, which produces fan conventions for fans of various films and television series, mainly in the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres.

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Crisis on Infinite Earths

Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 1985 to 1986 American comic book crossover series published by DC Comics.

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Crossover (fiction)

A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story.

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Curt Swan

Douglas Curtis Swan (February 17, 1920 – June 17, 1996) was an American comics artist.

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D.R. & Quinch

D.R. & Quinch is a comic strip about two delinquent alien drop-outs.

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Dakota North (character)

Dakota North is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Dale Messick

Dalia Messick (April 11, 1906 – April 5, 2005) was an American comic strip artist who used the pseudonym Dale Messick.

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Dallas Fantasy Fair

The Dallas Fantasy Fair was an annual multi-genre fan convention held between 1982 and 1995 in Dallas, Texas.

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Dan Jurgens

Dan Jurgens (born June 27, 1959) is an American comic book writer and artist.

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Dan Vado

Dan Vado (born September 9, 1959)Miller, John Jackson.

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Dana Summers

Dana Summers is an American editorial cartoonist and comic strip creator, whose work is syndicated by Tribune Content Agency.

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Daniel Clowes

Daniel Gillespie Clowes (born April 14, 1961) is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator, and screenwriter.

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Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)

Daredevil is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character Daredevil and published by Marvel Comics, beginning with the original Daredevil comic book series which debuted in 1964.

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Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986.

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Dark Horse Presents

Dark Horse Presents was a comic book published by Dark Horse Comics from 1986.

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Dave Gibbons

David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer.

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Dave Sim

Dave Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his controversial political and philosophical beliefs.

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Dave Stevens

Dave Lee Stevens (July 29, 1955 – March 11, 2008) was an American illustrator and comics artist.

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David A. Cherry

David Cherry (born December 14, 1949) is an American artist, author, and illustrator of science fiction and fantasy and has also done substantial work as a marketing artist, concept artist, and 3D modeler in the game production industry.

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David Anthony Kraft

David Anthony Kraft (May 31, 1952 – May 19, 2021) was an American comic book writer, publisher, and critic.

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David Hand (animator)

David Dodd Hand (January 23, 1900 – October 11, 1986) was an American animator and animation filmmaker known for his work at Walt Disney Productions.

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David Hendin

David Bruce Hendin (born December 16, 1945) is an expert American numismatist specializing in ancient Jewish and Biblical coins and their archaeology.

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David Lloyd (comics)

David Lloyd (born 1950) is an English comics artist best known as the illustrator of the story V for Vendetta, written by Alan Moore, and the designer of its anarchist protagonist V and the modern Guy Fawkes/V mask, the latter going on to become a symbol of protest.

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David Mazzucchelli

David John Mazzucchelli (born September 21, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work on seminal superhero comic book storylines Daredevil: Born Again and Batman: Year One, as well as for graphic novels in other genres, such as Asterios Polyp and City of Glass: The Graphic Novel.

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David Michelinie

David Michelinie (born May 6, 1948) is an American comic book writer best known for scripting Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and Iron Man and the DC Comics feature Superman in Action Comics.

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David Sutherland (comics)

David Sutherland (4 March 1933 – 19 January 2023) was a Scottish illustrator and comics artist with DC Thomson, responsible for The Bash Street Kids (1962–2023), Dennis the Menace (1970–1998), Fred's Bed (2008–2012) for The Beano, and the second version of Jak for The Dandy in the early 2000s.

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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.

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DC Comics Presents

DC Comics Presents is a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 which ran for 97 issues and four ''Annual''s.

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DC Graphic Novel

DC Graphic Novel is a line of graphic novel trade paperbacks published from 1983 to 1986 by DC Comics.

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DC Thomson

DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland.

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Dean Motter

Dean Motter is an illustrator, designer and writer who has worked for many years in Canada (Toronto) and the United States (New York City and Atlanta).

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Defenders (comics)

The Defenders are a set of superhero groups with rotating membership appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Delcourt (publisher)

Delcourt is a French publishing house that specializes in comics and manga.

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Deluxe Comics

Deluxe Comics was a short-lived comic book publishing company known for publishing one title, Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.

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Dennis Janke

Dennis Janke (born April 13, 1950, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed July 15, 2016. in Cleveland, Ohio)"witzend Contributors, Part 2," witzend, Volume 1 (Fantagraphics Books, 2014), p. 306.

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Dennis O'Neil

Dennis Joseph O'Neil (May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020) was an American comic book writer and editor, principally for Marvel Comics and DC Comics from the 1960s through the 1990s, and Group Editor for the Batman family of titles until his retirement.

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Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (originally titled Dennis the Menace and currently titled Dennis and Gnasher) is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by DC Thomson, of Dundee, Scotland.

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Denys Cowan

Denys B. Cowan (born January 30, 1961) is an American comics artist, television producer, media executive and one of the co-founders of Milestone Media.

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Derek Chittock

Derek Chittock (21 February 1922 – 21 February 1986) was a British art critic, art historian and portrait painter.

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Derek McCulloch (comics)

Derek McCulloch (born 1964) is a writer, known for graphic novels such as Stagger Lee, Gone to Amerikay, Pug, and Displaced Persons.

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Diana Schutz

Diana Schutz (born February 1, 1955) is a Canadian-born comic book editor, serving as editor in chief of Comico during its peak years, followed by a 25-year tenure at Dark Horse Comics.

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Diane Duane

Diane Duane (born May 18, 1952) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, long based in Ireland.

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Diceman (comics)

Diceman was a short-lived British comic which ran for five issues in 1986.

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Dick Ayers

Richard Bache Ayers (April 28, 1924 – May 4, 2014) was an American comic book artist and cartoonist best known for his work as one of Jack Kirby's inkers during the late-1950s and 1960s period known as the Silver Age of Comics, including on some of the earliest issues of Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four.

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Dick Giordano

Richard Joseph Giordano (July 20, 1932 – March 27, 2010) was an American comics artist and editor whose career included introducing Charlton Comics' "Action Heroes" stable of superheroes and serving as executive editor of DC Comics.

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Dick Locher

Richard Earl Locher (June 4, 1929 – August 6, 2017) was an American syndicated cartoonist.

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Dick Matena

Dick Matena (born 24 April 1943) is a Dutch comics writer and cartoonist.

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Dick Moores

Richard Arnold Moores (December 12, 1909 – April 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose best known work was the comic strip Gasoline Alley, which he worked on for nearly three decades.

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Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy, a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould.

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Disney comics

Disney comics are comic books and comic strips featuring characters created by the Walt Disney Company, including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck.

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DK (publisher)

Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages.

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Doctor Manhattan

Doctor Manhattan (Dr. Jonathan "Jon" Osterman) is a fictional DC Comics character created by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons.

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Don Heck

Donald L. Heck at the Social Security Death Index.

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Don Kennedy

Donald J. Kennedy (March 2, 1930 – June 29, 2023) was an American radio and television personality and voice talent, whose career began in the late 1940s with a radio announcer spot on Pennsylvania station WPIC.

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Don Simpson (cartoonist)

Donald Edward Simpson (born 1961), Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed June 24, 2016.

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Don Winslow of the Navy

Don Winslow of the Navy is a 1942 Universal Pictures Serial film based on the comic strip Don Winslow of the Navy by Commander Frank V. Martinek.

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Donald Duck in comics

Donald Duck, a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company, is today the star of dozens of comic-book and comic-strip stories published each month around the world.

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Doug Marlette

Douglas Nigel Marlette (December 6, 1949 – July 10, 2007) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist who, at the time of his death, had also published two novels and was "finding his voice in writing long-length fiction.", an Associated Press story via CNN His popular comic strip Kudzu, distributed by Tribune Media Services from 1981 to 2007, was adapted into a musical comedy.

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Doug Moench

Douglas Moench (born February 23, 1948) is an American comic book writer notable for his Batman work and as the creator of Moon Knight, Deathlok, Black Mask, Harvey Bullock, Electric Warrior, and Six from Sirius.

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Doug Murray (comics)

Douglas Murray (born November 1947) is an American comic book writer and novelist.

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Doug Wildey

Douglas Samuel Wildey, SSN 052-18-2593, at the Social Security Death Index via GenealogyBank.com and via.

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DP 7

D.P. 7 is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics as part of its New Universe imprint.

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Dylan Dog

Dylan Dog is an Italian horror comics series created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Sergio Bonelli Editore since 1986.

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Dynamo Joe

Dynamo Joe was a comic book series published by First Comics from 1986 to 1988.

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Eagle Awards

The Eagle Awards were a series of British awards for comic book titles and creators. They were awarded by UK fans voting for work produced during the previous year. Named after the UK's seminal boys' comic Eagle, the awards were launched in 1977 for comics released in 1976.Burton, Richard "'The Eagles' are launched!" in Burton (ed.) Comic Media News #30 (Mar-Apr 1977), p.

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EC Comics

E.C. Publications, Inc., (doing business as EC Comics) is an American comic book publisher specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series.

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Eclipse Comics

Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Eddie Brock

Edward "Eddie" Charles Allan Brock is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Electric Warrior (comics)

Electric Warrior is an American comic book series, published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987.

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Elektra: Assassin

Elektra: Assassin is an eight-issue limited series published by Epic Comics, an imprint of American company Marvel Comics, between August 1986 and March 1987.

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Elric of Melniboné

Elric of Melniboné is a fictional character created by English writer Michael Moorcock and the protagonist of a series of sword and sorcery stories taking place on an alternative Earth.

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Epic Comics

Epic Comics (also known as the Epic Comics Group)Shooter, Jim.

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Epic Illustrated

Epic Illustrated was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics.

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Eric Shanower

Eric James Shanower (born October 23, 1963) is an American cartoonist, best known for his Oz novels and comics, and for the ongoing retelling of the Trojan War as Age of Bronze.

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Ernie Colón

Ernesto Colón SierraColón in English translation of Via (July 13, 1931 – August 8, 2019) was a stateside Puerto Rican comics artist, known for his wide-ranging career illustrating children's, superhero, and horror comics, as well as mainstream nonfiction.

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Eternity Comics

Eternity Comics was an American comic book publisher active from 1986 to 1994, first as an independent publisher, then as an imprint of Malibu Comics.

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Fan Expo Chicago

Fan Expo Chicago (formerly Wizard World Chicago Comic Con, and commonly known as the Chicago Comicon), is a comic book convention held during the summer in Rosemont, Illinois, United States, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center.

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Fantagraphics

Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the erotic Eros Comix imprint.

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Festival of Cartoon Art

The Festival of Cartoon Art was a triennial conference on the art of comics held at Ohio State University from 1983 to 2013.

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First Comics

First Comics is an American comic book publisher that was active from 1983 to 1991 and then from 2011 to present (stylized as 1First Comics), known for titles like American Flagg!, Grimjack, Nexus, Badger, Dreadstar, and Jon Sable.

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Flash (DC Comics character)

The Flash (or simply Flash) is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Flash Gordon

Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond.

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Floyd Gottfredson

Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905July 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the ''Mickey Mouse'' comic strip, which he worked on from 1930 until his retirement in 1975.

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For Mrs.

is a monthly Japanese josei manga magazine published by Akita Shoten on the third of each month.

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Foreigner (character)

The Foreigner is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Frank Miller

Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'', for which he created the character Elektra, and subsequent ''Daredevil: Born Again'', The Dark Knight Returns, Batman: Year One, Sin City, and 300.

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Frank O'Neal

Frank O'Neal (May 9, 1921 – October 10, 1986) at the Lambiek Comiclopedia.

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Fred Saberhagen

Fred Thomas Saberhagen (May 18, 1930 – June 29, 2007) was an American science fiction and fantasy author most famous for his Berserker series of science fiction short stories and novels.

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Frederik Pohl

Frederik George Pohl Jr. (November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna", to the 2011 novel All the Lives He Led.

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (also known as Action Force in the UK) is a military-themed line of action figures and toys in Hasbro's G.I. Joe franchise.

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G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero is a comic book that was published by Marvel Comics from 1982 to 1994.

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Gardner Fox

Gardner Francis Cooper Fox (May 20, 1911 – December 24, 1986) was an American writer known best for creating numerous comic book characters for DC Comics.

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Garth (comic strip)

Garth was a comic strip in the British newspaper Daily Mirror that ran from 24 July 1943 – 22 March 1997.

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Gary Groth

Gary Groth (born September 18, 1954) is an American comic book editor, publisher and critic.

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Gary Reed (comics)

Gary Reed (May 21, 1956 – October 3, 2016) was an American comic book writer, and the publisher of Caliber Comics, an independent comic book company that released 1,300 titles in the 1990s and published early work by many popular creators.

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Gasoline Alley (comic strip)

Gasoline Alley is a comic strip created by Frank King and distributed by Tribune Content Agency.

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Geof Isherwood

Geof Isherwood (born December 4, 1960) is an American painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator.

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George Freeman (comics)

George Freeman (born May 27, 1951 in Selkirk, Manitoba) is a Canadian comic book penciller, inker, and colorist.

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George Pérez

George Pérez (June 9, 1954 – May 6, 2022) was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller.

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George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, television writer, and television producer.

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Georgia World Congress Center

The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) is a convention center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Enclosing some 3.9 million ft2 (360,000 m2) in exhibition space and hosting more than a million visitors each year, the GWCC is the world's largest LEED certified convention center and the fourth-largest convention center in the United States.

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Gerry Conway

Gerard Francis ConwayThomas, Roy.

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Gil Kane

Gil Kane (born Eli Katz,; April 6, 1926 – January 31, 2000) was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character.

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Gilbert Hernandez

Gilberto Hernández (born February 1, 1957), usually credited as Gilbert Hernandez and also by the nickname Beto, is an American cartoonist.

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Glacier (DC Comics)

Sigrid Nansen is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics, first appearing in Super Friends #9 (Dec 1977).

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Gladstone Publishing

Gladstone Publishing was an American company that published Disney comics from 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1998.

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Glenn Fabry

Glenn Fabry (born 24 March 1961) is a British comics artist known for his detailed, realistic work in both ink and painted colour.

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Global Guardians

The Global Guardians is a team of DC Comics superheroes whose members hail from countries around the world.

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Gnasher

Gnasher is a fictional comic strip character that appears in the British comic magazine The Beano.

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Goldstar (character)

Goldstar is the name used by three fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Grand Comics Database

The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is an Internet-based project to build a database of comic book information through user contributions.

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Gray Morrow

Dwight Graydon "Gray" Morrow (March 7, 1934 – November 6, 2001) at the Social Security Death Index.

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Green Lantern

Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Green Lantern (comic book)

Green Lantern is an ongoing American comic-book series featuring the DC Comics heroes of the same name.

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Green Lantern Corps

The Green Lantern Corps is a fictional intergalactic law enforcement agency and superhero team appearing in comics published by DC Comics.

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Greg Evans (cartoonist)

Greg Evans (born November 13, 1947) is an American cartoonist and the creator of the syndicated comic strip Luann.

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Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera was an American animation studio and production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001.

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Harpoon (comics)

Harpoon (Kodiak Noatak) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Harrier Comics

Harrier Comics (officially known as Harrier Publishing) was a British comic book publisher active in the mid-to-late 1980s.

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Harvey Pekar

Harvey Lawrence Pekar (October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series.

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Hawkman

Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Henry Vogel

Henry Vogel (June 15, 1863 – June 17, 1925) was an American actor and bass-baritone singer who originated several roles on the Broadway stage during the first two decades of the Twentieth Century.

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Herb Trimpe

Herbert William Trimpe (May 26, 1939 – April 13, 2015) was an American comics artist and occasional writer, best known as the seminal 1970s artist on The Incredible Hulk and as the first artist to draw for publication the character Wolverine, who later became a breakout star of the X-Men.

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Hergé

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist.

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Hergé Foundation

The Hergé Foundation is the official organisation that looks after the world and works of Hergé and his creation The Adventures of Tintin, along with his other comics like Quick & Flupke and Jo, Zette and Jocko.

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Heroes Against Hunger

Heroes Against Hunger is a 1986 all-star benefit comic book for African famine relief and recovery.

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History of the DC Universe

History of the DC Universe is a two-issue comic book limited series created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez which was published by DC Comics following the end of Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Howard Waldrop

Howard Waldrop (September 15, 1946 – January 14, 2024) was an American science fiction author who worked primarily in short fiction.

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Hoyt L. Sherman

Hoyt L. Sherman (1903–1981) was an American artist and professor.

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Hugo Award

The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members.

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Hulk

The Hulk is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Infinity, Inc.

Infinity, Inc. is a team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators.

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Jack Morelli

Jack Morelli (born October 26, 1962)Miller, John Jackson.

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Jack Williamson

John Stewart Williamson (April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006), who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, one of several called the "Dean of Science Fiction".

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Jack, Jacky and the Juniors

Jack, Jacky & the Juniors (Jan Jans en de Kinderen) is a Dutch comic strip originally made by Jan Kruis for women's weekly magazine Libelle, for whom they've become mascots.

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Jackson Guice

Jackson "Butch" Guice (born June 27, 1961) is an American comics artist who has worked in the comics industry since the 1980s.

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Jaime Hernandez

Jaime (sometimes spelled Xaime) Hernandez (born 1959) is the co-creator of the alternative comic book Love and Rockets with his brothers Gilbert and Mario.

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James Sherman (comics)

James Sherman (b. 1948) is an artist known for his work in American comic books, movies, and logos.

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Jan Kruis

Johannes Andries “Jan” Kruis (8 June 1933 – 19 January 2017) was a Dutch comics artist best known for the family strip Jack, Jacky and the Juniors (Jan, Jans en de Kinderen).

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Jean Giraud

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition.

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Jean-Marc Reiser

Jean-Marc Reiser (13 April 1941 – 5 November 1983) was a French comics creator.

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Jeff Millar

Jeffery Lynn Millar (July 10, 1942 – November 30, 2012) was an American comic strip writer and film critic best known for creating the Tank McNamara comic strip with illustrator Bill Hinds.

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Jenette Kahn

Jenette Kahn (born May 16, 1947) is an American comic book editor and executive.

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Jerry Ordway

Jeremiah Joseph Ordway (born November 28, 1957) is an American writer, penciller, inker and painter of comic books.

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Jerry Robinson

Sherrill David "Jerry" Robinson (January 1, 1922 – December 7, 2011) was an American comic book artist known for his work on DC Comics' Batman line of comics during the 1940s.

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Jerry Siegel

Jerome Siegel (October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996)Roger Stern.

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Jewish Museum (Manhattan)

The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in the former Felix M. Warburg House, along the Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.

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Jim Baikie

James George Baikie (28 February 1940 – 29 December 2017) was a Scottish comics artist best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz.

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Jim Berry (cartoonist)

James Osmyn Berry (January 16, 1932 – March 20, 2015) was an American comic strip artist.

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Jim Davis (cartoonist)

James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer.

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Jim Hardy (comic strip)

Jim Hardy is a 1936-1942 American adventure comic strip written and drawn by Dick Moores and distributed by United Features Syndicate.

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Jim Shooter

James Shooter (born September 27, 1951) is an American writer, editor and publisher for various comic books.

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Jim Starlin

James P. Starlin (born October 9, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer.

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Jim Valentino

Jim Valentino (born October 28, 1952) is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books, best known for his 1990–1992 work on Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel Comics, and for co-founding Image Comics, a company publishing creator-owned comics.

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Joe Colquhoun

Joe Colquhoun (7 November 1926 – 13 April 1987) was a British comics artist best known for his work on Charley's War in Battle Picture Weekly.

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Joe Kubert

Joseph Kubert (September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School.

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Joe Palooka

Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher.

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Joe Shuster

Joseph Shuster (July 10, 1914 – July 30, 1992), was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938).

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Joe Sinnott

Joseph Leonard Sinnott (October 16, 1926 June 25, 2020) was an American comic book artist.

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Joe Staton

Joe Staton (born January 19, 1948) is an American comics artist and writer.

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John Beatty (illustrator)

John R. Beatty (born May 6, 1961, in Whitesburg, Kentucky) is an American illustrator who has worked for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, primarily as an inker.

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John Bolton (illustrator)

John Bolton (born 23 May 1951) is a British comic book artist and illustrator most known for his dense, painted style, which often verges on photorealism.

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John Byrne (comics)

John Lindley Byrne (born July 6, 1950) is a British-born American writer and artist of superhero comics.

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John Churchill Chase

John Churchill Chase (1905–1986) was a cartoonist and writer.

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John Constantine

John Constantine is a fictional antihero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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John Higgins

John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player.

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John Ostrander

John Ostrander (born April 20, 1949) is an American writer of comic books, including Suicide Squad, Grimjack and Star Wars: Legacy.

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John Romita Jr.

John Salvatore Romita (born August 17, 1956) is an American comics artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2010s.

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John Romita Sr.

John Victor Romita (January 24, 1930 – June 12, 2023) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Punisher, Kingpin, Wolverine, and Luke Cage.

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John Steakley

John William Steakley, Jr. (July 26, 1951 – November 27, 2010) was an American science fiction author.

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John Totleben

John Thomas Totleben (born February 16, 1958 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American illustrator working mostly in comic books.

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John Herbert Varley (born August 9, 1947) is an American science fiction writer.

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Joker (character)

The Joker is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Jonny Quest

Jonny Quest is a science fiction-adventure media franchise that revolves around the titular Jonny Quest, a boy who accompanies his scientist father on extraordinary adventures.

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Judge Dredd

Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra.

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Jungle Jim

Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media.

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Justice (New Universe)

Justice (John Roger Tensen) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Justice League

The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Karen Berger

Karen Berger (born February 26, 1958) is an American comic book editor.

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Karl Kesel

Karl Kesel (born January 7, 1959) is an American comics writer and inker whose works have primarily been under contract for DC Comics.

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Karmatron

Karmatrón y los Transformables (Karmatron and the Transformables) is a Mexican science fiction and fantasy comic book created by Oscar González Loyo, and published in 1986 by CEPSA.

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Kazuo Kamimura

was a Japanese manga artist born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa.

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Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen (November 30, 1952 – October 9, 2023) was an American comics artist and writer.

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Kelex

Kelex is a fictional robot appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with the superhero Superman.

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Kelly Freas

Frank Kelly Freas (August 27, 1922 – January 2, 2005) was an American science fiction and fantasy artist with a career spanning more than 50 years.

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Kerry Drake

Kerry Drake is the title of a comic strip created for Publishers Syndicate by Alfred Andriola as artist and Allen Saunders as uncredited writer.

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Kerry Gammill

Kerry Gammill (born April 26, 1954) is an American artist who has worked in the fields of comic books, special effects, storyboards, and character designs.

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Kev Hopgood

Kev Hopgood (born 25 August 1961) is a British comic artist who has been drawing comic books since 1984.

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Kevin O'Neill (comics)

Kevin O'Neill (– 3 November 2022) was an English comic book illustrator who was the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock, Marshal Law (both with writer Pat Mills), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (with Alan Moore).

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Kickers, Inc.

Kickers, Inc. is a twelve-issue comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1986 to 1987 as part of the New Universe imprint.

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Kilowog

Kilowog is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Kirby Awards

The Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards were a set of awards for achievement in comic books, presented from 1985 to 1987.

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Kitchen Sink Press

Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1970.

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Klaus Nordling

Klaus Nordling (May 29, 1910 – November 19, 1986) at the Social Security Death Index, which gives no specific day of death, and notes that his last address of record was Ridgefield, Connecticut.

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Knokke

Knokke is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium.

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Kurt Busiek

Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is an American comic book writer.

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Kurt Schaffenberger

Kurt Schaffenberger (December 15, 1920 – January 24, 2002) was an American comics artist.

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Kyle Baker

Kyle John Baker (born 1965) is an American cartoonist, comic book writer-artist, and animator known for his graphic novels and for a 2000s revival of the series Plastic Man.

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Lady Snowblood (manga)

is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura.

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Lambiek

Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (– Bussum). His son Boris Kousemaker has been the owner since 2007.

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Larry Hama

Larry Hama (born June 7, 1949) is an American comic-book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s.

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"Legends" is a comic book crossover story line that ran through a six-issue, self-titled limited series and various other titles published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987.

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Legionnaires 3

Legionnaires 3 is a four-issue comic book limited series published by DC Comics in 1986, the second limited series to feature the Legion of Super-Heroes.

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Len Wein

Leonard Norman Wein (June 12, 1948 – September 10, 2017) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus).

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Les Femmes en Blanc

Les Femmes en Blanc (Women in white) is a Belgian comics humor series of 42 album volumes, for which the script was created by Raoul Cauvin and whose design was directed by Philippe Bercovici.

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Lew Stringer

Lew Stringer (born 22 March 1959 in England) is a freelance comic artist and scriptwriter.

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Lewis Shiner

Lewis Shiner (born December 30, 1950, in Eugene, Oregon) is an American writer.

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Limited series (comics)

In the field of comic books, and particularly in the United States, a limited series is a comics series with a predetermined number of issues.

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List of Batman family enemies

The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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List of criminal organizations in DC Comics

The following is a list of fictional criminal and terrorist organizations that have been published by DC Comics and their imprints.

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List of DC Comics characters: B

The Bad Samaritan (alias Zviad Baazovi) is a supervillain, and enemy of the Outsiders who first appeared in The Outsiders #3 (January 1986).

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List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters

This is an alphabetical list of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters who are members of the G.I. Joe Team.

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List of Judge Dredd characters

This is a list of characters in the British comic strip Judge Dredd appearing in 2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine and related publications.

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List of Marvel Comics characters: B

Bagheera is a black panther, based upon The Jungle Book character of the same name.

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List of Marvel Comics characters: C

Caber is a character in Marvel Comics.

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List of Marvel Comics characters: M

M-11 is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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List of Marvel Comics characters: S

Sabreclaw is a character in the MC2 universe who first appeared in J2 #8 (May 1999).

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List of Suicide Squad members

The Suicide Squad's roster has always been one of reformed and/or incarcerated felons promised commuted sentences in return for participation in high-risk missions.

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List of Watchmen characters

Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins, published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987.

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Lloyd Llewellyn

Lloyd Llewellyn (sometimes abbreviated LLLL) is a comic book by Daniel Clowes.

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Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto.

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Looney Tunes

Looney Tunes is an American animated franchise produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It began as a series of short films that originally ran from 1930 to 1969, along with its partner series Merrie Melodies, during the golden age of American animation.

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Love and Rockets (comics)

Love and Rockets (often abbreviated L&R) is a comic book series by the Hernandez brothers: Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario.

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Lynn Varley

Lynn Varley is an American comic book colorist, notable for her collaborations with her then-husband, comic book writer/artist Frank Miller.

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M.G. Lord

Mary G. Lord (born November 18, 1955) is an American author, cultural critic, and investigative journalist.

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Mage (comics)

Mage is an American superhero comic book written and illustrated by Matt Wagner, which he describes as an "allegorical autobiography" in which the hero, Kevin Matchstick, is a stand-in for the author, and "ll the other characters he encounters and situations he endures are metaphors from my own life...

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Magpie

Magpies are birds of various species of the family Corvidae.

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Malibu Comics

Malibu Comics Entertainment, Inc. (launched as Malibu Graphics) was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles.

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Marauders (comics)

The Marauders refers to one of two teams of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Marion Zimmer Bradley

Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series.

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Mark Gruenwald

Mark Eugene Gruenwald (June 18, 1953 – August 12, 1996) was an American comic book writer, editor, and occasional penciler known for his long association with Marvel Comics.

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Mark Hazzard: Merc

Mark Hazzard: Merc is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics under their New Universe imprint.

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Mark Texeira

Mark Texeira is an American comic book artist.

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Marriott Motor Hotel Twin Bridges

The Marriott Motor Hotel, later the Twin Bridges Marriott Hotel was the first lodging facility operated by what would become Marriott International.

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Marsu Productions

Marsu Productions is a comics publishing house which mainly manages the Franco-Belgian comics characters and copyright concerns of the comics universe of André Franquin (Marsupilami, Gaston Lagaffe, Le Petit Noël, Les Monstres).

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Marten Toonder

Marten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator, born in Rotterdam.

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Martian Manhunter

The Martian Manhunter (J'onn J'onzz) is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Martin Nodell

Martin Nodell (November 15, 1915 – December 9, 2006) was an American cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern.

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Marv Wolfman

Marvin Arthur Wolfman (born May 13, 1946) is an American comic book and novelization writer.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023.

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Marvel Comics Super Special

Marvel Comics Super Special was a 41-issue series of one-shot comic-magazines published by Marvel Comics from 1977 to 1986.

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Marvel UK

Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US-produced stories for the British weekly comic market.

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Mary Worth

Mary Worth is an American newspaper comic strip that has had an eight-decade run from 1938.

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Masters of the Universe (comics)

The Masters of the Universe media franchise has appeared in several comic book series.

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Matt Feazell

Matt Feazell (born 1955) is an American cartoonist from Hamtramck, Michigan, primarily working in minicomics.

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Matt Wagner

Matt Wagner (born October 9, 1961) is an American comics artist and writer who is best known as the creator of the series Mage and Grendel.

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Maus

Maus, often published as Maus: A Survivor's Tale, is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, serialized from 1980 to 1991.

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Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels.

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Metalzoic is a graphic novel written by Pat Mills and drawn by Kevin O'Neill which was first published by DC Comics in 1986 as the sixth of the DC Graphic Novel line.

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Michael Golden (comics)

Michael Golden is an American comics artist and writer best known for his late-1970s work on Marvel Comics' The Micronauts and The 'Nam, as well as his co-creation of the characters Rogue and Bucky O'Hare.

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Michael T. Gilbert

Michael Terry Gilbert (born May 7, 1951) is an American comic book artist and writer who has worked for both mainstream and underground comic book companies.

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Michael Zulli

Michael Zulli (December 20, 1952 – July 8, 2024) was an American artist known for his work as an animal and wildlife illustrator and as a comic book illustrator.

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Michelle Urry

Michelle Urry (28 December 1939 – 15 October 2006, born Michelle Dorothy Kaplan) was the cartoon editor of Playboy magazine for over 30 years.

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Mickey Mouse (comic book)

Mickey Mouse (briefly Mickey Mouse and Friends) is a Disney comic book series that has a long-running history, first appearing in 1943 as part of the Four Color one-shot series.

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Micronauts (comics)

The Micronauts are comic books featuring a group of characters based on the Mego Micronauts toy line.

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Middelkerke

Middelkerke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders, on the North Sea, west of Ostend.

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Mighty Mouse

Mighty Mouse is an American animated character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.

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Mike Butterworth

John Michael Butterworth (10 January 1924 – 4 October 1986) was a British comic book writer, best known for his comic strip The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire in the British weeklies Ranger and Look and Learn.

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Mike Carlin

Michael Carlin (born October 6, 1958) is an American comic book writer, editor, and executive.

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Mike Gustovich

Michael Gustovich (born November 15, 1953) is an American artist, known for his comic book art and inking in the 1980s and early 1990s for such publishers as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics, Comico, and Eclipse Comics.

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Mike Zeck

Michael J. Zeck (born September 6, 1949) is an American comics artist.

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Mindy Newell

Mindy Newell (born October 24, 1953) is an American comic book writer and editor, best known for her work with DC Comics.

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Miracleman

Miracleman is a superhero comic book series, centred on the character of the same name.

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Mister X (Vortex)

Mister X was a series of comic books first published in 1983–1990 by Canadian company Vortex Comics.

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Morrie Turner

Morris Nolton Turner (December 11, 1923 – January 25, 2014) was an American cartoonist.

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Mutant Massacre

"Mutant Massacre" was a 1986 Marvel Comics crossover storyline.

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Mutt and Jeff

Mutt and Jeff is a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched tinhorns".

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National Cartoonists Society

The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States.

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Navy Times

Navy Times (ISSN 0028-1697) is an American newspaper published 26 times per year serving active, reserve and retired United States Navy personnel and their families, providing news, information, analysis, community lifestyle features, educational supplements, and resource guides.

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Neal Barrett Jr.

Neal Barrett Jr. (November 3, 1929 – January 12, 2014) was an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, mystery/suspense, and historical fiction.

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New Mutants

The New Mutants are a group of fictional mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, generally in association with the X-Men.

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New Universe

The New Universe is an imprint from Marvel Comics that was published in its original incarnation from 1986 to 1989.

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Nexus (comics)

Nexus is an American comic book series created by writer Mike Baron and penciler Steve Rude in 1981.

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Nicole Hollander

Nicole Hollander (born April 25, 1939) is an American cartoonist and writer.

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Nightmask

Nightmask is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Nite Owl

Nite Owl is the name of two superheroes in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics.

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Norman Maurer

Norman Albert Maurer (May 13, 1926 – November 23, 1986) was a comic book artist and writer, and a director and producer of films and television shows.

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Nuke (Marvel Comics)

Nuke (Francis "Frank" Simpson) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Ohio Comic Con

The Wizard World Columbus Comic Con, formerly known as Mid-Ohio Con and then the Wizard World Ohio Comic Con, was a comic book convention held during the fall in Columbus, Ohio, United States, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

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Ohio History Connection

Ohio History Connection, formerly The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society and Ohio Historical Society, is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1885.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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Oliver B. Bumble

Oliver B. Bumble (Olivier B. Bommel in Dutch) is a fictional anthropomorphic bear, one of the two main characters in a Dutch comic book series written by Marten Toonder.

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Oscar González Loyo

Oscar González Loyo (11 April 1959 in Mexico City. Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 2 June 2012. - 7 February 2021) was a comic book artist, author of Karmatrón y Los Transformables.

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Outsiders (comics)

The Outsiders are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Paris Cullins

Paris Cullins is an American comics artist best known for his work on DC Comics' Blue Devil and Blue Beetle, and Hyperkind from the Marvel Comics imprint Razorline.

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Pat Broderick

Pat Broderick (born November 26, 1953) is an American comics artist, known for his work on the Micronauts and Alpha Flight for Marvel Comics, and Legion of Super-Heroes, Captain Atom and Green Lantern for DC Comics.

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Pat Mills

Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since.

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Paul Frehm

Paul Frehm (1904 - 1986) was a cartoonist who worked on the comic strip Ripley's Believe It or Not.

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Paul Levitz

Paul Levitz (born October 21, 1956) is an American comic book writer, editor and executive.

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Paul Ryan (cartoonist)

Paul Ryan (September 23, 1949 – March 7, 2016) was an American comic artist.

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Persuasion (comics)

Persuasion (Kara Killgrave, formerly known as the Purple Girl and the Purple Woman) is a fictional Mutant Superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Peter B. Gillis

Peter B. Gillis (December 19, 1952 – June 20, 2024) was an American comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics and First Comics in the mid-1980s, including the series Strikeforce: Morituri and the digitally drawn comic series Shatter.

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Peter David

Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956), often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games.

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Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories.

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Philippe Bercovici

Philippe Bercovici is a French comics artist of Franco-Belgian comics.

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Pied Piper Comics

Pied Piper Comics was a short-lived American comic book publishing company that operated from 1986 to 1988.

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Pilote

Pilote, for a while subtitled the magazine of Asterix and Obelix (French: Le Journal D’Astérix et D’Obélix) was a French comics magazine published from 1959 to 1989.

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Poul Anderson

Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001.

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Power Man and Iron Fist

Power Man and Iron Fist (originally Luke Cage, Hero for Hire then Luke Cage, Power Man) was an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the superheroes Power Man and Iron Fist.

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Power Pack

Power Pack is a superhero team consisting of four young siblings appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Prism (character)

Prism (Robbie) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Prometheus (DC Comics)

Prometheus is a name used by multiple supervillains appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.

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Psi-Force

Psi-Force is a comic book series created by Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson and published by Marvel Comics under their New Universe imprint from 1986 to 1989.

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Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards

The Pulitzer Prize jury has the option of awarding special citations and awards where they consider necessary.

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Question (character)

The Question is a name used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Ralph Bakshi

Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American animator, filmmaker and painter.

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Randy Stradley

Randy Stradley (born March 4, 1956) is an American comic book writer and editor, who spent 35 years in an executive position at Dark Horse Comics.

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RanXerox

RanXerox is an Italian science fiction graphic novel series by Stefano Tamburini and Tanino Liberatore, two Italian artists who had worked on such magazines as Cannibale and Frigidaire.

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Raoul Cauvin

Raoul Cauvin (26 September 1938 – 19 August 2021) was a Belgian comics author and one of the most popular in the humorist field.

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Raw (comics magazine)

Raw was a comics anthology edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly and published in the United States by Mouly from 1980 to 1991.

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Redfox (comics)

Redfox is a British fantasy comic published in the late 1980s, created and penciled by Fox.

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Renaat Demoen

Renaat Demoen (11 June 1914 – 22 May 1986) was a Belgian illustrator and comics creator.

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Rex Morgan, M.D.

Rex Morgan, M.D. is an American soap opera comic strip, created May 10, 1948 by psychiatrist Dr.

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Ric Hochet

Ric Hochet is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet (drawings) and André-Paul Duchâteau (scripts).

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Rich Buckler

Rich Buckler (February 6, 1949 – May 19, 2017) was an American comics artist and penciller, best known for his work on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four in the mid-1970s and for creating the character Deathlok in Astonishing Tales #25.

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Richard Corben

Richard Corben (November 1, 1940December 2, 2020) was an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine, especially the Den series which was featured in the magazine's first film adaptation in 1981.

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Richard Howell (comics)

Richard Howell (born November 16, 1955) is an American comics artist best known as the co-founder and editor of Claypool Comics.

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Rip in Time

Rip in Time is a five-part comic book limited series written by Bruce Jones and illustrated by Richard Corben, first published by Fantagor Press in 1986.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.

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Riptide (Marvel Comics)

Riptide (Janos Quested) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually those related to the X-Men franchise.

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Robert Asprin

Robert Lynn Asprin (June 28, 1946 – May 22, 2008) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, known best for his humorous series MythAdventures and Phule's Company.

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Roger Zelazny

Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American poet and writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber.

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Rom the Space Knight

Rom the Spaceknight is a superhero, originally a toy and then a magazine lead.

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Romeo Tanghal

Romeo Tanghal (born July 21, 1943) is a Filipino comics artist who has worked primarily as an inker.

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Ron Frenz

Ronald Wade Frenz (born February 1, 1960) is an American comics artist known for his work for Marvel Comics.

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Ron Randall

Ron Randall (born November 22, 1956) is an American comic book artist best known as the creator of the character Trekker.

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Ron Wilson (comics)

Ron Wilson is an American comics artist known for his work on comic books starring the Marvel Comics character The Thing, including the titles Marvel Two-in-One and The Thing.

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Roosevelt Hotel (Manhattan)

The Roosevelt Hotel is a former hotel and a shelter for asylum seekers at 45 East 45th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.

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Rorschach (character)

Rorschach (Walter Joseph Kovacs) is a fictional antihero and one of the protagonists in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics in 1986.

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Roy Peterson

Roy Eric Peterson, OC (14 September 1936 – 30 September 2013) was a Canadian editorial cartoonist who drew for The Vancouver Sun from 1962 to 2009.

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Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas Jr."Roy Thomas Checklist" Alter Ego vol.

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Rupert Bear

Rupert Bear is an English children's comic strip character and franchise created by Herbert Tourtel and illustrated by his wife, the artist Mary Tourtel, first appearing in the Daily Express newspaper on 8 November 1920.

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Rusty Collins

Russell "Rusty" Collins, formerly known as Firefist, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Sal Buscema

Sal Buscema (born Silvio Buscema,, on January 26, 1936) is an American comics artist, primarily for Marvel Comics, where he enjoyed a ten-year run as artist of The Incredible Hulk and an eight-year run as artist of The Spectacular Spider-Man.

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San Diego Comic-Con

San Diego Comic-Con (also referred to as Comic-Con or SDCC) is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, since 1970.

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Scamp (comics)

Scamp is a canine Disney comics character, the son of Lady and Tramp, all of whom appear in the 1955 animated film Lady and the Tramp.

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Scrambler (comics)

Scrambler (Kim Il Sung) is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Secret Origins

Secret Origins is the title of several comic book series published by DC Comics which featured the origin stories of the publisher's various characters.

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Sergio Bonelli Editore

Sergio Bonelli Editore (formerly CEPIM and other names) is a publishing house of Italian comics founded in 1940 by Gian Luigi Bonelli (1908–2001).

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Signe Wilkinson

Signe Wilkinson (born July 25, 1950, in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News.

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Silk Spectre

Silk Spectre is the name of two fictional superheroines in the graphic novel limited series Watchmen, published by DC Comics.

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Sinister Syndicate

The Sinister Syndicate is a group of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Sirius Comics

Sirius Comics, also known as New Sirius Productions and Prelude Graphics, was a small comic book publisher based in Queens, New York, that operated from 1985 to 1986.

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Skids (character)

Skids (Sally Blevins) is a mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Slave Labor Graphics

Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) is an independent American comic book publisher, well known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat adult comics.

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Sláine (character)

Sláine is a comic hero that was first published in British magazine 2000 AD.

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Sodam Yat

Sodam Yat is a fictional character, an extraterrestrial superhero published by DC Comics.

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Solo (Marvel Comics)

James Bourne, also known as Solo, is a fictional character, appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Solson Publications

Solson Publications was a New York-based black-and-white comic book publisher active in the 1980s and revived for a short period in the late 1990s.

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Speakeasy (magazine)

Speakeasy was a British magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels.

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Spider-Man and Zoids

Spider-Man and Zoids was a comic book series by Marvel UK that was a tie-in with the toys of the same name.

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Spitfire (New Universe)

Spitfire and the Troubleshooters (renamed Spitfire with issue #8 and Codename: Spitfire with issue #10) is a short-lived comic book series from Marvel Comics' New Universe line.

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Spotlight Comics

Spotlight Comics was an American comic publisher based in western Connecticut.

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Stan Lee

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer.

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Star Brand

The Star Brand is the name of a number of similar objects of power in the world of the Marvel Comics.

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Star Comics

Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics that began in 1984 and featured titles that were aimed at child readers and were often adaptations of children's television series, animated series or toys.

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Star Wars (1977 comic book)

Star Wars is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 12, 1977 to May 27, 1986.

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Stefano Tamburini

Stefano Tamburini (18 August 1955 – April 1986) was an Italian graphic artist, comics author and magazine publisher.

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Stephen DeStefano

Stephen DeStefano (born 1966) is an American comics artist, animator and storyboard artist best known as the co-creator of 'Mazing Man and Hero Hotline with writer Bob Rozakis.

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Stephen Murphy (comics)

Stephen Murphy is an American comic book writer and editor known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series.

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Stephen Perry (writer)

Stephen J. Perry (December 12, 1954 – May 2010) was an American writer of animated cartoons and comic books.

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Stephen R. Bissette

Stephen R. Bissette (born March 14, 1955) is an American comic book artist and publisher with a focus on the horror genre.

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Steve Englehart

Steve Englehart (born April 22, 1947) is an American writer of comic books and novels.

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Steve Jackson (American game designer)

Steve Jackson (born 1953) is an American game designer whose creations include the role-playing game GURPS and the card game Munchkin.

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Steve Jackson Games

Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine Pyramid.

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Steve Leialoha

Steve Leialoha (born January 27, 1952) is an American comics artist whose work first came to prominence in the 1970s.

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Steve Roper and Mike Nomad

Steve Roper and Mike Nomad were an American adventure comic strip that ran under various titles from November 23, 1936 to December 26, 2004.

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Steve Rude

Steve Rude (born December 31, 1956) is an American comics artist.

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Steven Grant

Steven Grant (born October 22, 1953) is an American comic book writer best known for his 1985–1986 Marvel Comics mini-series The Punisher with artist Mike Zeck and for his creator-owned character Whisper.

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Storm (Don Lawrence)

Storm is a science fiction / fantasy comic book series originally (and for most albums) drawn by Don Lawrence.

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Strawberry Jam Comics

Strawberry Jam Comics was a Canadian publisher of comic books during the black-and-white comics boom of the mid and late 1980s.

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Strikeforce: Morituri

Strikeforce: Morituri was a science fiction comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1986 to 1989.

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Stripschapprijs

The Stripschapprijs is a Dutch prize awarded to comic creators for their entire body of work.

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Studios Hergé

The Studios Hergé were, between 1950 and 1986, a SARL company consisting of Belgian cartoonist Hergé and his collaborators, who assisted him with the creation of The Adventures of Tintin and derived products.

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Superman

Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Superman (comic book)

Superman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its protagonist.

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Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

"Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?" is a 1986 American comic book story published by DC Comics, featuring the superhero Superman.

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Swamp Thing

The Swamp Thing is a superhero in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Teen Titans

The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series.

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Terry Austin (comics)

Terry Kevin Austin (born August 23, 1952) is an American comic book creator working primarily as an inker.

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The 'Nam

The 'Nam is a war comic book series detailing the U.S. war in Vietnam from the perspective of active-duty soldiers involved in the conflict.

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The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé.

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The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is an ongoing American superhero comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist.

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The Ballad of Halo Jones

The Ballad of Halo Jones is a science fiction comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson, with lettering by Steve Potter (Books 1 & 2) and Richard Starkings (Book 3).

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The Beano

The Beano (formerly The Beano Comic, also known as Beano) is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson.

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The Best of DC

The Best of DC is a digest size comics anthology published by DC Comics from September–October 1979 to April 1986.

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The Comics Journal

The Comics Journal, often abbreviated TCJ, is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels.

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The Dark Knight Returns

The Dark Knight Returns (alternatively titled Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) is a 1986 four-issue comic book miniseries starring Batman, written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with color by Lynn Varley, and published by DC Comics.

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The Enchanted Apples of Oz

The Enchanted Apples of Oz is the first of the modern graphic novels based on American author L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz world, written by Eric Shanower.

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The Holocaust

The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.

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The Incredible Hulk (comic book)

The Incredible Hulk is an ongoing comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero the Hulk and his alter ego Dr.

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The Man of Steel (comics)

The Man of Steel is a 1986 comic book limited series featuring the DC Comics character Superman.

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The Middletons

The Middletons is an American comic strip created by Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers.

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The Puma Blues

The Puma Blues was a comic book written by Stephen Murphy and drawn by Michael Zulli.

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The Punisher (1986 series)

The Punisher is a five-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in 1986, starring the fictional vigilante the Punisher.

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The Rocketeer (character)

The Rocketeer is a comic book superhero, created by writer/artist Dave Stevens.

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The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by Columbia Pictures.

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The Trigan Empire

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, later shortened to The Trigan Empire, was a science fiction comic series written mainly by Mike Butterworth with artwork (initially watercolours, later gouache) by Don Lawrence, among others.

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The Victor (comics)

The Victor was a British comic paper published weekly by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.

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Thin Man (comics)

The Thin Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Thor (Marvel Comics)

Thor Odinson is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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TI Media (formerly International Publishing Company, IPC Magazines Ltd, IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) was a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.

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Tibet (cartoonist)

Tibet, the pseudonym of Gilbert Gascard (29 October 1931 – 3 January 2010), was a French cartoonist in the Franco-Belgian comics tradition.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Time Variance Authority

The Time Variance Authority (TVA) is a fictional organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Tintin (magazine)

Tintin (Le Journal de Tintin; Kuifje) was a weekly Belgian comics magazine of the second half of the 20th century.

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Tintin and Alph-Art

Tintin and Alph-Art (Tintin et l'Alph-Art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.

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Tiziano Sclavi

Tiziano Sclavi (born 3 April 1953) is an Italian comic book author, journalist and writer of several novels.

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Tom DeFalco

Tom DeFalco (born June 26, 1950) is an American comic book writer and editor well known for his association with Marvel Comics, with long runs on Amazing Spider-Man, Thor, and Fantastic Four.

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Tom Morgan (comics)

Tom Morgan (born October 21) is an American comic book artist known primarily for his work on Marvel Comics' Captain America, The Punisher 2099, Excalibur and Iron Man.

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Tom Puss

Tom Puss (Tom Poes in Dutch) is a Dutch comic strip, created by Marten Toonder.

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Tony Isabella

Tony Isabella (born December 22, 1951) is an American comic book writer, editor, actor, artist and critic, known as the creator and writer of Marvel Comics' Black Goliath; DC Comics' first major African-American superhero, Black Lightning; and as a columnist and critic for the Comics Buyer's Guide.

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Tony Salmons

Thomas Anthony "Tony" Salmons (born January 1, 1957) is an American alternative comic book artist, film storyboard artist, and character designer.

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Torquemada (comics)

Tomás de Torquemada is the fictional main villain in the comic strip Nemesis the Warlock, published in the British comic anthology 2000 AD.

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Trina Robbins

Trina Robbins (Perlson; August 17, 1938 – April 10, 2024) was an American cartoonist.

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U.S. Acres

U.S. Acres (known as Orson's Farm outside the United States and as Orson's Place in Canada) is an American comic strip that ran in newspapers from 1986 to 1989, created by Jim Davis, author of the comic strip Garfield.

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U.S. Agent

U.S. Agent (John Walker) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, usually those starring Captain America and the Avengers.

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Uncanny X-Men

Uncanny X-Men, originally published as The X-Men, is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the X-Men comics franchise.

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United Kingdom Comic Art Convention

The United Kingdom Comic Art Convention (UKCAC) was a British comic book convention which was held between 1985 and 1998.

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University of London Union

The University of London Union (ULU), known as Student Central after 2014, was the students' union of the federal University of London.

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Unk White

Cecil John White (1900 – March 1986), known under the pen name 'Unk' White, was an Australian cartoonist born in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Vigilante (character)

Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Vince Colletta

Vincent Colletta (October 15, 1923 – June 3, 1991), Social Security Number 151-22-4770, at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org.

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Vortex Comics

Vortex Comics is a Canadian independent comic book publisher that began operation in 1982.

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W. C. Fields

William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer.

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Warlord (DC Thomson)

Warlord was a comics anthology published weekly in the United Kingdom between 28 September 1974 and 27 September 1986.

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Warren Norwood

Warren Carl Norwood (August 21, 1945 – June 3, 2005) was an American science fiction novelist, teacher, and musician.

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Watchmen

Watchmen is a comic book limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins.

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Web of Spider-Man

Web of Spider-Man is the name of two different monthly comic book series starring Spider-Man that have been published by Marvel Comics since 1985, the first volume of which ran for 129 issues between 1985 and 1995, and the second of which ran for 12 issues between 2009 and 2010.

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Wendy and Richard Pini

Wendy Pini (Fletcher; born June 4, 1951) and Richard Pini (born July 19, 1950) are the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known Elfquest series of comics, graphic novels and prose works.

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Will Eisner

William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur.

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Will Shetterly

Will Shetterly (born 1955) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction best known for his novel Dogland (1997).

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William Messner-Loebs

William Francis Messner-Loebs (born William Francis Loebs, Jr., February 19, 1949) is an American comics artist and writer from Michigan, also known as Bill Loebs and Bill Messner-Loebs.

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Willy Vandersteen

Willebrord Jan Frans Maria "Willy" Vandersteen (15 February 1913 – 28 August 1990) was a Belgian creator of comic books.

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Wolverine (character)

Wolverine (birth name: James Howlett; alias: Logan and Weapon X) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, often in association with the X-Men.

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Wonder Man

Wonder Man (Simon Williams) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is a superheroine created by the American psychologist and writer William Moulton Marston (pen name: Charles Moulton), and artist Harry G. Peter in 1941 for DC Comics.

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World's Finest Comics

World's Finest Comics is an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986.

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X-Factor (comics)

X-Factor is a group of fictional mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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X-Men

The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Young You

was a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shueisha, based in Tokyo and first published in 1986.

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Yummy Fur (comics)

Yummy Fur (1983–1994) was a comic book by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown.

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Zilverpijl

Zilverpijl (Flemish for 'Silver Arrow') is a Belgian comic book series set in the American Old West.

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Zonneland

Zonneland is a Belgian Dutch-language youth magazine published by Averbode since 1920.

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Zook (character)

Zook is a fictional character that appeared in comic books published by National Periodical Publications (now known as DC Comics) in the 1960s.

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1987 in comics

Notable events of 1987 in comics.

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2000 AD (comics)

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine.

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