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Science fiction comics, the Glossary

Publication of comic strips and comic books focusing on science fiction became increasingly common during the early 1930s in newspapers published in the United States.^[1]

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A. D. Condo

Armundo Dreisbach Condo (September 19, 1872 in Freeport, Illinois – 24 August 1956 in Albany, California) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the comic strip The Outbursts of Everett True.

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Action (comics)

Action was a British weekly boys' comic published by IPC Magazines from 14 February 1976 to 5 November 1977, when it merged with war comic Battle after 86 issues.

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Akira (manga)

is a Japanese cyberpunk post-apocalyptic manga series written and illustrated by Katsuhiro Otomo.

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Alien Encounters (comics)

Alien Encounters is an American science fiction anthology comic book published by FantaCo Enterprises and then Eclipse Comics.

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Alien Worlds

Alien Worlds is an American science fiction anthology comic that was published by Pacific Comics and then Eclipse Comics between 1982 and 1985.

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Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing.

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Appleseed (manga)

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.

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Astro Boy

Astro Boy, known in Japan as, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka.

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Brick Bradford

Brick Bradford is a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, a journalist based in Cleveland, and artist Clarence Gray.

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Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily U.S. newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books and multiple media with adaptations including radio in 1932, a serial film, a television series, and other formats.

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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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Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.

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Comics International

Comics International was a British news and reviews magazine about comic books.

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Crisis (British comics)

Crisis (also known as 2000 AD Presents: Crisis) was a British comic anthology published by Fleetway Publications from 17 September 1988 to October 1991, initially fortnightly and later monthly.

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Dan Dare

Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories.

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Don Lawrence

Donald Southam Lawrence (17 November 1928 – 29 December 2003) was a British comic book artist and author.

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Doomsday + 1

Doomsday + 1 is an American post-apocalyptic comic-book series that was published by Charlton Comics in the 1970s.

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Eagle (British comics)

Eagle was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994.

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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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Enki Bilal

Enki Bilal (born Enes Bilal; born 7 October 1951) is a French comic book creator and film director.

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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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Fredric Wertham

Fredric Wertham (born Friedrich Ignatz Wertheimer, March 20, 1895 – November 18, 1981) was a German-American psychiatrist and author.

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Gag cartoon

A gag cartoon (also panel cartoon, single-panel cartoon, or gag panel) is most often a single-panel cartoon, usually including a caption beneath the drawing. Science fiction comics and gag cartoon are comics genres.

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Galaxy Express 999

is a Japanese manga series.

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Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on the seinen manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.

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Heavy Metal was an American science fiction and fantasy comics magazine, published between 1977 and 2023.

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Hippie

A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during or around 1964 and spread to different countries around the world.

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House of Mystery

The House of Mystery is the name of several horror, fantasy, and mystery comics anthologies published by DC Comics.

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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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Katsuhiro Otomo

is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator, and film director.

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Kris Straub

Kristofer Straub (born January 17, 1979) is an American web cartoonist, performer, and content creator.

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Le Rayon U

Le Rayon U (The U Ray) is a comic book written and drawn by the Belgian comics creator Edgar P. Jacobs in 1943.

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Leiji Matsumoto

was a Japanese manga artist, and creator of several anime and manga series.

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Look and Learn

Look and Learn was a British weekly educational magazine for children published by Fleetway Publications Ltd from 1962 until 1982.

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Manga

are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.

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Masamune Shirow

, better known by his pen name, is a Japanese manga artist.

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Métal hurlant

Métal hurlant (literal translation: "Howling Metal," "Screaming Metal") is a French comics anthology of science fiction and horror comics stories.

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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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Mr. Skygack, from Mars

Mr.

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Mystery in Space

Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction American comic book series published by DC Comics, and of a standalone Vertigo anthology released in 2012.

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.

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Osamu Tezuka

Osamu Tezuka (手塚治虫, born 手塚治, Tezuka Osamu, – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Planet Comics

Planet Comics was a science fiction comic book title published by Fiction House from January 1940 to Winter 1953.

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Planet of the Apes (comics)

Planet of the Apes comics are tie-ins to the Planet of the Apes media franchise.

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Polymer City Chronicles

The Polymer City Chronicles (aka PCC) is a webcomic written and drawn by Chris Morrison.

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Schlock Mercenary

Schlock Mercenary is a comedic webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Science fiction magazine

A science fiction magazine is a publication that offers primarily science fiction, either in a hard-copy periodical format or on the Internet.

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Seduction of the Innocent

Seduction of the Innocent is a book by German-born American psychiatrist Fredric Wertham, published in 1954, that warned that comic books were a negative form of popular literature and a serious cause of juvenile delinquency.

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Space Adventures (comics)

Space Adventures (sometimes cover-titled Science Fiction Space Adventures, Space Adventures Presents Rocky Jones and other variations for particular issues) is an American science-fiction anthology comic book series that was published sporadically by Charlton Comics from 1952 to 1979.

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Spirou (magazine)

Spirou (Le Journal de Spirou) is a weekly Belgian comics magazine published by the Dupuis company since April 21, 1938.

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Star Reach

Star Reach (also spelled Star*Reach) was an American science fiction and fantasy comics anthology published from 1974 to 1979 by Mike Friedrich.

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Star Trek (comics)

This is a list of comics regarding the Star Trek media franchise.

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Star Wars comics

Star Wars comics have been produced by various comic book publishers since the debut of the 1977 film Star Wars.

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Starblazer

Starblazer - Space Fiction Adventure in Pictures was a British small-format comics anthology in black and white published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.

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Starlord (comics)

Starlord was a British weekly boys' science fiction comic published by IPC Magazines from 13 May to 7 October 1978, when it merged with 2000 AD after 22 issues.

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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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Strange Adventures

Strange Adventures is a series of American comic books published by DC Comics, the first of which was August–September 1950, according to the cover date, and published continuously until November 1973.

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Strange Worlds (Avon Comics)

Strange Worlds is an American science-fiction anthology comic-book series published by Avon Comics over 15 issues between November 1950 and September/October 1955.

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Superhero

A superhero or superheroine is a stock character who typically possesses ''superpowers'' or abilities beyond those of ordinary people, is frequently costumed concealing their identity, and fits the role of the hero; typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_comics

Also known as Graphic Sci-Fi Novel, SFGN, Sci-Fi Graphic Novel, Science fiction comic, Science fiction graphic novel, Science fiction in comics, Science-fiction comics.

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