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"Omaha" the Cat Dancer
"Omaha" the Cat Dancer is an adults-only erotic comic series by Reed Waller and later Kate Worley, running from 1978 into the 1990s and helping inspire the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Own Death
100 Ghost Stories That Will Lead to My Own Death (僕が死ぬだけの百物語, Boku ga Shinu dake no Hyakumonogatari) is Anji Matono's 100-chapter Shogakukan horror manga, serialized 2020-2025, about a boy performing the hyakumonogatari ritual; English edition by Seven Seas.
2000 AD (comics)
2000 AD is a British weekly science fiction anthology comic launched 26 February 1977 by IPC, home of Judge Dredd (prog 2, 5 March 1977, by Mills, Wagner, Ezquerra), edited as alien Tharg, owned by Rebellion since 2000, and incubator of the 1980s British Invasion creators.
7-nin no Nemuri Hime (7人の眠姫)
7-nin no Nemuri Hime (7人の眠り姫, Seven Sleeping Beauties) is a Kodansha Afternoon seinen manga by Fiok Lee, running since May 2023, about prince Alec waking seven cursed princesses; 12 volumes, 2027 TV anime announced.
A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You
A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You (波うららかに、めおと日和, Nami Uraraka ni, Meoto Biyori) is a historical romantic-comedy manga by Hachi Nishiga about newlyweds in 1936 Japan, adapted into a 2025 Fuji TV drama, a Takarazuka musical, and a 2026 drama sequel.
A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace
A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace (Egao no Taenai Shokuba desu., 笑顔のたえない職場です。) is a Kuzushiro workplace comedy manga serialized on Kodansha's Comic DAYS since 2019 about rookie mangaka Nana Futami; a 13-episode Voil anime aired October to December 2025.
A-Force
A-Force is Marvel Comics' all-female Avengers team, announced February 6, 2015 by G. Willow Wilson and Marguerite Bennett with artist Jorge Molina, debuting in the 2015 Secret Wars event in Arcadia on Battleworld and continuing in a 2016 Kelly Thompson series.
Aaron (The Walking Dead)
Aaron is a fictional recruiter for the Alexandria Safe-Zone in The Walking Dead, created by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, debuting in Image Comics Issue 67 (November 11, 2009); he brought Rick's group into Alexandria, dated Eric then Paul "Jesus" Monroe, survives to Issue 193, and is played by Ross Marquand on AMC's TV series.
Absolute Batman
Absolute Batman (2024–) is a DC Comics series by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta reimagining Batman as a poor, 24-year-old civil engineer in the Darkseid-shaped Absolute Universe, with a billionaire Joker and childhood-friend villains.
Absolute Flash
Absolute Flash is a 2025 DC Comics series by Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles reimagining Wally West as the Flash of the Absolute Universe, without Barry Allen, his family, or the Speed Force, launched March 19, 2025.
Absolute Green Lantern
Absolute Green Lantern is an ongoing DC Comics cosmic-horror series by Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay in the Absolute Universe, launched April 2, 2025, starring Jo Mullein with no Corps, ring, or willpower, and action-based Levels of Light replacing the emotional spectrum.
Absolute Martian Manhunter
Absolute Martian Manhunter is a 12-issue DC limited series (2025-2026) by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodríguez, part of the Absolute Universe, reinventing Martian Manhunter as FBI agent John Jones bonded to an alien mind; it won three 2026 Eisner Awards.
Absolute Superman
Absolute Superman is a DC Comics ongoing series launched November 6, 2024 by Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval, reinventing Kal-El in the Absolute Universe as an adult Kryptonian refugee hunted by the Lazarus Corp, with arcs Last Dust of Krypton, Son of the Demon, and Get Brainiac.
Absolute Wonder Woman
Absolute Wonder Woman is a DC Comics series launched October 23, 2024 in the Absolute Universe, reimagining Diana as the last Amazon, raised in Hell by Circe; by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, winner of the 2025 Eisner Award for Best New Series.
Ace of Diamond (ダイヤのA)
Ace of Diamond (ダイヤのA, Daiya no Ēsu) is Yuji Terajima's high school baseball manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine, 2006–2022, 81 volumes across two parts, Shogakukan Manga Award winner, with four anime seasons.
Action Comics
Action Comics is DC Comics' long-running superhero anthology series that introduced Superman in June 1938, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster; it launched the superhero genre, ran 904 issues in its first volume, and holds the Guinness record for longest-running superhero comic.
Action Comics 1
Action Comics #1 (June 1938 cover date, on sale April 18, 1938) is the DC anthology comic introducing Siegel and Shuster's Superman and Lois Lane; 200,000 printed, about 100 survive, and copies have sold for up to $15 million.
Advanced Idea Mechanics
Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.) is a Marvel Comics fictional scientist terrorist organization created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Strange Tales #146 (July 1966), originating as Hydra's science division and creating the Cosmic Cube and M.O.D.O.K.
Age of Apocalypse
Age of Apocalypse is Marvel's 1995-1996 X-Men crossover (Earth-295) in which Legion kills Charles Xavier, letting Apocalypse conquer North America; the entire X-Men line was canceled and relaunched for the four-month event.
Age of Revelation
Age of Revelation is a 2025-2026 Marvel Comics X-Men crossover marking the 30th anniversary of Age of Apocalypse, set ten years in a future ruled by Doug Ramsey as Revelation, heir of Apocalypse, written mainly by Jed MacKay.
Age of Ultron
Age of Ultron is a ten-issue Marvel Comics crossover storyline published in 2013, written by Brian Michael Bendis and drawn principally by Bryan Hitch, in which Ultron conquers Earth.
Alias (comics)
Alias (2001–2004) is Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos's 28-issue Marvel MAX comic, the imprint's first title, introducing private investigator Jessica Jones and later inspiring Netflix's Marvel's Jessica Jones.
All-New, All-Different Marvel
All-New, All-Different Marvel: Marvel Comics' 2015 post-Secret Wars relaunch of about 60 titles under Axel Alonso, known for legacy heroes like Miles Morales, Jane Foster Thor, and Sam Wilson Cap, ending with 2017's Legacy rebrand.
All-Star Superman
All-Star Superman is a 12-issue DC Comics limited series (2005–2008) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, telling of a dying Superman completing twelve challenges, adapted as a 2011 animated film and a key influence on James Gunn's 2025 Superman movie.
Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (アルマちゃんは家族になりたい)
Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! (アルマちゃんは家族になりたい), Japanese comedy-romance-scifi web manga by Nanateru on Comic Newtype (2021-2024, 3 volumes), about combat android Alma calling her creators Mom and Dad; Studio Flad TV anime aired October-December 2025; Yen Press licensed it in English.
Alpha (The Walking Dead)
Alpha is the leader of the Whisperers in The Walking Dead comics and AMC series, mother of Lydia, real name Dee on television, played by Samantha Morton, killed by Negan in the comics.
Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight is Marvel Comics' Canadian superhero team created by John Byrne, debuting in X-Men #120-121 (1979) and starring in a 130-issue series (1983-1994); notable for Northstar, the first openly gay superhero.
Amanchu! (あまんちゅ!)
Amanchu! (あまんちゅ！, 蓝海少女) is Kozue Amano's scuba-diving slice-of-life manga (2008–2021, 17 volumes, Mag Garden) set in Izu, Japan, about Futaba Ooki and Hikari Kohinata; adapted into two J.C.STAFF anime seasons (2016, 2018).
Amazing Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral
Amazing Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral is a 2026 Marvel Comics crossover by Al Ewing, Joe Kelly, and Charles Soule, running February to April 2026, in which Spider-Man, MJ-as-Venom, and Eddie Brock's Carnage face the serial killer Torment, ending with Peter Parker becoming Spider-Carnage.
American comic book
American comic book: 32-page U.S. pamphlet format, Golden Age from Action Comics #1 (1938), Comics Code 1954, direct market from 1973, Marvel/DC dominance, $2.2 billion 2025 market.