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Andrea (The Walking Dead)
Andrea is a Walking Dead character played by Laurie Holden on AMC seasons 1-3, killed off in the Season 3 finale after the Governor storyline, while her comic counterpart, Rick's partner and the group's sniper, survives until Issue 167.
Andy Capp
Andy Capp, comic strip character created by Reg Smythe, first appeared 5 August 1957 in the Daily Mirror's northern edition; a lazy, flat-capped Hartlepool drinker with wife Flo, later syndicated worldwide.
Angstrom Levy
Angstrom Levy, a dimension-portaling scientist villain from Robert Kirkman's Invincible (first appearance Invincible #16, 2004), whose failed experiment merged his mind with multiversal variants and drove his revenge on Invincible; voiced by Sterling K. Brown in the Prime Video series.
Annie January
Annie January, aka Starlight, is a fictional superhero from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic The Boys and its Prime Video adaptation played by Erin Moriarty; a member of The Seven and Young Americans with light- and electricity-based powers.
Annihilation (comics)
Annihilation is Marvel Comics' 2006 cosmic crossover written by Keith Giffen, in which Annihilus' Negative Zone Annihilation Wave devastates space, decimates the Nova Corps, and revives Marvel's cosmic line.
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You
Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (Douse Koishite Shimaunda., Koishima) is Haruka Mitsui's shōjo manga serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi from late 2020 to 2026 in 14 volumes, set during the 2020 pandemic, adapted into a two-season Typhoon Graphics anime airing 2025 and 2026.
April O'Neil
April O'Neil, first appearing in TMNT #2 (October 1984) by Eastman and Laird, is the Turtles' human ally: a Baxter Stockman programmer in Mirage comics, a Channel 6 reporter in the 1987 cartoon, played by Judith Hoag, Paige Turco, and Megan Fox, and voiced by Ayo Edebiri in Mutant Mayhem.
Archie (comic book)
Archie (comic book): American teen-humor comic debuting in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941), created by Bob Montana with writer Vic Bloom at MLJ; publisher renamed Archie Comics; spans Riverdale TV, horror imprints, and the 2026 Oni Press partnership.
Archie Andrews
Archie Andrews, fictional American teenager of Archie Comics, debuted in Pep Comics #22 (1941). Known for Riverdale setting, red hair, and the Betty-Veronica love triangle; adapted as Riverdale and a planned film.
Armor Wars
Armor Wars (originally "Stark Wars") is Marvel's 1987-1988 Iron Man arc, Iron Man #225-232 by Michelinie, Layton, Bright, and Windsor-Smith, in which Tony Stark hunts users of his stolen armor tech; distinct from Armor Wars II and the 2015 Secret Wars series.
Arte (manga)
Arte (アルテ) is a seinen manga by Kei Ohkubo (大久保圭), serialized in Monthly Comic Zenon 2013–2025, about a noble girl apprenticed to painter Leo in 16th-century Florence; 22 volumes, 2020 Seven Arcs anime directed by Takayuki Hamana.
Assassin & Cinderella
Assassin & Cinderella (アサシン＆シンデレラ) is an ongoing shonen web manga by Yuzo Natsuno on Square Enix's Gangan Online since 2022; a spy-assassin contract-marriage romance, English via Manga UP!, Comikey, and Square Enix print.
Asterix
Asterix (Astérix le Gaulois), French comic series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, first in Pilote 1959; Gaulish village resists Rome via magic potion; ~400 million copies, 111 languages.
Asterix in Lusitania
Asterix in Lusitania (Astérix en Lusitanie), 41st Asterix album by Fabcaro and Didier Conrad, released 23 October 2025; the Gauls travel to Roman Portugal to save garum maker Umaminess from the lions.
Astonishing X-Men
Astonishing X-Men is the name of several Marvel Comics X-Men series, the best known the 2004 flagship written by Joss Whedon and drawn by John Cassaday.
Attack on Titan: Junior High (進撃！巨人中学校)
Attack on Titan: Junior High (進撃！巨人中学校) is Saki Nakagawa's official chibi comedy parody manga of Hajime Isayama's Attack on Titan, serialized 2012–2016 in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine and adapted into a 12-episode Production I.G anime in 2015, set at a school where humans and titans study together.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (comics) are official Dark Horse graphic novels continuing the Nickelodeon animated series after its finale, written mainly by Gene Luen Yang, spanning trilogies like The Promise and The Search, standalone one-shots, and chibi comics set before The Legend of Korra.
Avengers (comics)
The Avengers are a Marvel Comics superhero team created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963, starting with Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Ant-Man, and the Wasp.
Avengers Disassembled
Avengers Disassembled is Marvel's 2004 Avengers #500–503 storyline by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch, in which the Scarlet Witch's breakdown destroys the team, ending the series and launching New Avengers and House of M.
Avengers vs. X-Men
Avengers vs. X-Men (AvX) is Marvel's 2012, 12-issue comic crossover in which the Avengers and X-Men war over the Phoenix Force and Hope Summers, creating the Phoenix Five and leading to Uncanny Avengers.
Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!
Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! (彩香ちゃんは弘子先輩に恋してる) is a Sal Jiang yuri office-romance manga serialized 2020–2023 in three Futabasha volumes, licensed in English by Tokyopop and MangaPlaza, adapted into an 8-episode 2024 live-action drama starring Shiho Katō and Kanna Mori.
Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! (アズールレーン びそくぜんしん!)
Azur Lane: Slow Ahead! (アズールレーン びそくぜんしん!), also Bisoku Zenshin!, is Hori's four-panel slice-of-life Azur Lane spin-off manga begun April 23, 2018 on official Twitter, printed by Ichijinsha, adapted into a 12-episode 2021 Studio CANDY BOX anime.
Babanba Banban Vampire (ババンババンバンバンパイア)
Babanba Banban Vampire (ババンババンバンバンパイア), also Baban Baban Ban Vampire, is Hiromasa Okujima's BL comedy manga about 450-year-old vampire Ranmaru Mori guarding a bathhouse boy's virginity, adapted into a 2025 Gaina anime and live-action film.
Bad Girl (manga)
Bad Girl (ばっどがーる) is a four-panel yuri comedy manga by Nikumaru serialized in Manga Time Kirara Carat since 2021, about honors student Yuu Yuutani posing as a delinquent to win Atori Mizutori's attention; adapted into a 2025 Bridge anime and published in English by Yen Press.
Bananaman
Bananaman is a British comic-strip superhero parody, created in 1980 for DC Thomson's comic Nutty, in which schoolboy Eric Wimp becomes a hero by eating a banana.
Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン)
Barefoot Gen (はだしのゲン, Hadashi no Gen) is Keiji Nakazawa's semi-autobiographical manga, serialized 1973–1985, depicting a boy's survival of the Hiroshima atomic bombing; translated into over 20 languages and adapted to film.
Basara (manga)
Basara (バサラ) is Yumi Tamura's post-apocalyptic shōjo manga, serialized in Bessatsu Shōjo Comic 1990-1998 in 27 volumes, winner of the 1993 Shogakukan Manga Award; Sarasa leads a rebellion as her dead twin against the Red King Shuri, with Viz English and Kana French editions.
Batman (comic book)
Batman is the name of two long-running DC Comics series, the self-titled Batman launched in 1940 and Detective Comics, home of the character since 1939.
Batman Beyond (comics)
Batman Beyond comics: DC Comics titles featuring Terry McGinnis, the teenage Batman created for the 1999 animated series. Covers the 1999 tie-in, the 2010 Hush Beyond bridge, 2015 Tim Drake and 2016 Rebirth runs, and Batman/Static: Beyond.
Batman: Knightfall
Batman: Knightfall is a 1993 DC Comics Batman crossover in which Bane exhausts Batman and breaks his back, and Bruce Wayne's successor Jean-Paul Valley grows violent.