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100 Bullets
100 Bullets is a Vertigo crime comic by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, running 100 issues from 1999 to 2009, about Agent Graves offering wronged people untraceable bullets for revenge against the Trust.
Abomination (character)
The Abomination is a Marvel Comics supervillain and the alter ego of Emil Blonsky, a KGB agent permanently transformed by gamma radiation, first appearing in Tales to Astonish in 1967.
Absolute Catwoman
Absolute Catwoman is a 2026 six-issue DC limited series in the Absolute Universe, by Scott Snyder, Che Grayson, and Bengal, reimagining Selina Kyle as a wealthy, high-tech world-class thief.
Absolute Power (comics)
Absolute Power is DC Comics' 2024 four-issue crossover event by Mark Waid and Dan Mora, in which Amanda Waller, Failsafe, and the Brainiac Queen strip every metahuman's powers, leading into DC All In.
Absolute Universe
The Absolute Universe is DC Comics' alternate continuity launched October 2024 via DC All In, reimagining Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman as underdogs stripped of wealth, family, and paradise; 15 of 2025's top 20 comics were Absolute titles.
Adrian Veidt
Adrian Veidt, alias Ozymandias, is the Watchmen character by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons: a billionaire ex-vigilante based on Charlton's Thunderbolt who fakes an alien attack on New York, killing millions to force world peace.
Afterlife with Archie
Afterlife with Archie (2013–2016) is a 10-issue horror comic by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla in which Sabrina's necromancy resurrects Jughead's dog Hot Dog and triggers a zombie apocalypse in Riverdale; it launched the Archie Horror imprint and is being adapted for Disney+.
All Star Comics
All Star Comics (All-Star Comics) was a DC predecessor anthology series, 1940–1951, 57 issues, that introduced the Justice Society of America in #3 (December 1940) and Wonder Woman in #8, then became All Star Western.
Angel Salvadore
Angel Salvadore, also known as Tempest, is a Marvel Comics mutant introduced in New X-Men #118 (2001) by Grant Morrison and Ethan Van Sciver, with housefly-like wings, acid spit, and egg-laying, distinct from Warren Worthington III.
Aqualad
Aqualad is the name of two DC Comics sidekicks of Aquaman: Garth, Aquaman's Atlantean partner introduced in 1960 and a founding Teen Titan, and Kaldur'ahm from Young Justice.
Archie Goodwin (comics)
Archie Goodwin (1937–1998), American comic book writer and editor; editor-in-chief at Warren (Creepy, Eerie, Blazing Combat) and Marvel, founder of Epic Comics, writer of Manhunter and Star Wars comics.
Asgardians (Marvel Comics)
Asgardians are Marvel Comics' fictional race of godlike humanoids native to Asgard, first appearing in Journey into Mystery #83 (1962) via Lee, Lieber, and Kirby; worshipped by the Norse, long-lived warriors including Thor, later featured in Asgardians of the Galaxy (2018-2019).
Baby Blues (comic strip)
Baby Blues is an American newspaper comic strip that follows Darryl and Wanda MacPherson raising their three children. It debuted in 1990 and won a Reuben Award in 1995.
Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon, also Batgirl and Oracle, is a DC Comics character created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino, debuting in Detective Comics #359 (1967), paralyzed by the Joker in The Killing Joke (1988), and reinvented as the information broker Oracle.
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith: American comic strip created by Billy DeBeck, debuted June 17, 1919 as Take Barney Google, F'rinstance; a King Features Appalachian comedy starring Snuffy Smith since 1934, drawn by Lasswell 1942–2001 and John Rose since.
Batman: Hush
Batman: Hush, a 2002-2003 twelve-issue Batman storyline (Batman #608-619) by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee, in which the villain Hush, revealed as Bruce Wayne's childhood friend Thomas Elliot, manipulates Batman's rogues gallery; followed by Heart of Hush and Hush 2.
Bernie Wrightson
Bernie Wrightson (1948–2017), American horror comic artist who co-created DC's Swamp Thing with Len Wein in House of Secrets #92 (1971), drew its first ten issues, and illustrated Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1983).
Big Barda
Big Barda (Barda Free), DC Comics New God superheroine created by Jack Kirby, debuting in Mister Miracle #4 (1971): Apokolips-raised ex-leader of the Female Furies, wife of Mister Miracle, wielder of the Mega-Rod, member of the Justice League and Birds of Prey.
Big Nate
Big Nate is Lincoln Peirce's comic strip, syndicated since 1991, about 11-year-old Nate Wright of P.S. 38; it spawned bestselling illustrated novels from 2010 and Nickelodeon animated adaptations.
Bil Keane
Bil Keane (William Aloysius Keane, 1922–2011), American cartoonist who created the single-panel comic The Family Circus in 1960, drew it from his family, pioneered the dotted-line Sunday panels, won the 1982 Reuben Award, and was succeeded by son Jeff Keane.
Bill Sienkiewicz
Bill Sienkiewicz (born 1958, Blakely, Pennsylvania), American comic artist known for Moon Knight, New Mutants, Elektra: Assassin, and Stray Toasters; Eisner winner and Hall of Fame inductee.
Blood Hunt (comics)
Blood Hunt is a 2024 Marvel Comics crossover event by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz in which eternal night falls and vampires led by Varnae and the Bloodcoven conquer Earth; a five-issue series with many tie-ins, inspiring a Marvel Rivals season.
Bone (comics)
Bone is Jeff Smith's epic comic series (1991–2004, 55 issues, Cartoon Books) about Fone, Phoney, and Smiley Bone, banished cousins lost in a fantasy Valley; later reprinted in color by Scholastic Graphix and winner of eleven Eisner and eleven Harvey Awards.
Booster Gold
Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter), DC Comics time-traveling superhero created by Dan Jurgens, debuting 1986: a disgraced 25th-century football star who uses stolen future tech and robot Skeets to pose as a hero, famed for his Blue Beetle friendship and planned DCU TV series.
Brainiac 5
Brainiac 5 (Querl Dox) is a DC Comics superhero, a green-skinned 12th-level Coluan genius and descendant of Superman's enemy Brainiac. Created by Siegel and Mooney, debuting in Action Comics #276 (1961), he serves the 30th-century Legion of Super-Heroes, invented its flight rings, and appears in the 2006 cartoon and 2023 animated film.
Brian Azzarello
Brian Azzarello (born 1962, Cleveland) is an American comics writer, best known for the Eisner-winning Vertigo crime series 100 Bullets with artist Eduardo Risso, plus Wonder Woman, Joker, and Batman work for DC.
Bringing Up Father
Bringing Up Father, also known as Jiggs and Maggie, is George McManus's American comic strip (1913–2000) about a nouveau riche Irish-American couple: Jiggs longs for his old tavern life while Maggie pursues high society; syndicated by King Features and adapted for stage, film, and radio.
Bronze Age of Comic Books
The Bronze Age of Comic Books is the era of American comic book publishing from about 1970 to 1985, between the Silver Age and the Modern Age.
Bronze Tiger
Bronze Tiger, real name Ben Turner, is a DC Comics martial artist created by Dennis O'Neil and Jim Berry in the 1974 novel Dragon's Fists, debuting in Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #1 (1975); brainwashed by the League of Assassins, later a Suicide Squad field leader who beat Batman.
Bryan Lee O'Malley
Bryan Lee O'Malley (born c. 1979) is a Canadian cartoonist, creator of the six-volume Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, adapted into Edgar Wright's 2010 film and Netflix's 2023 anime, plus Lost at Sea, Seconds, and Snotgirl.