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Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is Marvel Comics' shared superhero world, which pioneered 1960s shared-world continuity, spans 80,000-plus characters and a multiverse, and differs from the separate Marvel Cinematic Universe film continuity begun in 2008.
Marville (comics)
Marville is a seven-issue Marvel Comics satirical series (2002-2003) written by Marvel president Bill Jemas for the U-Decide sales contest against Peter David's Captain Marvel; starring KalAOL, Ted Turner's son, it is known as one of Marvel's worst-reviewed comics.
Mary Worth
Mary Worth is an American newspaper comic strip debuting 1938 as Mary Worth's Family, a soap-opera strip about a widowed adviser in Santa Royale; disputed continuation of Martha Orr's 1934 Apple Mary; written by Karen Moy, drawn by June Brigman.
Metabarons
Metabarons (La Caste des Méta-Barons), also The Metabarons First Cycle, is a space-opera comic by Jodorowsky and Giménez (1992-2003, Les Humanoïdes Associés), a spin-off of The Incal about a warrior dynasty whose heirs kill their fathers.
Michel Vaillant
Michel Vaillant is a long-running French motor-racing comic series created by Jean Graton in 1957 for Tintin, chronicling champion driver Michel Vaillant and the family Vaillante firm; rebooted in 2012 under Philippe Graton.
Nancy (comic strip)
Nancy is an American comic strip about a mischievous eight-year-old girl with a red hair bow, her Aunt Fritzi, and best friend Sluggo, running since 1922.
Spider-Man: Life Story
Spider-Man: Life Story is a six-issue Marvel Comics miniseries from 2019, by writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Mark Bagley, imagining Peter Parker aging in real time since his 1962 debut.
Spirou (magazine)
Spirou (Le Journal de Spirou) is a weekly Franco-Belgian comics magazine published by Dupuis at Marcinelle since 21 April 1938; creator Rob-Vel's bellboy Spirou, the Amis de Spirou club, and series like Lucky Luke, Gaston, and the Smurfs define it.
Suske en Wiske
Suske en Wiske (Bob & Bobette, Spike & Suzy) is a Belgian comic series by Willy Vandersteen running since 1945, starring two children, Aunt Sidonia, Lambik, Jerom and Professor Barabas.
Tales to Astonish
Tales to Astonish was a Marvel Comics anthology series running 101 issues from 1959 to 1968, beginning as a monster anthology and ending as a Hulk and Sub-Mariner split book.
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin): 24-album Belgian comic series by Hergé, debuting 10 January 1929 in Le Petit Vingtième; ligne claire style, over 150 million copies, unfinished Alph-Art.
The Brave and the Bold
The Brave and the Bold is a DC Comics anthology and team-up title (1955-1983, 200 issues), famous for debuting the Justice League and Suicide Squad and for its Batman team-up era; later revivals, a 2023 anthology, and a planned DCU film share the name.
The Golden Age (comics)
The Golden Age (later JSA: The Golden Age) is a four-issue 1993–1994 DC Elseworlds miniseries by James Robinson and Paul Smith depicting the postwar Justice Society facing McCarthyism and a hidden conspiracy.
The Gumps
The Gumps was an American comic strip by Sidney Smith, running in the Chicago Tribune from February 12, 1917 to October 17, 1959. Pioneering continuity storytelling with Andy, Min, and Uncle Bim, it drove Tribune syndication, earned Smith a $1 million contract, and became the first comic strip adapted to radio in 1931.
The Infinity Crusade
The Infinity Crusade is a six-issue Marvel Comics limited series published in 1993 and 1994, written by Jim Starlin with art by Ron Lim, third of Marvel's 1990s cosmic trilogy.
The Judas Contract
The Judas Contract is a 1984 four-part Teen Titans storyline by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez in Tales of the Teen Titans #42-44 and Annual #3, known for Terra's betrayal of the team, Deathstroke's origin, and Dick Grayson's debut as Nightwing, adapted as a 2017 animated film.
The Katzenjammer Kids
The Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip by Rudolph Dirks, debuting December 12, 1897 in Hearst's New York Journal; after a 1914 lawsuit Dirks created the rival Captain and the Kids, and the original strip ran until 2006.
The Wizard of Id
The Wizard of Id is a syndicated American comic strip set in the medieval kingdom of Id, created in 1964 by writer Johnny Hart and artist Brant Parker, now drawn by Mason Mastroianni.
Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions, Inc. is a Los Angeles comic publisher founded in 1992 by Marc Silvestri, one of Image Comics' seven founders. Known for Witchblade, The Darkness, Cyberforce, and Wanted, it operates as an autonomous Image partner studio.
U.S. Acres
U.S. Acres (Orson's Farm outside the U.S., Orson's Place in Canada) is a Jim Davis comic strip about barnyard animals led by Orson Pig, launched March 3, 1986 in 505 newspapers and ended in 1989, later animated in Garfield and Friends.
Ultimate Marvel
Ultimate Marvel is a Marvel Comics imprint reimagining Marvel heroes in a separate continuity: the original Earth-1610 line (2000-2015) launched with Ultimate Spider-Man and created Miles Morales, while the 2023 Earth-6160 line by Jonathan Hickman runs to a planned 2026 end.
Valiant Comics
Valiant Comics, also Valiant Entertainment, is an American superhero comic publisher founded in 1989 by Jim Shooter and Steven Massarsky; home of X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, and Harbinger, sold to Acclaim, relaunched 2012, now DMG-owned with Alien Books publishing.
Vertigo Comics
Vertigo Comics (DC Vertigo) is DC Comics' mature-readers imprint, founded in 1993 by Karen Berger for creator-driven titles like Sandman, Preacher, and 100 Bullets; sunset in 2019 for Black Label, revived with ten new series from February 2026.