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Bullseye (Marvel Comics)
Bullseye (Lester; Benjamin Poindexter in TV continuity), Marvel Comics assassin and Daredevil enemy, debuted in Daredevil #131 (March 1976) by Marv Wolfman and John Romita Sr.; kills with any thrown object, served Osborn's Dark Avengers as Hawkeye, and appears in Netflix Daredevil and Born Again.
Cable & Deadpool
Cable & Deadpool: Marvel Comics ongoing team-up comic series (2004-2008, 50 issues) pairing Cable and Deadpool, written by Fabian Nicieza; first arc If Looks Could Kill; canceled at #50 for new solo series.
Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes is Bill Watterson's comic strip (1985-1995, Universal Press Syndicate) about six-year-old Calvin and Hobbes, his stuffed tiger alive only to him; named for philosophers, refused all merchandising.
Captain Boomerang
Captain Boomerang (George "Digger" Harkness) is a DC Comics Australian supervillain, a Flash Rogues member and Suicide Squad recruit, created by Broome and Infantino, debuting in Flash #117 (1960), played by Jai Courtney in film.
Captain Britain
Captain Britain is a Marvel Comics superhero created in 1976 for Captain Britain Weekly, the first comic made for the British market by Marvel. Brian Braddock, empowered by Merlyn, later joined Excalibur and the multiversal Captain Britain Corps.
Caroline Cash
Caroline Cash, also known for PeePee PooPoo, is an American cartoonist from Charleston, South Carolina, and the current cartoonist of the Nancy comic strip since January 2026; Eisner and Ignatz Award winner.
Cartoonist
Cartoonist: an artist who draws cartoons, from single-panel gags and editorial cartoons to comic strips and graphic novels; covers history from Töpffer and Outcault, editorial cartooning's decline, pay, and working conditions.
Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz (Sparky, 1922–2000), American cartoonist who solely wrote and drew Peanuts (originally Li'l Folks) from October 2, 1950 to 2000: 17,897 strips, 2,600+ newspapers, Reuben award 1955, died Santa Rosa.
Cheshire (comics)
Cheshire (Jade Nguyen) is a DC Comics assassin and Teen Titans enemy, debuting in New Teen Titans Annual #2 (1983) by Wolfman and Pérez; a poison specialist, mother of Lian Harper with Roy Harper, and lead of the 2025 miniseries Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League.
Chester Brown
Chester Brown (born 1960, Montreal) is a Canadian alternative cartoonist, creator of Yummy Fur, Ed the Happy Clown, Louis Riel, Paying for It, and Mary Wept Over the Feet of Jesus, published by Drawn & Quarterly.
Comic book
A comic book is a publication that combines words and pictures in sequential panels to tell a story. It originated in the 1930s as newspaper strip reprints.
Corsair (character)
Corsair (Christopher Summers) is a Marvel Comics space pirate, leader of the Starjammers, created by Claremont and Cockrum, debuting in X-Men in 1977, and father of Cyclops, Havok, and Vulcan.
Cosmic Boy
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn), DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes founder from Braal with super-magnetism; debuted in Adventure Comics #247 (1958); 1986 solo miniseries; animated and Smallville appearances.
Cosmic Cube
Cosmic Cube: Marvel Comics reality-warping artifact, first appearance Tales of Suspense #79 (July 1966) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; created by A.I.M., powered by the Beyonders, can evolve into sentient beings like Kubik; adapted in the MCU as the Tesseract.
Crow (comics)
The Crow is James O'Barr's 1989 independent comic, published by Caliber Comics, about a murdered musician revived by a crow to avenge himself and his fiancée. It spawned films, a TV series, and a multimedia franchise.
Cypher (Marvel Comics)
Cypher (Douglas Aaron Ramsey) is a Marvel Comics mutant, a New Mutants member created in 1984 whose omnilingualism lets him understand any language; killed in New Mutants #60, resurrected, and now the villain Revelation in Age of Revelation.
Dagwood Bumstead
Dagwood Bumstead, fictional husband of Blondie in Chic Young's comic strip Blondie (1930), disinherited playboy turned sandwich-building commuter; source of the Dagwood sandwich, 28 films, radio and TV adaptations, public domain 2026.
Daily Planet
Daily Planet names two subjects: the fictional Metropolis newspaper in DC Comics' Superman stories (Daily Star in Action Comics #1, 1938; staff Perry White, Lois Lane, Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen) and Discovery Channel Canada's daily science magazine series (1995–2018, hosts Jay Ingram, Ziya Tong, Dan Riskin).
Danielle Moonstar
Danielle Moonstar, also Psyche and Mirage, is a Marvel Comics Cheyenne mutant superheroine created by Claremont and McLeod, debuting in Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982) as a founding New Mutant with fear-illusion and psionic arrow powers, later a Valkyrie, and star of the 2026 Moonstar solo series.
Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)
Daredevil (Marvel Comics series): the ongoing Marvel comic starring blind lawyer Matt Murdock, created by Stan Lee and Bill Everett in Daredevil #1 (April 1964). Distinguished by Frank Miller's 1980s run, Born Again, the Bendis/Maleev era, and the 2026 Stephanie Phillips/Lee Garbett volume.
David Mazzucchelli
David Mazzucchelli (born 1960) is an American comics artist and writer known for Daredevil: Born Again and Batman: Year One with Frank Miller, the City of Glass adaptation with Paul Karasik, and his award-winning graphic novel Asterios Polyp (2009).
DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, Warner Bros.' 2009 subsidiary managing DC Comics publishing and IP licensing across film, TV, games, and podcasts; brands DC Comics, Vertigo, MAD; film unit DC Studios (James Gunn's DCU reboot, 2023); passed to Skydance with Paramount's 2026 Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
DC Finest trade paperbacks
DC Finest is DC Comics' softcover trade paperback reprint line, launched late 2024, collecting classic stories chronologically in roughly 600-page, $39.99 volumes, DC's counterpart to Marvel's Epic Collections.
Deadshot
Deadshot, also known as Floyd Lawton, is a DC Comics marksman and hired assassin, a Batman villain from 1950 and a core Suicide Squad member.
Defenders (comics)
Defenders (comics): Marvel Comics superhero "non-team" debuting in Marvel Feature #1 (1971) with Doctor Strange, Namor, and the Hulk; distinct from the 2017 Netflix Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist team.
Den (comics)
Den is Richard Corben's fantasy comic character, David Ellis Norman transformed into a muscular adventurer in Neverwhere. Serialized in Metal Hurlant/Heavy Metal 1977-78, adapted in the Heavy Metal film, restored by Dark Horse in five volumes 2023-2025.
Deviant (comics)
Deviants (Homo descendus) is a fictional race of humanoids in Marvel Comics that features wildly varying physical characteristics across generations, first published by Jack Kirby in The Eternals (1976).
Dial H for Hero
Dial H for Hero is a DC Comics concept, the H-Dial rotary phone that turns its user into a random superhero for one hour. Created by Dave Wood and Jim Mooney in House of Mystery #156 (1966); dialers include Robby Reed, Chris King, Vicki Grant, Hero Cruz, and Miguel Montez.
Dilbert
Dilbert, Scott Adams's syndicated comic strip launched April 16, 1989, satirized corporate office life through an engineer, Dogbert, and the Pointy-Haired Boss, reaching over 2,000 newspapers before its 2023 end.
Doctor Manhattan
Doctor Manhattan (Jon Osterman) is the only superpowered being in DC's Watchmen, created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons in Watchmen #1 (September 1986); a physicist transformed by an intrinsic-field accident, he is named for the Manhattan Project, shaped Cold War history, and appears in the 2009 film, HBO series, and 2024 animation.