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Kid Flash
Kid Flash is the DC Comics speedster legacy identity, first held by Wally West (The Flash #110, 1959), later Bart Allen, and currently Wallace "Ace" West (Flash Annual #3, 2014), sidekick and successor to the Flash.
Kill Six Billion Demons
Kill Six Billion Demons (KSBD, K6BD) is an action-fantasy webcomic by Abbadon (Tom Parkinson-Morgan), launched 2013, following Allison Ruth, holder of the Key of Kings, in Throne, the multiverse seat ruled by the Seven.
Kitty Pryde
Kitty Pryde (Katherine Anne Pryde, Shadowcat) is a Marvel Comics X-Men superhero created by Claremont and Byrne in 1979, a Jewish teen from Deerfield, Illinois who phases through solid matter and became the X-Men's first teenage member.
Kurse (comics)
Kurse (comics): Marvel Comics Dark Elf, originally Algrim the Strong, created by Walt Simonson, debuting in Thor #347 (1984) and transformed by the Beyonder in Secret Wars II #4 (1985); later mantle held by Lady Waziria; MCU version played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.
Lady Shiva
Lady Shiva (Sandra Wu-San/Woosan) is a DC Comics martial artist and assassin, created by Denny O'Neil and Ric Estrada, first appearing in Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter #5 (1975); mother of Cassandra Cain.
Latveria
Latveria (Kingdom of Latveria) is a fictional Eastern European country in Marvel Comics, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Fantastic Four Annual #2 (1964) as the absolute-monarchy homeland ruled by Doctor Doom from Castle Doom in the capital Doomstadt.
Lee Falk
Lee Falk (Leon Harrison Gross, 1911-1999), American writer and theater producer, created the comic strips Mandrake the Magician (1934) and The Phantom (1936), the first costumed hero, and wrote both until his death.
Leslie Thompkins
Leslie Thompkins, DC Comics Batman character created by Dennis O'Neil and Dick Giordano, debuting in Detective Comics #457 (1976) "There Is No Hope in Crime Alley!"; a pacifist physician modeled on Dorothy Day, surrogate mother to Bruce Wayne, later Gotham TV's Lee Thompkins.
Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor, DC Comics supervillain created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, first appeared in Action Comics #23 (1940) as Superman's bald, genius archenemy; reinvented as a corporate tycoon in 1986 and portrayed by Hackman, Eisenberg, and Hoult on screen.
Linus Van Pelt
Linus Van Pelt is a Peanuts comic strip character by Charles Schulz, debuting September 19, 1952. Known for his security blanket (which popularized the term), Great Pumpkin belief, Luke 2 Nativity recital in A Charlie Brown Christmas, and as Lucy's younger brother.
List of Absolute Universe characters
Absolute Universe characters are DC Comics' reimagined heroes and villains on Earth-Alpha, launched October 2024 under DC All In. Batman is working-class, Superman is Kal-El only, Wonder Woman was raised by Circe; the line spans Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Catwoman titles.
List of alien races in Marvel Comics
Alien races in Marvel Comics: the shape-shifting Skrulls (Fantastic Four #2, 1961/1962, Kirby and Lee), the imperialistic Kree and their Supreme Intelligence, the avian Shi'ar, Xandarians, Badoon, Cotati, and Symbiotes, plus the hundreds-of-thousands-of-years Kree-Skrull War.
List of Calvin and Hobbes characters
Cast of Bill Watterson's comic strip Calvin and Hobbes (1985-1995): six-year-old Calvin, his tiger Hobbes, his unnamed parents, Susie Derkins, Miss Wormwood, Moe, Rosalyn, and Calvin's fantasy alter egos such as Spaceman Spiff.
List of cartoonists
List of cartoonists: reference inventories of cartoonists, artists who create comic strips, editorial cartoons, gag cartoons, and animation, with notable names such as Töpffer, Oliphant, and Ding Darling, plus directories, archives, and organizations.
List of The Adventures of Tintin characters
Characters of The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé: Tintin, Snowy (Milou), Captain Archibald Haddock, Professor Calculus, Thomson and Thompson, Bianca Castafiore, plus recurring allies and Hergé's cameos across the 24 albums.
List of The Amazing Spider-Man issues
List of The Amazing Spider-Man issues: Marvel's flagship Spider-Man comic (1963–present), published across seven volumes plus annuals, tracked by a shared legacy count that reached issue #1000.
List of Watchmen characters
Main characters of Watchmen, the 1986-1987 DC twelve-issue limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons: the Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, Nite Owl II, Ozymandias, Rorschach, and Silk Spectre II, based on Charlton Comics heroes.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo in Slumberland is Winsor McCay's full-page Sunday comic strip, debuting in the New York Herald on October 15, 1905, renamed In the Land of Wonderful Dreams in Hearst's New York American (1911-1914), famed for experimental layouts, dream narratives, and influence on later comics and animation.
Living Tribunal
The Living Tribunal is a Marvel Comics cosmic entity that judges and guards the Multiverse, second only to the One Above All, first appearing in Strange Tales #157 in 1967.
Lois Lane
Lois Lane (Lois Joanne Lane-Kent), DC Comics journalist created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, debuting in Action Comics #1 (1938); Pulitzer-winning Daily Planet reporter, Superman's wife, later Superwoman and Daily Planet editor-in-chief.
Lucky Luke
Lucky Luke, the Franco-Belgian western comic created by Morris in 1946 and scripted by René Goscinny from 1955, follows the cowboy faster than his shadow with Jolly Jumper; 116 albums, 420 million copies, 36 languages.
Magma (character)
Magma (Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla, alias Allison Crestmere) is a Marvel Comics mutant and Nova Roma princess created by Claremont and McLeod, debuting in New Mutants #8 (1983), with lava and tectonic powers.
Manhua (漫画)
Manhua (漫画) is the Chinese word for comics, covering works from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, distinct from Japanese manga and Korean manhwa. Known for full-color vertical-scroll webcomics, cultivation and wuxia genres, and platforms like KuaiKan and Tencent Comics.
Marjane Satrapi (مرجان ساتراپی)
Marjane Satrapi (مرجان ساتراپی), 1969–2026, Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker; author of Persepolis (2000–03) and Woman, Life, Freedom; directed the Oscar-nominated animated Persepolis film.
Marlene Alraune
Marlene Alraune (Marlène Alraune), Marvel Comics supporting character and Moon Knight's principal love interest, created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin; daughter of archaeologist Dr. Peter Alraune, mother of Diatrice, never powered, replaced onscreen by Layla El-Faouly.
Marshal Law
Marshal Law, satirical comic series and character by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill, debuted in Epic Comics' 1987 six-issue miniseries; a superpowered hero-hunter, ex-soldier Joe Gilmore of San Futuro, later published by Apocalypse, Dark Horse, and DC.
Marvel 1602
Marvel 1602 is an eight-issue Marvel Knights limited series (2003–2004) by Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove reimagining Marvel heroes in Elizabethan England as feared "witchbreeds", spawning the Earth-311 1602 universe sequels.
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics, also known historically as Timely Comics and Atlas Comics, is the American comic publisher founded by Martin Goodman in 1939, home of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, Disney-owned since 2009 and relocating to Burbank in 2026.
Marvel Premiere
Marvel Premiere was a Marvel Comics tryout anthology series, April 1972 to August 1981, 61 issues, distinct from the modern Marvel Premier Collection trade paperback line. It debuted Adam Warlock (#1) and Iron Fist (#15) and carried the second Doctor Strange series (#3-14).
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.