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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 Order (comics)
The Order (comics): Marvel's 2007-2008 series by Matt Fraction and Barry Kitson, originally solicited as The Champions; a 50-State Initiative California superhero team with one-year manufactured powers, canceled after 10 issues.
The Phantom
The Phantom (Kit Walker) is Lee Falk's 1936 King Features comic strip, the first costumed comic-strip superhero, predating Superman; still syndicated, with Frew, Team Fantomen, and Mad Cave editions.
The Rocketeer (character)
The Rocketeer (Cliff Secord) is a 1938 rocket-pack hero created by Dave Stevens, first appearing in Starslayer #2 (1982), published by Pacific, Eclipse, Comico, Dark Horse, and IDW, and adapted in Disney's 1991 film.
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.
Thunder (DC Comics)
Thunder (Anissa Pierce) is a DC Comics superheroine, eldest daughter of Black Lightning, created by Judd Winick and Tom Raney. Debuting in Outsiders #1 (2003), she controls her body density, generating shockwaves, and stars as Nafessa Williams's Thunder on The CW's Black Lightning.
Thundra
Thundra is a Marvel Comics superheroine created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, first appearing in Fantastic Four #129 (December 1972) as a Frightful Four member from the matriarchal timeline Femizonia (Earth-715), famous for the 1973 Thing versus Thundra Shea Stadium duel and as mother of Lyra.
Tim Buckley (comics)
Tim Buckley (comics) is the American webcomic creator of Ctrl+Alt+Del (CAD), launched October 23, 2002; author of the infamous 2008 'Loss' strip, the CAD Animated Series, Winter-een-mas, and six-figure Kickstarters. Distinct from the musician, the painter born 1987, and Justice Timothy Buckley.
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.
U.S. Agent
U.S. Agent is a Marvel Comics superhero, John Walker, created by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary, debuting as Super-Patriot in Captain America #323 (1986). He briefly served as Captain America before becoming U.S. Agent in Captain America #354 (1989), and appears in the MCU played by Wyatt Russell.
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.
Under One Person (一人之下)
Under One Person (一人之下), also known as Hitori no Shita, is a Chinese webcomic by Mi Er, serialized since 2015 and adapted into animated series.
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.
Victor Zsasz
Victor Zsasz, also Mister Zsasz, is a DC Comics Batman villain and knife-wielding Gotham serial killer created by Alan Grant and Norm Breyfogle, debuting in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 (1992), who carves a tally mark into his skin for every victim.
Violet (Peanuts)
Violet Gray is a Peanuts comic strip character by Charles M. Schulz, debuting February 7, 1951 as the first addition to the original cast; a snobbish, ponytailed girl, best friend of Patty, first to call Charlie Brown a blockhead, last seen November 27, 1997.
Warren Ellis
Warren Ellis (born 1968, Essex, England) is a British comics writer and novelist, creator of Transmetropolitan, The Authority, Planetary, and Red, and of Netflix's Castlevania; accused by 60+ women in 2020, he returned to Image Comics in 2026.
Webtoon
Webtoon (웹툰): a South Korean-origin digital comic format read as one full-color vertical scroll on phones, distinct from manhwa (origin) and manga (Japan); coined by Cheollian in 2000, industrialized by Naver Webtoon from 2005, now a multi-billion-dollar industry.
Wilhelm Busch
Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), German humorist poet, draftsman, and painter, creator of Max und Moritz (1865) and precursor of the modern comic; also wrote Die fromme Helene and Eduards Traum.
Will Eisner
Will Eisner (1917–2005), American comics artist and writer, creator of The Spirit (1940) and A Contract with God (1978), pioneer of the graphic novel, co-founder of the Eisner-Iger Studio, and namesake of the Eisner Awards.
X-Force
X-Force is a Marvel Comics mutant black-ops team, dubbed the mutant CIA in its 2019 Krakoa-era volume, debuting in New Mutants #100 (1991) under Cable from Rob Liefeld's concept; its X-Men '97 version is led by Cable.
X-Men
X-Men: Marvel Comics mutant superhero team created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963, relaunched in 1975, led by Professor X against Magneto; best-selling 1980s comic, civil rights allegory, Fox films, MCU reboot due 2028.
Zauriel
Zauriel, DC Comics angel superhero created by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter, first appearing in JLA #6 (1997); a former Hawkman substitute, Eagle Host guardian angel, Justice League member, and 2024 Outsiders returnee.
Zhang Leping
Zhang Leping (张乐平) was a Chinese cartoonist, born in Haiyan County, Zhejiang in 1910, who created the comic boy Sanmao, first published in 1935 and famous across 20th-century China.
Zippy the Pinhead
Zippy the Pinhead, Bill Griffith's surreal comic strip begun in Real Pulp Comics (1970), features a microcephalic muumuu-wearing protagonist; syndicated nationally by King Features since 1986 in over 200 newspapers, famous for 'Are we having fun yet?'