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Atom Eve
Atom Eve, Samantha Eve Wilkins, is a superheroine from the Invincible comic series. She can transmute matter at the subatomic level, and her powers are limited by mental blocks.
Aubrey Beardsley
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872–1898), British illustrator of the fin de siècle and English Art Nouveau, known for black-and-white line-block drawings for Le Morte Darthur, Wilde's Salome, The Yellow Book, and The Savoy.
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.
Bane (DC Comics)
Bane (DC Comics) is a Batman supervillain debuting in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (1993), created by Dixon, O'Neil, Moench, and Nolan. A Santa Prisca prison-raised genius dependent on the Venom super-steroid, he broke Batman's back in Knightfall.
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.
Batgirl
Batgirl: DC Comics superheroine, chiefly Barbara Gordon (also Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown). Created 1967 for the Batman TV era by Dozier and Infantino; paralyzed in The Killing Joke, later Oracle.
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).
Betsy Braddock
Betsy Braddock (Elizabeth Braddock), Marvel Comics mutant telepath, twin sister of Brian Braddock; X-Man as Psylocke since 1986, Captain Britain since 2019; created by Claremont and Trimpe, 1976.
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 Plympton
Bill Plympton (born 1946), American independent animator and cartoonist from Oregon, twice Oscar-nominated for Your Face and Guard Dog; known for hand-drawing every frame of adult animated features himself.
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.
Bizarro (comic strip)
Bizarro is Dan Piraro's single-panel syndicated newspaper cartoon, launched February 10, 1985 via Chronicle Features and now distributed by King Features, known for surreal gags, hidden symbols, and National Cartoonists Society awards.
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.
Bob Budiansky
Bob Budiansky (born 1954) is an American comic book writer, editor, and penciller who named and profiled about 250 Transformers, wrote most of Marvel's Transformers comic issues 5-55, created Sleepwalker, and drew Ghost Rider.
Bob Layton
Bob Layton (born 1953), American comic book artist, writer, and editor; reinvented Marvel's Iron Man with David Michelinie, created Hercules: Prince of Power, co-founded Valiant Comics, and co-created War Machine and The Huntress.
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.
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.
Buster Brown
Buster Brown: American comic strip by Richard F. Outcault, debuting in the New York Herald May 4, 1902, starring the mischievous wealthy boy Buster, his dog Tige, and Mary Jane; famous for shoe-brand merchandising and newspaper rights battles.
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.