Questions tagged [comics]
For use when asking questions about comics or comic books when a more appropriate specific work tag doesn't exist. For example, if asking about the comics canon of Marvel use this tag, but if asking about the specific The Infinity Gauntlet comic use the work tag [the-infinity-gauntlet] instead. Use to either identify the media on a [story-identification] question or disambiguate works where the tag covers the comics and its form in other media.
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Why does Superman wear a cape (in-universe?)
Superman has worn a cape since his first appearance and was perhaps the man who made the concept of capes popular.
A scene from The Incredibles, specifically the one with Edna and her general dislike ...
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Is there a character in DC comics who has never died?
Superheroes in DC Comics die every now and then, but the superheroes usually come back to life (like superman) and the major villains also come back to life (like the Joker).
I would like to know if ...
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Are Elflord and ElfQuest different?
So I was searching for another comic series (which sadly I don't think I found) and stumbled upon Elflord. I'm trying to find out if Elflord is connected to ElfQuest or if it is different, but I can't ...
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Comic where a boy gets animal powers from t-shirts
It was not DC or Marvel. I distinctly remember him talking to the animal spirts from the shirts. Whenever the shirt got ripped he permanently lost the power. The villains were stealing kids to maybe ...
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Why does Mister Mxyzptlk need to have a weakness in the comics?
Forgive me for my ignorance if I am mistaken. I remember that Mister Mxyzptlk was a Fifth-Dimensional Imp and his weakness was if he said his name backwards he would return to the Fifth Dimension. But ...
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Science Fiction comic with detective
I read this comic book sometime last year on my kindle, and I am pretty sure it was a part of kindle comixology or something and since I have prime I got it for free.
It featured a detective as the ...
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70s/80s comic space ship like dome/ball/asteroid on its journey through space
I saw this comic book in a shop in the mid 80s. The book could have been older though.
Don't remember the title or publisher.
It was about the journey of a bunch of astronauts/scientists/kids on this ...
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Why does the Joker have such high pain tolerance?
I have heard that in The DC comics, the Joker has an extremely high pain tolerance, and repeatedly laughs when he is seriously injured. Why does the Joker have such a high pain tolerance?
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What is the context for this panel of Superman tossing a cross at super-speed?
I accidentally stumbled on this while browsing trivia about Superman.
Some people seemed to suggest this would be silver age Superman, but so far I was not able to find any context for it yet.
Which ...
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Has Modern Age Superman run out of his superpowers from excessive use in the comics?
Superman I think gets his powers from the solar energy of a yellow sun. Energy is not infinite, unless the superpower in the DCU is infinite energy. Superman must get his energy from the sun in order ...
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1960s/1970s Marvel (?) comic - group of superheroes trapped in a yellow, cubic dimension
This comic was part of a series. I read it in the early-to-mid 2000s, definitely before 2006, but I think that the comic was actually released much earlier in the '60s or the '70s. I remember the ...
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What is the latest issue featuring the Earth-616 Spider-Man?
What is the latest comic released about Spider-Man from Earth-616? I can't find any info about that and wonder what is happening in Peter Parker's life?
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What precisely does the term 'Proto-Adamantium' refer to?
'Proto-Adamantium' is a term used in association with the metal Captain America's shield is composed of in the Marvel Earth-616 comics.
That metal was originally a fusion of Wakandan Vibranium and an ...
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Black panther’s martial arts skills
In marvel comics when or In what comics issue was black panther first depicted as a master of martial arts? His initial abilities included cat like reflexes and agility he performed acrobatic movement ...
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Where is Zambesi located in DC Comics?
What part of Africa is Zambesi, Vixen’s hometown located in DC Comics?
Is it East, West, South or Central Africa?
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Superman story where he makes Jimmy Olsen forget his secret ID
As a follow-up to a comment I posted on another question, I'm trying to identify a Superman story where Jimmy Olsen accidentally discovered his secret identity. As Jimmy was worried that he might be ...
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Was Alfred one of the people who trained Batman?
In the comics, did Alfred train Bruce Wayne to fight before he left to train around the world like he did in the Gotham TV series?
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When and how do Death, Wolf and Crow meet?
I can't seem to remember whether it is shown in any issue of East of West how Death meet Endless Nation shamans Crow and Wolf, although some kind of deal they have with him is mentioned several times.
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What was the inspiration for the creation of the League of Assassins?
What was the inspiration for Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams in creating the League of Assassins?
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Who's the original Eobard Thawne who "fixes" New Earth's Eobard Thawne's life?
In Flash Vol 3 8 we're introduced to a version of the Eobard who has his life "fixed" by another version of himself.
This version of Eobard ought to come from a timeline where he became the ...
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Comic book story from 1960s: Man repairs door and is transported to another dimension?
Cliched henpecked husband bugged by wife to fix door in basement (iirc, maybe not basement) and he finds, no kidding, that the door leads to another world where, with the hammer, he defends a princess ...
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Old Captain America comic/story where he investigates a series of psychic murders that involve a small child?
Plot Details/Summary
As best as I can remember, the story went like this:
A series of murders have taken place involving (I think) key/important agents individuals. There are few clues about the ...
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The Comic book version of X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
I have dim memories of reading the comic book version of the Roger Corman film X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes (1963). I remember reading it on summer vacation at Cape May, New Jersey, but what I ...
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Late 50s/early 60s British comic annual: trying to track a "Voyage to centre of the Earth" story
I acquired a hardback comic book annual from a jumble sale/charity shop when I was a kid so the book would have been published late 50s/early 60s ("Eagle" era). Almost certainly British as I ...
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YA Graphic Novel Five Highschool girls develop powers from toilet water
I believe the book starts with a couple of sport/jocks shoving a nerd's head into a toilet in the high school basement in a room that was broken open during renovation.
After his dunking and swirly, ...
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Does She-Hulk break the fourth wall in comic books where she is not the main character?
As someone who watched the TV show, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, with little knowledge of She-Hulk's original comic book incarnation, I was surprised by the degree of fourth wall breaking that she did ...
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Why did Mayday Parker want to fight crime like her father did?
Mayday wanted to fight crime like her dad, Peter Parker/Spider-Man, did before he retired in the MC2 continuity. He told her not to, but she decided to do it anyway. Why?
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How many heroes and villains are directly linked to the super serum originally
I previously believed that Bruce Banner was involved in trying to replicate the super-soldier serum that made Steve Rogers, his gamma ray experiments were trying to replicate that.
I also believe Man-...
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Has the Batman as an inmate of Arkham fan theory ever been produced in any media?
I am aware of the Batman as a Inmate of Arkham fan theory, sometimes called the Villain fan theory or Bruce Wayne crazy theory, has been around for around 10 years.
This theory states than Bruce Wayne ...
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Did Disney make comics based on the books about Thrawn?
I’ve been rereading the Star Wars: Thrawn series by Timothy Zahn, and whenever I look up certain things, I’ve been finding lots of comic book like images with speech bubbles and everything. Are there ...
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How old were Storm and T'Challa when they met for the first time?
How old was young T’Challa when he met Storm on his walkabout?
Storm was said to be just 12 years old but what about Black Panther?
This was published in Marvel Team ups #100 and storm comics mini ...
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Batman comic where Hugo Strange trains new Robins
I have a slight hunch this is an Elseworlds story. From what I can vaguely remember, Hugo Strange is Batman. He hires boys and girls to be Robins. I think this a slightly older comic maybe around ...
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Who is this character associated with the Bat-family?
Who is the superhero in red and white with blonde hair in the following picture? When i do a reverse image search i just get articles referencing the Bat Family/Gotham Knights/Batman Inc, but nothing ...
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Early-mid 2010s sci-fi graphic novel about a train you could get on to leave an underground world
I read this around 2014-15. It was a black and white(?) graphic novel, taking place in an underground steampunk-esque world. The main focus of the graphic novel was on a train that you could get a ...
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Manga/Manhwa where the female lead is either transported into a novel/game she read before or or goes back in time on repeat
During the novel there's a scene where a male character tries to help her increase her power ability and during that, he has to snap her out of it because her ability is unlimited which is dangerous, ...
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Trying to identify this trade paperback containing several Fantastic Four stories
I'm trying to identify a Fantastic Four trade paperback I read approx. 10 years ago but that might have been older (1990s, early 2000s). It contained several distinct stories:
A story where Reed and ...
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What is Blackheart’s participation in Infinity War in comics?
Blackheart was portrayed in several video games related to the Infinity War storyline; Marvel Super Heroes and Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems.
How does Blackheart fit in the Infinity War story ...
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Fantasy comic where someone gets smothered by a thorny vine plant late 70s early 80s
Trying to find a story, or the comic magazine it appeared in. I read it in a childhood friend's garage around 1980-82 but given our ages (about 7) it was probably his father's from a few years ...
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Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends comic from the early 80s
I had a comic when I was younger that I believe came with the Sunday paper in the US, specifically Colorado. It was branded as 'Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends', the same as the cartoon of the time ...
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Golden-haired comic book villain who could perform mass-hypnosis with his voice
I'm looking for a comic book story about a golden-haired villain who could perform mass-hypnosis with his voice. He wore a suit and tried to get a crowd to attack a government building. Our heroes ...
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When was the first superpowered girl in comics? [duplicate]
Is there a superpowered girl older than the Magician from Mars (1939), that is, if I have my information right?
The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book ...
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How long was Kal-El learning in the Fortress of Solitude?
I’m assuming the Christopher Reeve films from the '70s/'80s were not canon or very accurate to canon.
However, in the first classic film, Superman: The Movie, we see that he spent approximately 12 ...
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Was Mister Kitson and/or the planet of Kitson based on/named after George Kitson?
In Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6, some of the protagonists find their way to the planet of Kitson, a planet that essentially has nothing but brothels and casinos. The planet is run by a Mr. ...
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To what extent is Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" accurate to the comics storyline of the time?
While listening to "Iron Man" from Black Sabbath, I noticed the lines:
He was turned to steel
In the great magnetic field
When he traveled time
For the future of mankind
"Iron Man"...
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What is Qubit's equivalent to the Doctor's "Allons-y"?
In the Irredeemable comic universe, at one point, Qubit uses a German phrase with a connotation very similar to the "Allons-y" used by the Doctor of Doctor Who.
What is that phrase, and in ...
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80s British comic story where flying jellyfish suck people's faces off
When I was about 5 or so (early 80s) my brother bought a comic from a local newsagent. It was black and white (cover possibly in color) and I remember it was a story, set on Earth, it had an invasion ...
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Was the prophecy that the Scarlet Witch will either "rule the multiverse or destroy it" invented for the MCU, or based on prior comics?
In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it's revealed that the Scarlet Witch is prophesied to either "rule the multiverse or destroy it", with her even having a throne in the ...
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Is the Celestial known as "the One Above All" the same being as the One Above All & the One Below All in the "Immortal Hulk" series?
Is the Celestial known as One Above All the same being who is both the One Above All & the One Below All featured in the Immortal Hulk Marvel Comics series, as well as in other various Marvel ...
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Who or what was controlling Batman when he painted this room yellow?
I recently came across this bizarre comic book page from All-Star Batman and Robin #9:
(Bizarre because of the writing, not the yellow paint)
Clearly that's not Batman, but I couldn't find a source ...
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Comic about a man with a self-sustained spaceship moving about as the Galactic Arbitrator in search of God
Read this in the nineties. Could have been from earlier. Man with self-sustained spaceship moves about as the Galactic Arbitrator in search of God. Finds him on a pleasure planet held captive by ...
