The history of American comics began in the 19th century in mass print media, in the era of sensationalist journalism, where newspaper comics served as...
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The history of comics has followed different paths in different parts of the world. It can be traced back to early precursors such as Trajan's Column,...
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scientific/medical comics. The history of comics has followed different paths in different cultures. Scholars have posited a pre-history as far back as the...
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originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of Action Comics, which included the debut of the superhero Superman...
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American comics may refer to: History of American comics American comic book This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title American...
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attention of comics publisher Max Gaines, who hired Marston as an educational consultant for National Periodicals and All-American Publications. Two of these...
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The Comics Code Authority (CCA) was formed in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America as an alternative to government regulation. The CCA enabled...
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Captain America is a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby who appears in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first...
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by Paradox Press and later by Vertigo Comics, both imprints of DC Comics. It is also the source for the film of the same name directed by David Cronenberg...
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The Steranko History of Comics is a multi-volume history of American comic books written by cartoonist and comics historian Jim Steranko. Originally planned...
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Captain America Comics is a comic book series featuring the superhero character Captain America. The series was originally published by Timely Comics from...
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initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies...
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All-American Comics is a comics anthology and the flagship title of comic book publisher All-American Publications, one of the forerunners of DC Comics....
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Superman (redirect from Superman (comics))
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster...
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historiography (the study of the history of comics). Comics theory has significant overlap with the philosophy of comics, i.e., the study of the ontology, epistemology...
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Cartoon (redirect from Humor comics)
Language of Comics: Word and Image. University Press of Mississippi. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-57806-414-4. "A History of the Comic Book". Random History. March...
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is the name of different characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Abyss is a mutant and the half-brother of Nightcrawler...
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create superheroes of their own to emulate Superman's success. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced...
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Marvel Comics is a New York City-based comic book publisher, a property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney...
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Features' Heroes of American History. In addition to the comic strips, Sunday comics sections also carried advertisements in a comics format, single-panel...
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Comics has developed specialized terminology. Several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will...
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Comic strip (redirect from Comics page)
Comics portal Biblia pauperum Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Comic book Comic strip syndication Comics studies History of American comics List...
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Justice League (redirect from Gunshot (comics))
League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared...
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American Dream (Shannon Carter) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist...
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and dialogue of a comic book in detail. It is the comic book equivalent of a television program teleplay or a film screenplay. In comics, a script may...
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Bande dessinée (redirect from History of Franco-Belgian comics)
have a long tradition in comics, separate from that of English-language comics. Belgium is a mostly bilingual country, and comics originally in Dutch (stripverhalen...
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Belgian comics are a distinct subgroup in the comics history, and played a major role in the development of European comics, alongside France with whom...
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organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Acolytes are a group of mutants and students/soldiers of the mutant Magneto,...
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Library of American Comics (abbreviated as LoAC) is an American publisher of classic American comic strips collections and comic history books, founded...
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Marvel Mystery Comics (first issue titled simply Marvel Comics) is an American comic book series published during the 1930s–1940s period known to fans...
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