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A Junior comic book cover.
A Junior comic book cover.
Credit: Fox Feature Syndicate

The Junior comic books were published by Fox Feature Syndicate. This is the cover of the last issue published in July 1948, likely drawn by Al Feldstein.

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Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal panel
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal panel
Credit: Comic:
Zach Weiner

A panel from

superheroes, romance, dating, science, research, parenting and the meaning of life
.

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Gibbons, photographed in 2005
Gibbons, photographed in 2005
Credit: Julian Tysoe

Dave Gibbons, artist and designer of the Watchmen comic book series.

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Samson, on the cover of Fantastic Comics #1 (1939)
Samson, on the cover of Fantastic Comics #1 (1939)
Credit: Fox Feature Syndicate

comic books published by Fox Feature Syndicate. He first appeared in Fantastic Comics #1 (Dec. 1939). The writer was uncredited, but is believed to be Will Eisner; the artist was Alex Blum, using the pseudonym
"Alex Boon".

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A Midtown Comics store at 45th and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan
A Midtown Comics store at 45th and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan
Credit: Jim Henderson

retailer with three shops in Manhattan and an e-commerce website. The largest comic book store in the United States, the company opened its first store in the Times Square area in 1997. Its second was opened on Lexington Avenue in 2004, and is known as the Grand Central store for its proximity to Grand Central Terminal
.

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Alan Moore
Alan Moore
Credit: Mirka

Alan Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell. Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in history, he has been called "one of the most important British writers of the last fifty years".

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Example of a modern cartoon. The text was excerpted by cartoonist Greg Williams from the Wikipedia article Dr. Seuss.
Example of a modern cartoon. The text was excerpted by cartoonist Greg Williams from the Wikipedia article Dr. Seuss.
Credit: Greg Williams

The word

visual art and illustration. The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it referred to a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting or tapestry
.

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San Diego Comic-Con International, also known as Comic-Con International: San Diego (as given on its website), and commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con or "SDCC", was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention and later the San Diego Comic Book Convention in 1970 by a group of San Diegans, which included Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger and Mike Towry. It is traditionally a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday — though a three-hour preview night on Wednesday is open to professionals, exhibitors, and some guests pre-registered for all four days) held during the summer in San Diego, California, United States, at the San Diego Convention Center
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Carl Barks in Finland in 1994
Carl Barks in Finland in 1994
Credit: J-E Nyström

The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961). The quality of his scripts and drawings earned him the nicknames The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. Writer-artist Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen
of comic books."

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The Yellow Kid
The Yellow Kid
Credit: Richard Felton Outcault

cartoons
.

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The Batmobile as seen in the 1960s Batman TV series.
The Batmobile as seen in the 1960s Batman TV series.
Credit: Jennifer Graylock

The Batmobile is the automobile of DC Comics superhero Batman. The car has evolved along with the character from comic books to television and films. Kept in the Batcave, which it accesses through a hidden entrance, the Batmobile is a gadget-laden vehicle used by Batman in his crime-fighting activities.

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A play with panels in Winsor McCay's Little Sammy Sneeze strip.
A play with panels in Winsor McCay's Little Sammy Sneeze strip.
Credit: Winsor McCay

A

daily strips typically consist of either four panels (Doonesbury, For Better or For Worse) or three panels (Garfield, Dilbert), all of the same size. The horizontal newspaper strip can also employ only a single panel, as sometimes seen in Wiley Miller's Non Sequitur
.

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San Diego Comic Con 2010 Joker Cosplay
San Diego Comic Con 2010 Joker Cosplay
Credit: He.Who.Wanders

The

Robin. Created by Jerry Robinson, Bill Finger and Bob Kane
, the character first appeared in Batman #1 (Spring 1940).

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Scott McCloud
Scott McCloud
Credit: Emuzesto

Scott McCloud, whose work Understanding Comics identified the different styles of art used within comics.

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Captain America, foreground, and Spiderman greeted many Pentagon-assigned servicemembers and their children on April 28 for the unveiling of a custom comic book for members of the armed services.
Captain America, foreground, and Spiderman greeted many Pentagon-assigned servicemembers and their children on April 28 for the unveiling of a custom comic book for members of the armed services.
Credit: United States Department of Defense

cover-dated March 1941), from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
.

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Cover of Wow Comics 38 (Sept./Oct. 1941).
Cover of Wow Comics 38 (Sept./Oct. 1941).
Credit: Fawcett Comics

Superhero comics is a form of American comic books. The form rose to prominence in the 1930s and 1940s and has remained the dominant form of comic book in North America since the 1960s. Superhero comics feature stories about superheroes and the universes these characters inhabit.

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Whiz Comics #2 (Feb. 1940), the first appearance of Captain Marvel. Cover art by C. C. Beck.
Whiz Comics #2 (Feb. 1940), the first appearance of Captain Marvel. Cover art by C. C. Beck.
Credit: Fawcett Comics

Captain Marvel is a fictional comic book superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics. Created in 1939 by artist C. C. Beck and writer Bill Parker, the character first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940). With a premise that taps adolescent fantasy, Captain Marvel is the alter ego of Billy Batson, a youth who works as a radio news reporter and was chosen to be a champion of good by the wizard Shazam.

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Credit: United States Senate office of Sen. Barack Obama

Following his 50th town hall meeting in Massac County, U.S. Senator Barack Obama poses in front of the Superman Statue in downtown Metropolis, Illinois. known as the home of the DC Comics super hero.

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Credit: Still frame from the animated short
Superman
 (1941)

Superman, an animated character appeared at the beginning as seen from the Fleischer Studios' cartoon series from the first animated short which was released on September 26, 1941.

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