Concepts
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198
198 is a symbolic number commonly used to describe the number of mutants remaining after M-Day.
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Top Cow Pilot Season
The Top Cow Pilot Season is an annual initiative that began in 2007 to determine the next ongoing series from the publisher.
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Quickenings
A Quickening in an Immortals life force, it holds all their strength, knowledge and power.
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Strength Level
How much weight a being can lift determines that beings strength level. The following is a list cataloging and categorizing many characters of the Marvel Universe among others of similar strength based on their demonstrated strength. The class number label of each category denotes the range of weight (in tons) a character can lift/press, unassisted, using only physical/muscular strength.
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Starting A Comic Book Collection
An introduction on how to start a comic book collection and how to make that collection grow.
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Elseworlds
'Elseworlds', or 'Imaginary Stories' are tales where a fresh concept or idea is tried on an existing character or storyline. This often leads to a new and fresh take on existing characters. 'Elseworlds' is also when the narrator give characters new story lines, and concepts.
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Aliens
Aliens are beings that are not native inhabitants of Earth and a mainstay in many forms of fiction and comics are no exception. This page lists aliens from various comic companies.
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Chakra
Chakra is an energy source.
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Marvel Mangaverse
The Marvel Mangaverse was designated Earth-2301 in the Official Handbook to the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes 2005. Inevitably the series was short lived with mixed reactions.
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Battle of Yavin
The Climactic end battle to Star Wars episode four, A New Hope.
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Good Girl Art
A popular genre of comic book art, aimed primarily at male readers, that features attractive and often provocatively-dressed female characters in alluring poses. Good Girl Art in comics is understood to depict characters of the sweet or heroic variety, as opposed to Bad Girl Art, which features edgier and more violent female characters.
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Nameless Characters
Exactly what the name says, nameless characters are characters within comics that go without a name.
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The Darkness
In the Top Cow Universe, The Darkness is a source of power that grants the wielder the ability to generate anything they desire.
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Gathering of the Five
The arcane ritual with a gathering of five people
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Centerfold
This page displays examples of the pull-out posters or the Centerfolds in comic books.
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Comic Based Toys
This concept would cover toys, such as dolls and accessories, based on comics.
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Comic Sound FX
An illustrated listing of common and not so common sound effects used in the comic book medium. While some are general in nature, others conjure a very specific image or action.
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Sidekick
A sidekick is a superhero partnered with another in a lesser capacity. Used for comedy, to relate to readers, but also to move plot, and in some cases to become an integral part of the mythos.
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DC Animated Universe
The animated adaptation of the DC Comics universe, created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini.
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Fourth Wall
A literary term often utilized in theater to describe the imaginary barrier between the actors and audience, separating real world and fantasy. Breaking the fourth wall is observed sometimes in literature, where a character directly addresses the reader.
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Deceased Characters
This is a list of comic book/manga characters in general who are very much dead or uncertain but suspected of dying and how they died from all universes.
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Comic Book Care
Advice from other collectors on how to care for and store your books.
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Comic Book Grading
Comic book "grades" are given to a book reflecting the quality of printing, storage, and upkeep of a particular book. The two main methods of describing an overall grade are numerical, and symbol.
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Collected Edition
A collected edition is a collection of comic books reprinted in a single volume, generally one story arc in length.
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Uni-Power
The Uni-Power is a sentient power source that bonds to other beings in times of need to become Captain Universe, imbuing them with a variety of cosmic powers.
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Jumping the Shark
Were you enjoying a comic book series until suddenly it changes for the worse, and it is no longer as good as it once was and is in serious decline? Well then, that series has "jumped the shark."
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Round Robin
A round robin is a collaboration between 2 or more people in which one person starts something and the next person continues on with it, and so on, until the last person finishes it.
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Doors
Method of transportation used by via Bleed Ships.
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Women in Refrigerators
A term that was created by Gail Simone. Women in Refrigerators (WiR) refers to comic book women who have been depowered, raped, murdered and/or had their lives ruined specifically in order to fuel the stories of men.
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Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day is the one day a year where participating comic book shops in America and around the world give away comic books free to anyone who comes into the store.
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Homage Covers
Covers that pay homage to, or parody, existing covers or artwork from the same or different medias.
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MC2
The Marvel Comics 2 Universe. Created by Tom DeFalco and started all with a heroine named Spider-Girl.
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Mutant Registration Act
A registration act forcing all mutants to register with the United States government introduced by Senator Robert Kelly. It was first introduced in Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 1984).
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Vs. System
Vs. System is a card game produced by Upper Deck Entertainment that features characters and stories from Marvel comics, DC comics, and Hellboy comics.
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Techno-Organic
Techno-Organic ("T-O") is the term for a state of being. It means, roughly, "Technological Organism". Most living beings are categorized as organic because they are made of organic material.
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DC Multiverse
The Multiverse is a pivotal concept in DC Comics. Over the years, it has gone through many changes, and has nearly been destroyed on a few occasions, but always ends up intact.
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Cross Company Character Rankings
General power rankings for characters from different comic universes, like the Marvel , Dc, Top Cow, Image and Wildstorm Universes.
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Retcon
The term "Retroactive Continuity" or "Retcon" for short is used in comic books to define a re-write of a current origin or introduction of new information as if it had always been that way.
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Bad Girl Art
Bad Girl Art is an edgier version of Good Girl Art, focusing on sexy and scantily-clad female characters who are known for morally ambiguous and violent behavior. Its earliest precursor, Vampirella, has been around since the late 1960's, though the Bad Girl term was not coined until the 1990's when the popularity of the genre reached its peak.
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Infinity Formula
The Infinity Formula is an experimental drug in the Marvel Universe that slows the aging process.
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Women in Comics
Article covering the role of women in comics throughout the ages.
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Sigil-Bearers
In the CrossGen universe, a Sigil bearer is an individual who has been marked by one two ascended Atlantians, Solusandra or Danik. There is also an opposing sign, the Ligis, given by the evil Charon.
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Notable Comic Book Advertisements
Comics and graphic novels have given us many famous and notable advertisements through the years. Who can forget the Charles Atlas ads, the X-Ray Specks, Sea Monkeys, or the mysterious Grab Bag?
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Century Baby
The individuals born exactly at the "turn of the century", they as such possess metahuman powers. It has been theorized that they act as an immune system or anti-bodies for the Earth.
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