Location » The Soviet Union appears in 270 issues.
A place where illegal goods are readily available for purchase. Guns, organs, people, drugs and many other things re all purchasable at these bazaars.
The Bronze Age of comic books was set roughly between 1970 - 1985.
Those who try to silence others.
Strategic board game.
A cold war or cold warfare is conflict between opposing pursued by covert means instead of direct military conflict.
A political theory that advocates to replace private property and profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of the means of production. First described by Karl Marx. Sometimes referred to as Socialism, though some argue that they are two separate but related political doctrines.
The act of spying and espionage.
A theme used in comics in an attempt to showcase diversity in superheroes from various nations. Often these characters have powers and other aspects related to their countries,
Worldwide economic depression that took place during the 1930s.
To be held in captivity in, for example, a prison.
A war that was part of the Persian Gulf Conflicts.
A war on the Korean Peninsula from 1950 to 1953 that ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, and split the peninsula into the nations of North Korea and South Korea. More than two million died in the war, including 34,000 Americans.
The crime of deliberately killing a person.
Illegal and/or unethical conduct committed by police officers such as police corruption, racial profiling, police brutality, falsified evidence, etc.
Comics are not exempt from politics. Explicity or implicity politics permeates the ninth art, whether fictious or with great reality content.
Comic Books Stories that are set in the real world.
An event similar to the Salem Witch Trails that put fear into American over who was really a Communist.
The Silver Age is often credited as starting with the first appearance of the new Flash, Barry Allen, in Showcase #4. Includes all comic books published during the period of 1956 to 1970.
Torture is defined as inflicting physical or psychological pain on a person, normally to gather information. As in any other medium, it is often used in comics.
A settling of a dispute or claim in a court of law.
When one or more evil creatures of any kind become the sovereign rulers of a place or some part of the omniverse.
War (Military Conflict) is a genre of comics that emphasizes historical fiction during a wartime setting (particularly during and after World War II). Many of the stories focus on the extreme experiences of soldiers and their combat units under the harshest of conditions.
The War fought between the Axis and the Allies. It began on July 7, 1937, when full scale war broke out between Japan and China near the Marco Polo Bridge. The war ended in September 1945 with victory to the Allies.
While the third World War has not happen, it has been depicted many times in the world of fiction.
A universe of X-Men Movies. It began with X-Men in 2000 by 20th Century Fox and had several prequels and sequels and Wolverine and Deadpool spin-offs. It closed with The New Mutants in 2020.
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