the comics
plural noun
: the comic strips in a newspaper : the part of a newspaper that has comic strips
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Actress Deborah Ann Woll has said Foggy will be back too, somehow, whether that’s in flashbacks or the fan-theory idea that he’s faked his death (which has also happened in the comics before).
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For one, this was an actual event in the comics that took place after Parker made a deal with the devilish Mephisto.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Neither hero nor villain, Namor is an antihero in the comics as the son of a human man and a princess of Atlantis.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
As for July’s Superman, Carrigan plays Rex Mason/Metamorpho, who, per the comics, can transmute himself into chemical compounds of his choosing.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
For one, this was an actual event in the comics that took place after Parker made a deal with the devilish Mephisto.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Neither hero nor villain, Namor is an antihero in the comics as the son of a human man and a princess of Atlantis.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
As for July’s Superman, Carrigan plays Rex Mason/Metamorpho, who, per the comics, can transmute himself into chemical compounds of his choosing.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Mar. 2025
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“The comics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20comics. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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