History UnusualEuphemism / ComicBooks

* And in Aaron Williams' earlier comic work ''{{Nodwick}}'', there was a short story arc about marketing the hottest new swear word - KRUTZ! [[spoiler:It's because two necromancers need a word of power said more times than they can hope to themselves in any reasonable amount of time.]]

* In MarvelComics' [[{{Marvel 2099}} 2099]] universe, the standard epithet is "shock".

** ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' writer PeterDavid said he had considered introducing "shuck" as another futuristic epithet, on the grounds that it was a combination of "shit" and "fuck".

* Genis, the title character of PeterDavid's ''ComicBook/CaptainMarVell'' series, used the expletive "grozit". This must be PeterDavid's personal favorite: it's also used by Catalina (who is from Saturn's moon Titan, just like Genis) in the kid's show ''Series/SpaceCases'', which David co created, and by Mackenzie Calhoun from his ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' book series.
** In a PeterDavid-penned Hulk series, "flark" was used as a FutureSlang f-bomb; later, Genis's own circle of friends began using it in the present as alien slang.

* Another ''2000 AD'' example, ''Shakara'', features 'frukk', as in "Oh, frukk!" and "Get that frukker!"

* ''ComicStrip/StrontiumDog'' initially used ''Dok'' for {{God}}. When is moved over to ''2000 AD'', it started using the same curses as ''Judge Dredd''. With one notable exception--''StrontiumDog'' has "Sneck" as its "Fuck" Equivalent. For the inhabitants of Mega-City One it's "drokk".

* Genis, the title character of PeterDavid's ''ComicBook/CaptainMarVell'' series, used the expletive "grozit". This must be PeterDavid's personal favorite: it's also used by Catalina (who is from Saturn's moon Titan, just like Genis) in the kid's show ''SpaceCases'', which David co created, and by Mackenzie Calhoun from his ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' book series.

* {{Lobo}}'s all-purpose curses are "frag" (a real term for killing with shrapnel) and "bastich".

* In some of Disney's ''{{Scamp}}'' comics, Scamp tends to use words relating to cats in place of expletives.

* ''StrontiumDog'' initially used ''Dok'' for {{God}}. When is moved over to ''2000 AD'', it started using the same curses as ''Judge Dredd''. With one notable exception--''StrontiumDog'' has "Sneck" as its "Fuck" Equivalent. For the inhabitants of Mega-City One it's "drokk".

* In Spain, these are known as "Bruguera insults", a reference to the children's comic book publisher Bruguera, which essentially owned the Spanish market between 1940 and late 1980. The fact that they spent the majority of those years under Francoist rule meant that there always was a censor looking at every single word waiting to be printed, and for them, even GoshDangItToHeck was over the line. Since Spaniards are known for loving their profanities, the writers had to resort to making up words that would pass the filters but would kind of sound like actual insults and curses. "Que me aspen", "retruécanos", "merluzo", "percebe", "batracio", "botarate", "tontaina" and a ridiculously long list were used for those 40+ years, until the company filed for bankrupcy (and still are used in their two surviving series, ''MortadeloYFilemon'' and ''ComicBook/{{Superlopez}}'', as an homage to their roots, despite publishers nowadays being fine with anything short of a ClusterFBomb).

** ''SpiderMan 2099'' writer PeterDavid said he had considered introducing "shuck" as another futuristic epithet, on the grounds that it was a combination of "shit" and "fuck".

* In Jhonen Vasquez's ''JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'', Johnny C. sometimes says "Fook!", though he usually just uses the plain ol' F-Bomb.

* ''TheDarkKnightReturns'' features some truly bizarre slang, including "ace" for lose (as in, "aced the coat and now I'm freezing), "billy" for "crazy", "chicken legs" for "attractive young female" and "don't shiv" for "don't take no shit."

* A brief conversation in ''{{Nextwave}}'' between Elsa Bloodstone and The Captain:

* Yet ''another'' example from ''2000AD'' (who seem to be in love with this Trope): In it's early days Pat Mills' ''{{Savage}}'' made use of ''Funk'' as a replacement for "Fuck." This was quite an unusual decision, since Savage not only used regular swearing, but the strip debuted after swearing had become less of an issue in the comic (although it was a direct sequel to a strip from the '70s) and it initially had a much more realistic and grim tone than it's peers listed here. Usage of the term has since disappeared, however.

* In the series ''PS238'' about a secret school for the super-powered offspring of heroes/villains, an aspiring young {{supervillain}} named Zodon [[http://ps238.nodwick.com/?p=48 has all his swear words replaced by random words]], due to a chip implanted in his giant-brained head. Before that, his cussing was represented by the [[SymbolSwearing usual string of punctuation]].

* Captain Haddock from ''{{Tintin}}'' used a variety of ''very'' creative oaths, mostly variations on "Blistering barnacles!" and "Thundering typhoons!" There's actually a list of them [[http://www.tintinologist.org/guides/lists/curses.html here]]. ("Bashi-bazouks!" "Lubberscum!" "Coelacanth!" "Diplodocus!") The ultimate would probably be "Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles in a thundering typhoon!"

* In Spain, these are known as "Bruguera insults", a reference to the children's comic book publisher Bruguera, which essentially owned the Spanish market between 1940 and late 1980. The fact that they spent the majority of those years under Francoist rule meant that there always was a censor looking at every single word waiting to be printed, and for them, even GoshDangItToHeck was over the line. Since Spaniards are known for loving their profanities, the writers had to resort to making up words that would pass the filters but would kind of sound like actual insults and curses. "Que me aspen", "retruécanos", "merluzo", "percebe", "batracio", "botarate", "tontaina" and a ridiculously long list were used for those 40+ years, until the company filed for bankrupcy (and still are used in their two surviving series, ''MortadeloYFilemon'' and ''{{Superlopez}}'', as an homage to their roots, despite publishers nowadays being fine with anything short of a ClusterFBomb).

* Genis, the title character of PeterDavid's ''[[CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]]'' series, used the expletive "grozit". This must be PeterDavid's personal favorite: it's also used by Catalina (who is from Saturn's moon Titan, just like Genis) in the kid's show ''SpaceCases'', which David co created, and by Mackenzie Calhoun from his ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' book series.

* In Spain, these are known as "Bruguera insults", a reference to the children's comic book publisher Bruguera, which essentially owned the Spanish market between 1940 and late 1980. The fact that they spent the majority of those years under Francoist rule meant that there always was a censor looking at every single word waiting to be printed, and for them, even GoshDangItToHeck was over the line. Since Spaniards are known for loving their profanities, the writers had to resort to making up words that would pass the filters but would kind of sound like actual insults and curses. "Que me aspen", "retruécanos", "merluzo", "percebe", "batracio", "botarate", "tontaina" and a ridiculously long list was used for those 40+ years, until the company filed for bankrupcy (and still are used in their two surviving series, ''MortadeloYFilemon'' and ''{{Superlopez}}'', as an homage to their roots, despite publishers nowadays being fine with anything short of a ClusterFBomb).

* Yet ''another'' example from ''2000AD'' (who seem to be in love with this Trope): In it's early days Pat Mills' ''{{Savage}}'' made use of ''Funk'' as a replacement for "Fuck." This was quite an unusual decision, since Savage not only used regular swearing, but the strip debuted after swearing had become less of an issue in the comic (although it was a direct sequel to a strip from the '70s) and it initially had a much more realistic and grim tone than it's peers listed here. Usage of the term has since disappeared, however.

* ''SinisterDexter'', another ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' comic, presents "funt" as the curse of choice in the future pan-European city of Downlode. No definition is ever given, and, aside from the obvious variations such as "funting", several more unsual forms appear, such as "smugfunt" and "funtwipe", further enhancing the ambiguity of the word. Given the often tongue-in-cheek nature of the series, it is likely that this is, at least in part, a nod to similar practices in other sources, particularly earlier 2000AD strips.

* In the series ''PS238'' about a secret school for the super-powered offspring of heroes/villains, an aspiring young {{supervillain}} named Zodon [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ps238/comics/index.php?date=2006-12-31 has all his swear words replaced by random words]], due to a chip implanted in his giant-brained head. Before that, his cussing was represented by the [[SymbolSwearing usual string of punctuation]].

*** Can't "bastard" apply to both men and women?
**** Yes, but in common, modern-day usage, it's almost always used to refer to a man.

** Now that ''2000AD'' (JudgeDredd's parent comic) isn't exclusively aimed at children, real swearing has started to creep in, though it's still peppered with the odd Drokk every now and then for good measure.

* ''JudgeDredd'' often shouts "Stom!", "Grud" and "Drokk!".

* Genis, the title character of PeterDavid's ''[[Captain MarVell Captain Marvel]]'' series, used the expletive "grozit". This must be PeterDavid's personal favorite: it's also used by Catalina (who is from Saturn's moon Titan, just like Genis) in the kid's show ''SpaceCases'', which David co created, and by Mackenzie Calhoun from his ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' book series.

* Genis, the title character of PeterDavid's ''CaptainMarvel'' series, used the expletive "grozit". This must be PeterDavid's personal favorite: it's also used by Catalina (who is from Saturn's moon Titan, just like Genis) in the kid's show ''SpaceCases'', which David co created, and by Mackenzie Calhoun from his ''StarTrekNewFrontier'' book series.