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Me & Joe Priest (solved) Print Comic
A man lives in a post-apocalypse world. His profession is a preacher or pastor. When he goes to minister to women who are barren and can't conceive, he is actually getting them pregnant. Their husbands don't know this and think he is praying with them. It might have been a DC Comics graphic novel in the 1980s.
Edited by cameoguy
horrormanga solved Print Comic
I remember an anthology manga where one chapter was about a cursed wooden classroom stool, that kills everyone who uses it. They end up using it to punish bullies and in the end the stories protagonist is forced onto it after refusing to make her best friend sit on it
Edited by dutchguy1986
Comic about a ghostly figure taking out members of a heist crew who betrayed one of it's members Print Comic
Heist crew pulls a major job which may be a fortune from crime boss (not sure about it) and betray one of their members.
After a Time Skip, the heist crew members used their cut of the loot to become crime bosses of their respective ethnic groups eg Japanese guy becomes a Yakuza boss kinda like ''Kill Bill"
Guy in a white suit and (pretty sure) mask starts taking out the heist crew members. The heist crew members are not sure if the white suited man some sort of ghost of the guy they betrayed or someone else.
Edited by jormis29
Who Killed Captain (Something)? Print Comic
A comic about a group of small town kids who discover the town eccentric, a homeless man wearing a makeshift superhero costume, dead. As they don't believe the official explanation that he die due to drug or alcohol overuse, they investigate, and discover the old man might've been a real superhero. I haven't read it and don't know how it ends, but that does seem to be what the comic implies.
From what I could tell, the comic was like a subversion of superhero stories, in the mold of Powers or Flex Mentallo, but also has elements of Amblin-inspired "kids riding bikes discover old secrets" stories.
I'm not sure about the title format, but I think it was something like "Who Killed" or "The Death of" and the superhero name, "captain (something)" or "(something) man", although I might be wrong.
Edited by Mac_R
Comic strip about a girl talking about road trip games Print Comic
In my middle school art class, my teacher would keep some supplies in old cigar boxes. One of the boxes had a comic strip taped, possibly in an attempt to censor a tobacco reference.
In it, a girl was doing a show-and-tell presentation about games to play on road trips. Among other things, counting all the strange brands of potato chips encountered and all the kid who flipped you off on the way. (How this was allowed shocked me as a kid.)
The art looked, for lack of a better term, “underground.” It may have come from an art or comix magazine of some sort.
Humour Comic Book about Questions for Fantasy Adventuring Print Comic
There was a comic book that may be a translated comic from Europe that was set up as answers to questions about fantasy adventures with each answer being like one or two pages long.
For example one was like why do characters respawn or something and it had a minion kill an adventurer with an arrow shot from a wall and the rest of the minions come down and take the adventurer to be healed since without a hero the story will end and they will be erased from existence.
edit: There is good chance that it was French with a fan translation, something in my mind suggests that there is a connection Soleil's Goblins (2007)
Edited by jormis29
No Title Print Comic
In 2007, I went on a family trip to Las Vegas, where I remember receiving a comic book about these buff, anthropomorphized dinosaurs that I think was supposed to be educational, but mostly just stunk of that super-cool, monster trucks and flamethrowers vibe that little boys like me would just eat up. I honestly don't remember much about what the characters looked like, or even what the plot was, if there was any at all; the only specific things I can remember are a single line that I thought was silly that goes "Petry calls it ***lava***," rendered exactly like that. Judging from this I have to assume the other characters had a similar naming convention and that it was supposed to teach you Cool Dinosaur Facts, but that's about it. The other thing I remember about it was some kind of fake advertisement on the back of the comic for some kind of protein drink made out of mud.
A comic printed sometime between 2013-2015 Print Comic
The main character was a Wolverine looking dude protecting a newborn in a snow-covered post-apocalypse and pursued by a bald-headed preacher looking man who seemed to control these blood-red flesh-monsters that had wrecked human civilization as I remember it. I picked up a few issues some time in the early mid-tens when it first released.
Judge Dredd story where he fights the Devil. In rhyme. Print Comic
I'm looking for a particular Judge Dredd story which I assume was in an issue of 2000 AD. It would have appeared in the late 80s or early 90s.
I think it is Christmas story. In it, Judge Dredd confronts the Devil (I think on Christmas Eve) and winds up defeating him and arresting him for the crim of 'sin'. At the end of the poem, it is revealed that the Devil is held in Cell 666. The narration and dialogue is told in the form of a poem.
Anyone know where this story appeared?
Marvel character with Friction powers Print Comic
There was this Marvel character I read about a while back in what I think was an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. He or she had the power to remove friction. I believe it was a bad guy, who Spider-Man had some trouble with.
I don't think this was the character Charlotte Beck, AKA Friction, because as far as I know she never appears in any Spider-Man comics.
Angry Birds parody Print Comic
I remember reading this (non-comic) magazine that had this cartoon that was sort of a parody of Angry Birds. Except this wasn’t a colorful bird like the ones in the game, but a more realistic bird. And this bird was loading itself on a slingshot. All I know is that it is from a magazine like New Yorker, or Forbes, or Time.
Norwegian Political Cartoon With A Power Pylon Print Comic
So, someone commented this on a video of Manly Badass Hero's playthrough of Pylons: "This remind [sic] me of a satirical cartoon in a newspaper here in Norway several years back. It was about the controversial decision to build some giant power pylons, and depicted one of our polititians [sic] as a power pylon following another polititian [sic]." Does anyone know what they're talking about?
Archie Comic where Betty & Veronica turn into cats Print Comic
It was a Halloween special and Dracula was in it.
Shiro’s Forums: Babymouse Print Comic
When I first read Babymouse, I was thinking that I could imagine if the book became a TV adaptation. I draw fan arts of Babymouse as an anime character. One timeI made the Babymouse cast as the Doki Doki! PreCure cast. Later that time, I read Squish. On Christmas 2018, I finally got Babymouse and Squish books. Unfortunately, they’re only 3 each. Today I still read the books and I wish that they would made a TV adaptation of it.
Edited by ShiroAkane
Comic about genetically modified female bodyguard Print Comic
As the description says, she's a body guard for her rich family that rules a large part of the world after an economic crisis. I think her name was Forever or something like that. In the setting, the world is ruled by a few families and they each have these special bodyguards (like forever). Also her family has control over advanced medical research which they use to make her and as their main bargaining chip.
(SOLVED) Educational Superhero Comic Designed To Get Kids To Think Math Is Cool Print Comic
So, a few years ago I got a packet of math problems that had a little black-and white printed "superhero comic" attached to it. It only took up, like, the front and back of a single sheet of paper, and it detailed four Ordinary Middle School Students discovering that they have math-themed powers. There was a white girl, a black guy, a white guy, and I think an Asian girl.
The white girl's super name was "Symmetry", and her uniform was half-black and half-white. She had the power to split into two duplicates, one wearing all white and the other wearing all black. I specifically remember the tagline "SYMMETRY splits in two for a double-pronged attack!" (There's a chance she could've been named "Symmetra" or something like that instead).
The black guy had the power to create octagonal forcefields, I think his code name might've just been "Octagon" but it might've been something cooler.
Either the white guy or the Asian girl had the power to shrink and was named "Minus", I don't recall what the fourth name and power was.
They didn't actually do any superheroing in the comic, it was just character introduction.
Edited by sRAMrelevrat
Comic Strip With Fake Ghost Print Comic
So I was reading the examples for "Bedsheet Ghost" when I came upon this:
"Parodied in a comic strip (title unknown). In it, a girl tries scaring off her brother by using the old Bedsheet Ghost trick but fails as the brother replies, "What's so scary about a bedsheet on your head?" Then she walks out from the room. Next thing you know, she finally gets to scare her brother... by putting a pillow over her head."
Does anyone know what comic strip they're talking about?
Edited by sRAMrelevrat
(SOLVED: Super-Elec) What issue of Mandrake The Magician is this? Print Comic
So, I was browsing when I noticed this example: "One issue of Mandrake the Magician featured an evil computer. Because it was connected to every machine, it could control them... in ways that made no real sense. Examples included: a fridge being filled with flames and trying to burn its owner (and returning to normal when a repairman showed up, even though the internal damage would be visible), a vertical vaccuum cleaner chasing a woman (on its non-powered wheels), and a corded phone receiver leaping out of its user's hand and trying to strangle her. It also caused streetlights to explode and traffic lights to malfunction in order to cause traffic chaos, which was at least physically feasible." Does anyone know what issue that was?
Edited by sRAMrelevrat
(SOLVED) Oneshot Manga Where Guy Falls In Love With Ventilator Print Comic
I'm picking "print comic" since that's basically what manga is.
So, a comment on ProZD's "Tokomo Chairem" video has this to say: "funny thing is, there's this BL oneshot Manga where this guy is in love with his ventilator, it was kinda sad" Does anyone know what manga they're talking about? (Also, what does "BL" stand for?)
Solved: It's called "Hot & Cold". "Ventilator" was actually a poorly-translated way of saying "Air Conditioner"
Edited by sRAMrelevrat
X-Men or X-Universe Comic Book Print Comic
I'm trying to identify an issue of what I vaguely remember as an X-Men or X-Universe comic, probably printed in the 2000s.
The major part I recall is the villain / antagonist, when confronted by the heroes / protagonists, stated that he was going to basically wait them out to achieve his plans. He said something about being long-lived or immortal and being able to wait until they are all dead to enact his plans / goals. I think it may have taken place in the club or casino he owned or worked in. The villain may have been a demon (I don't believe it was Mephisto). I think he was sitting in his office when the heroes confronted him. I think the interaction ended without a fight / violence.