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openComic about a sup hero dating a super villan Print Comic
This was a comic I saw on the Amazon digital bookstore, and it was a miniseries featuring a female superhero dating a male supervillain, neither knowing the others identity.I think there was an annual issue or special focused on a male version of the main superhero
openManga about Fantasy trials that let you graduate (Boys’ Love maybe?) Print Comic
Making a list of manga and comics I read in my youth, and I’m trying to remember this manga that had an interesting, if not sort-of complicated premise. I know one of the American manga publishers of the 2000s licensed it.
So, first off, the main protagonist has a dated depiction of gender dysphoria, that being his privates are all weird where he could be mistaken for a girl, despite being mostly biologically male.
Being depicted as a girl is a fear of his, and he’s having trouble graduate high school (I think it’s high school). So he ends up finding this challenge where one must complete trials while acting out as their worst deepest depiction of themselves. In our protag’s case, it’s just him wearing a girls’ school uniform.
In the first volume, he comes across a student who lost her identity, being depicted as her having no face. Her backstory is that she did a lot of deeds and kissed a lot of ass in order to get into a college she wanted, but she got rejected, thus her form in the challenge arena is her having no identity.
Events ensue, and the main protag lets this faceless girl win, but at a cost. See, whenever a student wins a challenge is able to graduate the high school, everyone’s memory of that student disappears.
So the 1st volume ends with this other guy we met before who basically wants to “sissify” the main protag because he wants him to be his girlfriend.
Edited by TropeFanaticFanopen18th century political cartoon with a Black Comedy Rape punchline Print Comic
I remember coming across a late 18th/early 19th century political cartoon, possibly around the time of the Napoleonic wars. I wanna say it was by James Gillray, or at least a similar artist from the same time period.
It featured two soldiers, two young woman, and an old woman (their mother or grandmother), with dialogue something to the effect of:
I was trying to find it as an example for Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?, but no matter what combination of words I searched for, I couldn't find it.
Edited by Admiralakbar1openSerena and Lucky (horse girl graphic novel)? Print Comic
The mother horse dies in childbirth and the baby horse has to be sold because the farm is shutting down. There's a recurring thing about their noses being soft as velvet.
Does anybody else remember this print comic? Thanks for reading.
Edit to Add: Was in circulation in the 1990s.
Edited by Saint-StarflickeropenUsborne (?) Puzzle Book Print Comic
I recall, probably in either the late 2000s or early 2010s, a book of puzzles centering around a single object (possibly a gem?). There were five or so different storylines consisting of smaller puzzles such as mazes set in different time periods, but all mixed up chronologically though the book — the metapuzzle was to determine the order in which they occurred. I recall for certain that one of the time periods was a futuristic space-travelling sort, and I think another one was circa the Age of Discovery and another was medieval?
I searched up the Usborne puzzle books, but it doesn't seem to be any of them.
openBig Nate Comic Arc Print Comic
All I remember about it is that Nate goes to watch a movie by himself, but by sheer coincidence he ends up sitting right next to Gina, and the typical “Nate and Gina hate each other” stuff ensues
openFrench (?) Comic Print Comic
I read this first volume of a comic in France in 2012-2013. From what I remember, it's about a boy who was, or should be, the King of... somewhere? The North, maybe? I think I remember inuit-style clothes. And this boy has to flee, and maybe goes to a city. With him goes this big animal, maybe a bear, who can talk. I have a vague impression the name of the comic has the word King, too. Thank you.
openComic series about a boy with colorful alien armor. Print Comic
I remember buying a couple issues at target. They were digest size. 90s (possibly 2000s, but probably not). This kid gets a bright alien armor that gives him powers and flight and fights other alien armors that are different colors. Not Blue Beetle and not Tech Jacket.
openX-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.
openNo 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.
openA 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.
openComic 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 jormis29openAngry 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.
openWho 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_RopenShiro’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 ShiroAkaneopenArchie Comic where Betty & Veronica turn into cats Print Comic
It was a Halloween special and Dracula was in it.
open(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 sRAMrelevratopen(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 sRAMrelevratopenNorwegian 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?

I remember reading this in a reprint of an anthology series as a backup story, possibly a DC or Marvel comic, but for the life of me I have no idea what it was. It was a short story revolving around a condemned prisoner being put in a jail with only one exit, and if he could find it within a set amount of time, he'd be free, but otherwise he'd be executed.
The guy tried several escape attempts but found them all impossible, such as making his way to the moat which was surrounded by crocodiles, up a tower that was too high to jump from, and through a wall that led straight back to the dungeon. When time was up he angrily cried that his jailer had lied and there was no way out, but it was so simple he overlooked it. The cell door was unlocked and he could have walked out at any time.
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