page_title: Comic book
hierarchical_section_title: Comic book
caption_attribution_description: Cover from Whiz Comics #2
context_page_description: Comic books are books with comics, with pictures that make a story. Comics were started in the 1900s. Some famous examples are Spider-Man and Batman. Some comic companies are Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Many comic books are about superheroes, but many others are about other things. Very often, characters in books, video games, movies and television appear in comics, and sometimes comic book characters are used in movies, TV shows or video games.
  There are three different kinds of comic books: single issues that are usually 32 pages long are called comic books. These are printed and bound like a magazine, with the pages folded and stapled together through the centerfold. Several comics may be put together in a trade paperback. These have spines like a book and are glued together. A bigger comic book that is bound like a trade paperback but is all new, instead of collecting older comics, is called a graphic novel.
  In English speaking countries, you read the speech bubbles left to right. Then you read the row below it left to right. This is different from Japanese comics, called manga.
  Some famous comics are:
  Superman
  Batman
  Spider-Man
  Wonder Woman
  Captain America
  Fantastic Four
context_section_description: Comic books are books with comics, with  pictures that make a story. Comics were started in the 1900s. Some famous examples are Spider-Man and Batman. Some comic companies are Marvel Comics and DC Comics.  Many comic books are about superheroes, but many others are about other things.  Very often, characters in books, video games, movies and television  appear in comics, and sometimes comic book characters are used in movies, TV shows or video games. 
  There are three different kinds of comic books: single issues that are usually 32 pages long are called comic books. These are printed and bound like a magazine, with the pages folded and stapled together through the centerfold. Several comics may be put together in a trade paperback. These have spines like a book and are glued together. A bigger comic book that is bound like a trade paperback but is all new, instead of collecting older comics, is called a graphic novel.
  In English speaking countries, you read the speech bubbles left to right. Then you read the row below it left to right. This is different from Japanese comics, called manga.
  Some famous comics are:
  Superman
  Batman
  Spider-Man
  Wonder Woman
  Captain America
  Fantastic Four
  X-Men
  Spawn
  The Beano
  The Adventures of Tintin
  Sailor Moon
  Naruto
  Death Note
caption: A comic book
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