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Fu Manchu as depicted in comic illustrations throughout the 20th century.
The Ugly History Behind Comics' First Supervillain

Fu Manchu is one of the most reviled racist caricatures in literary history. He's also comics' first supervillain and its most influential bad guy.

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A composite image of MCU Maria Hill and Damian Wayne aka Robin in DC Comics
10 Iconic Comic Characters You Didn't Know Were Only Created In The Last 30 Years

Comics' most popular superheroes, like Batman and Spider-Man, haven't aged in over 50 years. Less than 30 years makes these heroes comics 'new blood.'

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A split image of Dick Tracy and Beetle Bailey in color comic strips
10 Longest Running Comic Strips

Comic strips are an American newspaper tradition. From Dick Tracy to Gasoline Alley, some of these strips ran in syndication for over 100 years.

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A split image of Lois sweeping Superman off his feet, and Superman carrying Lois, in DC Comics
A Complete Timeline Of Superman & Lois Lane's Romantic History

DC Comics Superman and Lois Lane's romance is one of comics' greatest. They've come a long way since they met in 1938.

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Three images of Mary Jane
10 Things You Didn't Know About Mary Jane Watson's History In The Comics

Coming from humble beginnings, Mary Jane Watson made a huge leap into the superhumans world and quickly proved there was more to her than met the eye.

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Where to Begin a Wizard Retrospective?

In this new CSBG feature, Not Blog X's G. Kendall travels back to 1992 to explore the early years of Wizard Magazine!

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Comics A.M. | 'Shonen Jump' to publish 'Boruto' manga one-shot

"Naruto" creator Masashi Kishimoto has teamed with Kenji Taira for a one-shot manga that ties in to "Boruto: Naruto the Movie."

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Sunday At The Back of the Book

In his latest column, Greg Hatcher takes a look at the history of house ads in comic books.

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