comic book
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of comic book
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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“The comic book store is our home base for each universe, so every time we were there, you had to feel the old show,” Brian Posehn says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“It’s going to be really cool to have the comic book store be more dimensional since in the different universes, the comic book store is different,” says Sussman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Guests on the Reading Cafe have included young adult author Emily Varga, comic book writer Mark Millar and Stuart Murdoch, the singer with indie pop band Belle & Sebastian.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It sounds like a crackpot invention advertised on the back of an old comic book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Brian had taken such a powerful dislike to Ginger that I realized she must have done something more than shanghai his comic book.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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