comic book
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comic book
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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Community outreach, then, is just one of the ways through which Comic Book UK will seek to raise the medium's profile as part of its business plan.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
Right now, Field has to concentrate on hosting the final Free Comic Book Day at the place where it all began.
From Seattle Times • May 3, 2024
PBS Kids has set the official broadcast premiere date for “Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023
In a 2014 interview with the website Comic Book Resources, Mr. O’Neill said he found the experience bizarre.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2022
“It’s a Thanos snap,” Jeff Trexler, interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund who represented Kobabe in the case, said of Baskervill’s evisceration of her own previous decision.
From Washington Post • Aug. 30, 2022
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