A competition between people to declare a champion whether its sports such as football or martial arts tournaments.

Comic books based on toys, typically action figures or dolls.

Comics translated in other languages than the original release.

The act of crime when betraying one's country, allegiance, or its social superiors by attempting to overthrow the government or kill the sovereign. A person who commits treason is known as a traitor.

A settling of a dispute or claim in a court of law.

Stories dedicated or inspired in previous creatives authors of a title.

Possibly a fictitious war that happened during Ancient Greek times over the abduction of Helen.

Mysterious explosion occurring in Siberia in 1908.

A comic book series that is published concurrently with a television series.

Comic book continuation of canceled television shows.

Former film studio that licensed comics to publishers like Boom before Disney bought Fox and Disney-owned Marvel introduced their own 20th Century Studios imprint (which removed the Fox part of the name). The Fox company logo was rarely a cover imprint but could appear there or on the indicia page alongside publisher logos.

A twin is a character born at the same time as another character. In some cultures twins were considered good luck, and the evil twin has always peaked the imagination.

Marvel's Ultimate Comics line is a series of books featuring re-imagined versions of their characters.

A virus created from the remains of Ultimo, it could infect others turning them into aggressive cyborg like beings.

The Ultraverse was a shared universe with original characters created for Malibu Comics during the first half of the 90s decade. Super-powered characters were known as "Ultras".

Living/reanimated corpses such as mummies, skeletons, vampires, and zombies. Not to be confused with resurrection, which is bringing someone back from the dead.

In the multitude of comics, some stories were never finished. These are those comics.

The Uni-Power is a sentient power source that bonds to other beings in times of need to become Captain Universe, imbuing them with a variety of cosmic powers.

An event affecting the Marvel Multiverse wherein two Earths collide, destroying both universes involved.

The Ünternet is a secret second Internet created by the Calculator.

Urban fantasy is a genre that blends the magical and the mundane, exploring the coexistence of supernatural and fantasy elements within modern urban settings.

Science fiction and fantasy concept where science and technology solved all the social and political problems of mankind.

A little subimprint Vertigo ran during "Y2K"...the V standing for Vertigo most likely.

Valiant's #1 initiative for 2014.

Beings who hunt and kill Vampires, mostly humans, though some are supernatural beings.

Series of variant covers by Skottie Young, depicting characters as babies or children.

When an issue has two or more covers, the extra covers are called variant covers. They can be part of a monthly theme, a retailer exclusive, or a convention/expo exclusive.

Variant covers drawn to look like an action figure in the packaging. Marvel started this trend, and other companies have since followed in doing these covers.

Series of photo covers advertising the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television show.

A blank sketch cover is any cover with the title logo, and little to nothing else on it. It's usually meant for artists to draw commissioned sketches on at cons and other appearances.

A puzzle image connecting cover is two or more covers that go together to make one giant image.

Covers that have elements of the design process on them.