An autobiography is a piece of work which is written by the author themselves about their life. This is not to be confused with a biography.

Various types of automobile racing. While in time the majority of comics about the sport came to be more similar to their real-world counterparts, originally some of the more popular examples of auto racing in comics and adjacent media were of the more "wacky" variety that has no real-world parallel.

Avalon Studios is an imprint under Image Comics.

Avengers Chairperson is a routinely elected position as team leader. All present members can be nominated or nominate themselves and then voted on to become the current Chairperson. Notable members of the Avengers as Chairperson's have been the Wasp, Captain America, Spectrum, and Iron Man.

An annual holiday in the Marvel Universe which celebrates the founding of the Avengers. It is held on the anniversary of the team being brought together.

In the aftermath of the 'Original Sin' event, this fourth wave of the 'Marvel NOW!' initiative focuses exclusively on individual Avengers.

Genre of comics focusing on aircrafts.

It is a literary device designed for a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot.

Bad Girl Art is an edgier version of Good Girl Art, focusing on sexy and scantily-clad female characters who are known for morally ambiguous and violent behavior. Its earliest precursor, Vampirella, has been around since the late 1960's, though the Bad Girl term was not coined until the 1990's when the popularity of the genre reached its peak.

A sport, similar to tennis, where you play with a birdie.

A style of European dance performance.

Studio under Top Cow.

Marvel imprint based on Clive Barker creations.

Sport played between two teams of nine players. Due to the sport's longtime association with Japan, the amount of baseball manga makes it one of the largest single genres in the global comic market.

Sport played by two teams of five players. The objective is to throw a ball through a hoop.

July 14 the National Day of France. Celebrates and commemorates the storming of the Bastille Prison in 1789.

Annual event at comic shops and libraries.

The Climactic end battle to Star Wars episode four, A New Hope.

A dance made up for the Batman television show. It was shown in comics from time to time.

A type of sexual practice that involves bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism (hence the acronym). Portrayal of BDSM in comics is usually confined to adult publications and erotica, though elements of it occasionally appear in mainstream comics.

Imprint of Enterbrain, most associated with Monthly Comic Beam.

Before Watchmen is a DC Comics event that launched seven new mini-series' which serve as a prequel to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' original Watchmen series.

A colouring technique used in many artistic mediums, including in the comic industry. Dots are superimposed across a field to create different colours.

A frenzied state of mind typically characterized by an uncontrollable rage and desire for blood or battle - typically accompanied with superhuman bouts of strength and stamina.

A sexual act between human and animals.

An artistic framing device used on many covers. A character, often a mystery, has their back to us and we can see others through their legs.

Part of the inventory of the Firefly Big Damn Heroes Box Set.

Stories about people, past or present, written by others. This is not to be confused with an autobiography.

A biological creature engineered to be weaponized for combat.

Video game developer who has had quite a few comics based on their franchises where their logo is used as a cover brand (usually coupled with EA, their publisher).

The act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring

When comic book characters celebrate their birthday.

Black Comedy is found throughout many forms of fiction and comics have featured plenty of Black Comedy from different writers. A lot of the black comedy in comics tends to be found in mature comics.

A region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, no particles or even electromagnetic radiation such as light, can escape from it.

Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement advocating for non-violent civil disobedience in protest against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people in the 2010s and 2020s.

A place where illegal goods are readily available for purchase. Guns, organs, people, drugs and many other things re all purchasable at these bazaars.

A yaoi (Boys' Love) imprint that was used by Tokyopop.