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comic book

noun

: a magazine containing sequences of comic strips
usually hyphenated in attributive use

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The three brothers, in their 50s and 60s, did not wish to be identified due to the windfall involved nor did the buyer of the comic book, according to the auction house. Jack Brook, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025 Filmed with the heightened sense of light and dark of a comic book, Alexandrova calls it one of the most metaphoric scenes of the film. Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025 Much has changed about comic books as an industry but the one thing that hasn’t is my love for the medium of comics and the people who make them. Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025 The biggest theory out there from the comic book-loving crowds is that Sink will play the new Jean Grey, the telekinetic and telepathic member of the X-Men, after Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for comic book

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of comic book was in 1904

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“Comic book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comic%20book. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

comic book

noun
: a magazine made up of a series of comic strips
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