the comics
plural noun
: the comic strips in a newspaper : the part of a newspaper that has comic strips
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The brothers' mother and her sibling had collected the comics on the cusp of World War II, storing them away for over 80 years.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Heritage Auctions Vice President Lon Allen said the comics were previously unknown to the family, the members of which did not want to be identified.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2025
The late owner had bought the comics with her brother between the Great Depression and World War II and later in life the pair had decided to pass them on to her sons, as the brother never married or had children.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Lodged between musical numbers, the comics, Imogene Coca among them, did six sketches, having already discarded dozens of ideas earlier in the week.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Heritage Auctions Vice President Lon Allen said the comics were previously unknown to the family, the members of which did not want to be identified.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2025
The late owner had bought the comics with her brother between the Great Depression and World War II and later in life the pair had decided to pass them on to her sons, as the brother never married or had children.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025
Lodged between musical numbers, the comics, Imogene Coca among them, did six sketches, having already discarded dozens of ideas earlier in the week.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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“The comics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20comics. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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