the comics

plural noun

: the comic strips in a newspaper : the part of a newspaper that has comic strips
Did you read the comics today?

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Superman and Lex Luthor have technically had a child together for decades in the comics, but as many a gay nerd has joked on the internet this year, Nicholas Hoult’s Lex finally seems like a Lex who would baby-trap Superman. James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025 None of the comics who performed in Riyadh made a mention of the detainees in Saudi prisons. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025 Prior to the big panel announcement, Pace and Kirkman (series co-creator and co-showrunner) sat down exclusively with Entertainment Weekly to discuss Thragg's arrival and the impending adaptation of the Viltrumite War story arc from the comics. Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025 Koch’s vile conduct spawns a number of unnecessary fantasy sequences either brought on by the comics or wholly imagined by Ed. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the comics

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