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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Over the years, fans of the comics became more vocal on social media, calling for justice for one of the few Black superhero characters on screen at the time.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 June 2025
The old, general-purpose daily, there were some people who only came for the sports, there were some who only came for the comics, or the horoscope, or whatever.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The six-episode series stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, aka the titular Ironheart, a teen tech genius who is a protégé of Tony Stark in the comics.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
But Marino saw the opportunity to craft a truly transformational look that had little nods to how the comics character has looked in past iterations, but truly looked like a person with a real, and brutal, history.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 June 2025
The old, general-purpose daily, there were some people who only came for the sports, there were some who only came for the comics, or the horoscope, or whatever.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 8 June 2025
The six-episode series stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, aka the titular Ironheart, a teen tech genius who is a protégé of Tony Stark in the comics.
—ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
But Marino saw the opportunity to craft a truly transformational look that had little nods to how the comics character has looked in past iterations, but truly looked like a person with a real, and brutal, history.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
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“The comics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20comics. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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