# \#comic-books-manga **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/comic-books-manga/19.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - September 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2026-edition/1032704)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-september-2026-edition/1032704 "2026-09-28T17:42:56Z")
As August winds down, there is only ONE question on the mind of all North Americans: “Can we just cool down already?!” And if everything would stop burning that would be great too!!! Inerestingly, this has been the worst… --- ## [Nostalgic for old comic books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-for-old-comic-books/1031999)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nostalgic-for-old-comic-books/1031999 "2026-09-21T01:07:06Z")
I’ve been reading recently about a lot of comic book characters and titles that came out when I was in my maximum comic book reading and buying period (basically, the 1960s and early 1970s), and was kinda bummed out beca… --- ## [Green Lanterns vs. Sinestro question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-lanterns-vs-sinestro-question/1032640)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-lanterns-vs-sinestro-question/1032640 "2026-09-08T18:55:08Z")
Something I’ve never quite understood: if in the classic version of the Green Lantern Corp their rings don’t work against anything yellow, then why aren’t they all utterly and completely helpless against Sinestro’s yello… --- ## [Give Superman secret EVIL superpowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-superman-secret-evil-superpowers/1032642)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-superman-secret-evil-superpowers/1032642 "2026-09-03T23:22:14Z")
With great power comes great responsibility; what are some secret powers Superman could have that are so dark that he’s too moral to EVER use? My entry: super-seduction. Superman could turn any woman he chose into his d… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2026-edition/1032066)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2026-edition/1032066 "2026-08-31T00:53:09Z")
Ooooooo got it in just under the wire – at least in my time zone! So are we all cooked enough? I hope no one here has been severely impacted by all the fires raging around the world! Might be time to start reading dytop… --- ## [What do you think happened to these villains in the Old Man Logan setting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-these-villains-in-the-old-man-logan-setting/1032580)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-these-villains-in-the-old-man-logan-setting/1032580 "2026-08-26T20:52:03Z")
What do you think happened to the following villains in the Old Man Logan universe after the US was taken over and divided? Purple Man, Carnage, Hyde, Controller, Leader, Mad Thinker, the U-Foes and Flag Smasher. Are t… --- ## [Other Stars, Other Suns, Superman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-stars-other-suns-superman/1032211)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-stars-other-suns-superman/1032211 "2026-08-10T23:34:29Z")
Those of us who know comics know that Superman gets his powers under the energies of a Yellow Spectrum Sun. Red Suns deny him these energies. But Astronomy teaches of of other stars. There are five star colors: blue, … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - July 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2026-edition/1031256)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2026-edition/1031256 "2026-08-01T00:10:59Z")
So here we are, July about to slap us in the face, heat beginning to ramp up, Europeans buying out our Ranch Dressing supply like crackheads who found a stash of 100$ bills, and the World Cup marching merrily onward. In… --- ## [Delicious in Dungeon / Dungeon Meshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delicious-in-dungeon-dungeon-meshi/998903)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delicious-in-dungeon-dungeon-meshi/998903 "2026-07-04T22:57:10Z")
This is mentioned in two different threads, I thought there might be enough interest for a dedicated thread. (Actually, doing a search I see it has actually been mentioned in a third thread) I’ve already read the complet… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - June 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2026-edition/1030498)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2026-edition/1030498 "2026-07-01T02:25:37Z")
June, we are now six months into 2026… and honestly it feels like six decades. On the other hand, my goal to read one T.Kingfisher book a month is cooking along nicely and I have the next three months lined up and waitin… --- ## [National Lampoon comic about Nelson Rockefeller ca. 1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoon-comic-about-nelson-rockefeller-ca-1979/1030642)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-lampoon-comic-about-nelson-rockefeller-ca-1979/1030642 "2026-06-07T00:22:47Z")
Shortly after Nelson Rockefeller’s death in 1979, National Lampoon published a comic in which he experienced his fatal heart attack, and then told the story of his life in flashback before dying. I’m trying to find what… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - May 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2026-edition/1029657)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-may-2026-edition/1029657 "2026-06-03T18:13:40Z")
May is here! How are we five months into this year already?! Almost summer up north, almost winter if you’re upside down :smiley: passes out allergy meds Lots of great books coming out this year, so much T. Kingfisher t… --- ## [Which Marvel Comics executive dropped dead when they fired him?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-marvel-comics-executive-dropped-dead-when-they-fired-him/1029707)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-marvel-comics-executive-dropped-dead-when-they-fired-him/1029707 "2026-05-01T22:48:56Z")
In Sean Howe’s Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, he mentioned a hard-driving, cost-cutting executive for Marvel Comics who was summarily fired by new owners and collapsed–dead?–on the spot. I just spent the last half hour… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - April 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2026-edition/1028876)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-april-2026-edition/1028876 "2026-04-30T18:46:33Z")
The rest of this month is appointments, appointments, appointments, so I’m getting this up now before I forget. We made it to April unnuked! HOORAY! Some days, listening to the news, I wonder if I’ll be starring in my o… --- ## [Comic book writer Gerry Conway has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-writer-gerry-conway-has-died/1029608)
**Author:** [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-writer-gerry-conway-has-died/1029608 "2026-04-29T17:27:24Z")
It’s being reported in multiple sources that comic book writer Gerry Conway has died at the age of 73. He wrote for both Marvel and DC, and is credited with creating or co-creating such characters as The Punisher, Power … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2026-edition/1028125 "2026-03-30T23:37:05Z")
March… and we are 1/5 of the way throught this dumpster fire of a year. Can you say exhausted? On the up side I am gettting a fair bit of reading done. And it seems so are some of you! So Whatcha all reading? Print: N… --- ## [Was Joe Chill a utilitarian time traveler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-joe-chill-a-utilitarian-time-traveler/1028460)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-joe-chill-a-utilitarian-time-traveler/1028460 "2026-03-26T13:52:10Z")
Sure he killed Thomas and Martha Wayne. But their deaths led their son to dedicate his life to fighting crime and his efforts saved the lives of thousands. --- ## [Favorite series of comic covers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106 "2026-03-03T18:53:01Z")
I was browsing through some old comic covers and it struck me how plesant the covers for the complete run of New Mutants volume 2 are, most of them being pretty simple character studies with muted colors and no extraneou… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2026-edition/1027219)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2026-edition/1027219 "2026-03-02T01:40:52Z")
February is here and my part of the state got our FIRST snow of the year (2nd of the season) but, of course, climate change isn’t real… What is real is BOOKS! Lots of books, comics, graphic novels, manga, plotlines scri… --- ## [What motivates Marvel criminals in light of how often they’re killed, beaten or arrested by heroes and villains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-marvel-criminals-in-light-of-how-often-they-re-killed-beaten-or-arrested-by-heroes-and-villains/1027529)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-motivates-marvel-criminals-in-light-of-how-often-they-re-killed-beaten-or-arrested-by-heroes-and-villains/1027529 "2026-02-15T16:29:13Z")
It’s a standard trope in Marvel stories for criminals and terrorists to end up getting killed, injured or left for the police individually and in large groups. There are hundreds of crime fighting heroes active in the US… --- ## [Gamma Radiation versus Cosmic Rays in Marvel Comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamma-radiation-versus-cosmic-rays-in-marvel-comics/1027567)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamma-radiation-versus-cosmic-rays-in-marvel-comics/1027567 "2026-02-11T03:56:09Z")
It occurs to me that in Marvel Comics while there are lots of gamma empowered characters, cosmic ray empowered characters seem to be much rarer. The Fantastic Four and their old nemesis the Red Ghost and his three Super … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2026-edition/1026156)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2026-edition/1026156 "2026-02-05T17:46:48Z")
Another year has passed, another 100+ books read, discuseed, maybe thrown across the room… I hope everyone who celebrated a holiday in December had a happy holiday, and that the rest of you who didn’t celebrate had some … --- ## [NPR Revives a Forgotten Superhero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-revives-a-forgotten-superhero/937709)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/npr-revives-a-forgotten-superhero/937709 "2026-01-29T04:34:00Z")
Now that he’s fallen into the Public Domain, National Public Radio (or, rather, Planet Money at NPR) has decided to claim MicroFace as their own. They’re having a comic book made up, and you can pre-order it https:… --- ## [What do you think happened to the rest of the world in the Old Man Logan setting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-rest-of-the-world-in-the-old-man-logan-setting/1026872)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happened-to-the-rest-of-the-world-in-the-old-man-logan-setting/1026872 "2026-01-21T00:45:32Z")
What do you think happened to the rest of the world in the Old Man Logan setting? The only thing said about it is when Red Skull rhetorically asks Captain America who would want it now before killing him, implying it’s … --- ## [ID help for a science fiction comic with praying mantis aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-help-for-a-science-fiction-comic-with-praying-mantis-aliens/1026314)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-help-for-a-science-fiction-comic-with-praying-mantis-aliens/1026314 "2026-01-04T14:21:28Z")
I’m hoping to identify a short comic from one of the 1950s science fiction anthology comics. I read it a few years ago: Aliens that look like praying mantises wearing bubble helmets arrive on Earth. Soon after they walk… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - December 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2025-edition/1025247)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-december-2025-edition/1025247 "2026-01-01T00:12:36Z")
Sitting here listening to fireworks as my city celebrates the beginning of the Christmas season, and wondering just where did this year go?! Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were complaining about the heat? Well two week… --- ## [Random thought about Superman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-about-superman/1026151)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-thought-about-superman/1026151 "2025-12-30T18:17:38Z")
What happens to Superman’s powers if he goes to a binary star system composed of a sun-like yellow star and a red dwarf? Does he lose them or not? There’s a very old thread about Superman’s powers which this question is… --- ## [How would the villains handle rebellion in Old Man Logan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-villains-handle-rebellion-in-old-man-logan/1026130)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-villains-handle-rebellion-in-old-man-logan/1026130 "2025-12-29T00:39:49Z")
In Old Man Logan the villains of 616 Marvel Earth team up under Red Skull, Doom, Magneto and Abomination to defeat the heroes and divide the US among themselves. My question is how successful at eliminating rebellion (h… --- ## [Question about Superman: why does he have abs? How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-superman-why-does-he-have-abs-how/1022697)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-superman-why-does-he-have-abs-how/1022697 "2025-12-23T01:04:06Z")
For the few who don’t know, this is Superman: Superman is an alien from the planet Krypton who, because of differences between the Kryptonian system and our Solar system, … --- ## [Transformers (cartoon/film/movie franchise) Cosmology and Biology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformers-cartoon-film-movie-franchise-cosmology-and-biology/1025574)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transformers-cartoon-film-movie-franchise-cosmology-and-biology/1025574 "2025-12-10T22:55:00Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is it possible to be racist against AIs?: I started off a new thread because I was worried that this was getting too off-topic for the original thread in GD. While the origin of the Trans… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/comic-books-manga/19.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=comic-books-manga)