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Super-Hero Comics

Super-Hero comics continue to dominate the industry, as they have for the past 35 years. In a typical month, 85 of the 100 top-selling titles are super-hero books.

With several hundred ongoing super-hero series in print at any time, the field can be divided into the following subgenres:

Traditional Super-Heroes

Batman titles (DC):
Batman
Batman: Gotham Knights
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight
Detective Comics
Nightwing
Robin
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Superman titles (DC):
Action Comics
Adventures of Superman
Superman
Superman: The Man of Steel
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Spider-Man titles (Marvel):
Amazing Spider-Man
Peter Parker
Spider-Man
Ultimate Spider-Man
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Ash (Event)
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Black Panther (Marvel)
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Captain America (Marvel)
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Daredevil (Marvel)
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Flash (DC)
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Green Lantern (DC)
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Iron Man (Marvel)
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Martian Manhunter (DC)
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Savage Dragon (Image)
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Thor (Marvel)
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Tom Strong (DC-America’s Best

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Super Hero Teams

X-Men titles (Marvel)
X-Men
Uncanny X-Men
X-Men Unlimited
X-Force
Generation-X
Wolverine
Cable
Gambit
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Avengers (Marvel)
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Fantastic Four (Marvel)
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JLA (DC)
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JSA (DC)
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Thunderbolts (Marvel)

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Super Heriones

Birds of Prey (DC)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)
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Cavewoman (Basement)
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Deity (Image)
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Electric Girl (Mighty Gremlin)
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Fathom (Image)
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Ghost (Dark Horse)
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Go Girl! (Image)
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Lady Pendragon (Image)
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Promethea (DC-America’s Best)
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Rumble Girls (Image)
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Shi (Crusade)
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Supergirl (DC)
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Witchblade (Image)
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Wonder Woman (DC)
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Xena (Image)
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Zoom's Academy for the Super Gifted (Astonish)

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Teen Heroes

Teenage Super-Teams

Gen13 (DC-Wildstorm)
Generation X (Marvel)
Legion of Superheroes (DC)
Titans (DC)
Young Justice (DC)
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Male Teen Heroes

Impulse (DC)
Kaboom (Awesome)
Robin (DC)
Spy Boy (Dark Horse)
Static Shock (DC)
Ultimate Spider Man (Marvel)
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Female Teen Heroes

Batgirl (DC)
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (Dark Horse)
Deity (Image)
Electric Girl (Mighty Gremlin)
Spider-Girl (Marvel

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Vilgilantes & Anti-Heroes

Batman (DC)
Catwoman (DC)
Deadpool (Marvel)
Ghost (Dark Horse)
Hellblazer (DC-Vertigo)
Hulk (Marvel)
Pitt (Full Bleed)
Punisher (Marvel)
Shi (Crusade)
Spawn (Image)
Undertaker (Chaos)
Vampirella (Harris)
Wildcats (DC-Wildstorm)
Wolverine (Marvel)

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Other Super-Hero Titles

Nostalgia

Big Bang Comics (Image)
Mr. Majestic (DC-Homage)
Supreme (Awesome)
Tom Strong (DC-America's Best)
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Alternative/Postmodern

Astro City (DC-Homage)
Madman (Dark Horse)
Planetary (DC-Wildstorm)
Powers (DC-America's Best)
Rising Stars (Image)
Starman (DC)
Top Ten (DC-America’s Best)
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Super-Hero Parodies

Bob Burden’s Original Mysterymen Comics (Dark Horse)
Lethargic Lad (Lethargic Comics)
The Tick (New England Comics)




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