Concepts
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Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day is the one day a year where participating comic book shops in America and around the world give away comic books free to anyone who comes into the store.
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Homage Covers
Covers that pay homage to, or parody, existing covers or artwork from the same or different medias.
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MC2
The Marvel Comics 2 Universe. Created by Tom DeFalco and started all with a heroine named Spider-Girl.
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Mutant Registration Act
A registration act forcing all mutants to register with the United States government introduced by Senator Robert Kelly. It was first introduced in Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 1984).
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Vs. System
Vs. System is a card game produced by Upper Deck Entertainment that features characters and stories from Marvel comics, DC comics, and Hellboy comics.
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Techno-Organic
Techno-Organic ("T-O") is the term for a state of being. It means, roughly, "Technological Organism". Most living beings are categorized as organic because they are made of organic material.
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DC Multiverse
The Multiverse is a pivotal concept in DC Comics. Over the years, it has gone through many changes, and has nearly been destroyed on a few occasions, but always ends up intact.
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Cross Company Character Rankings
General power rankings for characters from different comic universes, like the Marvel , Dc, Top Cow, Image and Wildstorm Universes.
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Retcon
The term "Retroactive Continuity" or "Retcon" for short is used in comic books to define a re-write of a current origin or introduction of new information as if it had always been that way.
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Bad Girl Art
Bad Girl Art is an edgier version of Good Girl Art, focusing on sexy and scantily-clad female characters who are known for morally ambiguous and violent behavior. Its earliest precursor, Vampirella, has been around since the late 1960's, though the Bad Girl term was not coined until the 1990's when the popularity of the genre reached its peak.
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Infinity Formula
The Infinity Formula is an experimental drug in the Marvel Universe that slows the aging process.
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Women in Comics
Article covering the role of women in comics throughout the ages.
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Sigil-Bearers
In the CrossGen universe, a Sigil bearer is an individual who has been marked by one two ascended Atlantians, Solusandra or Danik. There is also an opposing sign, the Ligis, given by the evil Charon.
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Notable Comic Book Advertisements
Comics and graphic novels have given us many famous and notable advertisements through the years. Who can forget the Charles Atlas ads, the X-Ray Specks, Sea Monkeys, or the mysterious Grab Bag?
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Century Baby
The individuals born exactly at the "turn of the century", they as such possess metahuman powers. It has been theorized that they act as an immune system or anti-bodies for the Earth.
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Anti-Life Equation
The Anti-Life Equation is a formula that saps beings of their free will through an equation that makes life, hope and freedom irrefutably pointless.
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Comics Code Authority
Created in 1954 amidst controversy subsequent to the publication of Dr. Fredric Wertham's book "Seduction of the Innocent", publishers established the code to curb potential governmental regulation. The fall of the Code is most often attributed to Alan Moore and his work on the Swamp Thing in the 80's.
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Terrigenesis
The process of being exposed to the Terrigen Mists which is considered to be a rite of passage for the Inhumans, and is central to their culture.
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Legacy Virus
The legacy virus was a biological weapon engineered and released by the madman Stryfe for the purpose of killing all mutants. The plague lasted for years and killed many mutants and a few humans.
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Mutant Growth Hormone
Mutant Growth Hormone (MGH) is a drug created from the genetic material of superhumans. MGH temporarily grants powers to humans, or enhances the power of superhumans or mutants.
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Pym Particles
A class of subatomic particles first discovered by Hank Pym. When used properly they allow a person or object to change size.
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Speed Force
The Speed Force is an extradimensional energy source in the DC Universe that lets speedsters travel at otherwise impossible speeds as well as do other nifty tricks without being hindered by physics. In the Post-Flashpoint continuity, the Speed Force is the very cosmic force that pushes time forward.
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Fastball Special
The Fastball Special is a maneuver in which Colossus launches Wolverine at an enemy, claws-first.
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Kherubim Technology
Kherubim technology is some of the most advanced technology in the Wildstorm Universe.
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Darkforce
The Darkforce is a fictional concept in the Marvel universe. It is a source of energy for a number of super powered characters, derived from an alternate dimension known as The Darkforce Dimension.
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Green Lantern
A Green Lantern is an officer of the intergalactic police force known as the Green Lantern Corps, who have the ability to overcome great fear with the might of willpower. They possess power rings capable of creating constructs characterized by their will and strength to use it. Each Green Lantern is given a Sector of the Universe to protect and it is their priority to suppress any threat against their sector.
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Power Cosmic
The Power Cosmic is synonymous with any kind of cosmic forces.
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Project: USA
In the early 20th century the American government started Project: USA (Ultra Sapiens Alliance) to create an army of superhumans.
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Supremeverse
Supremeverse is the title given to the home reality of the Squadron Supreme. A parallel universe to Earth-616 and its resident superheroes, it's most renown reality of Supremverse is the team of super heroes called the Squadron Supreme. Various realities exist seeming to mirror one another in concept.
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X-Gene Mutant
The Children of the Atom, mutants are individuals in the Marvel Universe who are born with an X-Gene that grants them superhuman abilities. Mutants mark the next step in human evolution, known as Homo Superior.
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Super-Human Registration Act
The Super-human Registration Act was a bill the Civil War arc revolved around. It deals with sacrificing civil liberties to promote a nation's safety.
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Alternate Reality
The generic term for Multiverses or What If...? type scenarios. An Alternate Universe usually features pre-established characters living in different situations from those of the main continuity universe.
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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
"With great power comes great responsibility" is a mantra that was passed down to Peter Parker from Uncle Ben during Peter's teenage tribulations.
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The Odin Force
Ancient and vast Asgardian power wielded by Odin and later inherited by Thor.
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