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Spider-Man 7x $329 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1995 "The Web Slinger" is a nickname for this Marvel Comics superhero

J $600 2004 Aunt May, Dr. Doom, J. Jonah Jameson

J $100 1992 This web-slinging superhero made his debut in 1962 in "Amazing Fantasy" No. 15

Garfield 7x $400 avg J:5 DJ:2

J $100 1985 Jim Davis named this cat after his grandfather, not the 20th president

J $600 2021 Odie is a drooling dog in the comic strip named for this feline

J $200 2019 This fat cat may hate Mondays, but that didn't stop him from making his debut on Monday, June 19, 1978

the Incredible Hulk 7x $443 avg J:4 DJ:3

DJ $400 2004 "The Incredible"

J $600 2012 The 1962 cover of the first issue of this irradiated guy asked, "Is he man or monster or... is he both?"

DJ $400 2003 Created by Jack Kirby & Stan Lee, this superhero's human form is Dr. Bruce Banner

Dick Tracy 6x $533 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1990 Crimestoppers' Textbook is a Sunday feature of this detective strip

J $600 2019 Thiscrime fighter who debuted in 1931 had a two-way wrist TV that was kind of the granddaddy of the smartwatch

DJ $1,600 2016 This dick sent Benny the Grip to prison in 1955

Pogo 5x 20.0% stumper $700 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1992 This Walt Kelly strip began as a comic book feature, "Bumbazine and Albert the Alligator"

J $500 2001 Okefenokee Swamp

DJ $2,000 2015 Though his original strip ended in 1975, this character lives on as Georgia's state 'possum

Wonder Woman 4x $675 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1996 In 1995 artist & writer John Byrne took over the comic book starring this Amazon princess

DJ $1,600 2007 She's the daughter of Queen Hippolyte of Paradise Island

J $400 2020 This superhero's magical weapons include a lasso of truth & indestructible bracelets able to deflect bullets

Superman 4x $175 avg J:4

J $100 1992 This alien hero made his debut in Action Comics No. 1, June 1938

J $200 2009 A 1903 G.B. Shaw play is called "Man And" him

J $200 1990 Jerome Siegel & Joe Shuster created this superhero when they were teenagers

Snoopy 4x $150 avg J:4

J $100 1991 Called the first beagle on the Moon in comics, his picture was beamed back from space by Apollo 10

J $100 1986 The model for him was a black & white dog given to 13-year-old Charles Schulz

J $200 2011 He was born at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm & has a mustache-wearing brother named Spike

Li'l Abner 4x $400 avg J:4

J $200 2001 Dogpatch

J $1,000 2018 Lockheed Martin adopted the name "Skunk Works" from a similar name for a backwoods still in this comic strip

J $200 2001 Mammy Yokum, Daisy Mae, Sadie Hawkins

Hagar the Horrible 4x $850 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 2003 When Dik Browne died in 1989, his son Chris took over this Viking strip

J $1,000 2011 The little dog Snert wears a Viking helmet with horns just like this warrior owner

J $400 1992 This "horrible" Viking character created by Dik Browne first appeared in February 1973

Doonesbury 4x $825 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 2001 Mr. Butts, Duke, Zonker

J $800 2019 In this strip, Duke testified for the NRA in the '70s; the '80s went inside Reagan's brain; in 2004, B.D. got wounded in Iraq

DJ $1,600 2013 Rev. Scot Sloan; Zonker; B.D.

Cathy 4x $600 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1998 Andrea, Irving & Mr. Pinkley

DJ $600 1987 Comic strip written & drawn by Cathy Guisewite

DJ $1,200 2013 Fiercely feminist friend Andrea seen here

Batman 4x $225 avg J:4

J $100 2001 Gotham City

J $500 1991 This character's early years are featured in "Legends of the Dark Knight"

J $100 1986 Frank Miller's "Dark Knight" series portrayed this Caped Crusader at the age of 50

Calvin and Hobbes 4x $933 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $400 2021 2020 marked the 35th anniversary of this strip about a boy & his trusty stuffed tiger

DJ $1,200 2020 In their last strip, this pair go sledding away, with the boy saying, "It's a magical world... let's go exploring"

FJ 2019 These 2 were named for a European "theologian who believed in predestination" & a "philosopher with a dim view of human nature"

Worth Knowing (34)

Wolverine 3 Underdog 3 Nancy 3 Mutts 3 Dilbert 3 Blondie 3 the Thing 3 The Green Arrow 3 The Wizard of Id 2 the Phantom 2 the Katzenjammer Kids 2 The Far Side 2 The Family Circus 2 the Avengers 2 Shazam! 2 Opus 2 Odie 2 Non Sequitur 2 Mary Worth 2 Marmaduke 2 Linus 2 Jughead 2 Dennis the Menace 2 Charlie Brown 2 Bizarro 2 Beetle Bailey 2 B.C. 2 Archie Andrews 2 Archie 2 Andy Capp 2 (Scott) Adams 2 the Classic Comics 2 Matt Groening 2 Jimmy Olsen 2

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