Comic Vocab 2

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Across
  1. 4. Refers to a comic book that's in perfect condition.
  2. 7. - An image that spans two adjacent pages.
  3. 8. A comic book that explains the background or inception of a character or team.
  4. 12. Events that occur within the established timeline and affect the canonical storyline.
  5. 14. The process of evaluating the condition of a comic book, often for the purpose of selling or collecting.
  6. 17. A concept where multiple parallel universes coexist, often interconnected.
  7. 18. A central character who lacks traditional heroic qualities and might have morally ambiguous traits.
  8. 20. The process of visualizing a story through a series of sketched panels, often used in filmmaking.
  9. 22. Basic color fills applied before detailed shading and highlighting.
  10. 23. Previous issues of a comic book series that are no longer on sale as new.
  11. 25. A list comic book readers provide to retailers to reserve upcoming issues for them.
  12. 26. A character with superhuman abilities or magical powers, dedicated to fighting evil.
Down
  1. 1. A promotional or preliminary version of a comic, often distributed at conventions.
  2. 2. A comic series with a predetermined number of issues.
  3. 3. A subsidiary of a larger publisher focusing on a specific niche or theme.
  4. 5. A comic book story that connects to a larger event or storyline in another series.
  5. 6. A standalone comic book story, usually longer than standard issues.
  6. 9. Comics produced outside the major publishers, often with more experimental or personal stories.
  7. 10. The date displayed on the cover, which might be different from the actual publication date.
  8. 11. The system of selling comics primarily through specialty comic book shops.
  9. 13. Another term for comics, emphasizing the sequence of images to tell a story.
  10. 15. Stories that exist outside the established timeline or official canon.
  11. 16. A restart or revival of a comic book series, which may reset the story from the beginning.
  12. 19. A collection of a superhero's prominent enemies.
  13. 21. A brief appearance by a character in a comic book series other than their own.
  14. 24. The final, dark linework that goes over the initial pencil drawings.