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comic book (plural comic books )
( comics ) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction .
Although the term comic book implies that humor is involved, not all comic books are of a humorous nature. Oftentimes people associate comic books with adventure stories involving superheroes .
book or magazine
Catalan: còmic (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 漫畫書 / 漫画书 (zh) ( mànhuàshū ) , 漫畫冊 / 漫画册 (zh) ( mànhuàcè )
Danish: tegneserie (da) c
Dutch: stripboek (nl) n
Esperanto: bildrakonto
Estonian: koomiksivihik , koomiks
Finnish: sarjakuvalehti (fi) , sarjakuvakirja (fi)
French: bande dessinée (fr) f , bédé (fr)
German: Comicbuch n
Italian: fumetto (it) m
Japanese: 漫画本 (ja) ( まんがほん, mangahon, まんがぼん, mangabon ) , コミックブック ( komikku bukku )
Korean: 만화책(漫畫冊) (ko) ( manhwachaek )
Polish: komiks (pl) m
Portuguese: (revista de ) história em quadrinhos m , gibi (pt) m ( Brazil )
Russian: ко́микс (ru) m ( kómiks )
Scots: comic buik
Spanish: cómic (es) m , tebeo (es) m , colorín (es) m , paquín m
Swedish: serietidning (sv) c ( periodical ) , seriemagasin n ( periodical ) , seriealbum n ( non-periodical )
Thai: หนังสือการ์ตูน ( nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-gaa-dtuun )