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COMIC BOOKS: MAINSTREAM AND UNDERGROUND

  1. From the semi-underground comic "Cerebus," what are the three super-heroic incarnations of that recurring character, The Roach?

  2. From the dreaded D.C. Universe, we want information about the infamous Legion of Super-Pets (!!?!).

    1. Name the 5 Super-Pets (Hint: There was one set of twins).

    2. Who organized them?

  3. What is the Watcher's real name?

  4. What else, besides Man-Thing, can be found in Man-Thing's swamp?

  5. D.C. again: What is the secret identity of Ragman (i.e. Superman is to Clark Kent as Ragman is to...)?

  6. From "Howard The Duck," what scandal prevented Howard from completing his 1976 Presidential candidacy, and why was the scandal obviously a hoax?

NON-SERIALIZED COMIC STRIPS

  1. According to "Doonesbury," what was candidate Jimmy Carter doing when his foreign policy adviser first came to Plains to brief him?

  2. What, according to "Bloom County," was Prince Charles' first choice of a name for his first son?

  3. Name Charlie Brown's baseball team, by position.

  4. From "Broom-Hilda," what are the names of the buzzard and the (elder) troll?

  5. Where did Charlie Brown buy Snoopy, who was the original owner, and why did that owner have to sell him?

  6. At what department store do Blondie and Tootsie, of "Blondie" fame, do their shopping?

SERIALIZED COMIC STRIPS

  1. Name all of Prince Valiant's children.

  2. What is the name of the private detective firm Buz sawyer runs?

  3. What is the name of Alley Oop's girlfriend?

  4. What is the explanation, as per "Alley Oop," for the existence of the Loch Ness Monster?

  5. Who made Prince Valiant a Knight of the Round Table?

  6. What is unusual about the big cats on the Phantom's Isle of Eden?

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