60 Fun Facts About Comic Book Trivia for Kids

Superman was born on which planet before being sent to Earth as a baby?

His parents Jor-El and Lara launched him in a tiny spaceship just before the planet was destroyed. He landed near Smallville, Kansas.

What is the name of the newspaper where Clark Kent works?

The building has a giant globe on the roof. Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and editor Perry White work there too.

What colour is the glowing rock from Superman's home planet that makes him weak?

Its radiation cannot pass through lead, which is why Superman can hide from it behind lead walls. Red and gold versions exist too.

Batman protects which fictional city?

Writer Bill Finger picked the name Gotham instead of New York so readers in any city could imagine it was theirs.

What is Batman's real name?

He was raised by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, after his parents were killed. Batman famously refuses to use guns.

Who is Batman's best-known sidekick?

The first Robin, Dick Grayson, was a circus acrobat from a family called the Flying Graysons. Together they are known as the Dynamic Duo.

How did Peter Parker get his amazing powers?

He builds his own web-shooters and sews his own costume. His famous motto is that with great power comes great responsibility.

Which two relatives raised Peter Parker in Queens, New York?

Peter's parents had died. His newspaper boss at the Daily Bugle is the grumpy J. Jonah Jameson.

Wonder Woman comes from an island home of the Amazons. What is it called?

There she is known as Princess Diana. In the oldest stories her mother, Queen Hippolyta, sculpted her from clay.

What kind of radiation turned scientist Bruce Banner into the Hulk?

Banner was blasted while saving a teenager during a bomb test. The angrier the Hulk gets, the stronger he becomes.

Which billionaire inventor builds a suit of armour and becomes Iron Man?

He built the first suit to escape after being captured in a war zone. Iron Man was one of the founding members of the Avengers.

Captain America's most famous piece of equipment is what?

Steve Rogers was a skinny young man turned into a super-soldier by a special serum. He was frozen in ice for years and woke up in modern times.

What is the name of Thor's enchanted hammer?

The hammer lets Thor fly and control the weather. His trouble-making adopted brother Loki is his greatest enemy.

Black Panther is the king of which fictional African country?

The country is rich in a super-strong metal called vibranium, and Black Panther's real name is T'Challa.

How did Barry Allen become the super-fast Flash?

Barry works as a forensic scientist for the police. He keeps his red costume squashed inside a ring until he needs it.

Aquaman is the king of which underwater kingdom?

His real name is Arthur Curry, the son of a lighthouse keeper and an Atlantean queen. His enemy Black Manta wears a big round helmet.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after what kind of people?

Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo were all real painters and sculptors from Italy hundreds of years ago.

What kind of animal is Splinter, who teaches the Ninja Turtles ninjutsu?

Splinter is the Turtles' wise adoptive father. Their human friend April O'Neil is often a TV news reporter.

Who created the comic strip Peanuts, drawing every single strip himself for almost 50 years?

He drew 17,897 strips in total, which has been called the longest story ever told by one person. It ran in more than 2,600 newspapers.

In Peanuts, who always pulls the football away just as Charlie Brown tries to kick it?

Poor Charlie Brown also cannot fly a kite or win a baseball game. Lucy's little brother is Linus, who carries a security blanket everywhere.

What breed of dog is Snoopy?

Snoopy likes to sleep on top of his doghouse and pretend to be a World War I flying ace battling the Red Baron.

Snoopy's best friend is a small yellow bird. What is his name?

The bird appeared in 1966 but did not get a name until 1970. He is named after the famous 1969 music festival.

What is Garfield the cat's favourite food?

Garfield is lazy, sarcastic and always hungry. He lives with his owner Jon Arbuckle and a not-very-bright dog named Odie.

Who created Garfield?

The strip was once in the Guinness World Records as the most widely syndicated comic strip in the world. Garfield is said to live in Muncie, Indiana, the creator's hometown.

In Calvin and Hobbes, what kind of animal is Hobbes?

To everyone else Hobbes is a stuffed toy, but to six-year-old Calvin he is a walking, talking best friend. Calvin's alter egos include Spaceman Spiff.

Who created Calvin and Hobbes and refused to let the characters become toys or cartoons?

The strip ran from 1985 to 1995 in more than 2,000 newspapers. Calvin's classmate is Susie Derkins and his teacher is Miss Wormwood.

Tintin is a young reporter from which country?

The 24 albums were created by Hergé, whose real name was Georges Remi. Tintin's friends include Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus.

What is the name of Tintin's faithful white dog?

In the original French books he is called Milou. The bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson are also regulars.

In the Asterix books, what gives the villagers the strength to fight off the Roman army?

The druid Getafix brews it. Asterix's huge friend Obelix fell into the potion as a baby, so its effects on him never wear off.

Asterix and his friends are Gauls fighting against the army of which Roman leader?

The stories are set around 50 BC. The books have sold more than 390 million copies, and there is even an Asterix theme park near Paris.

Who is the author and illustrator of the Dog Man books?

He also created Captain Underpants. In the Dog Man books he pretends they are written by George and Harold, the two boys from Captain Underpants.

What job does Dog Man have?

He was created when doctors sewed the head of a police dog named Greg onto the body of Officer Knight after an explosion set by Petey the cat.

In Captain Underpants, George and Harold turn their principal into a superhero by doing what to him?

The principal, Mr. Krupp, becomes the hero from the boys' homemade comic. The books have sold more than 90 million copies.

Kazu Kibuishi created which graphic novel series about Emily and a magical necklace?

Emily and her brother Navin find the object in their great-grandfather's house and must protect the world of Alledia from the Elf King.

Jeff Smith's comic Bone was collected into how many volumes?

The story was first published in 55 comic issues between 1991 and 2004, and later reprinted in colour by Scholastic. It won ten Eisner Awards.

Raina Telgemeier's graphic novel Smile is a true story about her needing what after an accident?

She knocked out her two front teeth as a schoolgirl and needed several surgeries. Her other books include Sisters, Drama, Ghosts and Guts.

In Cece Bell's graphic novel El Deafo, all the characters are drawn as which animal?

The book is about the author's own childhood and her deafness. She chose rabbits because they are famous for their excellent hearing.

Big Nate is a comic strip about a boy in which year of school?

Nate Wright is a talented cartoonist and prankster who has been drawn by Lincoln Peirce since 1991. There is a Big Nate cartoon on Paramount+.

Which publisher makes the stories of Riverdale teenagers Jughead, Betty and Veronica?

The same company published Sonic the Hedgehog comics for more than 20 years. Archie first appeared in 1941.

Superman first appeared in 1938 in the very first issue of which comic?

It cost just 10 cents. One copy sold in 2014 for more than three million dollars, making it the most valuable comic book in the world.

Which comics legend helped create Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Thor and the X-Men?

He worked with artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko at the New York publisher later famous for the Avengers, and he loved making cameo appearances in superhero movies.

The tree-like Guardian of the Galaxy can only say one phrase. What is it?

The three words can mean different things depending on how he says them. His best friend Rocket understands exactly what he means.

Rocket, the gadget-loving Guardian of the Galaxy, is what kind of animal?

His name was inspired by the Beatles song 'Rocky Raccoon'. Rocket is an expert with weapons and gadgets.

Miles Morales, star of the Spider-Verse films, grew up in which part of New York City?

He was created in 2011. Peter Parker, by contrast, grew up in Queens.

Kamala Khan, a teenager from Jersey City who can stretch and grow her body, uses which superhero name?

She took the name from her idol Carol Danvers, who had become Captain Marvel. Kamala is Marvel's first major Muslim superhero with her own comic.

Squirrel Girl has a big fluffy tail and can do what?

Her real name is Doreen. She discovered her power at age ten and has famously beaten some of the toughest villains around.

Wolverine of the X-Men has claws that pop out of his hands and what other famous power?

His real name is James Howlett, also called Logan, and he was born in Canada. He first appeared in a Hulk comic in 1974.

Which naughty boy with a dog named Gnasher is the star of The Beano?

He has been the comic's mascot since 1974. Other Beano favourites include Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Kids.

Astro Boy, one of the most famous Japanese manga characters, is what?

Created by Osamu Tezuka in 1952, he was built by a scientist to look like his lost son. In Japan he is called Mighty Atom.

What is unusual about the looks of Doraemon, the mechanical cat from the 22nd century?

He keeps his gadgets in a four-dimensional pocket on his tummy. The manga began in 1969 and has spawned more than forty animated films.

In comic books, what are the shapes that hold the words characters say called?

The pictures are arranged in boxes called panels. The Beano and Peanuts are both examples of comics built from panels and balloons.

Which entertainment giant has owned the publisher of Spider-Man since 2009?

The publisher started in 1939 as Timely Comics. DC, home of Superman and Batman, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery instead.

The letters DC in the name of Superman and Batman's publisher stand for what?

Detective Comics was a comic series that began in 1937 and later introduced Batman. DC publishes Superman, Wonder Woman and the Justice League.

Which superhero, leader of Marvel's first family, can stretch his body into amazing shapes?

Reed Richards leads the team, whose powers came from cosmic rays on a space mission; his wife Sue can turn invisible.

Which member of the Fantastic Four is made of orange, stone-like rock?

Ben Grimm was a college football star and pilot before he became super-strong and rocky.

What is Snoopy pretending to be when he fights the Red Baron from the top of his doghouse?

Snoopy first appeared in Peanuts on October 4, 1950, inspired by Spike, one of Charles Schulz's childhood dogs.

Which magic word turns young Billy Batson into a grown-up superhero?

The word stands for six heroes and gods: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.

In Diary of a Wimpy Kid, what is the name of the middle-schooler who writes the diary?

He insists it is a journal, not a diary; author Jeff Kinney first put the story online at Funbrain in 2004 before it became a book.

Cat Kid Comic Club is a spin-off of which Dav Pilkey series?

Dog Man is itself a spin-off of Captain Underpants, and DreamWorks turned it into an animated film.

What is the Flash's nickname because of his bright red costume?

The first Flash, Jay Garrick, appeared in 1940; every Flash gets super-speed from a power called the Speed Force.