60 free Comic Book Trivia for Kids trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This comic book trivia quiz is written for kids. If you have read a Dog Man book, watched a Spider-Man movie, laughed at Garfield or seen Snoopy on his doghouse, you already know a lot of these answers. The questions cover superheroes from Marvel and DC, newspaper strips like Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes, European favourites like Tintin and Asterix, Japanese manga such as Astro Boy and Doraemon, and modern graphic novels including Captain Underpants, Bone, Amulet, Smile and Big Nate. Everything here is the kind of thing you learn from actually reading the comics: which planet Superman comes from, what Thor's hammer is called, who draws Dog Man, what kind of animal Snoopy is and why the Ninja Turtles have such fancy names. There are no dark storylines and no obscure dates, just fun facts for readers aged around eight and up. Grown-ups who want something tougher can try our main comic books trivia quiz. Every answer was checked against a reliable source before publishing, so you can trust the results when you play with friends, family or a classroom.
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Q 01Superman was born on which planet before being sent to Earth as a baby?
Krypton
His parents Jor-El and Lara launched him in a tiny spaceship just before the planet was destroyed. He landed near Smallville, Kansas.
Q 02What is the name of the newspaper where Clark Kent works?
The Daily Planet
The building has a giant globe on the roof. Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and editor Perry White work there too.
Q 03What colour is the glowing rock from Superman's home planet that makes him weak?
Green
Its radiation cannot pass through lead, which is why Superman can hide from it behind lead walls. Red and gold versions exist too.
Q 04Batman protects which fictional city?
Gotham
Writer Bill Finger picked the name Gotham instead of New York so readers in any city could imagine it was theirs.
Q 05What is Batman's real name?
Bruce Wayne
He was raised by the family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, after his parents were killed. Batman famously refuses to use guns.
Q 06Who is Batman's best-known sidekick?
Robin
The first Robin, Dick Grayson, was a circus acrobat from a family called the Flying Graysons. Together they are known as the Dynamic Duo.
Q 07How did Peter Parker get his amazing powers?
He was bitten by a radioactive spider
He builds his own web-shooters and sews his own costume. His famous motto is that with great power comes great responsibility.
Q 08Which two relatives raised Peter Parker in Queens, New York?
Aunt May and Uncle Ben
Peter's parents had died. His newspaper boss at the Daily Bugle is the grumpy J. Jonah Jameson.
Q 09Wonder Woman comes from an island home of the Amazons. What is it called?
Themyscira
There she is known as Princess Diana. In the oldest stories her mother, Queen Hippolyta, sculpted her from clay.
Q 10What kind of radiation turned scientist Bruce Banner into the Hulk?
Gamma rays
Banner was blasted while saving a teenager during a bomb test. The angrier the Hulk gets, the stronger he becomes.
Q 11Which billionaire inventor builds a suit of armour and becomes Iron Man?
Tony Stark
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.
Q 12Captain America's most famous piece of equipment is what?
A nearly indestructible shield
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.
Q 13What is the name of Thor's enchanted hammer?
Mjolnir
The hammer lets Thor fly and control the weather. His trouble-making adopted brother Loki is his greatest enemy.
Q 21What breed of dog is Snoopy?
A beagle
Snoopy likes to sleep on top of his doghouse and pretend to be a World War I flying ace battling the Red Baron.
Q 22Snoopy's best friend is a small yellow bird. What is his name?
Woodstock
The bird appeared in 1966 but did not get a name until 1970. He is named after the famous 1969 music festival.
Q 23What is Garfield the cat's favourite food?
Lasagna
Garfield is lazy, sarcastic and always hungry. He lives with his owner Jon Arbuckle and a not-very-bright dog named Odie.
Q 24Who created Garfield?
Q 14Black Panther is the king of which fictional African country?
Wakanda
The country is rich in a super-strong metal called vibranium, and Black Panther's real name is T'Challa.
Q 15How did Barry Allen become the super-fast Flash?
A lightning strike in his laboratory
Barry works as a forensic scientist for the police. He keeps his red costume squashed inside a ring until he needs it.
Q 16Aquaman is the king of which underwater kingdom?
Atlantis
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.
Q 17The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are named after what kind of people?
Italian Renaissance artists
Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo were all real painters and sculptors from Italy hundreds of years ago.
Q 18What kind of animal is Splinter, who teaches the Ninja Turtles ninjutsu?
A rat
Splinter is the Turtles' wise adoptive father. Their human friend April O'Neil is often a TV news reporter.
Q 19Who created the comic strip Peanuts, drawing every single strip himself for almost 50 years?
Charles M. Schulz
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.
Q 20In Peanuts, who always pulls the football away just as Charlie Brown tries to kick it?
Lucy
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.
Jim Davis
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.
Q 25In Calvin and Hobbes, what kind of animal is Hobbes?
A tiger
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.
Q 26Who created Calvin and Hobbes and refused to let the characters become toys or cartoons?
Bill Watterson
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.
Q 27Tintin is a young reporter from which country?
Belgium
The 24 albums were created by Hergé, whose real name was Georges Remi. Tintin's friends include Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus.
Q 28What is the name of Tintin's faithful white dog?
Snowy
In the original French books he is called Milou. The bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson are also regulars.
Q 29In the Asterix books, what gives the villagers the strength to fight off the Roman army?
A magic potion
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.
Q 30Asterix and his friends are Gauls fighting against the army of which Roman leader?
Julius Caesar
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.