- List of comic book letter column titles
The typical
comic book letter column — until its general disappearance in the early 2000s — had its own title, usually a reference to the book’s hero or heroes. "Cape and Cowl Comments" ("World's Finest Comics "), "JLA Mailroom" ("Justice League of America "), "Legion Outpost" ("Legion of Super-Heroes "), "Metropolis Mailbag," ("Superman"), "Avengers Assemble!" ("Avengers"), "Letters to the Living Legend," ("Captain America "), "The Spider's Web" ("Amazing Spider-Man "), and "X-Mail," ("Uncanny X-Men ") are just a few examples of this tradition.Some books had trouble sticking with a lettercol title, and changed them on a more or less regular basis. The following is a list of letter column titles:
Dark Horse Comics
* "Concrete": "Think Like a Mountain"
* "John Byrne's Next Men ": "A Flame About This High"
* "Sin City ": "Blam"
* "Terminator": "Terminal Cases"
* "The Umbrella Academy ": "A.K.A. The Letters Column"
* "The World Below": "Words Below"DC Comics
Many of DC's lettercol headers were designed or redesigned in the 1980s by
Todd Klein .Klein, Todd. [http://kleinletters.com/LetteringArchivesTop.html "Klein Lettering Archives." Todd Klein - Lettering - Logos - Design.] Retrieved July 12, 2008.] . They are marked with an ** "
Action Comics ": "Re: Action,"* "Superman in Action," "Where All the Action Is," "Action Reaction"
* "Adventure Comics starring Supergirl": "Super Fe-Mail"
* "The Adventures of Superman ": "Krypto Grams," "Superman: The Letter Column II"
* "All-Star Comics ": "All-Star Comments"
* "All-Star Squadron ": "All-Star Comments," "All-Star Squadroom"*
* "Ambush Bug ": "Letters to Me"*
* "Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld ": "Purple Prose"
* "Animal Man ": "Animal Writes"*
* "": "Spellbound Scrolls"*
* "Azrael ": "Az You Like It"
* "Batman": "Letters to the Batcave," "Letters to the Batman," "Bat-Signals"
* "Batman and The Outsiders ": "Inside the Outsiders"
* "Blackhawk (comics) ": "Blackhawk By-Lines"
* "Blue Beetle": "Beetle's Nest"*
* "Blue Devil ": "Circuits & Sorcery,"* "Speak of the Devil"*
* "Booster Gold ": "The Gold Exchange"*
* "The Brave and the Bold ": "Brave & Bold Mailbag"
* "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew ": "Lettuce Page!" — accompanied by a picture by Scott Shaw of Captain Carrot preparing a salad made up of letters
* "Captain Atom ": "Quantum Quotes"*
* "Claw the Unconquered ": "Of Swordsmen and Sorcerers"
* "Creeper ": "Crazy Talk"*
* "Darkstars ": "Thanagrams"
* "DC 100 Page Super Spectacular ": "A Look Through the Super Spectacles"
* "Demon": "The Hell You Say"*
* "Detective Comics ": "Batman's Hot-Line," "Detective Comments"
* "Doom Patrol ": "Doom Sayers"
* "El Diablo": "Deal with the Devil"
* "The Flash": "Flash-Grams," "Fleet Sheet,"* "Speed Reading"
* "Green Arrow " vol. 2: "Sherwood Forum"* — title suggested by reader John Kent of New York City [Blaschke, Jayme Lynn. [http://www.jaymeblaschke.com/Shrine/SERIES.html "Green Arrow (Series 1)," The Unofficial Green Arrow Shrine.] Retrieved July 11, 2008.]
* "Green Lantern ": "Green Lantern's Mail Chute," "Letters by Lantern's Light"
* "Hawkman ": "Pinions"*, "Words of Prey"
* "House of Mystery ": "Dial L for Letters" (Dial H for Hero run)
* "House of Secrets ": "Creaks & Moans"
* "The Inferior Five ": "The Inferior Five Dead Letter Office"
* "The Invisibles ": "Invisible Ink"
* "The Joker": "The Joker's Ha-Hacienda"
* "Jonah Hex ": "Hex Communications"
* "Justice League of America ": "JLA Mailroom" — the header incorporated an illustration of League members reading mail that changed as the costumes and membership changed.
* "Justice League Task Force": "Task Masters" — the header showedJ'onn J'onzz bracing himself against a giant pile of toplling mail
* "": "The Time Capsule"
* "L.E.G.I.O.N. '89": "L.E.T.T.E.R.S. '89"*
* "Legion of Super-Heroes ": "The Legion Outpost" (named after one of the more famous fan newsletters), "Legion Mail-Bag"
* "Legionnaires": "Omnicomments"
* "Lois Lane ": "Letters to Lois"
* "'Mazing Man ": "'Mazing Mail"*
* "Mister Miracle ": "Miracle Talk"
* "New Talent Showcase ": "Talk About Talent"*
* "New Teen Titans ": "Titans Tower"*
*"OMAC": "Eye In The Sky"
* "Omega Men ": "Omega-Mail"*
* "Plop! ": "Plop Drop"
* "Preacher": "Gone to Texas"
* "The Question": "The Answer"
* "Real Fact Comics ": "You Tell Us"
* "Sandman": "Letters in the Sand"*
* "Secret Origins ": "Secret Admirers"*
* "The Shadow": "Shadowmania"*
* "Shazam! ": "Shazamail!"
* "The Spectre ": "Speculations"*
* "Star Trek": "Hailing Frequencies Open"*
* "Starman ": "Lost In The Stars"
* "Strange Sports Stories ": "Sports Arena"
* "Suicide Squad ": "Suicide Notes"*
* "Sun Devils": "Sunspots"
* "The Super Friends": "Super Fans"
* "Superboy ": "Smallville Mailsack," "Super-Talk"
* "Superman": "Metropolis Mailbag," "Superman the Letter Column"
* "": "Tempered Steel"
* "Superman Family ": "Super Fe-Mail" (Supergirl run)
* "Swamp Thing ": "Swamp Things"
* "Teen Titans": "Tell it to the Titans"
* "Thriller": "Filler"*
* "Vigilante": "Vigilante-grams,"* "You, the Jury"*
* "The Wanderers": "Homing Signals"*
* "Wanted! ": "Wanted! Your Letters!"
* "Weird Worlds": "Weird Words"
* "Welcome Back, Kotter": "Sweat Hog Scratchings!"
* "Wonder Woman ": "Postcripts to Paradise,"* "Wonder Words"
* "World's Finest": "Cape and Cowl Comments," "World's Finest Fanmail"Eclipse Comics
* "
Aztec Ace ": "Vreebs"
* "Crossfire": "Crosstalk"
* "Groo the Wanderer ": "Groo Grams"
* "Mr. Monster ": "Mr. Monster's Scarlet Letters"
* "Sabre": "Crossed Swords"
* "Scout": "Lock 'n' Load"
* "Zot! ": "Zot! Talk"Image Comics
* "
Astro City ": "Greetings from Astro City"
* "The Maxx ": "Maxx Traxx"
* "Powers": "The Line Up"
* "Savage Dragon ": "Fin Addicts" — A play on the term "Fan Addicts," initially applied to the earliest ECfanzine
* "Spawn": "Spawning Ground"Marvel Comics
In the 1990s, some of Marvel's lettercol headers were designed or redesigned by
Todd Klein .Klein, Todd. [http://kleinletters.com/LetteringArchivesTop.html "Klein Lettering Archives." Todd Klein - Lettering - Logos - Design.] Retrieved July 14, 2008.] . They are marked with an ** "
Amazing Adventures ": "Amazing Mails"
* "Amazing Spider-Man": "The Spider’s Web"*
* "Astonishing Tales ": "Mindlocks" (Deathlok run)
* "The Avengers": "Avengers Assemble!"
* "The Black Panther ": "Panther Post Scripts"
* "Cage": "Out of the Cage"
* "Captain America ": "Let's Rap With Cap", "Letters to the Living Legend," "American Graffiti"
* "Captain Savage and His Fighting Leathernecks": "Sound Off to Savage"
* "The Champions": "Cables of Champions"
* "Captain Marvel": "Mail it to Mar-Vell," "Cosmic Comments," "Comic Awareness"
* "Conan the Barbarian": "The Hyborian Page"
* "Daredevil": "Devil’s Advocate," "Let's Level with Daredevil"
* "Doctor Strange ": "Strange Mails"
* "The Defenders": "Defenders Dialogue"
* "The Eternals": "Eternal Utterings"
* "Excalibur": "Sword Strokes"
* "Fantastic Four ": "Baxter Building Bulletins," "Fantastic Forum," "Fantastic Four Fan Page"
* "Ghost Rider": "Ghost Writers"
* "Hollywood Superstars " (Epic Comics): "Show Business"
* "The Human Fly": "Fly Papers"
* "The Incredible Hulk ": "Green Mail," "Green-Skin's Grab-Bag"
* "The Invaders": "Okay, Axis, Here We Come!"
* "Iron Fist": "Iron Fistfuls" (and "Iron Fist-fuls")
* "Iron Man ": "Printed Circuits"
* "Machine Man ": "Machine Mail"
* "Man From Atlantis ": "Out of the Depths"
* "Marvel Fanfare ": "Marvel FanFlair"
* "Marvel Spotlight ": "Spotlight Mail"
* "Marvel Super-Heroes": "Marvel Mailbag"
* "Marvel Team-Up ": "Mail It to Team-Up," "Web-Zingers"*
* "Marvel Two-in-One ": "The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page!"
* "Planet Terry " (Star Comics): "Terry Grams"
* "Master of Kung Fu": "Missives to the Master!"
* "Marvel Age": "Does Anybody Really Have a Favorite Letter Column?" (issue #27), "The Letter Column That Ate New York" (issue #29), "Kurt Busiek and the Letter Column of Doom" (issue #32), "Letters Column of the Month Club" (issue #44)
* "Ms. Marvel ": "Ms. Prints"
* "Namor The Sub-Mariner ": "Alternating Currents"
* "The New Exiles": "TALLUS About It!"
* "Nova": "Nova Newsline!"
* "Omega the Unknown ": "Omega Mail"
* "Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man ": "Peter Parker's Pad," "Spectacular Spider-Mail"
* "Power Man": "Comments to Cage"
* "Power Man and Iron Fist ": "Power/Fistfuls"
* "Professor Xavier and the X-Men": "Thought Patterns"
* "The Punisher": "Punishing Mails"
* "Rocko's Modern Life ": "That's Life"
* "Super-Villain Team-Up ": "Bad Tidings"
* "Rom Spaceknight ": "Space Notes"
* "Sgt. Fury ": "Tell It to Fury"
* "Silver Surfer ": "Cosmic Pipeline"
* "Spider-Man Unlimited ": "Spider-Readers Unlimited"*
* "Spider-Woman ": "Venom Blasts"
* "Sub-Mariner": "Send it to Subby"
* "Super-Villain Team-Up ": "Bad Tidings"
* "The Thing": "The Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Letters Page!" —re-used from "Marvel Two-in-One"
* "Thor": "The Hammer Strikes"
* "Tomb of Dracula ": "Tomes to the Tomb"
* "Silver Surfer ": "Who Speaks for the Surfer"
* "Uncanny X-Men ": "X-Mail"
*"What If": "Why Not"", "What Now?" (said by an exasperatedUatu , already up to his eyes in mail, receiving another bag-full from the postman.)
* "What The--?! ": "What The — Mail?!"
* "X-Men" vol. 2: "X-Pressions"
* "X-Men Unlimited ": "Unlimited X-citement"*Independent and alternative comics
* "
American Flagg! " (First Comics): "PlexMail"
* "Bunny" (Harvey): "Your Letters to Bunny"
* "Cerebus " (Aardvark-Vanaheim): "Aardvark Comment"
* "The Desert Peach " (MU Press/AEON, A Fine Line): "Der Kauz"
* "E-Man " (First): "E-Mail" —notable for its coining the terme-mail before it gained its current meaning
* "Eerie " (Warren): "Dear Cousin Eerie"
* "Elfquest " (WaRP Graphics): "Elf Addressed", "Jink Ink"
* "Gizmo" (Mirage Studios): "Nuts & Bolts!"
* "Jay & Silent Bob" (Oni Press): "The Letters Column That Dare Not Speak Its Name"
* "Just a Pilgrim " (Black Bull): "Just a Lettercolumn"
* "Mad" (EC): "Mad Mumblings"
* "Magnus, Robot Fighter " (Gold Key): "Robot Rostrum"
* "The Maximortal " (King Hell/Tundra): "@#*!"
* "Mighty Heroes " (Archie/Radio Comics): "The Mighty Readers"
* "Mighty Mites " (Eternity): "The Mitey Mail"
* "Minimum Wage" (Fantagraphics): "Minimum Postage"
* "Palooka-ville" (Drawn & Quarterly): "Dear Sir"
* "Poison Elves " (Sirius Entertainment): "Deathreats"
* "The Simpsons" (Bongo Comics): "Junk Mail"
* "The Spirit" (Warren): "The Spirit's Dead Letters"
* "" (Malibu): "Ambassadors"
* "Stray Bullets " (El Capitan): "Lunatic Ravings Of A Group Of People Too Dangerous To Gather In One Room"
* "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures " (Archie): "Turtle Tracks"
* "Unknown Worlds " (American Comics Group): "Kisses and Hisses"
* "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories " (various): "Comics Comments"
* "Walt Disney's Goofy Adventures " (Disney): "Gawrsh! I Got Muh Own Letter Column!"See also
*
Comic book letter column
*Fan mail
*Letter to the editor Notes
References
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070617112411/webpages.csus.edu/~sac53175/headers.htm Rose A. Hill's Letter Column Headers section from her website The Comics Pit (archived via The Wayback Machine).]
* [http://comicbookdb.com The Comic Book Database]
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