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I post interesting/fun uses of physics and astronomy from the world of comics #comics #physics #astronomy 🇨🇦

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · May 27

The 1969 moon landing as depicted in Fantastic Four #98 (1970)
#apollo11 #fantasticfour #marvelcomics

Two panels showing the 1969 moon landing. In the first, Neil Armstrong is coming down the ladder of the Lunar Module, saying “That’s one small step for man…” and in the second, we see his foot from above as it touches the lunar surface. He continues “…One giant leap for mankind!” At the bottom of the panel in large letters is written “The Beginning ..”

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Max the comics guy who does comics about comics @waitingforthetrade.bsky.social · 8h

Rick Jones coined the term in Peter David’s Captain Marvel run.

Gwenpool: Hey, fellow fourth wall breaking lady! Break any fourth walls recently?
She-Hulk: Technically speaking it’s one of my superpowers. “Comics awareness.” get it, it’s a play on cosmic awareness. It’s the ability to process fundamental knowledge of workings of the universe and translate said knowledge in a way the human mind can comprehend without shattering.
Gwenpool: ooh, metaphysics-y.
She-Hulk: It’s mostly to make the science types happy. They get uncomfortable when things get too…”fun.”

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 13h

Nice comic about why there's so much symmetry in nature by Laura Jeanty & Page Biersdorff on @crucialcomix.bsky.social #sciart

Full comic: www.crucialcomix.com/comic/symmet...

Comic page showing examples of symmetry in nature e.g. honeycombs, bilateral symmetry in beetles, rotational symmetry of galaxies. Does this exist at the scale of the universe, atoms or fundamental particles?

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 21h

Susan Kare talks about this at about minute 15 in this video, really worth watching

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 1d

I too derive my powers from the stellar energies :) — Arion, Lord of Atlantis #4 (1983) #dccomics

A close up on the bowed head of Arion is in the foreground. He is shackled to the wall. Garn Daanuth stands in the background, speaking. “You may thank your own alchemists for the shackles, Arion. The metal is called ORACHULUM, resistant to ANY form of sorcery… not that you can summon much of it here in your own city’s deepest dungeon. Myself, I have always PREFERRED the darkness, and gathered strength from it — a pity that YOU, as Lord of Light, must ever derive your power from the STELLAR ENERGIES. ‘Twould seem that your future here is rather … DIM.”

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 2d

“Consider - relativistic physics!” — Captain Atom #1 (1987) #captainatom #dccomics #spacetime

General Eiling, inset at the top left, says “Tell me HOW, Megala…” The scientist Megala is pictured in the main panel, body encased in a robotic wheelchair with robot arms. Multiple wires connect from the chair to his head. Raising one arm in the air he haltingly replies, “HOW does a man presumed ‘VAPORIZED’ 18 years ago melt his way up through 1000 feet of solid rock to say ‘He’s been trying to reach us since yesterday?’ Consider — relativistic PHYSICS! Einstein showed us that — SPACE and TIME —are INSEPARABLY connected — to form a — fourth dimensional continuum — we call SPACE-TIME. Although this — intangible realm — is IMPERCEPTIBLE to OUR senses — it EXISTS — nonetheless. It can be TRAVERSED! I believe the 1968 blast — ‘BUMPED’ your Captain Adam — headlong through the FOURTH DIMENSION!”

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 3d

Fantastic Four Annual #19 (1985) #SheHulkSunday

Cropped in on the head and shoulders of She-Hulk in her Fantastic Four outfit. Looking around, she says “WOW! What a planet! George Lucas eat your heart out!”

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ComicsGuy67 @comicsguy67.bsky.social · 5d

Love:

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 5d

I love how Steve Ditko uses atomic symbols to represent the Sun's interior here. This wouldn't work for a more reality-based artist, but the symbols mesh perfectly with Ditko's use of simple shapes and patterns to indicate magical spells. Fantastic stuff!
#comics #SteveDitko

A scene from Strange Tales #134 by Steve Ditko. Dr Strange flies into the sun to evade Baron Mordo, who is forced to retreat.

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 6d

What it feels like to travel through time —Tales of Suspense #3 (1950) #marvelcomics #timetravel

A disembodied magenta head floats sideways in a pink background filled with purple planets. A caption at the top of the panel reads “There was a soft noise of initial hydraulic workings... Followed by a shrill whir-- as Ashley Hunt started to lose consciousness-- as he began to feel light, warm and expansive --stretching out and up until he was no longer a separate entity-- until he melted into and became one with infinite SPACE and TIME...”

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 7d

L.E.G.I.O.N. #11 (1990) #dccomics

A close up on Garryn Bek, interior walls of his space ship pictured behind him. He says “Okay, let’s run over it again.” “Planet RISHTA. Only world in the Cerox system. Dozen large cities. Technology based on the internal combustion engine.” “Yuk! Disgusting!”

Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 8d

A rocket ship makes a hard landing in Mystery in Space #60 (1960) #dccomics

A colourful green and red rocket ship is touching down on the grey surface of a planet. There are several craters and fissures in the surface with steam or some other vapours coming out. The ship is coming in fast and lands with a CRUNNCH!

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Tommy Siegel @tommysiegel.bsky.social · 9d

been there, astronaut.

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 9d

Adam Strange goes shopping for a Wimshurst machine, a device invented in the late 19th century to generate high voltages — Mystery in Space #70 (1961) #staticelectricity #physics #dccomics

Adam Strange is in the foreground, looking back at a device with a circular spoked disk that can be turned with a handle surrounded by various wires. A shop assistant looks on in the background. He thinks to himself “Anyone who has rubbed the fur of a cat — or glass on silk— or heard a crackling sound when he combed his hair — has created STATIC ELECTRICITY! This WIMSHURST MACHINE will generate all the static electricity I’ll need!”

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 10d

There’s a fascinating article in the latest New Scientist about current efforts to make sense of Black Holes. I mean, I can’t pretend to grasp anymore than an infinitesimal amount of it, but it’s enthralling all the same. And I do like the art 👇👇 👇(very) broadly summarising some of the fresh ideas.

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 10d

A TV, a radio, a cassette player, and a computer. A TV, a radio.. are you getting it?

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 10d

I think this could work for scientific talks too

Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 10d

It’s really cool to see this! I’m wondering how this works with heavy bike traffic - seems like bikes waiting on the red light will block the bike lane going through on green? (in the video it looks like the person in the orange jacket didn’t notice the cyclist coming through from the left)

Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 10d

Wishing you a Happy #SheHulkSunday ! — She-Hulk generates a shock wave in Marvel Graphic Novel #16 (1985) #marvelcomics

She-Hulk mid-punch, with the other arm flung out behind her, launching herself at her target. The impact of her fist has generated what looks like a shock wave filled with a bright flash of white and yellow energy.

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 10d

Wow, that’s an amazing sequence where you eat up all the 7th rank pawns :)

Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 11d

Right, of course, that makes sense! When I first saw this I thought -400 was too low even for F, but you’re right it works! So this is pretty close to absolute zero ..

Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve just started reading it for the first time, it’s so good!

Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 11d

Starman accidentally causes a sonic BOOM! — Starman #2 (1988) #dccomics

Left panel: As a voice says “Hi, Jayne!”, a massive “BOOM” and jets of wind. Starman’s sister Jayne has been flung sideways, her hands to her ears and hat blown off.
Middle panel: Starman lands, surprised to find the dog growling at him. He says “Sorry, I overshot! Easy, Muggs! What’s with him? What happened?” Jayne asks “You don’t know?”
Right panel: To Starman’s “Should I?” as he helps her up off the ground, Jayne replies “You were SUPERSONIC when you flew by! My ears are still ringing! How can you BREATHE when you’re going that fast?” “I don’t know, I haven’t thought about it.” “Well think about it next time, ok?”

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Jackie Burns @artistburns.bsky.social · 11d

Today’s prompt is Moon. This is from my Vintage Portfolio and shows a Bonestell-type of rocket, with astronauts, on a lunar landscape. The landscape is based on an Apollo 15 photograph. Painted in acrylic on stretched canvas. #Spacetober #Moon #art #Sciart

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 11d

The #Spacetober_challenge @spacetober_challenge day 4 prompt is moon so I’m sharing my Theia #linocut about the formation of our moon. 🧪🐡🔭⚒️ This 6 colour hand printed linocut print illustrates the formation of the Moon in a comic book influenced pop art style. The favoured model of Moon formation 🧵

My 6 colour linocut showing collision of Theia (here a large cratered purple sphere, only half of which remains) with the proto-Earth (swirling blue and white sphere) in a comic book Pop Art influenced style. There are zigzagging orange, yellow and white shapes like a comic book explosion at the impact site and projectiles splashing up. Theia is shown moving with wide yellow and blue stripes and the word “BANG!” In red with darkest blue outlines. The bodies are on an extremely dark blue background and in the bottom left corner is a yellow rectangle (or trapezoid) with text “4.5 Billion years ago”.

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Comic Book Physics @comicbookphysics.bsky.social · 12d

I guess so :) sounds pretty cold whatever it is ..