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The Periodic Table of Comic Book Elements

Posted by chrisd on from the he's-looking-au-kid dept.

Ender, Duke_of_URL brought this Periodic Table of Elements to our attention. Of course adamantium is missing, and chemical X doesn't belong in a table of the elements of the comic book universe, it's mostly a collection of golden age and later comics. Modern comics are sorely underrepresented, unfortunately.

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  1. Already down.... by Linuxthess · · Score: 4, Informative
    But thanks to Google you can at least see a snapshot here

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  2. thank-god for archive.org by AnimeFreak · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://web.archive.org/web/20020124031915/http://w ww.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

    Enjoy the mirror!

  3. adamantium by gam · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry to geek everyone out, but I believe that 'adamantium' -- was actually a super-strong alloy, not an element. Sort of like steel isn't an element.

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  4. What? No Kryptonite?! by Ryu2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seems like it's a periodic table of REAL elements with references to where they are used in comics... not imaginary elements that exist in comics only.

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  5. Not bad. but... by BrokenHalo · · Score: 3, Informative

    here is a periodic table that IMHO is way cooler :-)

  6. Re:what about by Sancho · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to the X-Men universe, Adamantium is not an element. Rather it's an alloy. Which is, of course, absurd, since a real alloy will not be stronger than the elements it's composed of. But hey, it's a comic book :)

  7. A SciFi Periodic Table by caesar-auf-nihil · · Score: 5, Informative

    While I enjoyed this Periodic table, I found this one to be much better:

    http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/periodictable.ht ml

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  8. Also... by Inexile2002 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Elements don't have an inherent strength, carbon as graphite and carbon as diamond as an example. Part of the reason an alloy CAN be stronger than a common form of element is that atomic bond potentials can be optimized. More bonds, and more stable bonds - stronger material.

  9. Google caches no pictures!! Try archive.org... by Mr.+Jaggers · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...right here.

    Like DUH... It's the periodic table of COMIC BOOK elements, not the table of neato text adventure elements!! Comics are all about the illustration!

    Hmm... on second thought... an ANSI/text periodic table from text adventures like zork, hitchhikers guide and nethack or rogue might be interesting...

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