User:Mikeross22/Sandbox/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:

Archie Comics

The Adventures of Little Archie: "Little Archie's Mail Board"
The Adventures of the Fly: "On the Fly"
The Adventures of the Jaguar: "The Jaguar's Lair"
Archie: "Archie Club News," "A-Files," and "Hey Guys!"
Archie's Weird Mysteries: "Sightings"
Betty: "Dear Betty"
Betty and Veronica: "Dear Betty & Veronica"
Mighty Heroes (Archie/Radio Comics): "The Mighty Readers"
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (Archie): "Turtle Tracks"

Charlton Comics

Beyond the Grave: "Letters from the Underground"
Billy the Kid: "The Deputy Sheriff's Corner"
Fightin' Army: "Weapons, Wars, and Wisdom" — letters answered by "General Knowett"
Ghostly Haunts: "Winnie Witch's Mail"
Midnight Tales: "Midnight Mails"

Dark Horse Comics

300: "Slings & Arrows"
Aliens/Predator: Deadliest of the Species: "Snikts & Stones"
Aliens vs. Predator: War: "Fresh Tracks"
Aliens: Colonial Marines: "Earth Correspondence"
Aliens: Genocide: "Bug Hunt"
Aliens: Labyrinth: "Bug Hunt"
Aliens: Rogue : "Bug Hunt"
Aliens: Stronghold: "Bug Hunt"
B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine: "Hellmail"
Concrete: "Think Like a Mountain"
John Byrne's Next Men: "A Flame About This High"
Nexus: "What It Is"
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.^[1] They are marked with an *

Action Comics: "Re: Action,"* "Superman in Action," "Where the Action Is," "Action Reaction"
Adventure Comics: "Dateline: Adventure"
- Adventure Comics starring Superboy: "Smallville Mailsack"
- Adventure Comics starring Supergirl: "Super Fe-Mail"
The Adventures of Superman: "Kryptograms," "Superman: The Letter Column II"
All-American Men of War: "Combat Corner," "Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner," "Readers-Sound Off!"
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"
Angel Love: "From the Drawing Board"
Animal Man: "Animal Writes"*
Aquaman: "Your Wish Granted!", "More About Your Letters," "The Floodgates Are Open!", "It's a Deluge!", "Down to the Wire," "Aqua-Mail," "The Pen is Mightier than the Swordfish," and "Ebb & Flow"
Arion: Lord of Atlantis: "Spellbound Scrolls"*
Atari Force: "Force Feedback"
Azrael: "Azrael" and "Az You Like It"
Batgirl: "Silent Letters"
Batman: "Letters to the Batcave," "Letters to the Batman," "Bat Signals"
Batman and The Outsiders: "Inside the Outsiders"
The Batman Chronicles: "The Batman Chronicles"
Batman: Dark Victory: "Dark Victory"
Batman Family: "Batmail Family"
Batman: Gotham Adventures: "Batman Gotham Adventures"
Batman: Gotham Knights: "Batman Gotham Knights"
The Batman Strikes: "Let the Mail Begin!"
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight: "Legends of the Dark Knight"
Batman: The Long Halloween: "The Long Halloween"
Batman: Shadow of the Bat: "Shadowlines"
Battle Chasers (also later published by Image Comics): "Battle Cries"
Birds of Prey: "Words of Prey"
Black Lightning: "Lightning Bolts"
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: "Batman's Brave and the Bold Mailbag," "Brave & Bold Mailbag"
Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew: "Lettuce Page!" — accompanied by a picture of Captain Carrot preparing a salad made up of letters
Captain Atom: "Quantum Quotes"*
Challengers of the Unknown limited series: "Address Unknown"—title suggested by letterhack Dale L. Coe^[2]
Claw the Unconquered: "Of Swordsmen and Sorcerers"
Creeper: "Crazy Talk"*
Danger Trail: "Danger Trail Junction"
Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love: "Through The Keyhole of the Dark Mansion"
Darkstars: "Thanagrams"
DC 100 Page Super Spectacular: "A Look Through the Super Spectacles"
DC Comics Presents: "Pair Mail"
Demon: "The Hell You Say"*
Detective Comics: "Batman's Hot-Line," "Detective Comments"
Doom Patrol: "Doom Sayers"
Doorway to Nightmare: "Tarot Readings"
El Diablo: "Deal with the Devil"
The Flash: "Flash-Grams," "Fleet Sheet,"* "Speed Reading"
Four Star Spectacular: "Four-Thought"
The Fury of Firestorm: "Nuclear Reactions"
Green Arrow vol. 2: "Sherwood Forum"* — title suggested by reader John Kent of New York City^[3]
Green Lantern: "Green Lantern's Mail Chute," "Letters by Lantern's Light"
Hawkman: "Pinions"*, "Words of Prey"
House of Mystery: "Cain's Mail Room," "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 showed J'onn J'onzz bracing himself against a giant pile of toplling mail
Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth: "The Time Capsule"
Karate Kid: "Karate Comments"
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"*
Our Army at War: "Combat Corner"
Our Fighting Forces: "Mail Call"
Plop!: "Plop Drop"
Preacher: "Gone to Texas"
The Question: "The Answer"
Real Fact Comics: "You Tell Us"
Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter: "The Dojo"
Sandman: "Letters in the Sand"*
Secret Origins: "Secret Admirers"*
Secrets of Haunted House: "The Haunted Mailbox"
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"
Super-Team Family: "Team Talk"
Superboy: "Smallville Mailsack," "Super-Talk"
Supergirl: "Super Fe-Mail"
Superman: "Metropolis Mailbag," "Superman: The Letter Column"
Superman: The Man of Steel: "Tempered Steel"
Superman Family: "Super Fe-Mail" (Supergirl run)
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen: "Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals"
Swamp Thing: "Swamp Things"
Tarzan: "The Dum-Dum"
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"

First Comics

American Flagg!: "PlexMail"
Badger: "Dear Larry"
E-Man: "E-Mail" —notable for its coining the term e-mail before it gained its current meaning
Jon Sable: Freelance: "Freelance Writing"

Image Comics

Age of Bronze: "Linear B"
The Astounding Wolf-Man: "Fang-Mail"
Astro City: "Greetings from Astro City"
Big Bang Comics: "Big Bang Theories"
The Maxx: "Maxx Traxx"
Powers: "The Line Up"
Savage Dragon: "Fin Addicts" — A play on the term "Fan Addicts," initially applied to the earliest EC fanzine
Spawn: "Spawning Ground"

Marvel Comics

In the 1990s, some of Marvel's lettercol headers were designed or redesigned by Todd Klein.^[1] They are marked with an *

2001: A Space Odyssey: "Monolith Mail"
ALF (Star Comics): "Melmac Mail Sack"
Alpha Flight: "Alpha Waves"
Amazing Adventures: "Amazing Mails" and "War of the Words!"
Amazing Spider-Girl: "Mayday's Mailbox"
Amazing Spider-Man: "The Spider’s Web"* and "The Amazing Spider-Mail"
Astonishing Tales: "Mindlocks" (Deathlok run)
The Avengers: "Avengers Assemble!"
Avengers Spotlight: "Single File"
Avengers West Coast: "West Coast-Lines"
Beavis and Butt-head: "Butt-Mail"
Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book: "Hey Bill & Ted!"
Black Goliath: "Greetings from Goliath"
The Black Panther: "Panther Post Scripts" and "Wakanda Mail We Get"
Cage: "Out of the Cage"
Captain America: "Let's Rap With Cap", "Letters to the Living Legend," "American Graffiti"
Captain Marvel: "Mail it to Mar-Vell," "Cosmic Comments," "Comic Awareness"
Captain Savage and His Fighting Leathernecks: "Sound Off to Savage"
The Champions: "Cables of Champions"
Combat Kelly and the Deadly Dozen: "Sound Off to Kelly!"
Conan the Barbarian: "The Hyborian Page"
Daredevil: "Devil’s Advocate," "Let's Level with Daredevil"
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (Curtis Magazines): "Enter the Letters"
Doctor Strange: "Strange Mails"
Doc Savage (Curtis Magazines): "Mail of Bronze"
The Defenders: "Defenders Dialogue"
Dracula Lives! (Curtis Magazines): "Dracula Reads!"
The Eternals: "Eternal Utterings"
Excalibur: "Sword Strokes"
Fantastic Four: "Baxter Building Bulletins," "Fantastic Forum," "Fantastic Four Fan Page"
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Mail"
Ghost Rider: "Ghost Writers"
Godzilla, King of the Monsters: "Godzilla-Grams"
Hollywood Superstars (Epic Comics): "Show Business"
The Human Fly: "Fly Papers"
The Incredible Hulk: "Green Mail," "Green-Skin's Grab-Bag," "Gray Matter"
The Invaders: "Okay, Axis, Here We Come!"
Iron Fist: "Iron Fistfuls" (and "Iron Fist-fuls")
Iron Man: "Printed Circuits"
Ka-Zar: "Comments to Ka-Zar (and Zabu)"
Kull the Conqueror: "The Thurian Chronicles"
Machine Man: "Machine Mail"
Man From Atlantis: "Out of the Depths"
Marvel Fanfare: "Marvel FanFlair"
Marvel Feature presents... Red Sonja: "The She-Devil and the Scribes"
Marvel Premiere: "First Class Mail"
Marvel Presents: "Readers' Space"
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!"
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)
Micronauts: "Micromails"
Ms. Marvel: "Ms. Prints"
The 'Nam: "Incoming"
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"
Planet Terry (Star Comics): "Terry Grams"
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"
Rom Spaceknight: "Space Notes"
The Sensational She-Hulk: "Gamma Gamma Hey"
Sgt. Fury: "Tell It to Fury"
Silver Surfer: "Cosmic Pipeline"
Son of Satan: "Hellstrom's Chronicles"
Spider-Man: "CrawlSpace"
Spider-Man Unlimited: "Spider-Readers Unlimited"*
Spider-Woman: "Venom Blasts"
Super-Villain Team-Up: "Bad Tidings"
Supernatural Thrillers: "Thriller Fillers"
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"
Vision and the Scarlet Witch vol. 2: "The Vision and the Scarlet Witch Letters Page," "Deliveries" (with the final issue, #12)
What If: "Why Not"", "What Now?" (said by an exasperated Uatu, already up to his eyes in mail, receiving another bag-full from the postman.)
What The--?!: "What The — Mail?!"
Wolverine: "Cutting Edge"
X-Men vol. 2: "X-Pressions"
X-Men Unlimited: "Unlimited X-citement"*

Golden Age, independent, and alternative comics

2000 AD (IPC): "Nerve Centre"
Ace Comics (David McKay Publications): "Young Reporter"
Aces High (Gemstone): "Prop Wash"
Adam and Eve A.D. (Bam Productions): "Garden of Letters"
Adventures Into the Unknown (American Comics Group): "Let's Talk It Over!"
Akiko (Sirius Entertainment): "Letters to Akiko"
Alien Worlds (Pacific Comics): "Stratospheric Scribblings"
Alvin & The Chipmunks: "And We Get Letters..."
Angel: After the Fall (IDW): "The Powers That Read"
Angel: The Curse (IDW): "Post-Mortem"
Animerica Extra (Viz): "Extra's Minions' Opinions"
Arcana (Wells & Clark): "Notes to Pussyfoot"
Army Surplus Komikz Featuring Cutey Bunny (Joshua Quagmire Enterprises): "Quagmire Quomments"
Associated Student Bodies (Arclight Press): "Letters From Home"
Athena (A.M. Works): "Noise Maker"
Bamse (Egmont Serieforlaget AS): "Bamse Brevside"
Bartman (Bongo): "Bartmail"
Big Boy Magazine (YOE Studio): "Big Letters from Our Readers"
Billy West (Standard): "The Letter Box"
Bunny (Harvey): "Your Letters to Bunny"
Cerebus (Aardvark-Vanaheim): "Aardvark Comment"
The Desert Peach (MU Press/AEON, A Fine Line): "Der Kauz"
Eerie (Warren): "Dear Cousin Eerie"
Elfquest (WaRP Graphics): "Quests and Answers", "Elf Addressed", "Jink Ink"
Gizmo (Mirage Studios): "Nuts & Bolts!"
The Haunt of Fear (EC): "The Old Witch's Niche"
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 Mites (Eternity): "The Mitey Mail"
Minimum Wage (Fantagraphics): "Minimum Postage"
Palooka-ville (Drawn & Quarterly): "Dear Sir"
Poison Elves (Sirius Entertainment): "Deathreats"
Samurai Penguin (Slave Labor Graphics): "Polar Post"
The Simpsons (Bongo Comics): "Junk Mail"
The Spirit (Warren): "The Spirit's Dead Letters"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Malibu): "Ambassadors"
Stray Bullets (El Capitan): "Lunatic Ravings Of A Group Of People Too Dangerous To Gather In One Room"
Unknown Worlds (American Comics Group): "Kisses and Hisses"
The Vault of Horror (EC): "The Vault-Keeper's Corner"
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (various): "Comics Comments"
Walt Disney's Goofy Adventures (Disney): "Gawrsh! I Got Muh Own Letter Column!"

Notes

^ ^a ^b Klein, Todd. "Klein Lettering Archives." Todd Klein - Lettering - Logos - Design. Retrieved July 12, 2008. Cite error: The named reference "klein" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ "Address Unknown," Challengers of the Unknown #4 (June 1991).
^ Blaschke, Jayme Lynn. "Green Arrow (Series 1)," The Unofficial Green Arrow Shrine. Retrieved July 11, 2008.

References

[klein-1] Klein, Todd. "Klein Lettering Archives." Todd Klein - Lettering - Logos - Design. Retrieved July 12, 2008. Cite error: The named reference "klein" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[2] "Address Unknown," Challengers of the Unknown #4 (June 1991).

[3] Blaschke, Jayme Lynn. "Green Arrow (Series 1)," The Unofficial Green Arrow Shrine. Retrieved July 11, 2008.

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