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Over at Marvel, smoking is a big no-no in the comics, even though their primary audience is mostly 50-year-olds But DC has less stringent rules, which is how we end up with Commissioner Nightwing extolling the virtues of pipe-smoking in this preview of Batman Catwoman #8, in stores on Tuesday from DC Comics Check out[...]

Is this a preview of Justice League Dark #21, or one of those preachy anti-smoking ads?   The preview begins with a flashback A flashback with naughty smoking Of a cigarette! And look at the consequences! Meanwhile, Zatanna chills with John Constantine, another filthy smoker. They're looking through the rot The rot of lung cancer? To get there, they need a[...]

You know, all the children who pay… *checks notes*… $9.99 for a comic book, see their hero, Lois Lane, smoking a cigarette, and immediately go out and, presumably, rob a liquor store to get their hands on some smokes because they're nearly impossible to buy these days, almost as expensive as comic books. Is Lois Lane[...]

It was a rough time for long-time Marvel Universe smokers like Nick Fury and Wolverine when Joe Quesada banned smoking from Marvel Comics, under the premise that would negatively influence the *checks notes* mostly middle-aged readers of superhero comics since Marvel and DC do nothing to successfully market their comics to actual children, who wouldn't[...]

Sex Death Revolution, the new comic by Magdalene Visaggio and Becca Farrow, which is debuting this week, by the way, may shock you with its content. The

When Joe Quesada became Editor-In-Chief, one of his edicts was to stop characters from smoking His father had died of lung cancer, he didn't want to encourage imitative behaviour in children Initially restricted to asking editorial not to have main character smoke, then to artists asking them from refraining from using cigarettes as a prop,[...]