microwave weapon and
phase transitions and
quantum mechanics and
tuning microwave weapon and
chemical stacking
Chief (Doom Patrol leader)
Chronos the Time Thief (Atom foe)
classroom chairs analogy, solid-state physics and. See also orchestra chairs analogy
clouds
cobalt
Cockdrum, Dave
Colan, Gene
Colbert, Stephen
Cold War
color
of light
of sun
Colossal Boy
Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
Coma cluster of galaxies
comic books. See also superhero comic books
attacked by politicians
education and
near collapse of, in mid-1950s
origin and early history of
science correct in
synchronicity of ideas in
Western
Comics Code Authority (CCA)
comic strips, early
Communism
composite materials
computers
conduction, thermal. See also convection
conduction oven
conductors, electrical
conservation of energy
Big Bang and
bow and
defined
electrical generation and
First Law of Thermodynamics and
food and
Iron Man’s flight and
photons and quantum jump and
swimming speeds and
conservation of momentum
contact electrification
convection, thermal
convection oven
Conway, Gerry
Cooke, Darwyn
Cosmic Boy
cosmic rays
Cosmic Treadmill
Coulomb, Charles
Coulomb equation
covalent bonds
Crime SuspenStories
Crime Syndicate of America
Crimson Dynamo (Iron Man foe)
“Crisis on Earth-2,”
“Crisis on Earth-X,”
“Crisis on Infinite Earths” (miniseries)
cross-sectional area, strength and
crystalline configuration
phase transition and
quartz vs. glass and
crystalline solid
cube-square law
cuneiform letters
curved geometry theory
Cussler, Ed
Custer, General
Cyclops (Scott Summers)
optic force beams of
Daniels, Les
Danning, Victor (crooked ex-scientist)
Daredevil (Matt Murdock)
Daredevil ,
Dark Age of comic books
dark energy
Dark Knight Strikes Again # 1, The
Dark Matter
Darwin, Charles
Davisson, Clinton
DC Comics
DC: The New Frontier (Cooke)
“Deadly Diamonds of Doom, The” (Atom #15)
death ray
deceleration . See also acceleration
degenerate matter
Delacorte, George
density
black holes and
cube-square law and
fluid, and resistance of
limits of, in planets
micro-world and shrinking
neutron stars and
shrinking and nonconstant
sound waves and
Vision’s control of
water and
white dwarf meteorite and
Depression, Economic
depth, pressure and
Despero (JLA foe)
Detective Comics ,
Detective Comics ,
Detective Fiction Weekly
deuterium nucleus
DeWitt, Bryce
diamagnetic materials
diamond
covalent bonds and
diffraction
dimensions, number of
diodes
direct current (DC)
Discovering the Natural Laws (Rothman)
displacement
distance
conservation of energy and
electrical current and
electric and magnetic fields and
electromagnetic waves and
electrostatics and
forces and motion and
impulse and momentum and
Newton’s law of gravity and
simple harmonic motion and
sound waves and
thermodynamics and
torque and rotation and
distribution syndicates
Ditko, Steve
Doc Savage
Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)
Doctor Light (Atom foe)
dolphin, speed of
domains, magnetism and
“Don’t Laugh at the Comics” (Richard)
“Doom of the Star Diamond” (JLA )
Doom Patrol
Doppler effect
drag forces, friction and resistance and
bubbles in beer and
water and no-slip zone and
Dr. Manhattan (Jon Osterman)
Dr. Strange
DVD players
Earth. See also atmosphere
acceleration due to gravity on
age of
density of
diameter of
gravitational field of
orbit of
orbit of moon and
rotation of
Earths, parallel
changing history through time travel and
Flash and
infinite number of
Justice League of America and
Schrödinger’s Cat and quantum mechanics and
eddy current
Educational Comics
efficiency
conservation of energy and
laws of thermodynamics and entropy and
Egghead (Ant Man foe)
Einstein, Albert . See also relativity
Brownian motion and
quantum of light energy and
elastic material
Elasti-Girl (Rita Farr)
electrical charges or bolts
ability to store and discharge
attraction and repulsion and
defined
electric field and
grounding and
magnetic field and
electrical currents
generation of, and moving magnetic field
generation of, and solar cell
grounding and
magnetic fields and
resistance and
short circuit and
electrical dynamo and power plants
electrical energy, measurement of
electrical field
oscillating, and microwave device
electricity, symmetry between
magnetism and Electro (Max Dillon)
discharging lightning bolts
electric rays like magnets by, to climb building
voltage and grounding and
electromagnet
electromagnetic pulse
electromagnetic radiation
electromagnetic spectrum
measuring temperature using
neon lights and
night-vision goggles and
ultraviolet and infrared ends of
visible light and
electromagnetic waves
brain waves and
broadcasting and
frequency and wavelength of
sun’s generation of
X rays vs. visible light and
electromagnetism
four basic forces and
force of static electricity
light and
superheroes and villains with powers of
problem of glowing hot object and need for quantum mechanics
electron-anti-electron particle pairs
electron beams
electronic devices
electrons. See also atoms; chemical bonds
atomic physics and
Big Bang and
chemical bonds and
compression of, and supernova
degenerate, and low energy quantum states
electromagnetic waves and
electrostatics and
electric current and
internal magnetic field of
light or photon emitted by
magnetism and
material science and chemical bonds and
microwave oven and
quantum theory and discrete energy levels of
quantum theory, Schrödinger equation, and probability and location of
semiconductors vs. metals and insulators and
static electricity and
telephone travel and
transistors and
tunneling phenomena and
electroreceptors
electrostatics
defined
gravity and
metal shaping and
pulmonary surfactant and
Element Lad
elements
synthesis of, in stars
wavelengths of light emitted by
Elkins (Atom foe)
Elongated Man
energy. See also conservation of energy; kinetic energy; potential energy; and specific types
Big Bang and
defined
efficiency and
electro magnetic pulsed energy weapons
E=mc2 and
fluid mechanics and laminar flow, and no-slip zone
food and
Iron Man’s need for
kinetic vs. potential
phase transitions and
quantum physics, Planck’s constant and discrete levels of, for electrons
solar, and plants
thermodynamics and
waste heat and
energy density
energy gap
Entertaining Comics (EC)
entropy
erg, unit of energy
escape velocity
Euler, Leonhard
evaporation
evaporation cooling
Everett, Bill
Everett, Hugh
evolution
eyes. See also vision
Famous Studios
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four,
Fantastic Four ,
Fantastic Four ,
Fantastic Four ,
Fantastic Four,
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four,
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four,
Fantastic Four ,
Fantastic Four ,
Fantastic Four Annual ,
Fantastic Voyage (Asimov)
Fantastic Voyage (film)
Fantastic Voyage II (Asimov)
Faraday, Michael
Faraday’s Law
Fawcett Publications
Fermi, Enrico
Ferro Lad
ferromagnetic materials
Fielding, Henry
Fin Fang Foom (foe)
fish
swim bladder
telepathy and
Flash (Barry Allen, Wally West)
anti-vortex created by
aura of
Bernoulli effect and
bomb launched by
breathing of
bullets caught by
contact electrification and
costume of
death of
electrical power generated by
food and energy needs of
friction and heat and
Golden Age Flash visited by
origin of
parallel worlds and
reintroduction of
running near speed of light and
running on surface of ocean
running up side of building
shock front created by
solid barriers passed through by
sonic boom created by
sound, hearing, and pitch and
speed of
speed of, and not burning up
static charge, friction, and magnetic fields and
Superman vs.
time travel and
turned into marionette by Abra Kadabra
vibration by, to escape from blocks of ice
vortex created by, to slow objects or levitate crook
Flash (Jay Garrick, Golden Age)
tunneling and
Flash (Golden Age)
Flash (Vol. 2)
Flash ,
Flash,
Flash,
Flash ,
Flash,
Flash
Flash
Flash ,
Flash ,
Flash,
Flash,
Flash (Vol. 2)
Flash (Vol. 2)
“Flash of Two Worlds,”
Fleischer, Studios
floating
fluid mechanics
fluids, resistance of
flying
Angel and
birds and
cars and
Superman and
food, energy provided by
force. See also electromagnetism; energy; gravity
angular momentum and
atomic and chemical
centripetal acceleration and
cube-square law and
due to gravity
electric field and
electromagnetism and
electrons and atoms and quantum mechanics and
electrostatics and
fluid mechanics and
four basic, defined
friction and
impulse and momentum and
magnetic field and
motion and
needed to deflect bullet
Newton’s law of gravity and Coulomb’s expression and
per unit area (pressure)
simple harmonic motion and
thermodynamics and
torque and rotation and
work and conservation of energy and
force fields, invisible
Fox, Gardner
freeze ray gun
frequency
electromagnetic waves and
pendulum and
sound waves and
friction
drag and sound and
electrostatics and
force and motion and
fulcrum
Full, Robert
Funnies on Parade
G-8 and His Battle Aces
Gaines, Maxwell C. (M.C.)
Gaines, William
Galactus (cosmic menace)
galaxies
Galileo
gamma rays
gases
exchange, in lungs
phase transition and
gas giants
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
gecko lizard
genetic manipulation
geology
Germanium
Germer, Lester
Giant-Man (Henry Pym) . See also Ant Man; Goliath
bones of
stability of
Whirlwind vs.
Gibbons, Dave
Gladiator (Marvel Comics hero)
glass
compression underwater
quartz vs.
stained
glow curve of hot object
Golden Age of comic books
Goodman, Martin
Googam (villain)
Gordon, Flash
Gormuu (Fantastic Four foe)
Graham, Neill
grandfather paradox
graphite
&n
bsp; Graviton (Avenger foe)
gravity
core of large planet or star and
Earth’s vs. Krypton’s
electrostatics and
force and motion and
magnetic repulsion counteracting
missing mass in universe and
Newton’s law of
nuclear fusion in sun and
pendulum and
planets and moons and
potential energy and
quantum theory and
Greek Fire
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
archery equipment of
Silver Age
Green Goblin (Spider-Man foe)
Green Lantern ,
Green Lantern
Golden vs. Silver Age
Iron Man and
moon on string and
origin of
reinvention of, in
yellow ring of
Greer, Alex (Superman foe)
Grey, Jean (X Men)
grounding
gyroscopes
Hale, Nathan
halflife
Halflife (Avenger foe)
Hawkeye
Hawkgirl
Hawking, Stephen
Hawkman
hearing
Ant Man and
Atom and
Superman and
Hearst, William Randolph
heat
flow of. See thermodynamics
light and
heat ray
heat vision
Heck, Don
height
cube-square law and
force and motion and
Heisenberg, Werner
helicopters
helium
nucleus, mass of
hematite
hemoglobin
Hex, Jonah (Western hero)
High Field Magnetic Laboratory (University of Nijmegen)
Hijacker (Ant Man foe)
Hourman (Rex Tyler)
Hulk (Bruce Banner)
battle with Iron Man
costumes of
lifting buildings
origin of
skin of
strength of, and adrenaline
Human Top (Dave Cannon). See Whirlwind
Human Torch
Hyatt, Alpheus V. (physics professor)
hybrid-engine technology
hydrogen
hydrogen bomb
hydropower
hypnosis
hypnotic ray
“I, the Iceman,”
Iceman (Bobby Drake)
freeze rays of
ice slides and ladders of
icy covering of
impulse and momentum
angular momentum and
Conservation of Linear Momentum and
impurity
electric light and
semiconductors and
impurity ions
Incredibles, The
inertial guidance systems
Infantino, Carmine
infrared radiation
insulators
thermal
Invisible Woman (Sue Storm, Susan Richards)
ions
iron
magnetism and
melting weapon
Iron Man (Tony Stark, Shellhead)
costume of
flying by
Melter foe of
Melter’s weapon vs.
origin of
repulsor and reverse magnetism rays of
shrapnel-damaged heart of