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The {{cite comic{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}} template generates a citation for a comic book, web comic, or comic strip in a consistent and legible manner. As with other citation templates, this template can be used either in a footnote (between <ref>...</ref> tags) or in a section that lists sources.

Usage

This section covers the most commonly used parameters. You can copy the horizontal form or vertical form below and then add in extra parameters from the full list. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Unused parameters may be deleted to avoid clutter in the edit window. Spacing and ordering of the parameters within the template is irrelevant and does not affect the final, rendered text. Piped wikilinks are acceptable. Only one of |title= or |strip= can be used, and will affect how the template renders; see below for examples.

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

Full citation of a comic book with one creator {{ cite comic | cartoonist = | story = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | volume = | issue = | date = '''REQUIRED'''| publisher = | location = | page = | panel = | id =}} For a comic book with a writer and separate artist performing both pencilling and inking duties {{ cite comic| writer = | artist = | story = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | volume = | issue = | date = '''REQUIRED''' | publisher = | location = | page = | panel = | id =}} For a comic book with separate creators {{ cite comic | writer = | penciller = | inker = | colorist = | letterer = | editor = | story = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | volume = | issue = | date = '''REQUIRED'''| publisher = | location = | page = | panel = | id =}} For a citation involving multiple creators, for example due to a story arc crossing over into other series {{cite comic | cartoonist = | strip = '''REQUIRED''' | paper = | location = | date = '''REQUIRED''' | supplement = | syndicate = '''REQUIRED''' | page = | panel = | id = }} For a comic strip with one creator {{cite comic | cartoonist = | strip = '''REQUIRED''' | paper = | location = | date = '''REQUIRED''' | supplement = | syndicate = '''REQUIRED''' | page = | panel = | id = }} For a comic strip with a writer and separate artist {{cite comic | writer = | artist = | strip = '''REQUIRED''' | paper = | location | date = '''REQUIRED''' | supplement = | syndicate = '''REQUIRED''' | page = | panel = | id = }} For a comic strip with multiple creators {{cite comic | writer = | cowriters = | artist = | coartists = | strip = '''REQUIRED''' | paper = | location = | date = '''REQUIRED''' | supplement = | syndicate = '''REQUIRED''' | page = | panel = | id = }}

Most commonly used parameters in vertical format

{{ cite comic | writer = | penciller = | inker = | colorist = | letterer = | editor = | story = | title = '''REQUIRED''' | volume = | issue = | date = '''REQUIRED''' | publisher = | location = | page = | panel = | id = }}

Commonly used comic strip parameters in vertical format

{{cite comic | writer = | artist = | strip = '''REQUIRED''' | paper = | location = | date = '''REQUIRED''' | supplement = | syndicate = '''REQUIRED''' | page = | panel = | id = }}

Full parameter set in horizontal format

{{cite comic | cartoonist = | artist = | coartists = | writer = | cowriters = | penciller = | copencillers = | inker = | coinkers = | colorist = | letterer = | title = | strip = | format = | story = | paper = | location = | date = | supplement = | syndicate = | volume = | issue = | page = | panel = | ID = | publisher = | url = | access-date = | archive-url = | archive-date = | url-status = | ref =}}

Examples

Full citation of a comic book

For example, citing the second panel of the third page of The Fantastic Four issue 1:

• {{ cite comic | writer=[[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]] | penciller=[[Jack Kirby|Kirby, Jack]] | inker=[[Christopher Rule|Rule, Christopher]] | colorist=[[Stan Goldberg|Goldberg, Stan]] | letterer=[[Art Simek|Simek, Art]] | editor=Lee, Stan | story=The Fantastic Four! | title=[[The Fantastic Four]] | volume=1 | issue=1 | date=November 1961 | publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | location=[[New York, NY]] | page=3 | panel=2 }}
• Lee, Stan (w), Kirby, Jack (p), Rule, Christopher (i), Goldberg, Stan (col), Simek, Art (let), Lee, Stan (ed). "The Fantastic Four!" The Fantastic Four, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 3/2 (November 1961). New York, NY: Marvel Comics.

Citation of a story in a multi story issue

For example, the first chapter of Zenith:

• {{ cite comic | writer=[[Grant Morrison|Morrison, Grant]] | artist=[[Steve Yeowell|Yeowell, Steve]] | story=Zenith - Prologue: Ground Zero | title=[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]] | volume=1 | issue=535 | date=August 15, 1987 | publisher=[[Fleetway|Fleetway Publications Ltd]] | location=[[London, UK]] |page=1–5 }}
• Morrison, Grant (w), Yeowell, Steve (a). "Zenith - Prologue: Ground Zero" 2000 AD, vol. 1, no. 535, p. 1–5 (August 15, 1987). London, UK: Fleetway Publications Ltd.

A citation of a work with one author

For example, the first issue of Bone:

• {{ cite comic | cartoonist=[[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Smith, Jeff]] | story=The Map | title=[[Bone (comics)|Bone]] | volume=1 | issue=1 | date=July 1991 | publisher=[[Cartoon Books]] | location=[[Columbus, OH]] }}
• Smith, Jeff (w, a). "The Map" Bone, vol. 1, no. 1 (July 1991). Columbus, OH: Cartoon Books.

Citation of a story arc within a series

For example, The Death of Gwen Stacy from The Amazing Spider-Man:

• {{ cite comic | writer=[[Gerry Conway|Conway, Gerry]] | penciller=[[Gil Kane|Kane, Gil]] | inker=[[John Romita Sr.|Romita Sr., John]] | story=The Death of Gwen Stacy | title=[[The Amazing Spider-Man]] | volume=1 | issue=121–122 | date=June–July 1973 | | publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | location=[[New York, NY]] }}
• Conway, Gerry (w), Kane, Gil (p), Romita Sr., John (i). "The Death of Gwen Stacy" The Amazing Spider-Man, vol. 1, no. 121–122 (June–July 1973). New York, NY: Marvel Comics.

Citation of a collection of a story arc

In some instances, where storylines span separate titles it is usually better to cite the collection if one exists, for example "The Death of Superman":

• {{ cite comic | writer=[[Roger Stern|Stern, Roger]] | cowriters=[[Jerry Ordway]], [[Louise Simonson]] ''et al'' | penciller=[[Jon Bogdanove|Bogdanove, John]] | copencillers=[[Tom Grummett]], [[Jackson Guice]] ''et al'' | inker=[[Rick Burchett|Burchett, Rick]] | coinkers=[[Brett Breeding]], [[Dennis Janke]] ''et al'' | title=[[The Death of Superman]] | date=January 1993 | | publisher=[[DC Comics]] | location=[[New York, NY]] | id={{ISBN|1563890976}} }}
• Stern, Roger, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson et al (w), Bogdanove, John, Tom Grummett, Jackson Guice et al (p), Burchett, Rick, Brett Breeding, Dennis Janke et al (i). The Death of Superman (January 1993). New York, NY: DC Comics, ISBN 1563890976.

Citation of an original graphic novel or trade paperback

For example, the trade paperback collection of Watchmen:

• {{ cite comic | writer=[[Alan Moore|Moore, Alan]] | artist=[[Dave Gibbons|Gibbons, Dave]] | title=[[Watchmen]] | date=1987 | | publisher=[[DC Comics]] | location=[[New York, NY]] | id={{ISBN|0930289234}} }}
• Moore, Alan (w), Gibbons, Dave (a). Watchmen (1987). New York, NY: DC Comics, ISBN 0930289234.

Citation of a column from within a comic book

For example, to cite one of Mark Gruenwald's Mark's Remarks columns:

• {{ cite comic | writer=[[Mark Gruenwald|Gruenwald, Mark]] | story=Mark's Remarks [column] | title=[[West Coast Avengers]] | issue=32 | date=May 1988 | | page=24 | publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] | location=[[New York, NY]] }}
• Gruenwald, Mark (w). "Mark's Remarks [column]" West Coast Avengers, no. 32, p. 24 (May 1988). New York, NY: Marvel Comics.

Citation of a specific comic strip

• {{cite comic | cartoonist=[[Milton Caniff|Caniff, Milton]] | strip=[[Steve Canyon]] | paper=Journal Herald | location=Dayton, OH | date=July 15, 1967 | supplement=Color Comics Supplement | syndicate=Newspaper Syndicate | page=1 }}
• Caniff, Milton (w, a). Steve Canyon. Journal Herald (Dayton, OH). July 15, 1967 [Color Comics Supplement], Newspaper Syndicate, p. 1.

Citation of a strip's entire run

• {{cite comic | writer=[[Chic Young|Young, Chic]] | cowriters=[[Dean Young (cartoonist)|Dean Young]] | artist=[[Chic Young|Young, Chic]] | coartists=[[Mike Gersher]], [[Stan Drake]] | strip=[[Blondie (comic strip)]] | paper=Various | date=September 8, 1930 - present | syndicate=King Features Syndicate }}
• Young, Chic, Dean Young (w), Young, Chic, Mike Gersher, Stan Drake (a). Blondie. Various. September 8, 1930 - present, King Features Syndicate.

Parameters

Syntax

Nested parameters rely on their parent parameters:

• parent
• OR: parent2—may be used instead of parent
  • child—may be used with parent (and is ignored if parent is not used)
  • OR: child2—may be used instead of child (and is ignored if parent2 is not used)

Where aliases are listed, only one of the parameters may be defined; if multiple aliased parameters are defined, then only one will show.

COinS

This template does not embed COinS metadata in the HTML output. The Citation Style 1 templates use parameters to generate machine-readable metadata; this template does not (see OODA WIKI:COinS for more information). Therefore piped wikilinks and some inline templates can be used as parameters.

What's new

Parameter	Description	Date
|ref=	Optional link targets for shortened footnotes.	June 2023
|archive-url=	A second url for dead links in agreement with other templates.	June 2023
|url-status=	Allows preemptive archiving of links.	June 2023
|archive-date=	For use with archived links; same syntax as other templates.	June 2023
|quote=	An optional quote at the end of the template according to citation styles.	June 2023
|newspaper=	Alias for |paper= from template:comic strip reference, using the same parameter name as other templates.	June 2023
|pages=	Alternative to |page= will use the "pp." prefix and convert hyphens to dashes. The |page= parameter now uses the "p." prefix, |issue= "no.", and |volume= "vol.", all in line with the Manual of Style and other citation templates.	June 2023
|at=	Optional parameter to use instead of |page= or |pages=	June 2023
|strip=	Alternative to title that triggers comic strip formatting	July 2023

Description

Authors

• cartoonist: Use this field for a work with only one creator, for example, Bone by Jeff Smith. Use a piped link to display the author in citation style, Last, First. Example, [[Jeff Smith (cartoonist)|Smith, Jeff]].
• writer: On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the writer's name, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. Example, [[Stan Lee|Lee, Stan]].
  • cowriters: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, use this tag to identify up to two more writers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Roy Thomas]], not [[Roy Thomas|Thomas, Roy]]. If more than three writers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the writer tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase et al, as follows: [[Roy Thomas]], [[Grant Morrison]] ''et al''.
• artist: On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the artist's name, where the artist has provided both the pencilling and the inking, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. Example, [[John Byrne|Byrne, John]].
  • coartists: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, use this tag to identify up to two more artists. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Frank Miller]], not [[Frank Miller|Miller, Frank]]. If more than three artists in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the artist tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase et al, as follows: [[Frank Miller]], [[Sergio Aragonés]] ''et al''.
  • OR: penciller: On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the penciller's name, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. (This field is ignored if the |artist= field is used.) Example, [[Jack Kirby|Kirby, Jack]].
    • copencillers: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, use this tag to identify up to two more pencillers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[John Byrne]], not [[John Byrne|Byrne, John]]. If more than three pencillers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the penciller tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase et al, as follows: [[John Byrne]], [[Walt Simonson]] ''et al''.
  • OR: inker: On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the inker's name, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. (This field is ignored if the |artist= field is used.) Example, [[Joe Sinnott|Sinnott, Joe]]
    • coinkers: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, use this tag to identify up to two more inkers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Joe Sinnott]], not [[Joe Sinnott|Sinnott, Joe]]. If more than three inkers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the inker tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase et al, as follows: [[Joe Sinnot]], [[Terry Austin]] ''et al''.
• colorist: On a color work, use this field to enter the colorists's name, again in piped form so that it displays the colorist in citation style, Last, First. Example, [[Tatjana Wood|Wood, Tatjana]]. If the colorist is a company enter their name, using piped form as required. Example, [[Olyoptics]]
• letterer: Use this field to enter the letterer name, again in piped form so that it displays the letterer in citation style, Last, First. Example, [[John Constanza|Constanza, John]]. If the letterer is a company enter their name, using piped form as required. Example, [[Comicraft]]
• editor: Use this field to enter the editor's name, again in piped form so that it displays the editor in citation style, Last, First. Example, [[Julius Schwartz|Schwartz, Julius]].

Title

• story: The title of the individual story within the comic; analogous to the title parameter in {{cite news{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}} or {{cite web{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}}. Example: |story=Fall of the Mutants. Pipe only if we have an article, and do not pipe if the url field is used. Displays in quotation marks.
• title: Title of the comic. Title or strip is required. Either 'strip' or 'title' must be filled out but not both; this will affect how other parameters are displayed. This may be linked in piped form unless a url is entered and the story field is not used. For example: | title=[[The Fantastic Four]].
• strip: The title of a comic strip. This will override the |title= parameter. Either 'strip' or 'title' must be filled out but not both; this will affect how other parameters are displayed. The paper and supplement parameters are only used if this parameter is set. Example: |strip=Peanuts. This is a required parameter for comic strips.
  • paper: Title of the newspaper, magazine, or periodical; for example |paper=The Times. (Only used if the strip parameter is set.) In the case of a webcomic the website where the strip was published, also giving the url, for example [http://www.keenspot.com/ Keenspot]. Alias: newspaper
  • supplement: If a comic strip was published in a supplement to a newspaper, the name or nature of the supplement should be given. (Only used if the strip paramter is set.)
  • syndicate: The syndicator of a comic strip. (If the strip parameter is not used, this will be treated as an alias of |publisher=.) Use name of company at time of publication. This is a required parameter for comic strips.
• language: Use a valid ISO-639 language code (e.g. |language=ja) or a valid IETF language tag. English (en) is not rendered. Refer to the List of ISO 639-2 codes.

Date

• date: January 1, 2006 (US), 1 January 2006 (non-US). Full date of publication, found in the indicia. Also known as the "cover date". This is a required parameter.

Publisher

• publisher: Name of publisher; may be wikilinked if relevant. The publisher is the company, organization or other legal entity that publishes the work being cited. Use name of company at time of publication. (Use |syndicate= for syndicated comic strips.)
• location: Geographical place of publication; generally not wikilinked; omit when the name of the newspaper, magazine, or periodical includes the publication place, for example, The Boston Globe, The Times of India. For example: |location=London, UK

URL

• url: the url of any web-based comic. Note this field will turn either the story field or the title field into an external link, so it is important not to wikilink those fields using piping when using the url field. Note: OODA WIKI does not link to sites which violate the copyrights of others. Linking to websites that display copyrighted works is acceptable as long as the website has licensed the work. See guidance for more details.
  • access-date: Full date when the content pointed to by url was last verified to support the text in the article; do not wikilink; requires url; use the same format as other access and archive dates in the citations. Not required for linked documents that do not change. For example, access-date is required for online sources, such as personal websites, that do not have a publication date; see WP:CITEWEB. Access dates are not required for links to published research papers or published books. Note that access-date is the date that the URL was found to be working and to support the text being cited.
  • archive-url: The URL of an archived snapshot of a web page. Typically used to refer to services such as Internet Archive (see OODA WIKI:Using the Wayback Machine) and archive.today (see Help:Using archive.today); requires archive-date and url. By default (overridden by |url-status=live) the archived link is displayed first, with the original link at the end.
    • archive-date: Archive-service snapshot-date; preceded in display by default text "archived from the original on".
    • url-status: the |url-status= parameter should only be included if an |archive-url= is set (dead links without an archive URL can be marked with {{dead link{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}}). If |url-status= is omitted, or is specified with a null value, the default value is |url-status=dead. When the URL is still live, but pre-emptively archived, then set |url-status=live; this changes the display order, with the title retaining the original link and the archive linked at the end.
  • format: the format of the url. Do not enter HTML as this is the default. Example, PDF.

Volume, issue

• volume: Volume number of a comic book series if given.
• issue: Issue number of a comic book.

In-source locations

• page: First page, and optional last page. If pages are not identified, count from first page, ignoring covers and adverts, and place the number in square brackets. Examples: |page=45, |page=45–751, |pages=45{{ndash{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}}751, |at=p. 45, |at=front cover, |page=[4–8]
  • OR: pages: A range of pages in the source that supports the content. Use either |page= or |pages=, but not both. When both are used, the template will only display the |page= value. A page range will use the "pp." prefix and convert hypens to en dashes. To preserve a hyphen in a page range, use the {{hyphen{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}} template.
  • OR: at: For sources where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient. Overridden by |page= or |pages=. Use only one of |page=, |pages=, or |at=. Examples: page (p.) or pages (pp.); section (sec.), column (col.), paragraph (para.); front cover, indicia, dust jacket; fold-out.
• panel: Panel number, if referencing a specific panel. Panels should be identified by counting left to right, top to bottom for American and European works, and right to left, top to bottom for Japanese and other foreign language works where appropriate.

Anchors

• ref: ID for anchor. The value for this field will usually be an {{sfnref{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}} or {{harvid{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}{{---}}}} template. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value |ref=ID generates an anchor with the given ID; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing.

Identifiers

• id: Use this field to enter an ISBN or ISSN if known, in the form {{ISBN|0123456789}} (don't link it – the MediaWiki software will do that for you) or {{ISSN|0123-4567}}.

Quote

• quote: Relevant text quoted from the source. Displays enclosed in quotes. When supplied, the citation terminator (a period by default) is suppressed, so the quote must include terminating punctuation.

Notes

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TemplateData for Cite comic

This template generates a citation for a comic book, web comic, or comic strip.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	date Date	Full date of publication Example January 1, 2006	Date	required
Title	title Title	Title of the comic series; will display in italics. Use 'story' for the titles of individual releases. Either 'strip' or 'title' must be filled out but not both; this will affect how other parameters are displayed.	Unknown	suggested
Story	story Story	The title of the story within the comic book; will display in quotation marks. Pipe only if we have an article, and do not pipe if the url field is used. Example Fall of the Mutants	Unknown	optional
Strip	strip Strip	Title of a comic strip. Either 'strip' or 'title' must be filled out but not both; this will affect how other parameters are displayed. Example Peanuts	Unknown	optional
URL	url	The URL of any web-based comic.	URL	optional
Access date	access-date accessdate	Used with URL, the full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink.	Unknown	optional
Format	format	The format of the URL. Default HTML Example PDF	Unknown	optional
Publisher or Syndicate	publisher Publisher, Syndicate, syndicate	Name of the publisher, or for a comic strip, the syndicator; may be wikilinked. Use name of company at time of publication.	Unknown	suggested
Location	location Location	Place of publication; generally not wikilinked. Example London, UK	Unknown	optional
Newspaper	paper Paper newspaper	Title of the newspaper or magazine where a comic strip was published. In the case of a webcomic use the website where the strip was published, also giving the url, for example [http://www.keenspot.com/ Keenspot]. Example [http://www.keenspot.com/ Keenspot]	Content	optional
Supplement	supplement Supplement	If a comic strip was published in a supplement to the newspaper, the name or nature of the supplement	Unknown	optional
Cartoonist	cartoonist Cartoonist	Cartoonist is used for a work with only one creator. It needs to be entered in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First Example [[Charles Schulz|Schulz, Charles]]	Content	optional
Writer	writer Writer	On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the writer's name, in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First Example [[Lee Falk |Falk, Lee]]	Content	optional
Cowriters	cowriters Cowriters	When citing a comic with multiple writers, or when citing an entire run that includes multiple writers, use this tag to identify up to two more writers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Mark Schultz]], not [[Mark Schultz|Schultz, Mark]]. If more than three writers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the writer tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'. Example [[Mark Schultz]], [[Cullen Murphy]] ''et al''	Content	optional
Artist	artist Artist	On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the artist's name, in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First Example [[Ray Moore|Moore, Ray]]	Content	optional
Coartists	coartists Coartists	When citing a comic with multiple artists, or when citing an entire run that includes multiple artists, use this tag to identify up to two more artists. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Brant Parker]], not [[Brant Parker|Parker, Brant]]. If more than three pencillers contributed to the work, identify one using the penciller tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'. Example [[Brant Parker]], [[Johnny Hart]] ''et al''	Content	optional
Penciller	penciller Penciller	On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the penciller's name, in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. This field is ignored if the artist field is used. Example [[Jack Kirby|Kirby, Jack]]	Unknown	optional
Copencillers	copencillers Copencillers	On a collaborative work, that has multiple creators, use this tag to identify up to two more pencillers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[John Byrne]], not [[John Byrne|Byrne, John]]. If more than three pencillers in total contributed to the work, identify one using the penciller tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'. Example [[John Byrne]], [[Walt Simonson]] ''et al''	Unknown	optional
Inker	inker Inker	On a collaborative work, use this field to enter the inker's name, in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. This field is ignored if the artist field is used. Example [[Joe Sinnott|Sinnott, Joe]]	Unknown	optional
Coinkers	coinkers Coinkers	When citing a work that has multiple creators, use this tag to identify up to two more inkers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Joe Sinnott]], not [[Joe Sinnott|Sinnott, Joe]]. If more than three inkers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the inker tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'. Example [[Joe Sinnot]], [[Terry Austin]] ''et al''	Unknown	optional
Colorist	colorist Colorist	Use this field to enter a colorists's name, in piped form so that it displays the colorist in citation style, Last, First. If the colorist is a company enter the company's name. Example [[Tatjana Wood|Wood, Tatjana]]	Unknown	optional
Letterer	letterer Letterer	Use this field to enter the letterer name, again in piped form so that it displays the letterer in citation style, Last, First. If the letterer is a company enter their name, using piped form as required. Example [[John Constanza|Constanza, John]]	Unknown	optional
Editor	editor Editor	Use this field to enter the editor's name, again in piped form so that it displays the editor in citation style Example [[Julius Schwartz|Schwartz, Julius]]	Unknown	optional
Volume	volume Volume	Volume number of the comic book series if given.	Unknown	optional
Issue	issue Issue	Issue number of the comic book.	Unknown	optional
Page	page Page	Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.' If pages are not identified, count from first page, ignoring covers, and place the number in square brackets Example 45	Unknown	optional
Pages	pages Pages	Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'	Unknown	optional
At	at	May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient	Unknown	optional
Panel	panel Panel	Panel number, if referencing a specific panel. Panels should be identified by counting left to right, and top to bottom where necessary.	Unknown	optional
ID	id ID	Use this field to enter an ISBN if known Example {{ISBN|0198749872}}	Unknown	optional
Archive URL	archive-url	The URL of an archived copy, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'	URL	optional
Archive date	archive-date	Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink	Unknown	optional
URL status	url-status	If set to 'live', the title/strip display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live. Set to "dead" for broken links. Suggested values dead live Default 'dead' if an Archive URL is entered Example 'dead' or 'live'	Unknown	optional
Quote	quote	Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; must include terminating punctuation	Unknown	optional
Ref	ref	ID for anchor; used with shortened footnotes Example {{sfnref|Lee|1961}}	Unknown	optional
Language	language Language	The language in which the source is written, if not English. Use a 2-letter ISO-639 language code, or if necessary, a 3-letter ISO 639-3 code. Do not use icons or templates; use only one language code.	Unknown	optional

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