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This list includes all comics that have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters.
 
This list includes all comics that have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters.
  
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Sometimes this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only part of the titles that changes is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name, without being is a series, such as:
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Sometimes this is because they are part of a [[:Category:Comic series|comic series]], where often the only part of the titles that changes is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name, without being part of a series, such as:
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*[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]]. Both images were originally named <code>exoplanets.png</code>. When the latter was published, this broke the former on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], so it was renamed renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.
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*[[786: Exoplanets]] and [[1071: Exoplanets]]. Both images were originally named <code>exoplanets.png</code>. When the latter was published, this broke the former on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com], so it was renamed <code>exoplanets_2010.png</code>.
 
*[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]]. No images broke because the first one is a {{w|JPG}} file and the second one is a {{w|PNG}} file.
 
*[[60: Super Bowl]] and [[1480: Super Bowl]]. No images broke because the first one is a {{w|JPG}} file and the second one is a {{w|PNG}} file.
 
*[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the first comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the second comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.
 
*[[827: Business Idea]] and [[1721: Business Idea]]. When the first comic was released, the image file and the comic title were the same and there was a conflict both on [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] and [[1721:_Business_Idea#Trivia|on this site]]. Randall renamed the second comic [[827: My Business Idea]] and the comic image <code>my_business_idea.png</code>.
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Latest revision as of 14:30, 11 February 2024

This list includes all comics that have identical or similar names, varying by a few characters.

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Sometimes this is because they are part of a comic series, where often the only part of the titles that changes is the episode number of the comic. A few comics share the exact same name, without being part of a series, such as:

There are also other pairs of comics where the only difference is that one of the titles is plural:


Pages in category "Comics sharing name"

The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total.

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2

A

B

C

E

F

H

I

J

K

O

P

Q

R

S

T

W

X

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