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2[- [[ComicBooksOfThe1960s 1960-1969]] | [[ComicBooksOfThe1970s 1970-1979]] | '''1980-1989''' | [[ComicBooksOfThe1990s 1990-1999]] | [[ComicBooksOfThe2000s 2000-2009]] | [[ComicBooksOfThe2010s 2010-2019]] | [[ComicBooksOfThe2020s 2020-2029]] -]]]]]
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4Most long runners from previous decades persist here. During this decade MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks ended and MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks began. The Creator/JimShooter era of Creator/MarvelComics mostly took place in this decade.
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6[[index]]
7
8[[foldercontrol]]
9
10[[folder:#-A]]
11* ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}''. Series started in September, 1984.
12* ''ComicBook/AdolescentRadioactiveBlackBeltHamsters''. First appeared in 1986.
13* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfCaptainJack''
14* ''ComicBook/AlbedoErmaFelnaEDF''. Series started in Summer, 1983.
15* ''ComicBook/AllStarSquadron''. Series started in September, 1981.
16* ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight''. The team received its own series in August, 1983.
17* ''ComicBook/AmbushBug''. First appeared in December, 1982.
18* ''ComicBook/AmericaVsTheJusticeSociety''. Published in 1985.
19* ''ComicBook/AmericanFlagg''. First appeared in October, 1983.
20* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld''. First appeared in April-May, 1983.
21* ''ComicBook/{{Anarky}}''. First appeared in November, 1989.
22* ''ComicBook/AngelLove''. First appeared in 1986.
23* ''ComicBook/AnselmeLanturlu''. Series started in September, 1980.
24* ''ComicBook/ArakSonOfThunder''. First appeared August, 1981.
25* ''ComicBook/Aquaman1986''
26* ''ComicBook/Aquaman1989''
27* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics''. Series began December, 1941.
28** Cheryl Blossom. First appeared in October, 1982.
29* ''ComicBook/ArneAnka''. Series started in 1983.
30* ''ComicBook/AsgardianWars''. Storyline started in December 1985.
31* ''ComicBook/AtariForce''. First appeared in 1982.
32[[/folder]]
33
34[[folder:B]]
35* ''ComicBook/BakerStreet''. Series started March, 1989.
36* ''ComicBook/TheBalladOfHaloJones''. Series started in July, 1984.
37* ''ComicStrip/{{Bananaman}}''. First appeared in February, 1980.
38* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}''. First appeared in April, 1961.
39* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''. First appeared in May, 1939.
40** ''ComicBook/TheUntoldLegendOfTheBatman''. Mini-series published July-September, 1980.
41** ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns''. First published in February, 1986.
42** ''ComicBook/BatmanVsTheIncredibleHulk''. First published in September, 1981,
43** ''ComicBook/BatmanYearOne''. Storyline started in February, 1987.
44** ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke''. Published in March, 1988.
45** ''ComicBook/BatmanTheCult''. Storyline started in August, 1988.
46** ''ComicBook/BatmanADeathInTheFamily''. Storyline started in December 1988.
47** ''ComicBook/ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth''. Published in October, 1989.
48* ''ComicBook/BatmanAndTheOutsiders''. Team debuted in July, 1983.
49* ''ComicBook/BetaRayBill''. First appeared in November, 1983.
50* ''ComicBook/BlackOrchid''. First miniseries started in December, 1988.
51* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther1988''. First published March, 1988.
52* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer''. First appeared in September, 1946.
53* ''ComicBook/BlueDevil''. First appeared in June, 1984.
54* ''ComicBook/BoosterGold''. First appeared in February, 1986.
55* ''ComicBook/BornAgain''. First Published February, 1986.
56[[/folder]]
57
58[[folder:C]]
59* ''ComicBook/Camelot3000''. First appeared in December, 1982.
60* ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom/Nathaniel Adam''. First appeared in March, 1987.
61* ''ComicBook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew''. Series started in March, 1982.
62* ''ComicBook/CaptainElectron''. Only issue published in 1986.
63* ''ComicBook/CaptainVictoryAndTheGalacticRangers'': Series started in November, 1981.
64* ''ComicBook/{{Checkmate}}''. First appeared in March, 1988.
65* ''ComicBook/CloakAndDaggerMarvelComics''. First appeared in March, 1982.
66* ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions1982''. Series started in June, 1982.
67* ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. Storyline began in April, 1985.
68[[/folder]]
69
70[[folder:D]]
71* ''ComicBook/DakotaNorth''. First published June, 1986.
72* ''ComicBook/DamageControl''. First published May, 1989.
73* ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfCaptainMarvel''. First published February, 1982.
74* ''ComicBook/DeGeneraal''. Series began in 1971.
75* ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes''. Series started in February, 1977.
76* ''[[ComicBook/DeathsHeadMarvelComics Death's Head]]''. The "freelance peacekeeping agent" version first appeared in May, 1987.
77* ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}''. First appeared in December, 1980.
78* ''ComicBook/TheDesertPeach''. First published in 1988.
79* ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics''
80** ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator''. First published in 1981.
81** ''ComicBook/TheNightOfThanksButNoThanks''. First published in 1986.
82* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse''.
83** Duckworth. First adapted to the medium in October, 1988.
84** Launchpad [=McQuack=]. First adapted to the medium in October, 1988.
85** Mrs. Bentina Beakley. First adapted to the medium in November, 1988.
86** Webbigail "Webby" Vanderquack. First adapted to the medium in February, 1989.
87** Doofus Drake. First adapted to the medium in October, 1989.
88* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol''. Relaunched with new members in October, 1987.
89* ''ComicBook/DouweDabbert''. Series began in 1975.
90* ''ComicBook/DP7''. First appeared in November, 1986.
91* ''ComicBook/DragonsClaws''. First issue released in May 1988.
92* ''ComicBook/DRAndQuinch''. First appeared in May, 1983.
93* ''ComicBook/{{Dreadstar}}''
94** Vanth Dreadstar was introduced in September, 1980.
95** His eponymous series in November, 1982.
96* ''ComicBook/DylanDog''. First published in October, 1986.
97[[/folder]]
98
99[[folder:E]]
100* ''ComicBook/EdTheHappyClown''. First appeared in 1983.
101* ''ComicBook/{{Elektra}}''. First appeared in January, 1981.
102* ''ComicBook/{{Elementals}}''. Characters first appeared in a 1983 issue of ''ComicBook/JusticeMachine''. Got their own series in 1984.
103* ''ComicBook/TheEternals1985'' First published in 1985.
104* ''ComicBook/{{Ewoks}}''. First appeared in May 1985.
105* ''ComicBook/ExcaliburMarvelComics''. First appeared in April, 1988.
106* ''ComicBook/TheEyeOfMongombo''. First published in 1989.[[note]]Revived in 2020 as a three-part Graphic Novel.[[/note]]
107[[/folder]]
108
109[[folder:F]]
110* ''ComicBook/TheFallOfTheMutants''. First began Jaunary, 1987.
111* ''ComicBook/FishPolice''. First appeared in June 1985.
112* The ''ComicBook/FlamingCarrot''. Series started in May, 1984.
113* ''ComicBook/TheFlash''. Series began January, 1940.
114** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' Vol 1. Series began in 1959, ended this decade in 1985.
115** ''ComicBook/TheFlash1987'' Vol 2. Series began June, 1987.
116** Wallace "Wally" West assumed the mantle of ComicBook/TheFlash in March, 1986.
117[[/folder]]
118
119[[folder:G]]
120* ''ComicBook/GillesDeGeus''. First appeared in 1983.
121* ''ComicBook/GlobalGuardians''. Debuted in June, 1982.
122* ''ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers''. First appeared in July, 1989.
123* ''ComicBook/TheGreatPowerOfChninkel''. First appeared in 1986.
124* ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}: Devil's Legacy''. First appeared in 1982.
125[[/folder]]
126
127[[folder:H]]
128* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}''. First appeared in January, 1940.
129** ''ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}'' Vol 2. Published August, 1986 - December, 1987
130** The Post-Hawkworld version of Hawkman/Katar Hol. First appeared in August, 1989.
131** The Post-Hawkworld version of Hawkwoman/Shayera Thal. First appeared in August, 1989.
132* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''. Series began January, 1988.
133* ''ComicBook/HeroesAgainstHunger''. One-shot published in 1986.
134[[/folder]]
135
136[[folder:I]]
137* ''ComicBook/TheIntertidalZone''. Drawn in the late part of the decade.
138* ''ComicBook/InvasionDCComics''. Published in 1988.
139[[/folder]]
140
141[[folder:J]]
142* ''ComicBook/JanJansEnDeKinderen''. Series began in 1970.
143* ''ComicBook/{{Jommeke}}''. Series began in 1955.
144* ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance''. First appeared in June, 1983.
145* ''ComicBook/TheJudasContract''. Published May, 1984.
146* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd''. Started in [[TheSeventies 1977]], but many of the most significant stories, such as the Apocalypse War and The Judge Child appeared in this time period, as well as iconic antagonists The Dark Judges and P.J. Maybe.
147* ''ComicBook/{{Justice|NewUniverse}}''. First appeared in November, 1986.
148* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational''. First appeared in May, 1987.
149* ''ComicBook/JusticeMachine''. First appeared in June, 1981.
150* ''ComicBook/LastDaysOfTheJusticeSociety''. One-shot special published in 1986.
151[[/folder]]
152
153[[folder:K]]
154* ''ComicBook/KickersInc''. Series began in July, 1986.
155[[/folder]]
156
157[[folder:L]]
158* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''. Series began in 1958.
159** ''ComicBook/CosmicBoy''. Limited series started in December, 1986.
160** ''ComicBook/TheGreatDarknessSaga''. Storyline published in 1982.
161** "ComicBook/ThoseEmeraldEyesAreShining". Storyline started in July, 1983.
162** ''ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics''. Series started February, 1989.
163* ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}''. First appeared in June, 1983.
164* ''ComicBook/{{Longshot}}''. Series began June, 1985.
165* ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}''. First appeared in April, 1989.
166* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke''. Series began in 1947.
167[[/folder]]
168
169[[folder:M]]
170* ''ComicBook/{{Madballs}}''. First published in June, 1986.
171* ''ComicBook/{{Magik}}''. Series started in December, 1983.
172* ''ComicBook/ManTech''. First issue published in September, 1984.
173* ''ComicBook/MarkHazzardMerc''. First published in July, 1986.
174* ''ComicBook/MarvelStarWars''. Started in 1977, ended this decade in 1987.
175* ''ComicBook/MarshalLaw''. First published in October, 1987.
176* ''ComicBook/TheMazeAgency''. First published in December, 1988.
177* ''ComicBook/{{Mockingbird|MarvelComics}}''. The character of Huntress/Barbara 'Bobbi' Morse received its new codename in July, 1980.
178* ''ComicBook/{{Maus}} I'' was published in 1986.
179* ''ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse''
180** Arizona Goof. First appeared in December, 1988.
181* ''ComicBook/MsTree''. First appeared in May, 1981.
182* ''ComicBook/MutantMassacre''. Event began in October, 1986.
183[[/folder]]
184
185[[folder:N]]
186* ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock''. First appeared in July, 1980.
187* ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans''
188* ''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}''. Series began in 1947.
189* ''ComicBook/TheNewUniverse''. Launched in October, 1986.
190* ''ComicBook/NewWarriors''. First appeared in December, 1989. Received their own series in July, 1990.
191* ''ComicBook/{{Nightmask}}''. First appeared in November, 1986.
192* ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool''. First appeared in 1987.
193* ''ComicBook/{{Normalman}}''. First appeared in November, 1983.
194* ''ComicBook/NothingCanStopTheJuggernaut''. First published June, 1982.
195[[/folder]]
196
197[[folder:O]]
198* ''ComicBook/OfficialHandbookOfTheMarvelUniverse''. Series started in January, 1983.
199* ''ComicBook/OmegaMen''. First appeared in April, 1983.
200[[/folder]]
201
202[[folder:P]]
203* ''ComicStrip/PaulusDeBoskabouter''. Series began in 1946, ended this decade in 1984.
204* ''ComicBook/LePetitSpirou''. First appeared in 1987.
205* ''ComicBook/PierreTombal''. First appeared in 1986.
206* ''ComicBook/PietPienterEnBertBibber''. Series began in 1950.
207* ''ComicBook/ThePitt''. First appeared in March, 1988.
208* ''ComicBook/PlanetTerry''. First appeared in April 1985.
209* ''ComicBook/PowerPack''. First appeared in August, 1984.
210* ''ComicBook/PsiForce''. First appeared in November, 1986.
211[[/folder]]
212
213[[folder:R]]
214* ''[[ComicBook/RatMan1989 Rat-Man]]''. First appeared in ''Spot 2''. as a supplement to ''L'Eternauta'' #86 of June, 1989.
215* ''ComicBook/{{Raven|DCComics}}''. First appeared in October, 1980.
216* ''ComicBook/{{Robin}}''. First appeared in April, 1940.
217** Jason Todd. First appeared March, 1983. Became Robin December, 1983.
218** Damian Wayne. First appeared[[note]]as an infant in an out of continuity one-shot to be welded messily into continuity in 2006 before canon discrepancies were handwaved by Superboy-Prime's punch[[/note]] September, 1987. Would become Robin in the 2000s.
219** Timothy "Tim" Drake. First appeared in August, 1989. Became Robin December, 1989.
220* ''ComicBook/{{Rocket Raccoon|1985}}''. First appeared in Summer 1976, gained his own mini-series in May, 1985.
221* ''ComicBook/RogueTrooper''. First appeared in September, 1981.
222[[/folder]]
223
224[[folder:S]]
225* ''ComicBook/TheSagaOfCrystarCrystalWarrior''. First published February, 1983.
226* ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. First appeared in 1987.
227* ''ComicBook/SamuraiSquirrel''. First published in 1986.
228* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1974''. Series began April, 1939.
229** Silver Scarab/Hector Hall. First appeared September, 1983. Became Sandman May, 1988.
230** ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' Vol 2. Series began January, 1989.
231* ''ComicBook/TheSavageDragon''. First appeared in June, 1982.
232* ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984''. First appeared in May, 1984, starting the trend of crossovers.
233* ''ComicBook/SecretWarsII''. Storyline started in July, 1985.
234* ''ComicBook/SheHulk''. First appeared in 1980.
235** ''ComicBook/TheSavageSheHulk''. First published in February 1980.
236** ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk''. First published in 1989.
237* ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}''. 12 issue maxi-series. September, 1987 - September, 1988.
238* ''ComicBook/SilverSable''. First appeared in June, 1985.
239* ''ComicBook/{{Slaine}}''. Character debuted in August, 1983.
240* ''ComicBook/Spellbound1988''. Published January 1988.
241* ''ComicBook/SpiderHam''. First appeared in August, 1983.
242* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''. First appeared in 1962.
243** ''ComicBook/WebOfSpiderMan''. Started in 1985.
244** ''ComicBook/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' (Vol. 1). Started in 1986.
245** ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt''. Story began in October, 1987.
246** ''ComicBook/SpiderManVersusWolverine'': One shot published in 1987.
247* ''ComicBook/SpiderWoman/Julia Carpenter''. First appeared in October-November, 1984.
248* ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio''. Series began in 1938.
249* ''ComicBook/SpitfireAndTheTroubleshooters''. First appeared in October, 1986.
250* ''ComicBook/SquadronSupreme''. Limited series started in September, 1985.
251* ''ComicBook/StarBrand''. First appeared in October, 1986.
252* ''[[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]]''. First appeared in October, 1980.
253* ''ComicBook/{{Starstruck}}''. Published from 1985 to 1986.
254* ''ComicBook/TheStranded''. Published in 1989 under the title ''Time Jump War''.
255* ''ComicBook/StrikeforceMorituri''. Published December, 1986 – July 1989.
256* ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad''. The modern version of the team debuted in January, 1987.
257* ''ComicBook/SuperboyPrime''. First appeared in November, 1985, as part of ''Crisis On Infinite Earths''. He would come back with a Face-Heel Turn for 2005-2006's ''Infinite Crisis''.
258* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}''. First appeared in 1959.
259** ''ComicBook/TheStrangeRevengeOfLenaLuthor''. Storyline started in October, 1981.
260** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1982''. First appeared in November, 1982.
261** ''ComicBook/Supergirl1984''. Story published in October, 1984.
262** ''Advertising/AmericanHondaPresentsDCComicsSupergirl''. First issue published in 1984.
263** ''ComicBook/PowerGirl1988''. Started publication in June, 1988.
264** ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlSaga''. Storyline started in September, 1988.
265** ''ComicBook/ShouldAuldAcquaintanceBeForgot''. Published in December, 1989.
266* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''. Series began in 1938.
267** ''ComicBook/WarWorld''. Storyline started in November, 1980.
268** ''Advertising/VictoryByComputer''. Published in 1981.
269** ''ComicBook/SupermanAndSpiderMan'': Crossover published in July, 1981.
270** ''ComicBook/TheKryptonChronicles''. Mini-series published in 1981.
271** ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone''. Mini-series started publication in January, 1982.
272** ''ComicBook/ThePlanetEaterTrilogy''. Storyline started in February, 1982.
273** ''ComicBook/FromEterniaWithDeath'': Story published in April, 1982.
274** ''ComicBook/TwoForTheDeathOfOne''. Storyline started in August, 1982.
275** ''ComicBook/FateIsTheKiller'': Published in November, 1982.
276** ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime''. Storyline published in 1983.
277** ''ComicBook/LuthorUnleashed''. Story published in March, 1983.
278** ''ComicBook/BrainiacRebirth''. Story arc began in March, 1983.
279** ''ComicBook/TheLivingLegendsOfSuperman''. Published in October, 1984.
280** ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped''. Published in November, 1984.
281** ''ComicBook/ForTheManWhoHasEverything''. Published in 1985.
282** ''ComicBook/TheJungleLine''. Published in June, 1985.
283** ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheManOfTomorrow''. Published in September, 1986.
284** ''ComicBook/TheManOfSteel''. Series started in October, 1986.
285** ''ComicBook/Superman1987''. Series started in January, 1987.
286** ''ComicBook/SupermanExile''. Storyline started in February, 1989.
287** ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton''. Second series started in 1987.
288* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske''. Series began in 1945.
289* ''ComicBook/{{Swordquest}}''. First appeared in 1982.
290[[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:T]]
293* ''ComicBook/TandyComputerWhizKids''. First appeared in 1982.
294* ''ComicBook/{{Taskmaster}}''. First appeared in May, 1980.
295* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. Relaunched with new cast members in November, 1980.
296* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
297** ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}''. First appeared in May, 1984.
298** ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesAdventures''. Series started in March, 1989.
299* ''ComicBook/TimeJumpWar''. Published in 1989.
300* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''. Series started in 1929.
301** ''Recap/TintinTintinAndAlphArt'' (1986).
302* ''ComicBook/TomPoes''. Series began in 1941, ended this decade, in 1986.
303* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel''. Series started in September, 1984.
304* ''ComicBook/TransformersIn3D''. Series started in 1987.
305* ''ComicBook/LeTransperceneige''. First published in 1982, and set in a distant {{Dystopia}}.
306[[/folder]]
307
308[[folder:U]]
309* ''ComicBook/{{Urbanus}}''. First appeared in November, 1982.
310* ''ComicBook/USAgent''. First appeared in November, 1986.
311* ''ComicBook/US1''. Started in May, 1983.
312[[/folder]]
313
314[[folder:V]]
315* ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''. Storyline started in March, 1982.
316* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}''.
317** The eponymous symbiote first appeared in May, 1984.
318** Eddie Brock first appeared in September, 1986.
319** The combination of the two above first appeared in April-May, 1988.
320* ''ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}''. First appeared in September, 1982. Received their own series in November, 1983.
321* ''ComicBook/TheVisionAndTheScarletWitch''. First appeared in November, 1982.
322* ''ComicBook/{{Vixen}}''. Secondly appeared in July, 1981.
323[[/folder]]
324
325[[folder:W]]
326* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. Published September, 1986 - October, 1987.
327* ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers''. Debuted in September, 1984.
328* ''ComicBook/{{Whisper}}''. Series published in December, 1983.
329* ''ComicBook/WildDog''. Series published September, 1987.
330* ''ComicBook/{{Wolfpack}}''. Series published April, 1988.
331* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman''. Series began December, 1941.
332** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942''. Series began in 1942, ended this decade in 1986.
333** ''ComicBook/JudgmentInInfinity''. Storyline began in 1982.
334** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987''. Series began February, 1987.
335[[/folder]]
336
337[[folder:X]]
338* ''ComicBook/XMen''. Series began in 1963.
339** ''ComicBook/XMenChrisClaremont''. Ran through the eighties.
340** ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''. Storyline started in January, 1980.
341** ''ComicBook/{{Dazzler}}''. Series began March, 1981.
342** ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast''. First written in January, 1981.
343** ''ComicBook/TheBroodSaga''. Storyline started in October, 1982.
344** ''ComicBook/Wolverine1982''. Series began September, 1982.
345** ''ComicBook/Wolverine1988''. Series began July, 1988.
346** ''ComicBook/NewMutants''. First appeared in December, 1982. Received their own series in March, 1983.
347** ''ComicBook/XFactor''. First version. Debuted in February, 1986.
348** ''ComicBook/Inferno1988''. Storyline started in October, 1988.
349[[/folder]]
350
351[[folder:Z]]
352* ''ComicBook/{{Zenith}}''. First appeared in August, 1987.
353* ''ComicBook/{{Zot}}''. First appeared in April, 1984.
354[[/folder]]
355
356[[/index]]

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