List of Avatar: The Last Airbender comics



Avatar Comics are official comics released in Nick's magazine, and later to nickmag.com. They are visual publications that depict events and situations not seen in the series, but that occur during pauses between episodes.

Some reveal certain key information pertaining to the story, such as Joo Dee's immediate appointment as the Grand Secretariat of Ba Sing Se and the exact method of how Team Avatar obtained a Fire Nation vessel, which they utilized in the early stages of the third book.

Several other comics also release new information on canonical characters. A draft of one of the comics, for example, shows an image of Kuzon, a character previously mentioned by Aang, but was never seen during the series. The image leaked in this draft remains as the only official image of Kuzon.

To date, there are fifteen comics that have been released to the public. Most of the comics are considered canon.

Super deformed ones and the character contest one aren't

Night Animals
Momo wakes Appa to go on a midnight mango run only to be discovered by two Fire Nation soldiers. Appa and Momo scare away the two and feast on the bounty they collected. The next morning Team Avatar starts eating the left-overs that Appa and Momo left, and thanks a bewildered Sokka for collecting them. Sokka then scolds the pair for still being asleep.

Sokka, the Avatar



 * Story: Joshua Hamilton.
 * Art: Justin Ridge.
 * Color: Sno Cone Studios.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

While visiting a village, Sokka pretends to be the Avatar in order to impress a girl. The girl exclaims to her fellow villagers that she has met the Avatar, and soon, the village is aware of the Avatar's presence. But later, the Rough Rhinos arrive, seeking to capture the Avatar. Aang, Katara and Toph's bending quickly defeat the Rough Rhinos, and Sokka is quick to take credit for the victory. His "skills" impress the girl even more.

New Recruits

 * Story: Dave Roman.
 * Art: Justin Ridge.
 * Color: Sno Cone Studios with Hye-Jung Kim.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

The gang goes to a local Earth Kingdom tavern in search for some new recruits and allies to join them in their fight against the Fire Nation. While there, their contact, Old Man Yahshi, introduces the gang to four unique benders:


 * Analay, the Shadowbender.
 * Hiroshi, an Earthbender with a special tunneling attack. He has a stone dragon named Genji.
 * Visola, a Waterbender and weapons specialist. She surfs on an artificial wave ring.
 * Riley, the cookie dough bender.

The group discusses whether to accept these new members, only to see the four kids leave to form their own gang.

Note: The characters in this comic were winners of a Nick Magazine contest in which readers designed their own Avatar characters.

Sleepbending



 * Story: Joshua Hamilton.
 * Art: Joaquim Dos Santos.
 * Color: Hye-Jing Kim.
 * Lettering: Clem Robins.

While Team Avatar is asleep camping in the forest, Aang starts to dream about riding an animal in the sky, and on the ocean. This ends up causing his body to bend, and he starts to manipulate the Earth, Air, and Water around him. The group wakes up, and tries to overcome the power of his bending, until Aang wakes up unaware of what had happened.

Lessons

 * Story: Johane Matte.
 * Art: Johane Matte.
 * Color: Wes Dzioba.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

Toph tries to teach Aang to listen to the earth while trying to get Sokka to stay out of their way. Sokka complies, but eventually gets in a squabble with Momo and Appa which causes him to chase after the two, and through Toph's ability, this starts to deafen her. She then Earthbends a huge column of rock underneath him causing him to be stuck tens of feet up. Later that day, it is shown he is still stuck, and Toph will not let him down until his 'lesson' is learned.

Don't Blow It!

 * Story: Unknown.
 * Art: Unknown.
 * Color: Unknown.
 * Lettering: Unknown.

Aang wakes up with a case of sniffles, causing him to sneeze and blow himself into the air every time it happens. Katara offers Aang a solution, a special slime, that helped her when she was a little girl. Aang refuses, after hearing from Sokka that the paste was quite gross, and says that monks let these "blow themselves out". While sneezing one time, nearby Fire Nation soldiers spot Aang and launch a fireball, barely missing him. The soldiers track him to the gang's camp, and they barely make their escape. That night, Aang is seen strapped down with the slime on his chest. Sokka starts to make fun of Aang, but then sneezes himself. Resigned, he asks for the slime.

Bee Calm



 * Story: Josh Hamilton and John O'Bryan.
 * Art: Justin Ridge.
 * Color: Hye-Jung Kim.
 * Lettering: Clem Robins.

Team Avatar is lost in the forest, with only a broad knowledge of where they are, when all of a sudden a Scorpion Bee flies onto Aang's nose. Aang states he has a special connection with nature, then has some more nature cover his entire body. Convinced the Scorpion Bees will not sting him, he doesn't move or make any loud noises. Until Momo, frightened by Aang now covered by Scorpion Bees, yells causing them to prepare to sting Aang. Aang quickly uses Airbending to get the bees off of him, but they then chase him while on his air scooter. After getting them off of his trail with Airbending and some tactics, he then runs into a Fire Nation soldier. The soldier threatens Aang with a sword, until he and Aang notice Aang has another Scorpion Bee on his shirt. The insect then flies onto the soldier's nose, leaving the soldier scared, while Aang runs away.

Gym Time

 * Story: Alison Wilgus.
 * Art: Ethan Spaulding.
 * Color: Wes Dzioba.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

In this super-deformed short, the members of Team Avatar (Aang, Katara, Toph, Sokka, Suki and Zuko) along with Azula, Mai, Ty Lee, Haru and Jet are in gym class, with their teacher, Avatar Kyoshi. Their teacher then announces that they will be playing dodgeball, and that they need to make teams. Aang and Azula are the team captains and they start to choose. Aang picks Katara, Toph, Sokka, and Suki, whilst Azula chose Ty Lee, Haru, and Jet. Then there were only two people left, Mai and Zuko. Zuko, who wanted to be on Azula's team, used Firebending to try to tell her to pick him, but she chose the uncaring Mai instead. Since all the teams were done picking, Zuko asked what he was supposed to do, and to his surprise, Kyoshi said that he was going to be the ball, and hit him in the air with Earthbending and pushed him into the game with Airbending.

Going Home Again



 * Story: Aaron Ehasz, May Chan and Kattie Mattila.
 * Script: Kattie Mattila with Alison Wilgus.
 * Art: Amy Kim Ganter.
 * Color: Wes Dzioba.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

After the fall of Ba Sing Se, Princess Azula decides to return home to the Fire Nation with Zuko, who helped her to defeat the Avatar, and their imprisoned Uncle Iroh. However, Zuko refuses to join her. In an attempt to convince him otherwise, Azula and Ty Lee team up to hook up Zuko with his old childhood crush, Mai.

With the help of the Dai Li, Azula arranges a dinner date between the two, and claims to Zuko and Mai that they are meeting with the Fire Nation Admiral put in charge of the occupation. Upon arrival, Zuko and Mai find themselves at dinner together alone, realizing that something is up. As the two proceed with their date, they spot Azula and Ty Lee spying on them, so they decide to take a walk through the city in order to get some alone time.

During the walk, Zuko runs into Jin, a girl he dated in an earlier episode. She recognizes him and questions him on who Mai is. Zuko claims that she is a friend from the circus, the knife thrower. In a demonstration, Mai expertly throws a sharp icicle through a fish she placed on Zuko's head, in a fashion similar to a prank Azula pulled on the two several years before. Mai offers Jin a turn next. Jin declines at first, then decides to try it anyway, and Zuko barely dodges in time before the icicle can hit him. He slips and falls into the fountain and chases a laughing Mai through the alleys. Surprised at her uncharacteristically good mood, Zuko remembers her better side from the past. Mai reaffirms her crush on Zuko and the two kiss.

On the day Azula is set to leave with Mai and Ty Lee, Zuko is still unsure of whether he wants to join them. Mai wants him to come with her, but he still seems uncertain. He finally agrees to go when Azula questions whether Iroh will even survive the trip. Thus, Zuko makes up his mind and returns home to the Fire Nation.

It's Only Natural

 * Story: Johane Matte & Josh Hamilton.
 * Art: Johane Matte.
 * Color: Wes Dzioba.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

After the fall of Ba Sing Se, Team Avatar (with Aang in a coma), Earth King Kuei and Bosco are camping out in the woods. Sokka, starting to get annoyed with how spoiled Bosco is, tries to teach the bear how to survive in the woods like a bear. After many failed attempts at collecting honey, fishing, and finding shelter, Earth King Kuei decides for him and the bear to set off on an adventure in disguise so he may learn some things about the world.

Water War



 * Story: Tim Hedrick.
 * Art: Justin Ridge.
 * Color: Hye-Jung Kim.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

After watching two boys soak innocent pedestrians at an Earth Kingdom market, Katara decides to use her Waterbending to teach the boys a lesson. After pretending to be another innocent passerby, Katara waited for the boys to throw water balloons. She quickly returns them, surprising both the boys and the villagers. With another swift move, she sends a large blob of water towards the boys, and uses it to drench them in water. Katara, now being applauded by the other citizens in the market, exclaims that only a moron would challenge a Waterbender to a water war. As she says this, Sokka is seen sneaking behind her, carrying a loaded water balloon.

The Bridge

 * Story: Josh Hamilton & Tim Hedrick with Aaron Ehasz.
 * Script: Frank Pittarese.
 * Art & Color: Reagan Lodge.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

The story takes place in the weeks following the fall of Ba Sing Se, and takes on Katara's perspective as she chronicles the following events in her diary. Aang has been badly injured by Azula's lightning attack, and has fallen into a state of unconsciousness. Desperate, the gang and the Earth King have been forced to flee to Chameleon Bay, which is guarded by Katara and Sokka's father, Hakoda. Unfortunately, the Fire Nation is sending in reinforcements and the Water Tribe ships will not survive another battle, so the Avatar and his allies must abandon the bay.

During this retreat, the Earth King departs the group to travel the country in exile with his bear, Bosco, and Pipsqueak and The Duke join the group after they were caught stealing food. Meanwhile, Katara heals the wounded Aang on a daily basis, still clinging onto her hope that he will soon revive.

During the retreat, the Water Tribe fleet encounters a Fire Nation scout ship, but does not stand a chance of winning the battle. Instead, Sokka proposes that they sink their own ships and hijack the Fire Nation vessel in an effort to protect Aang. The warriors agree and they sink their fleet, traveling to the shore in rowboats. After setting camp for the night, the warriors storm the enemy ship the following morning, only to find that the crew is lazing about since they found the Water Tribe fleet destroyed. Thanks to Sokka, the crew catches on to the attack, but are quickly subdued with stink bombs and bending.

With the vessel captured, the gang dons Fire Nation disguises and decide to sail through the infamous Serpent's Pass, only to find that the one opening through the pass has been barricaded by a fortified Fire Nation gate. Fortunately, Hakoda gains entry through the gates when he claims that they are joining the Western Fleet. It is here that they are told by the bridge staff that the Avatar is dead. Katara is traumatized by this belief, but Sokka states that this assumption means that the Fire Nation will no longer hunt them down.

The gang continues their journey towards the Fire Nation, and Katara continues to tend to the unconscious Aang. The comic ends with her stating that the fight must go on, and that hopefully, the Avatar will return.

They all say hello to Aang when he wakes up, with a shock being on a fire nation ship.

Goofs

 * Waterbenders are seen on the Southern Water Tribe ships, but there are none except for Katara, in the South Pole.
 * In the comic, the Southern Water Tribe ships are destroyed when Team Avatar and the others capture Fire Nation ships to use as a disguise but, in "The Day of Black Sun", the same Water Tribe ships are used again to transport the invasion force, though they could have been rebuilt.

Fruit Stand Freestyle



 * Story: Unknown.
 * Script: Unknown.
 * Art & Color: Unknown.
 * Lettering: Unknown.

Momo comes across a fruit stand filled with fresh fruit. In his attempts to retrieve some, he gets chased around by the owner's crazed Boarcupine. Momo eventually outwits the beast and gets his fruit.

Private Fire

 * Story: Josh Hamilton.
 * Script: Josh Hamilton.
 * Art: Johane Matte.
 * Color: Wes Dzioba.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

Sokka decides to join the Fire Nation Army.

Game Time

 * Story: Unknown.
 * Art: Unknown.
 * Color: Unknown.
 * Lettering: Unknown.

Team Avatar tries to pass the time when Sokka suggests playing hide-and-seek, to which Zuko says he hates games. Sokka dons his detective uniform as the gang run to find a hiding location. Sokka tricks Momo out of his hiding spot with a melon and adds him to the search party. Then starts using Momo to find the rest of the team. Zuko ambushes Sokka thinking the game is "hide-and-shriek" then Sokka corrects Zuko, to which Zuko says he hates games. As dusk falls Sokka becomes intrigued as he can't find Toph. Sokka stands on a rock pondering his situation when Toph shatters the boulder beneath him and cries out, "I can't stand it any longer! Sorry... But you really need to clean those feet of yours... they stink!"

Divided We Fall
While traveling to Hiroku Canyon, the gang is caught in the middle of a storm. They fall and are separated from each other after Appa is disoriented by a tornado. Aang tries to find his friends by gliding, but quickly discovers that it would be best to travel on foot. While searching, he is attacked by colony of Viper-Bats. Aang attempts to fight them off with Airbending, but is quickly overtaken when he mistakenly enters a cave which housed several other groups of Viper-Bats. Aang decides to hide in a self-made cave out of earth until the colony passes.

Meanwhile, Katara and Sokka land together near a hut owned by several Earth Kingdom children. Infuriated that Sokka bounced off his hut, the young thief and his friends attempt to mug the duo of their money, until Katara fends them off with Waterbending. Katara and Sokka run towards the river, where Katara then confidently threatened the boys, urging them to return Sokka's belongings and to leave them alone. Frightened, they complied, before being swept away by a wave. While being healed by Katara, Sokka suggests that they head to a nearby tower, as it was the only landmark visible for miles. While climbing, Sokka brings up Momo and Toph's vulnerability, which Katara confidently dismisses.

Toph is seen with Momo on a throne, wearing dress-up princess clothing while being adored by Grandma Lokai. Toph exclaims how she Earthbended her way up the tower, only to be kissed and pinched by Grandma Lokai. She asks if her day could get any worse. The grandma suggests to cook Toph a bowl of Beetle-Worm soup. Katara and Sokka are seen climbing towards the tower. They are aided by a mysterious Earthbending man, who witnessed Aang's run-in with the Viper-Bats not long ago. Excited, he introduces the two to Grandma Lokai, and the duo is happy to see that Toph is safe, along with Momo. The Earthbending man, Onku, states that the trio will remain with Grandma Lokai forever, to which Aang angrily disagrees. He fights Onku with Airbending, until he is stopped by Katara after she realizes that the tower is an orphanage, and that Onku and the band of thieves she encountered earlier were all orphans. Grandma Lokai apologizes for the misunderstanding, and it is revealed by Toph that Appa is safe, lounging in the courtyard. The team decides to stay overnight, and each member is offered a bowl of Beetle-Worm soup.

Bumi vs Toph



 * Story: Joshua Hamilton and Johane Matte.
 * Art: Johane Matte.
 * Color: Hye-Jing Kim.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

In the Order of the White Lotus camp, Bumi and Toph have an Earthbending duel to decide the "Greatest Earthbender of all time". While fighting with Sokka as referee, the order and Zuko hear destructive sounds and assume it's an attack. They see the duel and stop it saying that their objective there was to stay hidden from the Fire Nation.

Dirty Is Only Skin Deep

 * Story: J. Torres.
 * Art: Gurihiru.
 * Color: Gurihiru.
 * Lettering: Comicraft.

Sometime during their journey, Team Avatar decides to lounge in a secluded Earth Kingdom lagoon. While there, Katara, Sokka and Aang use the opportunity to bathe themselves and wash their soiled clothes, though Toph simply sings melodies about Badgermoles, refusing to wash herself. Katara urges Toph to join the rest of them relax in the water, but Toph declines the offer, stating that a healthy coating of earth is beneficial for any Earthbender. Leaving her no choice, Katara Waterbends, suspending Toph in the air before placing her in the water to soak. Toph panics, exclaiming that she was not proficient in swimming, and that she was drowning. Katara splits the water to allow Toph to feel solid ground. Toph wriggles in the mud, soiling everybody's clean attire, much to Katara's dissatisfaction.

Relics

 * Story: Johane Matte.
 * Color: Hye Jung Kim.
 * Lettering: Comicraft

Team Avatar arrive at a small Earth Kingdom trading village during their journey to the North Pole in order to get supplies. While there, Aang meets a Merchant who attempts to sell him an ancient Air Nomad necklace. The Merchant informs him that the necklace is in fact not ancient, and the seller had recently traded it for medicinal supplies. Aang finds out that the necklace comes from caves in the mountains and, while Katara and Sokka are sleeping, sneaks off in order to investigate. In the cave, Aang finds many Air Nomad artifacts, but also finds the Fire Nation Admiral, Zhao. Zhao quickly captures Aang and shows him the Merchant helped lure him into the cave, much like some of the Air Nomad Genocide survivors were lured into the caves and killed by Sozin. However, using the artifacts in the cave, Aang manages to free himself and get back to Katara and Sokka, who have been searching for him. The comic ends with a short conversation between Aang and Katara:
 * Katara: This place reminds you of home, right? All these mountains... Airbenders would have loved to stay here. They would have been attracted to the place.


 * Aang: Yeah. A few of them probably were.