List of Avatar: The Last Airbender comics



Avatar Comics are official comics released in Nick's magazine and later in 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. For example, the comic Dragon Days shows an image of Kuzon, a character previously mentioned by Aang, but was never seen during the series.

To date, there are thirty-one comics that have been released. All but two comics, which are listed at the bottom of this page, are considered canon.

As of February 6th, Avatar: The Last Airbender comics are also available for download on Dark Horse Digital.

"Bee Calm"



 * Story: Joshua 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. Katara says that Scorpion bees are not the friendliest of insects, but, convinced the Scorpion bees will not sting him, he does not 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.

"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 toward 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.

Goofs

 * Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures groups this comic under the Book One section despite the fact that Katara and Sokka are wearing their Book Two outfits.

"Don't Blow It!"



 * Story: Alison Wilgus
 * Art: Elsa Garagarza
 * Color: Wes Dzioba
 * Lettering: Comicraft

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.

Trivia

 * This story appeared in the second issue of Nickelodeon Comics Club magazine.

"Relics"



 * Story: Johane Matte and Joshua Hamilton
 * Art: Johane Matte
 * Color: Hye Jung Kim
 * Lettering: Comicraft

Team Avatar arrives 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.

Trivia

 * This story was later included in a comic released on Free Comic Book Day 2011 along with "Dirty Is Only Skin Deep".

"Fruit Stand Freestyle"

 * Story, Art, & Color: Brian Ralph

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 boar-q-pine. Momo eventually outwits the beast and gets his fruit.

Trivia

 * This story appeared in the second edition of Nick Magazine Presents: Avatar: The Last Airbender on September 18, 2007 along with "The Bridge", "It's Only Natural", "Going Home Again", and "Gym Time".

"Sleepbending"



 * Story: Joshua Hamilton
 * Art: Joaquim Dos Santos
 * Color: Hye Jung 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.

Trivia

 * Appeared in the September 2006 issue of Nickelodeon Magazine.

"Lessons"

 * Story & 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.

"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. The comic ends with Katara, Toph, and Aang angry and ready to expose Sokka as a fraud, by attacking him with bending.

Trivia

 * In the show, Ogodei typically sports a bogo chain and Kahchi typically wields a halberd. However, Kahchi captures Sokka with a bogo chain and Ogodei is shown fighting with a halberd in this comic.
 * It originally appeared in the first edition of Avatar's own magazine, Nick Magazine Presents: Avatar: The Last Airbender.

"Dirty Is Only Skin Deep"

 * Story: J. Torres
 * Art & 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 and 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 cannot swim, and that she is 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.

Trivia

 * Later included in a comic released on Free Comic Book Day 2011 along with "Relics".

"Divided We Fall"



 * Story: Frank Pittarese
 * Art: Justin Ridge
 * Color: Hye Jung Kim and Wez Dzioba
 * Lettering: Comicraft

Team Avatar is separated on their journey to Hiroku Canyon when they meet several orphans. A storm blows, and Katara, Aang, Sokka, Toph, and Momo fall off of Appa as well as all of their stuff, including Sokka's boomerang, club, and sleeping bag. Aang tries to find his way back to the gang, but is chased by a Viper bat. Sokka and Katara are cornered by orphans, who have Sokka's weapons. Katara uses waterbending to intimidate the orphans, who return Sokka's weapons. Meanwhile, Toph (with Momo) is in a tower being treated "like a princess" by Grandma Lokai who dresses Toph in a flamboyant outfit and feeds her beetle-worm soup. Katara and Sokka arrive at the tower, later joined by Aang who misinterprets the grandma as a threat. Then Katara spots a picture of the orphans and figures out that the tower is an orphanage. Appa is in the courtyard. As they leave, they are all fed beetle-worm soup.

Trivia

 * The comic was produced by the same "editorial geeks" of Nick Magazine who produced many other Avatar comics.

"Reach for the Toph"

 * Story: J. Torres
 * Art & Colors: Corey Lewis
 * Lettering: Comicraft

A training session occurs between the members of Team Avatar. Aang, Katara, and Sokka train against Toph, but, in the end, Toph wins. First, Toph battles Aang and throws him with an "earth arm". Katara tries to waterbend at Toph, but just makes the earth around her muddy, and Toph buries Katara in quick sand. Sokka throws boomerang at Toph and tries to attack her with his club, but Toph trips him with a rock.

"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.

Trivia

 * Appeared in the second edition of Nick Magazine Presents: Avatar: The Last Airbender on September 18, 2007 along with "The Bridge", "Going Home Again", "Fruit Stand Freestyle", and "Gym Time".

"Going Home Again"



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

After Ba Sing Se's fall, Princess Azula decides to return home to the Fire Nation with Prince Zuko and their imprisoned Uncle Iroh. Zuko, however, refuses. Azula and Ty Lee form a plan to convince him to leave with them.

Trivia

 * Appeared in the second edition of Nick Magazine Presents: Avatar: The Last Airbender on September 18, 2007 along with "The Bridge", "It's Only Natural", "Fruit Stand Freestyle", and "Gym Time".

"The Bridge"

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

Katara writes in her diary, detailing the events that happened to her and the gang after the fall of Ba Sing Se and Earth Kingdom. Team Avatar, The Duke, Pipsqueak, and some members of the Water Tribe abandon their fleet of ships and capture a Fire Nation ship. They disguise themselves as Fire Nation soldiers and pass through a barricade. This is where they hear about the belief that Aang died at Ba Sing Se. Meanwhile, Katara tries her best to heal Aang.

Trivia

 * As there is no mention nor sight of a bridge at any point throughout the comic, it can be reasonably assumed that "The Bridge" was named for the fact that it bridges Books Two and Three.
 * Appeared in the second edition of Nick Magazine Presents: Avatar: The Last Airbender on September 18, 2007 along with "It's Only Natural", "Fruit Stand Freestyle", "Gym Time", and "Going Home Again".

"Private Fire"

 * Story: Joshua Hamilton
 * Art: Johane Matte
 * Color: Wes Dzioba
 * Lettering: Comicraft

In order to get inside information on the Fire Nation, Sokka decides to join the Fire Nation army, adopting his Wang Fire persona. Upon learning that new recruits were to be shipped to the front line, he runs back to the cave where Aang and the rest are hiding, pursued by soldiers. Ultimately, Katara, Sokka, and Aang make it sound like a fight is going on in the cave, while Toph bends a hole so they can escape on Appa. The cave caves in, and the soldiers mourn "Wang Fire", whom they believe is dead.

"Night Animals"

 * Story: Katie Mattila
 * Art: Justin Ridge
 * Color: Wes Dzioba
 * Lettering: Comicraft

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.

Trivia

 * Appeared in the April 2008 issue of Nickelodeon Magazine.



"Boys' Day Out"

 * Story: Alison Wilgus
 * Art & Color: Gurihiru
 * Lettering: Comicraft

Toph and Katara, disguised as boys, sneak into a rowdy Fire Nation bar in an attempt to prove Katara's toughness to Toph. Things get out of hand, however, when Katara starts picking fights with other people, and Toph has to drag her out of the bar.

"Ember Island Arcade"

 * Story, Art, & Color: Corey Lewis
 * Lettering: Comicraft

Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee visit the Ember Island Arcade and play Street Bender. The game consists of warrior dolls that are controlled by metal rods to attack characters. Zuko and Azula play an Avatar version of the game, with Azula playing Aang and Zuko playing himself. Azula uses firebending to do a super attack. After seeing this, Zuko tries to do the same, but instead blows up the game.

"Monster Slayer"

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

Trying to win money for dinner, Sokka agrees to "slay" Appa, whom the local villagers think is a monster; however, he ends up confronting a giant armadillo bear instead. Fleeing to cower in fear, it is Appa who saves the day and wins the goodies in the end.

"Combustion Man on a Train"

 * Story: Alison Wilgus and Rawles Lumumba
 * Art: Tom McWeeney
 * Color: Wes Dzioba
 * Lettering: Comicraft

Aang and Sokka agree to accompany young Sho on a train ride to her Grandma's house. They get more than what they bargained for, however, when the deadly assassin known as Combustion Man shows up. As Sokka heads to the engine to stop the train, Aang instructs Sho to breathe calmly while he confronts the hitman atop the train. Having washed Combustion Man away, Aang whistles for Appa to take Sho to her destination.

"Swordbending"

 * Story: Alison Wilgus
 * Art: Justin Ridge
 * Color: Wes Dzioba
 * Lettering: Comicraft

While Team Avatar is hiding in the Western Air Temple, Sokka challenges Zuko to a "Swordbending Kai", a term Sokka made to refer to a swordfight, or (in this case) a sword sparring session. In their sparring session, Sokka is repeatedly humiliated by losing to Zuko. Sokka is sick of it, and pulls out and throws his boomerang. Zuko dodges, but the boomerang comes back and hits him hard in the head. Aang declares Zuko the winner of the last round (as Sokka cheated by using his boomerang). This does not matter to Sokka, who says "I may have lost the battle of swords... but I won the battle of words."

Trivia

 * Appeared in the same issue of Nickelodeon Comics Club magazine as "Swordbending", "Dragon Days", and "Bumi vs. Toph, Round One".

"No Benders Allowed"



 * Story: Alison Wilgus
 * Art: Elsa Garagarza
 * Lettering: Comicraft

At the Western Air Temple, the benders of Team Avatar and Haru leave Sokka, Teo, and The Duke behind to do some household chores, while they go practice their bending. Feeling excluded, Sokka comes up with a new club, the "Bendless Boomerang Club", founded specifically to exclude benders, since only non-benders can join.

Trivia

 * Appeared in the same issue of Nickelodeon Comics Club magazine as "Swordbending", "Dragon Days", and "Bumi vs. Toph, Round One".

"Love Is a Battlefield"

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

At the Western Air Temple, Aang wishes to speak to Katara about the kiss the two shared during the Day of Black Sun, but she is hesitant.

"Dragon Days"

 * Story: Alison Wilgus
 * Art: Johane Matte (frame) & Tom Mcweeney (flashback)
 * Color: Wes Dzioba
 * Lettering: Comicraft

Aang tells Zuko of his adventures with Kuzon searching for dragons one hundred years before the events of the series, when the duo saved a dragon egg from poachers.

Trivia

 * Was in production by January 23, 2009, and appeared in the same issue of Nickelodeon Comics Club magazine as "Swordbending", "No Benders Allowed", and "Bumi vs. Toph, Round One".

"Game Time"

 * Story: Katie Matilla
 * Art: Justin Ridge
 * Color: Hye Jung Kim
 * Lettering: Comicraft

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 cannot 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!"

Trivia

 * This was one of the first comics to appear in the Nickelodeon Comics Club, which is a compilation magazine series that encompasses special releases from series such as Avatar and SpongeBob SquarePants. In Avatar's case, this magazine was the successor to Nick Magazine Presents: Avatar: The Last Airbender. "Game Time" was featured in the first issue of the magazine, but was actually released within the magazine much earlier than the issue's December 2008 periodical marking; it was in stores by at least early November of that year.

"Bumi vs. Toph, Round One"



 * Story: Johane Matte & Joshua Hamilton
 * Art: Johane Matte
 * Color: Hye Jung 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 is an attack. They see the duel and stop it by saying that their objective while they were at the camp was to stay hidden from the Fire Nation.

Trivia

 * Was in production by January 23, 2009, and appeared in the same issue of Nickelodeon Comics Club magazine as "Swordbending", "No Benders Allowed", and "Dragon Days".

The Promise Part 1

 * Story: Gene Yang, Michael DiMartino, & Bryan Konietzko
 * Art & Color: Gurihiru
 * Lettering: Comicraft & Michael Heisler

A tale of a world learning the ways of peace after a century of war. It is a difficult lesson, one that will threaten to tear the friendship of Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko apart, and plunge the world back into war.

The Promise Part 2

 * Story: Gene Yang, Michael DiMartino, and Bryan Konietzko
 * Art & Color: Gurihiru
 * Lettering: Comicraft & Michael Heisler

Zuko attempts to use the knowledge he gained while speaking with Ozai in the first novel of the trilogy. Aang tries to prevent a looming war while Sokka attempts to deal with his "oogies".

The Promise Part 3

 * Story: Gene Yang, Michael DiMartino, and Bryan Konietzko
 * Art & Color: Gurihiru
 * Lettering: Comicraft & Michael Heisler

The Harmony Restoration Movement fails to bring peace, and the four nations are plunged back into war. Aang has to somehow mend the rift between himself and Zuko during the midst of the battle, or risk being pressured into killing the apparently renegade Zuko. The fate of Yu Dao and the Fire Nation colonies hangs in the balance.

The Search Part 1

 * Story: Gene Yang
 * Art & Color: Gurihiru

Zuko makes a deal with Azula, releasing her from the mental institution in exchange for her help in his quest to find his mother. The two of them set out on a journey to Hira'a with Aang, Sokka, and Katara, but tensions between the group and dangers on the journey there could end their search before they discover the truth.

Free Comic Book Day 2013


Contrary to Free Comic Book Day 2011, where the comic only consisted of two previously released comics, "Relics" and "Dirt Is Only Skin Deep", May 4, 2013 will see a brand new comic written by The Promise and The Search creator, Gene Yang. The upcoming comic book follows Mai after the events of The Search trilogy. "When an earnest young man starts vying for her attention, Mai wonders if he is her ticket out of the dumps after her break up with Fire Lord Zuko. Little does she know, this fellow has a secret that will point her to a destination she least expects—danger!"

New Recruits

 * Story: Dave Roman
 * Art: Justin Ridge
 * Color: Sno Cone Studios & 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 elderly contact, 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.

Trivia

 * Appeared in the December/January 2007 issue of Nickelodeon Magazine.
 * The characters in this comic were winners of a Nick Magazine contest in which readers designed their own Avatar characters. The contest ran from sometime in September 2006 to September 19 of that year. According to advertising by Nickelodeon, the winner was to receive a framed copy of the comic and ten copies of the issue, as well as "other great Nick prizes." Rules for the competition were simply that the characters have special skills.
 * The character contest was an overwhelming success; Nick Magazine had reportedly received 4,936 entries (many of which were apparently quite amateurish) as of October 5. The five winners of the contest had already been chosen by that date, but more entries continued to "[trickle] in."
 * This comic is not considered canon as it was listed under the "Bonus stories" section of Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures.

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, while 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.

Trivia

 * Appeared in the second edition of Nick Magazine Presents: Avatar: The Last Airbender on September 18, 2007 along with "The Bridge", "It's Only Natural", "Fruit Stand Freestyle", and "Going Home Again".
 * This comic is not considered canon as it was listed under the "Bonus stories" section of Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures.

Trivia

 * One apparently scrapped comic, tentatively titled "Baby Badger-Mole", involved Aang, Katara, and Sokka discovering a baby badger-mole in an environment uncharacteristic to the species, the woods. Unable to defend themselves against the animal's powerful earthbending, craziness ensues until Toph arrives.
 * The cover for Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Lost Adventures was taken from the first edition of Avatar's own magazine, Nick Mag Presents: Avatar: the Last Airbender magazine which ran during the show's original airing.