Image text: Hi! Someone call for me? I'm a superhero who specializes in the study of God's creation of Man in the Book of Genesi-- HOLY SHIT A GIANT BUG!

So, here we have the return of the super hero from just two comics ago, Etymology-Man. And just like that comic, Etymology-Man is explaining the origination of words instead of actually helping.  For those of you who were not here on Monday, Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.

Who they want is Entomology-Man because they are fighting a giant praying mantis and an army of little praying mantises. (manti? I'm not sure.)  But, honestly, those "little" praying mantises still look huge compared to the typical size of manti.  Entomology is the study of insects.  Considering Etymology-Man, I'm not sure Entomology-Man would fight the mantis or study it.

In the image text, we find out instead of getting Entomology-Man, they accidentally call a superhero of Etiology. (UPDATE: Some commenters are suggesting Adam-ology as well, which would make a lot of sense as well.  Head to the comments for their reasoning) (I'm going to assume Etiology-Man, since the previous two superheroes have been male, but the image text gives me no reason to assume that.) Etiology is the study of causation, or origination.  An etiological myth, or origin myth, is a myth intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomena, proper names and the like.  Looking at that definition, it is no surprise that the Etiology superhero is over-matched with the giant praying mantis.

Image text: I've been trying for a couple years now but I haven't been able to come up with a name dumber than 'Renesmee'.

Ok, the punchline for this one is in the image text as Renesmee is the name of Renesmee Cullen, who is the baby born in the book and movie, Twilight to parents Edward and Bella (spoiler alert if you have been living under a rock and don't turn on the internet or TV).  Edward and Bella get Renesmee from an amalgamation of the names of Bella's mother, Renée, and Edward's adoptive mother, Esme.

Randall's point above stands.  All those names are terrible, but not nearly as terrible as the name Renesmee.

Image text: 'I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wish Aquaman were here instead--HE'D be able to help.'

This comic is a take on the traditional appearance of a super hero when a disaster strikes.  In this case, Etymology-Man arrives, who apparently has the power of Etymology which is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.  As Etymology-Man is explaining the history of the words tsunami and tidal wave while the water starts rising towards them.

Image text: If you're annoying enough, you can get them to respond with an involuntary second sigh and get a rhythm going.

Ok, here's the information you need to understand this one:

Cueball is mispronouncing the name of the British TV show, that is also currently show in the US, which is DownTON Abbey (emphasis mine). I had that same problem with the name of the show for almost a whole year.

I'm no LMFAO expert, but they are ubiquitous group in the US on radio, TV and even strange commercials with rodents riding in cars with their infectious ear worm, Party Rock Anthem.  However, this comic is a reference to another one of their songs, "Sexy And I Know It" (Trust me, you don't have to get too far into it before the referenced part in the comic.)

Image text: Suckville is considered by the Census Bureau to be part of the Detroit metropolitan statistical area, despite not being located anywhere near Detroit.

Ok, so Megan and Cueball are playing a card game, that I am not able to identify from simply the piles (anyone know what game it looks like?) and Megan whips out one of the oldest insults in the book, a play on the word "suck" and adds a typical city name to the end of it.  Other variations are: "losertown", "lameville", etc.

The phrase is originally based on the ubiquitous signage you see along roads that say "Welcome to Town X - Population Y".  Really, it is just some creative smack talk that basically says "You suck".

Then, since Cueball one-ups Megan by indicating there is a city by that name, she can only resign herself to the fact that her smack talk did not work.

Also, she has a strange number of legs and arms in the 3rd frame.  I'm not sure if that is supposed to be showing motion, or what.  Either way, it is not working for me, she just looks like a spider on a laptop, which is completely terrifying.

Image text: Though 100 years is longer than a lot of our resources.

This is a graph of the usage of the word "Sustainable" in English in the United States each year.  And as you can see, Randall extends the graph to the point where sustainable will be used as every word.

Sustainable has been increasing in use as people of the US are concerned about making sure that Earth's resources are not totally exhausted in the near future by developing sustainable development.  Sustainable development (using wikipedia here) is a pattern of growth in which resource use aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for generations to come.

As Randall mentions in the image text, the 100 years it takes for the word sustainable to get to 100% usage is a lot longer than most of our non-renewable (and non-sustainable) resources will last on the Earth.

Image text: Roger Ebert once called you directionless and unwatchable.

This comic is basically about a terrible person that Cueball is somehow talking to, possibly at a bar or party as Goatee Guy is carrying a drink.

The title of this comic is a play on the phrase "Stranger than Fiction", which means that sometimes real life can lead to some unexpected ups and downs that would not even make sense in a fictional representation in a book or a movie.  Goatee Guy unfortunately for him, is "Sloppier than Fiction".

In the image text, Roger Ebert is a well-known US-based movie critic.

Oh and FYI, if anyone ever says "It wasn't technically cheating"... it was cheating.

Image text: In protest of SOPA, I'm currently getting totally blacked out.

This very serious comic about the current bills in Congress of the United States named SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and it's sister bill PIPA.  The EFF links do such a better job explaining the bill that I can, so please use them below.

The only joke is in the image text which is a play on words about "blacked out".  Blacked out could mean in the web sense of a website going totally dark and offline (like Wikipedia today) or could mean when someone attempts to drink so much alcohol that they "black out", not remembering what happened that day/night.

UPDATE: Andy makes a great find in the comments below:

"There is a message hidden in the background of the black picture. If you brighten the image the blackhatguy says: “A message from sysadmins everywhere: Seriously, don’t screw with DNS. If you break this Internet, we are NOT making you a new one.”"

I've recreated the links from xkcd below:

Learn more:
EFF: One-page guide to SOPA
reddit: A technical overview of the SOPA and PIPA bills
DYN: How these bills would break DNS
EFF: Free speech on the web

Act:
Contact information for US elected officials

Image text: I'm really worried Christopher Nolan will kill a man dressed like a bat in his next movie. (The man will be dressed like a bat, I mean. Christopher Nolan won't be, probably.)

This comic is a reference to the comic book and movie character 'Batman', who actually rich businessman Bruce Wayne as we see on the left being referenced as "Master Wayne" by his butler Alfred.  In the middle is the stick figure representation of Batman and on the right is the Joker as played by the late Heath Ledger.

If we translate the image text, Randall is afraid that Christopher Nolan (the director of the last two Batman movies) will kill Batman in the next movie.

Image text: Abel and Steve would've been fine! I like Steve!

This comic is a take on the anti-homesexual refrain, used often at those sorts of rallies "It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve".  Adam and Eve are in the story in the Bible of the first humans created by God.  This refrain is used to support the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman because God created a man and a woman to start the human race, etc.

In this comic, Adam walks in on Eve having sexual relations with Abel, so he yells a take on the line used above.  In the Bible, obviously, Abel and Adam didn't live at the same time, but that doesn't stop the joke.

In the image text, Adam continues that he would have preferred walking in on Adam and Steve because Steve is nice as he says in the image text and the fact that Abel wouldn't have been sleeping with his ladyfriend/girlfriend/wife/whatever Eve.

CORRECTION: Obviously, I need to go back and read more of my Bible, as Abel is Adam's son.  Thanks to all the commentors and emailers for fixing my mistake.  That makes this an incest joke!  Adam wouldn' t care if Adam Abel was gay with his friend Steve, but incest with Abel's mother is another thing entirely.