(Alex: VOWELLESS ELEMENTS.)
LMNM
Aluminium
Reel in a letter from a popular food fish to get a place where you get your nails done
salon from salmon
Slate's theory on why glasses were enough to disguise this hero--all his pals had a condition called face blindness
Superman
This detective featured in 4 novels & 56 short stories was killed off in 1893, but that didn't stop him for long
Sherlock Holmes
This series featuring Kyle & Cartman grew out of a video that went 1995 "viral" as a Christmas card
South Park
NN
Neon
Kick out a letter from a British contact sport to get a July birthstone
rugby & ruby
Based in the conveniently located Central City, this hero is AKA the Scarlet Speedster & the Fastest Man Alive
Flash
In 2011 Ransom Riggs led us to an island with a mysterious history in "Miss Peregrine's Home for" these 2-word title folks
peculiar children
Raven, Cyborg & Beast Boy are on this title team--"Go!"
Teen Titans
RGN
Argon
Medically, it's the kneecap; excise a letter & it's a saffron-flavored Spanish rice dish
patella & paella
This show starring Stephen Amell as a billionaire who takes aim at crime began in 2012; get the point?
Arrow
A book series was launched when 15-year-old Janie, at lunch in the cafeteria, saw her own "Face on" this
the milk carton
"SpongeBob SquarePants" takes place underwater in this town
Bikini Bottom
RN
Iron
Swipe a letter from a liquid used to form a glossy coating & watch it disappear
varnish & vanish
Crashing a plane he's on? Killing a nuclear physicist on a football field? This masked "Batman" villain sure gets around
Bane
What a dame! This British woman wrote more than 60 novels, including "By the Pricking of My Thumbs"
Agatha Christie
This duo debuted in 1940, & many of their animated shorts were made at MGM
Tom and Jerry
DN
Iodine
Pluck a letter from these lovely flowers and they become small, stalky, maned animals
peony & pony
In "Justice League", this Jason Momoa character admits, "I don't want to die. I'm young. There's (stuff) that I want to do"
Aquaman
One of the first detective stories was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by this man, also known to rhyme a phrase or 2
Edgar Allan Poe
Darwin Watterson, an orange goldfish with arms & legs, is part of "The Amazing World of" this cat, also a Watterson
Gumball