| In someway or another, we all try to find super | | | | like Popeye the sailor man and Krazy Kat are still |
| hero characters in ourselves. Children love them, | | | | loved by all. After that there were characters like |
| and even grown ups go to theatres to watch | | | | Sabrina the teenage witch and Archie, which were |
| movies like Spiderman and Fantastic Four. | | | | introduced for the teenage group, so that they |
| Fantastic stories are described in comic books, | | | | could relate to them. Archie and his group got so |
| which are just soft cover magazines with pictures | | | | popular that they had fan clubs for the readers. |
| and words. The cover is made of glossy paper | | | | There are currently leading stores which sell |
| and the inside is a high quality paper, with its spine | | | | t-shirts, mugs, diaries and stickers of these comic |
| held together by staples. Comic books cover | | | | book characters. |
| everything from horror to sci-fi, from crime to | | | | Comic book collectors |
| adventure and mystery. Usually there are evil | | | | The fans of comic books love to collect them, |
| doers and a person or a group to stop them, | | | | and this becomes their hobby. They want to have |
| who become our superheroes. | | | | all the editions, so they keep buying them more |
| History | | | | and more. The new ones are usually easy to find, |
| Comic books were first introduced in the USA in | | | | these you can pick up from your local comic book |
| 1896. The idea was to collect all the comic strips | | | | store or toy stores and also some corner |
| from the newspapers and produce and publish a | | | | markets. The most difficult ones to find are the |
| book with them, and the result was the birth of | | | | older issues, but if you are lucky enough, you can |
| comic books. People loved it, and it got popular | | | | find them in comic stores as most of them keep |
| rapidly. Because of this, they wanted to produce | | | | some type of back issues. |
| and reproduce more and more comic books. | | | | Sometimes, people who have collected comic |
| People wanted new stories, new adventures. This | | | | books for a long while decide to sell their personal |
| is one version of how comic books were born, | | | | collection, and you can also do that, incase you |
| although some people believe that comic books | | | | make up your mind. First you have to decide |
| existed in some form in the earlier days, such as | | | | where to sell them, if in a comic store or even on |
| the Egyptian wall art and prehistoric cavemen | | | | auction sites. But you have to be aware that you |
| paintings. | | | | take full responsibility of the condition and you |
| In the year of 1938, Superman was first | | | | must know how to protect your comic books |
| introduced, and he became so popular and | | | | during shipment if you want a good price. |
| successful that people wanted to see more of | | | | Besides selling personal collections, there are other |
| him, and more characters with super powers. | | | | ways of making money with comic books and |
| That was how characters like Spiderman were | | | | their characters. The might and mightiest of |
| born. | | | | Hollywood want to make movies on these comic |
| The first comic books began as humorous books | | | | superheroes or want to be a part of it. So, now |
| for children and that is why till now the word | | | | you know how big comic books can get! |
| comic is used for humour in English. Characters | | | | |