The comic book is surely one of the classic symbols of America. The image of a young boy excitedly rushing to his local store to purchase the latest instalment of Batman or Superman, poring over the latest superhero exploits of Bruce Wayne or Clark Kent, has been indelibly marked on the country's consciousness since the 1930s.
Except, like most temples to 20th-century pop culture, the comic book and its shops are under threat.
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