It is typically thin and stapled, unlike traditional books. Comic shops cater to fans, selling comic books, plastic sleeves ('bags') and cardboard backing ('boards') to protect the comic books.Īn American comic book is also known as a floppy comic. Some have sold for more than US$1 million. Some fans collect comic books, helping drive up their value. DC and Marvel comic book publishers, when, Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Hulk, Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four and many of the company's heroes began appearing in stories together, DC and Marvel characters inhabited a shared continuity that, decades later, was dubbed the ' DC Universe' and ' Marvel Universe' by fans. Since 1934 and since 1939 two most comic book publishers of DC Comics and Marvel Comics. The late 1950s and the 1960s saw a superhero revival and superheroes remained the dominant character archetype throughout the late 20th century into the 21st century. The 1950s saw a gradual decline, due to a shift away from print media in the wake of television and the impact of the Comics Code Authority. After the war, while superheroes were marginalized, the comic book industry rapidly expanded and genres such as horror, crime, science fiction and romance became popular. This was followed by a superhero boom that lasted until the end of World War II.

While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of Action Comics, which included the debut of the superhero Superman. An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics.

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