Bam! Pow! Krakoom! The everlasting allure of the American comic book
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A Spiderman figurine sits atop a facsimile copy of the May 1939 Detective Comics anthology series in Phoenix, Thursday May 14, 2026. This issue made history for including the debut of the Batman superhero in a story called "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate". (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)File - Vincent Zurzolo, co-partner of Metropolis Collectibles, holds three examples of the company's vast collection of comic books in their offices in New York, Thursday, July 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)Famous comic book superhero figurines stand next to facsimile copies of comic book issues in Phoenix, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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A Spiderman figurine sits atop a facsimile copy of the May 1939 Detective Comics anthology series in Phoenix, Thursday May 14, 2026. This issue made history for including the debut of the Batman superhero in a story called "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate". (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)