Article: Comic books make wham-bang gifts; From Superman to the Perhapanauts, there's lots for your list

What's better than words for the person on your gift list who likes to read fiction?

Easy: words and pictures.

Take us up on our suggestions for a graphic novel or comic book from this year's collection and you, too, could be a superhero (these books can be found at area comic book stores):

Heroes are super

Superhero comics still dominate the industry - they have the biggest sales for their books and the biggest grosses for their movies.

DC is in the midst of publishing an ambitious interconnected yearlong weekly comic - appropriately titled "52" ($2.50) - that focuses mostly on six obscure heroes.

DC's main heroes, like Superman and Batman, have had many of their own collections, including ...

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