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Why not let a superhero save you from the evil economy? Investing in comic books can be a recession-proof path to steady returns, according to experts at last weekend's New York Comic Con. Just don't let ignorance be your kryptonite.

Like the fictional superheroes who inhabited the recent New York Comic Con, Deborah Caldwell-Stone was there to fight injustice: Attempts to ban graphic novels from libraries are threatening to choke off free access to the books. "There are kids who don't have the resources to go to Amazon.com,"...

Observers are bracing for the revenue avalanche that Avatar will generate in its third weekend -- and debating its effect on the industry and what, if anything, it may augur for Tinseltown or the national economy.

Sheldon Dorf, the founder of Comic-Con, an annual comic book, science fiction and fantasy festival held in San Diego, died of complications related to diabetes Wednesday. Dorf, who was 76, was also a freelance writer and a letterist, but was best known for founding the convention -- the largest...