When they read comic books, they envision themselves as caped crusaders.

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First I read comic books, then adventure books, a few romantic novels, the Spanish literature she was studying at school, as well as the Catalan, Manelic and the wolf, and all that.

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David Goyer has read Superman comic books and has based part of his script on recent adaptations.

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Spiegelman says he learned to read from Batman and other comic books.

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If the last 10 books you read all involved comic character superheroes, you might be an underachiever.

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Whether or not you read comics, Lois and Clark are known to be one of the most iconic couples in comic books.

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This plays out in video games and fiction and comic books and movies, where we play as near-invincible soldiers, ninjas, or barbarians or read about super heroes or powerful wizards, or watch Chuck Norris lay bearded waste to wave upon wave of bogies.

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