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Write about a person who collects superhero comics.

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✍️ 19 stories

“Geek” by 𝐿𝒶𝓉𝒶 𝐵

Submitted on 06/28/2020

He was living in a world of his own. I could tell because every time I went into the ice-cream shop, he would be there licking the brown cream off the cone, and dozing off into his comic book. Sometimes he would be so lost in his comic all the ice-cream would melt down his fingers. He would read the same comic every day. The odd thing about him was that he would only have ice-cream once a month. Watching him would be like watching the younger me flipping through the pages. He had dirty blond hair just like me and hi...

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“The Pannapictagraphists ” by Blane Britt

Submitted on 06/27/2020

I thought that the title of this short story would grab your attention. People who are into collecting comic books are called “pannapictagraphists”. These people buy rare comic books for various reasons that include personal interest in popular comic book characters, completion of comic book collections and most especially for financial gain. I have a friend who has been collecting and selling co...

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“Shadow And Light” by Z. H.

Submitted on 06/28/2020

CHAPTER- ONERae laid down, his weight resting on his small bruised elbow; he flipped through a colourful comic book. The words were big and highlighted and each blurb was full of action and heroics. It was a superhero comic. Today he was reading Superman. How he wished to be like Superman- brave, courageous, and with a scintillating smile.He had been laying in his rooms for hours now, re-reading the new debut of Superman over and over. Rae's mother had entered his room many times- asking if he wanted to go on a wa...

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“Riddle of the Sphinx” by Deidra Lovegren

Submitted on 06/28/2020

A thing there is whose voice is one; / Whose feet are four and two and three.Four feet. A baby crawls over to his father reading a newspaper at the breakfast table. He pulls at his father’s pants leg. The father picks him up, while folding the newspaper open to the funny pages. Blocks of color. Jumbles of words. The baby points at the newspaper, knowing that his father has the power to make the mysterious characters come alive.  “Well! Here comes ol’ Charlie Brown! Good ol’ ...

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“a lonely journey” by Liya Mariyam

Submitted on 06/27/2020

pow!pow! batman punches the joker in the face . alas it's only to see that it's a dummy of the joker while the real joker had quietly escaped. to be continued. Emily closed the book,added it to the growing pile of story books near her bed and sighed . she so desperately wanted to know what had happened next.but she had spent the week's allowance carelessly and did not have a single penny left. desperate times ca...

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“Moustaches and Mourning- A Ninjago Fanfic” by Felicity Pathis

Submitted on 06/29/2020

Felicity Nymphadora Pathis smiled and looked up from the comic before capping the black marker. She had been looking forward to this prank for days and Kai had finally managed to distract Jay long enough for her to do it. Felicity, or known as ‘City, was always doing this, and her boyfriend Cole, as well as everyone else, found it hilarious when Jay found out. He really freaked. Then again, he was always very high strung. Placing the comic back, she ran a hand through her wild untamed red curly hair. (Think Merida from Brave) Gaming noise...

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“The Nobody” by Ethernia Thiadi

Submitted on 06/27/2020

Look at that pig. What a slob. Can't even take care of himself. Societal trash. You are unneeded. You will never amount to anything. What a nobody. Call it a superpower if you'd like, but after years of living in this monstrosity of a vessel we call the human body, it had become quite natural for me to hear the voices of the people around me from their stares alone. They won't say it out loud. Th...

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“Comic Collection” by Monica Chaddick

Submitted on 06/26/2020

The boy, Gregory, walked dejectedly down the sidewalk towards home. He walked alone, not by choice, but because he was the different kid, the bullied kid, the kid that no one wanted to hang around. He couldn’t help his differences, but that didn’t matter to the other kids. Even some of the teachers and staff gave him a hard time.          The only thing that made him happy was his comic books. It had started out s...

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“Crystal Clear” by Brooke Gardner

Submitted on 06/27/2020

Leona Garth leaned forward expectantly. "How much longer...sir?" The man waiting at his desk looked up from not a long distance. He consulted his wrist timepiece as if he was a professional. "I can't say," he whispered as if his voice were joining with the wind outside. "Maybe another half hour. Ten minutes at my best guess--" He blinked at her before he returned to either disordering or straightenin...

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“Chrysalism ” by Priyamvada Deshmukh

Submitted on 06/29/2020

Ever since I was small, I’d been collecting comic books. I’ve always hated reading books without pictures, because then it would seem less real. The reason I love comic books so much is that it gives me a chance to believe that there are people out there, who selflessly help others without expecting anything back.Real superheroes.The line between reality and the pages would blur. My grandmother always thought that my obsession was cute, but every once in a while, she’d tell me to get my head out of my book and look at the re...

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“Anniversary Paper” by Ken Coomes

Submitted on 06/29/2020

Ron set his BCW magazine and document bin, sized for comics from the Golden Age, on the counter in Jeremy’s comic book store. But he didn’t let go of it; not just yet. Then he looked up as Jeremy finished a sale and headed his way.“What’cha got?” Jeremy asked with a smile. “Some more Archie and Jughead?” This was a standing joke between the two of them. Jeremy knew full well that Ron didn’t care for what they referred to as “funny books” instead of comics. He was a full-on dedicated collector of superhero comics. And whi...

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“Have you seen my blue book?” by N C

Submitted on 06/28/2020

"Mom, have you seen my blue book? The one with Blue Falcon on the cover?" asked Nathan one afternoon. "Which one?" asked Mother, “ you have so many!” Nathan shot our mom an evil glare. “You’re not even listening!” “The blue comic with Blue Falcon on it!” shouted my little brother. Mommy sighed, “Oh, that one.” “Yeah?” said Nathe hopefully.  “Well, I haven’t seen it today, but I remember you said you took it to...

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“Dennis the Menace Goes to Wicklow ” by Sarbjeet Kaur

Submitted on 06/28/2020

It would only take a second. A slight slip of my fingers underneath the shiny paper, a firm but gentle grasp so not even the faintest crease would damage the value of it. Philip probably wouldn’t even notice it was gone, but then again his brain was full of muck and he didn’t notice his own mother half the time. The bright red block of text popped out from the page like it was going to jump up and run awa...

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“Superman” by Sandra Claros

Submitted on 06/28/2020

- How much is that Superman magazine for collectors?  - Ten bucks. The little client looked at his pocket : he did have ten, but he was in need of two. - I only have eight. No way! If I give the journal  for eight bucks, I will have no profit on selling it.  - Right. I have ten, but I need money to go back home. I have to take the bus, and walk three blocks to get home, so I need the ch...

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“Someday” by Sarah Burke

Submitted on 06/27/2020

      Little seven year old Jimmy sat in the window seat of the living room, the same spot he’d been in for six hours since returning from the comic book store with the haul of science fiction delight bought by that week’s allowance. Immersed in the pages synonymous with portals to other worlds, he was no longer the runt of the litter comprised of himself and four older brothers that considered him too little to include in their roughhousing. Shoulder-deep in the whirlwind of action of the Marvel and DC Unive...

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