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_This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts._ _They have no superpowers, but they are heroic: They are the

store employees across America who sell comics and, like the guys in ‘__High Fidelity__,’ bicker with one another all day long about the true treasures of the discount bin. They are the

__Comic Book Store Clerks of America__, and we salute them._ It may be our world, but when it comes to comic books it’s JIM HANLEY’S UNIVERSE. _[4 W. 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001; (212)

268-7088_] The store caters to the comic book connoisseur as well as a fair number of starving comics creators. Just ask VITO DELSANTE, 36: He’s a mild-mannered store manager by day and

covert comic book writer by night. His comic book, FCHS, recounts his last year of high school and will hit the shelves this October. ‘We foster that kind of creativity here,’ DelSante said.

_What grown-up comic book could make it as a Saturday morning cartoon? _ I think SANDMAN would be OK for kids. Although... PREACHER would be great as a Saturday morning cartoon. _Which one

of CAPTAIN PLANET’S rings would you like to have?_ The AIR RING so I can fly. _ If you were a superhero, what would your catchy slogan be? _ ‘Do I _have_ to?’ That probably would be close to

something I would actually say. _Which comic book writer should pen your biography? _ I’m actually kind of doing it right now, but BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS might actually make my life funnier

than it actually is. He’s written for ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’ and ‘Powers,’ and he wrote ‘Fortune and Glory,’ which was his autobiography. It’s hysterical and fantastic. _What should J.J.

ABRAMS touch with his awesomeness next? _ After seeing ‘STAR TREK,’ I’m halfway willing to have him do ‘STAR WARS.’ You know, since GEORGE LUCAS can’t do it right. - Michelle Castillo

THEY’RE SO CUTE! MEET MORE COMIC BOOK STORE CLERKS OF AMERICA