Why are comics shops closing as superheroes make a mint?

The latest Avengers film is expected to take $1bn in its opening week, but the shops that are those characters’ natural homes are battling to stay in business With Avengers: Endgame set to break box-office records – it is predicted to make $1bn in its first week – it seems that the superhero business really is the one to be in. In Hollywood, at least.But what of the medium in which the superhero originated – the comic book – and the purveyors of the hundreds of comi