My boyfriend wants some comic books for his birthday and I don't know much about them!  I need help!!
Well a good one would be "Famous Funnies," the first modern comic book released in the US in 1933.
Comic books have been around that long??  I had no idea!  
Yep, they gained more popularity after 1938 when "Action Comics" debuted which included Superman.
Really??  That's amazing!  I've seen the Superman movie, and didn't know there were comic books too!
You better believe it! Action Comics ran from 1938 to 2011, one of the longest-running comic books.