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Dozens of rare and lesser-known comic books now fill a gallery on the sixth floor of Penn’s Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center, tracing the history of Black superheroes from obscurity to the big screen. The free exhibition, called The Black Hero’s Journey, features characters including Lion Man, Black Panther and the X-Men’s Storm, alongside a replica…

Before Steven Spielberg made Jawsthe first of the summer blockbusters, Peter Benchley wrote a novel about a small resort town with some very big problems. Adultery, organized crime, crooked real estate deals, and a mayor who’d sell out just about anyone to keep the tourists spending money. Oh, and there was a giant shark eating…