Midtown Comics for teens, 20s--and other Times Square ideas

I hate Times Square. If you have lived in NYC for more than a month, so do you. But i admit I also harbor a strange, intermittent fondness for the iconic spectacle of lights. In fact, in theory, it is not bad. What spoils it is the only-in-TS tourist trap restaurants and stores, and crowds of out- of- towners that make the 42nd-50th Street area seem like a foreign country. An annoying one. However a recent NY post story actually has some good ideas about what to do in Times Square --for every member of your family. Why does it matter? Because like it or not, everyone who visits you in NYC wants to go to Times Square. And if you don't want to grit your teeth during your "nth" visit to the M&Ms store (though you'll probably be doing that anyway...and actually it isn't that bad except for the crowds)--take a look at some of these suggestions. My favorite suggestion is to take teens (And honestly my nieces in their 20s would also love this)-- to Midtown Comics at 200 W. 40th St. Here is the entire review from the site: "Your average “been-there-done-that” teenager might sniff at the gaudy lights and endlessly moving ads of Times Square. But hidden away at the top of a staircase of a nondescript building, the original location of the citywide Midtown Comics chain is a two-story teen mecca (above). You could spend hours in here catching up on your favorite stories, from new releases to old back issues. Much of the store is taken up with collectibles and toys, such as Doctor Who’s sonic screwdriver and Wolverine figurines.