The best superhero rides aren’t just there to look good on the showroom floor. Not all superheroes can fly, run at the speed of light, or teleport. And sometimes even the ones that can need a hand now and then. Hence one of the coolest superhero tropes – the super …
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When Tom King signed on as co-writer of the “New 52” series Grayson, DC promoted his background as a CIA operative that would inspire that run. That was definitely a new way to promote a comic book. Although there’s been plenty of comic book writers who’ve previously worked in surprisingly …
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