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Many of the most famoussuperman and batman chief among themdebuted as comic book stars. You wont find this one in stores on free comic book day. There was soon a whole comic book industry creating men, women and even animals who possessed an unimaginable array of superpowers. The 10 most significant superhero couples of all time. The book is slender and offers little text by feiffer, but reprints in color early stories of the original superheroes. By george marston, newsarama contributor may 3, 2018 06. Almost since they started appearing together in comic books, fans have speculated and argued over the possible pairing of the man of steel and the.
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