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Not Even Stan Lee Expected Things To Get This F*cked Up

Nobody in the comic book business ever thought reality could outdo their fictional universes

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Dec 03, 2021
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Long before superheroes transitioned to the big screen, I was a huge comic book nerd. As a child, my comic book habit was so out of control, when my mom sent me to the grocery store, I’d steal her change to feed my habit. Back then, the latest Spider-Man was only fifteen cents, so I was able to rein in my thievery by …

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