Death of Superman
Probably one of the best fan-made videos deconstructing a comic I’ve ever seen. Excellent review of the WTF moments in the Superman comic, Death of Superman.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-25
Have moved into new apartment. Have box city to unpack. Am rebelling and watching Time of Angels. # Stuff is moved. Now it is time to clean my old place…Arg. All I want to do is go to the barn… # Got the keys to the new place. Now the fun begins… # RT @svgeesus:…