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Counterintuitively, DC Comics Wants to Celebrate the Death of Superman
On January 1, 1993, Superman died. If you’re used to comics constantly killing off characters and then bringing them back willy-nilly, this may not sound like a big deal. But not only was it rare back in the early ‘90s, this was Superman, comics’ preeminent superhero. The event got massive mainstream news coverage and was…