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Frog!!!

Dos.

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Yes! Yes! Another ape!

*squeaks bookly*

*znifflez*

Uno.

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Ape! Here they come!

This tends to be what happens if you try to learn anything about comics.

*iz*

Un.

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Ape.

Pretty!

And one.

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End of the page.

Ah, to be fair, I'd forgotten that the company that would eventually become Marvel did publish a specific comic book called "Marvel Comics" before Captain Marvel existed. The DC superhero, on the other hand, was originally going to be called "Captain Thunder", but they couldn't g...

Noon.

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That's lovely!

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chridd wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 2:57 am So why did DC have a character named after their competitor?

The character was called Captain Marvel before Marvel Comics was called Marvel Comics.

*us-squeak*

Four and it's morning.

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Night.

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