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As a teenage boy trying to hide his special powers, Clark Kent just wants to be a "normal" high schooler and fit in with the rest of his all-American town of Smallville, Kansas. But ever since the deadly meteor shower that rained down on Smallville and brought young Clark -- a child
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Continued from last issue... Spider-Man has been chained and thrown off the Brooklyn Bridge by the Tarantula and the Jackal. As Spider-Man shoots a web-line to save himself, the Jackal, Tarantula and Gwen Stacy clone all make their escape. The police capture Spider-Man, however before they can
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