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Fantastic four, american team of comic strip superheroes, created by stan lee and jack kirby for marvel comics in 1961, that brought an element of realism to the genre unique for its time. His power cosmic is so powerful that its not a matter of what he can do. There are a handful of them that were created for other media before they found their way into the comic universes of marvel and dc. It has never been easier to find top notch free porn comic sites thanks to mr. Feb 22, 2016 literary comic books and graphic novels for book nerds. Top 10 bugthemed comic book characters geek culture.
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