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SIX KEYS TO A LITERARY GENETIC CODE

In essays on the subject of centricity, I've most often used the image of a geometrical circle, which, as I explained here,  owes someth...

Sunday, January 7, 2024

DEPARTMENT OF COMICS CURIOSITIES #30: ACHILLES HEALING

 While kryptonite was still waiting in the wings to be introduced, Jerry Siegel occasionally showed his hero being adversely affected by various vulnerabilities, like an ancient Mayan weapon that channeled sunlight, in SUPERMAN #30.




One issue later, the hero voluntarily undergoes a ray-bombardment experiment and loses his memory, eventually turning into his new secret identity, Mary Worth.




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