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Superhero Afterlife: Batman dies in Final Crisis

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Why Superheroes Always Come Back from the Dead: A. David Lewis Studies Superhero Afterlife in New Book

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 10, 2014

“If someone stepped back and looked at all the times superheroes went into the afterlife, yeah, it’s ridiculous and perhaps even embarrassing.” A. David Lewis has always had an affinity…

The Superhero Afterlife by A David Lewis

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New Book by A. David Lewis Examines The Superhero Afterlife

  • by Frederik Hautain
  • October 2, 2014

Press release Superman died… and came back. Captain America died… and came back. Superheroes frequently die, and they always come back. American Comics, Literary Theory, and Religion: The Superhero Afterlife…

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