stackyFACTSThe massive global franchise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was entirely born from absolute creative boredom. It was originally sketched out during a late-night joke session purely to relentlessly mock the dark, overly gritty, and brooding tone of serious 1980s superhero comics.
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Those timely jokes in the Sunday funnies are an absolute mirage. Artists are required to submit their daily sketches up to six months before they actually…
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Graphic novels convinced millions that justice is best served by vigilantes dressed in brightly colored spandex. We somehow accepted that the most…
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You either die a hero, or you live long enough to steal your co-creator's intellectual property. Bob Kane slapped his name on Batman and soaked up the…
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Because nothing screams 'gritty antihero' quite like a literal angry woodland critter granted magical human consciousness. In his very early conceptual…
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The most iconic color association in superhero history was born entirely from cheap ink and malfunctioning printers. Stan Lee originally wanted his tragic…
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