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1 Stealing Superman: Episode Eight — Special Farewell Issue 46:51
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedNic Cage’s recovered copy of Action Comics #1 leaves a series of unanswered questions and prompts a reexamination of what really happened the night it went missing. Plus, we meet the billionaire Superman superfan who has the comic today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedEleven years after going missing, Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action #1 reportedly surfaces in an abandoned storage locker in California. To confirm it, cops go undercover and discover a story almost too good to be true. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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