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So here is what Young Hellboy: Thrilling Sky Adventures (fourth and final issue out today!): …has been reminding me of, just a little bit: Yes, Limited Collectors’ Edition #C-47 from 1976, the infamous treasury-format release entitled “Superman Salutes the Bicentennial.” Why is it infamous, you ask? Because, despite having a big ol’ drawing of Superman on the cover, making one expect to see Superman adventures within, we get historically-themed comics like Tomahawk inserted, with very brief introductions from an inset Superman head pasted over the first panel of each story. Look, I’m no Tomahawk hater, I like the character just fine, but does it say “Tomahawk” anywhere on that cover? No sir, it does not. Granted, it does say “6 Tales of Heroic History Celebrating the Spirit of ’76!” but one would not be blamed for thinking that would mean, like, Superman time-traveling around and helping out George Washington and Paul Revere and so on. I mean, when you see the cover of Captain…

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