Sunday, December 13, 2015

THE GONE&FORGOTTEN ADVENT(ure) CALENDAR: DAY THIRTEEN


Superman's Christmas Adventure
The Man of Steel was a marketing bonanza practically from the moment the ink first touched the paper on Action Comics No.1. Pairing the Last Son of Krypton and Christmastime's jolly old elf made perfect sense, then, as both characters are almost primarily synonymous with the selling of kid-friendly merchandise ...
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