Torontoist » superman http://torontoist.com Torontoist is about Toronto and everything that happens in it Sun, 27 May 2012 03:02:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Historicist: It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane!

Every Saturday morning, beginning today, Historicist looks back at the events, places, and characters—good and bad—that have shaped Toronto into the city we know today. Covers of Superman #1 (Summer 1939), Superman #6 (September-October 1940) and Adventure Comics #103 (April 1946), all pencilled by Joe Shuster. All characters depicted above copyright DC Comics. For a [...]

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This Saturday is the annual celebration of all things graphically novelistic: Free Comic Book Day. Free Comic Book Day is a very simple exercise: you go into your local comic book shop, and there are free comic books. This may seem complex, so we’ll go over it again: Step 1. Find a convenient comic book [...]

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