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Lame Secret Identities in Superhero Comics
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— 26 Mar 2005 Martin Skidmore Comment

Lame Secret Identities in Superhero Comics
There are plenty of unlikely villainous names – “You mean the Riddler is really Mr E. Nigma? Holy stupid fucking contrivances, Batman!” – but since a lot of them were probably created[…]

TV Diary: everything I watched on 25/3/05
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— 26 Mar 2005 Martin Skidmore Comment

TV Diary: everything I watched on 25/3/05
Zatoichi is covered in the Blind fighters post below. A very good movie.
Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas: An odd mix of animation styles, making some parts look as if they are in different realms of reality,[…]

I have never been to a Dr Who Convention, BUT…
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— 26 Mar 2005 Alan Comment

I have never been to a Dr Who Convention, BUT…
It’s time I told you that I once attended something affectionately called an “Olympiad”. In my own head this is much, much less sad than a (say the word while spitting) “con[…]

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