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Why comic book deaths mean less

By: NEIL KING Columnist/Web Editor @neilk34neil, neilk34@gmail.com Deaths just aren’t the same. There’s no power behind them anymore. In the mid ‘90s Professor X, who leads the X-Men, was killed by his own son. Fans held a real funeral in Washington D.C., and the Marvel Comics Universe, at least the X-Men, were thrown into an

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Marvel buys DC:

For real this time By: NEIL KING Columnist/Web Editor Twitter: @Neilk34Neil Email: Neilk34@gmail.com Who would win in an all out brawl if it was Marvel versus DC characters? Wolverine or Superman? Batman or Captain America? Wonder Woman or Storm? The X-Men or the Justice League of America? Green Arrow or Hawkeye? Nightcrawler or Spawn? We

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Communication Studies Club hosts Q&A panel

By: KAYLA SMITH Staff Writer @kaylasmith721 Do you wonder what you can do with a communication degree, what jobs are available, or do you just have the urge to talk with professionals in the communications field? Well now you have the chance to find out. Current, new or even prospective students are welcome to join

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The lighter side of TV adaptions:

Why “The Flash” is ahead of the curve Neil King Columnist/Web Editor Twitter: @neilk34neil Email: NeilK34@gmail.com     There is an important word in the world of comic books that TV companies are missing in their small screen adaptions of super heroes. It isn’t ‘Ka-pow!’ or ‘Bam!’ or ‘Zap!’ like in Adam West’s adaption of Batman,

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A New Space for Sculpture

Neil King and Rachel Nuner Columnist/Web Editor Twitter: @neilk34neil Email: NeilK34@gmail.com IU South Bend’s sculpture studio is being denied the option to renew their lease at their current location on Wayne Street. According to Vice Chancellor for Administrative and Fiscal Affairs, Bill O’Donnell, the university is looking at it as a good thing. As it

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Comic books destroy stereotypes, bring us together

By: NEIL KING Columnist/Web editor Twitter: @neilk34neil Email: NeilK34@gmail.com Comic books don’t just feature heroes in colorful spandex saving damsels in distress. Some of the heroes involved are drawing the characters and writing the stories. Comic books help to shape the moral fabric of our youth by presenting characters in morally questionable situations and making

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