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RP: I do not think that word means what you think it means

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(From "Smash Comics" number 8, 1941.)

Posing preview

By request, Hammerknight is working on some recipe cards for alternate poses in HeroMachine 3. It's turning into a monster so it's taking a bit longer than he thought, but here's a sneak peek at what is coming up hopefully next week. Thanks HK!

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(Click to embiggen.)

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I guess this is Old Home Week at Sketch of the Day.

RP: Talk about beating the protection …

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(From "Smash Comics" number 8, 1941.)

Poll Position: To die, perchance

We all know the cliche -- comics character dies, only to arise from the dead some time later, usually when sales decline. Captain America most recently fell into this category, but the majority of big names come up against it eventually. I tried to come up with someone in super-hero comics besides Gwen Stacey and Uncle Ben Parker who died and stayed dead, but I couldn't come up with much. Throw Norman Osborne as the original Green Goblin onto that list, and you quickly come to the conclusion that it's best to steer clear of Spider-Man.

But then, maybe that's one reason he stayed popular so long? Maybe.

Anyway, that brings us to this week's Poll Position, only one day late (appropriate when talking about death, amiright?! Although, why do they say "The late Jeff Hebert"? Of course you're late, you're dead -- you may never get there!):

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Discussion after the jump.

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Hey, it could happen.

RP: Also, Xanex!

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(Credit: Flickr user Joan Thewlis, via "TheBigMoney.com". I know this is a bit of a stretch, but a-it's funny and b-This product was advertised on the Superman radio show. So there!)

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More fun with Photoshop brushes in the background. This one uses the spell effects and a blood-spatter one because if there's one thing you know about old man wizards, it's that they're violent.

RP: A new twist on going postal

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(From "Smash Comics" number 6, 1940.)