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Wolverine [OVEREXPOSED]

By Matt Mitchell | Published: June 2, 2009
Wolverine is, and has been, for many years, Marvel’s most popular character. Spider Man is up there with him, and maybe one or two others, but really it’s Wolverine’s house. It would be interesting to see what Wolverine’s popularity would be like if Marvel hadn’t tried their damndest to run him into the ground and [...]
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The Wolverine Frog

By Matt Mitchell | Published: June 23, 2008
This frog needs to be renamed: It’s surprising enough to find a frog with claws,” says Blackburn, a doctoral student in Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. “The fact that those claws work by cutting through the skin of the frogs’ feet is even more astonishing. These are the only vertebrate claws known to pierce [...]
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Best Superhero Accoutrement

By Matt Mitchell | Published: April 25, 2008
Batman’s utility belt, Quasar’s quantum bands…there are tons of superheroes (and villains) out there who’ve accessorized to better enable them to perform their duties. Reed Richards has made a living out of building gadgets and machinery for his team and for the world at large. He designed unstable molecules so he and the rest of [...]
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King Mingus on a Scoot

By Matt Mitchell | Published: October 15, 2005
Burning south on British steel–it’s autumn but there’s no fall color. Skies clear, air brisk, running 90mph all the way to Tuscaloosa with plenty of throttle left. Suzy’s arms wrapped around me, hugging me tightly, wearing the Wolverine tee shirt I bought her when I was working in Abilene. The girls at the shop where I bought it thought [...]
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