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Fred Clark: "The abuse of power by this president is a given. It is assumed. The only question is whether or not it will also be accepted.”

Yep.

Want to show your superhero's cool? Give them a motorcycle.

“‘I love you’ — sometimes as beautiful as a prayer, sometimes a lie.” — The Red Kimona (1925)

Cap and Sharon Carter was the MU's best relationship in the Silver Age. Then came Captain America #124.

“Nick brings his naive country bride to live in an apartment where she is seduced, under the influence of alcohol, by their neighbor Marla, a bisexual, narcotics-dealing prostitute.”—synopsis for Hip,Hot and 21" (1966)

“His eyes were like two hollow pits dug by the shepherd for the wolf, and the wolf in them.” — George Meredith, "The Shaving of Shagpat"

Is Greta Gabor more popular than Supergirl with Baby Boomer women? Now's your chance to find out!

“They hate the idea of people “not in obedience to any common pattern” — there have to be clear, absolute lines saying black is black, white is white and you do not cross the lines! Which are drawn more narrowly the lower down the social hierarchy you are."

What if the secret to turning Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde was ... cocaine?

Natasha's 1970 reboot wasn't as flashy as Green Lantern's, but it worked.

"Gay marriage hasn’t destroyed straight marriage. No pastor has been forced to hold a church wedding for gay couples. Gay people are not more likely to be pedophiles than, say, Christian ministers." They're wrong. About everything.

As the Silver Age ends and the Bronze Age begins, some characters couldn't make the transition. Let's say goodbye.