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10 Things You Didn't Know About 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'

Donald Deane — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:23:16 +0000

Any self-respecting kid who grew up during the late 1980s through the early 1990s knows 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' like the back of their hand. Origin story involving mutagenic ooze? Wise old sensei in the form of a talking bipedal rat? Arch villain bristling with a set of pointy armor? Check, check and check.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Spider-Man

Matthew K. Manning — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:13:08 +0000

Arguably Marvel Comicsâ€™ biggest star, Spider-Man is a household name and an icon of popular culture. But how much do you really know about everyone’s favorite wallcrawler? Debuting in a modest 11-page story in August of 1962 in the pages of ‘Amazing Fantasy’ #15, Spider-Man became an instant hit, and soon spun off into his [...]