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Saturday Trending Topics: Do Michigan Authorities Fear Comics?

Published Sat, 14 May 2011 23:17:23 -0500

Last updated Sat, 14 May 2011 23:18:51 -0500

First Robocop, now this. No sooner do we hear that a small tourist town in Michigan has arrested Batman, then comes word that Michigan state police have handled a Thor movie press kit as a possible bomb. Better safe than sorry in such situations, to be sure. But early this year there were rumors that both Batman and Avengers movie productions passed on Detroit as a location after behind-the-scenes negotiations with authorities didn't go as desired.

Now… I personally know more than a few comic book readers and creators in the state, I've bought comics from some outstanding retailers based there, and one of the Midwest's best and longest-lived comic cons happens to be taking place this very weekend near Detroit. And of course, MSU houses one of the country's great public comic book collections (and MSU prof Ethan Watrall has written about the History of the Modern Comic Book here based on his class of the same name).

But there's a strange disconnect going on between the state of Michigan and its geeks this year, for reasons unknown.

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