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Monday Trending Topics: Who Stabbed Superman In The Back?

Monday Trending Topics: Who Stabbed Superman In The Back?This story will be told sooner rather than later, I bet: Superman appears to have a bit of a boo boo on his back left shoulder. A scar of some sorts, what kind of beast could have caused such damage to the Man Of Steel? Leaving the Daily Planet is one thing. But who could have stabbed him in the back?

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Mark SeifertAbout Mark Seifert

Co-founder and Creative director of Bleeding Cool parent company Avatar Press. Bleeding Cool Managing Editor, tech and data wrangler. Machine Learning hobbyist. Vintage paper addict.
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