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There's a piece of comic book trivia that's been going around the internet about how Marvel almost bought DC Comics in the late 1980s, but they canceled the deal because they didn't think Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of DC's pantheon of superheroes were popular enough. How true is that? And what's the whole story behind this strange comic book history? Scott explains...

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SUPERMAN: First Marvel Issue! - Jim Shooter's blog
http://jimshooter.com/2011/08/superman-first-marvel-issue.html/
Comic Book Counterfactual: What If Marvel Had Bought DC In 1984?
https://observationdeck.kinja.com/comic-book-counterfactual-what-if-marvel-had-bought-dc-1557338065

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