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Keenan Attacks Bolaño - The UK editions of Roberto Bolaño's have been a bit overshadowed by some of the extraordinary US cover designs, especially that for *2666* (see here). But ...
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Incredible Hulk #127. Mogol! Tyrannus! The Mole Man! And Me! - [image: Incredible Hulk #127, In his first appearance, Tyrannus robot Mogol lifts a building ready to throw it at the Hulk who is leaping down to fight him...
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That was done for one of those puzzle-in-a-cans from the 1970s...
You are using a display mode that is absolutely maddening to use. I don't suppose you could be coaxed into going back to the classic viewing mode.
autodidact: I'd love to go back to the old display mode. (I'm guessing you mean when you click on an image it floats in front of the page, rather than going straight to the jpeg). But I don't know how to do that! Any tips?
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