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They are ordered, though prone to occasional shifting. The justice league is a team of fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Nov 16, 2016 that said, while prior dc films have succeeded at making zlist heroes into household names, the comic books have introduced quite a few characters who would never cut mustard on the big screen. Some of these goofballs are just too silly for hollywood. Their heroes suffer a physical and psychic toll as a result of. Dc nation features three brandnew stories from a lineup of superstar talent that will appear only in this comic book and will not be reprinted in another comic book before each series collected editions. Pages in category dc comics superheroes the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 671 total.
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