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My wife Tiffany just finished reading Infinite Crisis this weekend. If you’ve never read Infinite Crisis, one of the main villains is named Superboy Prime. Essentially, he’s what would happen if a hardcore fan boy was given Superman’s powers and then magically transported into the DC Universe. Just like how often you meet your idols in real life and find out that they have flaws just like everybody else, Superboy Prime realized that all the superheroes that he read about aren’t perfect. Instead of just taking his ball and going home, Superboy Prime goes nuts and starts brutally murdering the heroes, the whole time lamenting about “why are you making me hurt you?” I could tell whenever Superboy Prime reappeared in the comic because Tiffany would started yelling at him about how stupid and immature he was. It made me proud to learn that Tiffany got so emotionally invested in her comics.

After Infinite Crisis, the Big Three (Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman) essentially went on sabbaticals to get in touch with their inner superhero and come to terms with the character flaws that so exacerbated a 15 year old boy that he turned into a homicidal maniac. All of the regular DC books jumped one year forward and a new event called 52 began. 52 was a weekly comic that slowly filled in the gaps of what happened during the year between Infinite Crisis and One Year Later. Kris loves the story and this is also where Black Adam formed the Black Marvel Family. Tiffany and I are going to read 52 together, so we’ll have a report for you in a couple of weeks to see if we like it as much as Kris does.