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302:1972), who also became a comic book creator.
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178:before moving with his young family to the
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560:The Courtship of Miles Standish
270:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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862:References
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512:White Fang
365:Hit Comics
342:Hit Comics
210:Fox Comics
180:Germantown
142:comic book
127:issue 87,
35:1889-02-07
713:Alter Ego
496:The Iliad
472:The Pilot
331:The Eagle
286:artists.
260:Gilberton
226:Toni Blum
166:, into a
154:Biography
107:Spouse(s)
89:Alex Boon
22:Alex Blum
788:12 April
779:"Samson"
767:, p. 26.
176:New York
612:Macbeth
164:Hungary
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