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- 1 2 Project Superpowers #0 at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original )
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- ↑ Mougin, Lou (2020). Secondary Superheroes of Golden Age Comics. McFarland & Co. pp. 351–352. ISBN 9781476638607.
