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- ↑ Kyle Baker Goes to War, in Publishers Weekly, by Will Moss; published August 28, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2013 (via archive.org)
- ↑ Wolk, Douglas (December 6, 2009). "Holiday Books: Comics". The New York Times .
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