Superhero deaths are about as permanent as chalk on a chalkboard, because as soon as it’s convenient to bring the beloved hero back from the dead the whole scene is wiped clean and covered up with a new storyline.

And yet virtually every time a superhero dies that “milestone” issue becomes a top seller, drawing in all kinds of collectors with the promise of a steady increase in value and something to talk about with their nerdy friends.

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Whether you think superhero deaths are a good plot vehicle or simply a gimmick to sell more issues you'll enjoy WatchMojo's breakdown of the Top 10 Biggest Superhero Deaths.

It's chock full of spoilers, superfriends, so don't watch if you're still looking to be surprised when you read the comics!

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What a difference a word makes! These films sound so  prosaic when the titles are changed to something that means the same thing. Have fun translating all ten of them. I have to admit, I had to look the last one up, because even though I recall it better than the other movies in the series, I forgot the complete title. This is the latest from Randall Munroe at xkcd. As usual, the punch line is in the hovertext at xkcd.

The 80s were a heyday for licensed toys, and kids were finally able to actually have some action with their action figures.

Toy series that featured some kind of fighting element were generally the most popular, so companies released many different kinds of combat-ready characters in order to cash in on the trend.

But one group of fighters failed to make kids hungry enough to collect them all- The Food Fighters, a delicious idea that kids just couldn’t stomach.

And then there were those brash toy lines that dared to come out without their own cartoon series, which caused kids to wonder "Who the heck does this Crystar, Crystal Warrior think he is, He-Man or sumpin'?!"

See 12 Toys From The 1980s That Didn't Take Off at mental_floss

I don't know about you guys, but I fell in love with Black Beauty (the Green Hornet's car, not the horse) the second I saw it. How could you not love a gorgeous black Chrysler adorned with weapons and gadgets? Of course, a Batmobile would also be pretty incredible as far as style and gadgetry are concerned.

Honestly, I'd pretty much love any of the amazing superhero vehicles on this great TopTenz list, but I'm curious, which one would you prefer?

Politics are rarely entertaining in a laugh out loud kind of way, but politicians who at least try to bring the funny are generally better received by the public.

The people behind the politicos know this, so they try to incorporate entertaining elements into their campaigns like fun slogans or, in Hillary Clinton’s case, selling a beer koozie with the slogan “More like Chillary Clinton, amirite?” printed on the side.

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Sometimes these attempts to be humorous can backfire, but in the case of Canadian politician Wyatt Scott his comedic campaign video should result in a landslide victory, especially if his opponents are dragons.

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In the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max, gasoline is what makes the world go round. I’m not sure why, because it seems food and water would be more important. But you can’t have a good car chase movie without gas!

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CorridorDigital brings us story set in the that bleak world, revolving around the quest for gasoline. It’s violent, gory, and contains NSFW text. But at the same time, you have to laugh. But really, this is not for children or those with a weak stomach. -via Uproxx    

Twitter user @Belcorno has made a name for himself as an accomplished latte artist. He can create almost any image on the surface of a cup of coffee, such as these colorful renderings of Anna and Elsa from Frozen. Most commonly, he uses anime characters as his subjects.

Lately, Belcorno has been experimenting with pancakes, presenting our favorite characters in sweet pancake batter. Pictured above is a Colossal Titan from the series Attack on Titan. If Belcorno can add eggs or bacon, he can present full anime breakfasts!

Animation studios know that style is the biggest selling point for their features, and industry leaders like Pixar, Studio Ghibli and DreamWorks have made their name on their unique stylistic choices.

CineFix has put together a list of what they’re calling the Top 10 Most Beautiful Animated Films Of All Time, which includes some incredibly cool animated films like Waltz With Bashir, The Boxtrolls, and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

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Like many of these online “best of” compilations it’s hit and miss if you're a serious animation fan, but serves as a great primer for those who are new to watching animated features.

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Cartoons meant for kids are scrutinized to make sure that no elements deemed “mature audiences only” creep into the final product.

This includes sexual references, violence and foul language, but clever cartoon creators are capable of slipping an adult joke into a kid’s cartoon like nobody else.

These jokes tend to go right over a kid’s head, and are likely slipped in to entertain the older folks who might be watching along with their little ones.

But when you look back at some of the jokes found in favorite childhood cartoons like Rugrats and Batman: The Animated Series it's surprising how raunchy those sneaky little jokes can be!

See Dirty Jokes You Missed In Your Favorite Childhood Cartoons at Dorkly

There were a lot of far out gangs in Walter Hill’s dystopian thriller The Warriors, but most of them were nothing but imaginative flights of gangland fancy and never truly existed on the mean streets of New York.

However, The Warriors themselves, as well as the Turnbull ACs, The Rogues and a few of the less gimmicky crews, are based on real life NY gangs from the 60s and 70s.

These “neighborhood clubs” are the focus of the 1993 documentary Flyin’ Cut Sleeves, an in-depth look at the gangs that ruled New York City which you can watch in full on YouTube:

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It’s a stone groove that'll take you back to the days when the boppers ruled the Bronx, and every club in town was cuttin’ off their sleeves to show their love for the street life. Can you dig it?

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Roger Ebert is one of the most well respected, liked and famous movie critics who has ever lived, and he spent four decades helping us refine our cinematic palates by telling us why movies deserve a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

Mr. Ebert did not mince words, and sometimes his reviews were so perfectly scathing they gave the film a bad rep before most people had even seen it.

He wasn’t afraid to go against the opinion of the masses, like when he called Michael Bay’s Armageddon “an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained”, or his review of beloved cult classic Hocus Pocus “The witches in this one inspired my silent cry, ‘Get me out of here!”

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However, peruse this list of 22 Movies Roger Ebert Really Hated and you’ll see that his hate list is overwhelmingly right on the money!

Behold his review of M. Night Shmalayan's The Village:

“Eventually the secret of Those, etc., is revealed. It’s a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It’s so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don’t know the secret anymore. And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we’re back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets.”

See 22 Movies Roger Ebert Really Hated at mental_floss

Licensed games, like comic books and toys, go through phases of overdevelopment that result in some pretty odd choices being made by game companies.

It’s like they don’t have a filter for what should or shouldn’t be made into a game when pop culture trends reach their most profitable, so they start churning out games for any movie or TV show license that comes across their desk.

Fight Club is a movie about a guy who beats himself up and has rules against talking about beating himself up, sounds like the making of a great video game!

Haven't you always wanted to beat Full House's Michelle Tanner...at a board game? Well what are you waiting for, grab the epic Full House board game that came out in 1993 and show Michelle you got it, dude!

See 10 Inexplicable Games Based On Pop Culture here

Comic author Grant Morrison opined about the new Wonder Woman movie franchise, wondering how the Amazonian became so warlike, when Diana Prince was always dedicated to justice and peace. The truth is, Wonder Woman has been many things. Diana Prince has gone through a lot of changes in her 73 years in comic books.

Wonder Woman was by no means the first female superhero, but she was perhaps the first who was designed to function primarily as a social message. Her creator, psychologist William Marston, intended her to be an antidote to what he had decided was "comics' worst offense... their blood-curdling masculinity." By this, he didn’t really mean that comics were too violent or stereotypically masculinized, but rather that they lacked all the elements that Marston saw as the “tender, submissive, peace-loving” feminine ideal.

But that changed, depending on the mood of the day and who was writing the stories. An article at The Daily Dot follows the many different phases of Wonder Woman’s career as a superhero, from 1942 to today. 

You don’t need a brand new, high powered computer to go online, and believe it or not there are still people out there surfing the net via dialup modem.

Now if you want to have the best online experience it helps if your computer has at least a few modern features, but if you haven’t bought a new computer in the last thirty years don’t worry, you can still go online...if you’re crafty.

Ars Technica writer Sean Gallagher is clearly crafty when it comes to the thoroughly modern art of computing, and he was able to get online with his newly acquired TRS-80 Model 100 (released in 1983) and a little slice of Raspberry Pi.

Sean's journey to bring 80s computer tech into the 21st century is equal parts inspiring and befuddling, but the results show time travelers from the 80s shouldn't have a problem getting online when they visit the 21st century.

Read Surfing The Internet...From My TRS-80 Model 100 here

Adventure Time has taken cartoon cool to a whole new level, with amazing art and totally tripped out storylines that are made to appeal to kids and adults alike.

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Every episode of Adventure Time begins with a totally mathematical looking title card that serves as a graphic representation of the storyline, plus it helps set the mood for the episode.

Whether they’re scary, far out or fantastically funny, those title cards are a very visually appealing way to start every episode.

Now you can bring those title cards home in book form to sit on your bookshelf or coffee table where they belong in Adventure Time: The Original Cartoon Title Cards, with two volumes out so far covering the first four seasons of the show.

It's an eye-pleasing way to admire the artistry that goes into this amazing and innovative cartoon show, and may even convince those who don't know what time it is that it's Adventure Time!

-Via Polygon