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TIL about Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, an oversize celebrity comic book published by DC Comics in 1978. The 72-page book features Superman teaming up with the heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to defeat an alien invasion of Earth, but first they have fight each other in a boxing match.

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