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TIL the original superman was a homeless man tricked by an evil scientist into taking an drug that gives the powers of mind-reading, mind-control, & clairvoyance. He uses these powers maliciously for profit & amusement, but then it wears off, leaving him a powerless vagrant again He is also bald.

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