Jimmy Olsen: Gorilla Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\nClearly, the comics gods want me to go broke. But you’ll be glad to know that I calmly paid for Amy’s comic, walked out of the store, and quietly sobbed as I slumped over the steering wheel of my car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In summer, our office hours are 8am-1pm on Fridays. It’s a nice treat, getting out before the weekend traffic, even if it’s just to get some shopping done or get home early. Today, I stopped off at a comic shop on the way home, to pick up the new issue of Buffy: Season 8 for … <\/p>\n
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