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Meet Melvin Beederman. He’s a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villainsonce he’s airborne.Crash! Splat! Thud! Kabonk!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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