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Why the Silver Surfer is the superhero for our cosmically fraught times [in print as The Silver Age]

Column by Chris Richards

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): E1, 8-9.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/silver-surfer-fantastic-four-marvel-superhero/

A surrogate dad. America's guardian. What Superman means to us. [letters]

Tina Rhea et. al.

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): A21

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/superman-christopher-reeve-george-reeves/

Aggressive instructions, impossible locks: When vacation rentals go wrong [in print as Vacation rentals gone wrong]

By Gemma Correll

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): F6.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/06/29/vacation-rental-comic/

'Donkey Kong Bananza' is a smashing grab bag of classic Nintendo ideas [in print as 'Donkey Kong Bananza' rises to the moment]

Review by Gene Park

Washington Post (July 20, 2025): E1, 11.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2025/07/16/donkey-kong-bananza-switch-2-review/

 

Steve Benson, provocative Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, dies at 71 [in print as Provocative Pulitzer-winning cartoonist known for skewering politicians].

While shifting from the political right to the left, he skewered politicians including Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham and President Donald Trump.

By Harrison Smith

July 20, 2025 : B20.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/07/16/steve-benson-dead-cartoonist/

 

and missed this.

Season 2 of 'The Sandman' sits in the dark shadow of Neil Gaiman [in print as 'Sandman' sits in the dark shadow of Gaiman].

Review by A.A. Dowd

Washington Post (July 4, 2025): C1-2.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/2025/07/03/sandman-season-two-neil-gaiman-review/