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foxley
Since: Jan, 2001
12th Apr, 2019 02:27:20 AM
It's called Secret Origins.
Loopytires55
Since: Aug, 2016
12th Apr, 2019 07:33:14 AM
Thank you!
There was this DC series from the 80s where each issue featured the origin of a different hero. The last issue had a cover where all the heroes were seen taking words down off the page, like they were shutting down the comic themselves.