Sticking The Landing!

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Sticking The Landing!

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Mar 9, 2021

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Endings matter! Finales can be a resounding success, perfectly punctuating everything you enjoyed about a comic, book or film or sour you with a poorly received effort! Rob discusses some of the most profound endings in comics and filmed entertainment as well as a few that didn’t quite stick the landing!

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Mar 9, 2021

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Robservations is the new podcast by Comic Book Legend Rob Liefeld which exists to explore and celebrate comic books as an art form and their tremendous impact on the culture.

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Sticking The Landing!

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