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KADEEM SIMMONDS: Superhuman efforts

I'M A massive Batman fan. I have the bedsheets, even as an adult, canvases on my wall, statues in my room, tattoos on my arm. Maybe fan is an understatement.

 

Some have questioned why I like Batman, asking why I don’t favour Superman instead — a migrant living in a foreign land trying to help those around him, despite those same people hating him because he isn’t from where they are.

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