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Wolverine Blow-Up Doll
Status: Satire
A picture of a Wolverine toy with an unfortunately positioned blow-up valve has been doing the rounds. It's another case of satire mistaken as news. The picture originated on the satire site christwire.org, under the headline "Marvel Now Promotes Gay Agenda With Wolverine Toy."But once the image got loose on the web, its satirical origin was lost. Thus, the confusion.
