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When my father was in high school, my grandfather became convinced that comics were a communist plot, and so he burned all my dad's Ditko/Kirby/Lee era Spider-Man and Fantastic Fours. Sure, everybody has that story about parents throwing away their comics, but this one seems particularly relevant now that George Rigakos has written a graphic novel version of The Communist Manifesto, quite a few years too late for my grandfather to use in justifying his actions.