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killer

[kil-er] / ˈkɪl ər /


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He also helped introduce the Batman villain Killer Croc, as well as Jason Todd, the young man who would succeed Dick Grayson as Batman’s sidekick Robin.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Selected by Amin Ahmad, the author of the forthcoming novel “A Killer in the Family.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Idle and DuPrez wrote some 40 songs for the musical, many of them at a small studio in the Valley which they dubbed Killer Rabbit Studios.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The song was called Killer B's, inspired by stories of deadly insects invading the US from Brazil.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

From the sound of his voice Killer Man is back to being his old cranky self.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe




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