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- NATION, Page 29American NotesNEW YORK CITYTime for the Superheroes
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- For weeks the front-page headlines in New York City's
- tabloids have featured villains whose more proper venue would
- seem to be the comics pages. First came the "Zodiac Killer,"
- who threatens to murder one person for each astrological sign.
- He has wounded four men, one fatally, since March 8 -- and
- prudent people are keeping their birth dates to themselves.
- Then there is "Dart Man," who since June 13 has provoked a
- miniwave of terror by firing homemade darts into the backsides
- of 53 women, mostly in Midtown Manhattan.
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- After a massive manhunt, police announced last week that
- they had finally collared Dart Man. The suspect: Jerome Wright,
- 33, a messenger at a Midtown advertising agency who police said
- was on probation for a previous drug conviction and had been
- under observation for psychiatric problems. They had less luck
- with Zodiac, who evaded a citywide dragnet. Where are Batman
- and Robin when Gotham City really needs them?
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