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Pairing the Man of Steel with real-life American icons was nothing new by the late 1970s. In fact, Superman had already been featured in print with the likes of Steve Allen, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Allen Funt, Don Rickles, and John F. Kennedy. But he had never gone up against a real-life athlete. And in the 1970s, there was only one real Superman outside of the world of comic books: champion boxer Muhammad Ali. Ali was more than just an athlete and more than simply the best athlete of his time. Known for his nearly superhuman sparring ability, Ali was a colorful, larger-than-life hero to children and adults everywhere. So it was probably inevitable that the comic book world would give the public what they wanted, a battle between Ali and the Man of Steel.
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