Xenu: it's actually stupider than you think.

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Oh dear L. Ron burning in Hell, I've just found something even dumber than the Xenu story I've known and loved for ten years. Here's the summary I just added to the Wikipedia article:

A Marvel Comics villain called Xemnu the Titan featured in Journey into Mystery #62 and #66 (November 1960 & March 1961), as a prototype of The Hulk; Marvel widely reprinted these stories in early 1967 [13] [14]. The Xemnu tale features similar themes to Hubbard's Xenu story: an alien warlord, escape from prison, mass death, telepathy and mental possession of other bodies [15] [16]. A different Marvel villain called Zemu or Xemu appeared in Strange Tales #103 (December 1962) and Fantastic Four #158 [17].

I particularly recommend the Operation Clambake Message Board link where someone discovered this and others tracked down every similarity. Oh God. It's even dumber than it looks. Oh God.

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