{"id":24827,"date":"2016-07-06T13:43:10","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T18:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=24827"},"modified":"2016-07-06T13:43:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T18:43:10","slug":"wwe-returning-comic-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/07\/06\/wwe-returning-comic-books\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Times &#8211; WWE returning to Comic Books genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3795175259\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE is trying to get back into the comic books genre.\u00a0This time, WWE is partnering with Boom Studios! to produce comic books and graphic novels, reports the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/herocomplex\/la-et-hc-boom-studios-wwe-comics-20160706-snap-htmlstory.html\" target=\"_blank\">L.A. 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