Matt Fraction
| Matt Fraction | |
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Fraction at the Midtown Comics booth at the 2011 New York Comic Con. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
| Notable works | The Invincible Iron Man The Immortal Iron Fist Casanova Uncanny X-Men |
| Awards | "Favourite Newcomer Writer" Eagle Award (2007) "Best New Series" Eisner Award (2009) |
Matt Fritchman, better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of The Invincible Iron Man, The Immortal Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men for Marvel Comics and Casanova for Image Comics.
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Early life [edit]
Matt Fraction was born Matt Fritchman[1][2] on December 1, 1975 in Chicago Heights, Illinois.[1] Fraction developed an affinity for telling stories as a child, and enjoyed reading both comic books and comic strips. The first comic he remembers buying was Batman #316. Comic strips he enjoyed included Peanuts and Doonesbury. He became a regular, weekly comic reader around the time that the 1985-86 DC Comics storyline Crisis on Infinite Earths ended, though he found that storyline too bizarre and impenetrable to a new reader, and as a result, gravitated toward Marvel Comics, finding Spider-Man to be his favorite, along with other books such as Star Wars and G.I. Joe.[2]
Career [edit]
Fraction wrote two columns for Comic Book Resources: "Poplife"[3] and "The Basement Tapes",[4] the latter with Joe Casey.
Fraction started creating comics with smaller publishers including AiT/Planet Lar and IDW Publishing. He became known early in his career for his creator-owned work on The Five Fists of Science and Casanova, before taking on a number of increasingly high-profile assignments for Marvel Comics.
Fraction teamed with Ed Brubaker for an acclaimed run on Marvel's The Immortal Iron Fist. The pair re-teamed on Uncanny X-Men for a short time, after which Fraction wrote the series solo until leaving it in 2011.[5] He wrote The Mighty Thor and The Invincible Iron Man, the latter of which led to his consulting work on the set of the film Iron Man 2.[6] He also wrote the Iron Man 2 video game that tied into that film sequel.[7]
In 2011 Fraction wrote the event limited series Fear Itself, which was the central book of the crossover storyline of the same name.[8][9] In December 2011 he launched a new Defenders series with artist Terry Dodson.[10] In August 2012 he launched a new Hawkeye series with David Aja.[11]
Personal life [edit]
Fraction is married to Kelly Sue DeConnick, a comics writer and adapter of manga into English.[2][12] They have two children, Henry and Tallulah.[13]
Awards [edit]
- 2007 Eagle Award for Favourite Newcomer Writer
- 2009 Eisner Award for "Best New Series" for The Invincible Iron Man (shared with Salvador Larroca)[14]
- 2010 Pen Center Literary Award for "Outstanding Body of Work"[15]
Nominations [edit]
- 2008 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) for The Sensational Spider-Man Annual (shared with Salvador Larroca).
- 2008 Eisner Award for Best New Series for The Immortal Iron Fist (shared with Ed Brubaker, David Aja and others)[16]
Bibliography [edit]
Early work [edit]
- AiT/Planet Lar:
- Double Take #6-8 (with Andy Kuhn, 2001-2002) collected as The Annotated Mantooth! (tpb, 96 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-932051-05-8)
- Last of the Independents (with Kieron Dwyer, graphic novel, tpb, 104 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-932051-14-7)
- 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales #1-8: "Juarez or Lex Nova & the Case of the 400 Dead Mexican Girls" (with Ben Templesmith, IDW Publishing, 2004-2005) collected in 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales (hc, 200 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-933239-11-5; tpb, 2005, ISBN 1-932382-78-X)
Image Comics [edit]
- Four Letter Worlds: "Fate" (with Kieron Dwyer, graphic novel, tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-58240-439-9)
- 24Seven Volume 1: "Static" (with Frazer Irving, graphic novel, tpb, 224 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-636-7)
- The Five Fists of Science (with Steven Sanders, graphic novel, tpb, 112 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-605-7)
- Casanova #1-14 (with Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, 2006-2008)
- Issues #1-7 were collected as Album 1: Luxuria (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-689-8; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-58240-897-1).
- The series was later recolored, relettered and compressed into two four-issue mini-series released under Marvel's Icon imprint.
- Satellite Sam #1-ongoing (with Howard Chaykin, 2013-...)
- Sex Criminals #1-ongoing (with Chip Zdarsky, 2013-...)
Marvel/Icon Comics [edit]
- X-Men:
- X-Men Unlimited #9: "Dead Man Walking" (with Sam Kieth, 2005)
- X-Men: Divided We Stand #1: "Migas" (with Jamie McKelvie, 2008) collected in X-Men: Divided We Stand (tpb, 136 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3265-1)
- Uncanny X-Men: (July 2008-March 2011)
- Manifest Destiny (hc, 208 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3817-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2451-9) includes:
- "SFX" (with Ed Brubaker, Terry Dodson and Greg Land, in #500-503, 2008)
- Lovelorn (tpb, 136 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2999-5) collects:
- "Lovelorn" (with Terry Dodson, in #504-507, 2009)
- "White Queen, Dark Reign" (with Mitch Breitweiser and Daniel Acuña, in Annual #2, 2009)
- Sisterhood (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4105-7) collects:
- "Sisterhood" (with Greg Land, in #508-511, 2009)
- "The Origins of the Species" (with Yanick Paquette, in #512, 2009)
- Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (hc, 368 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4233-9; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4234-7) includes:
- Dark Reign: The Cabal: "How I Survived Apocalyptic Fire" (with Daniel Acuña, one-shot, 2009)
- Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (with Marc Silvestri, one-shot, 2009)
- "Utopia, Parts Two & Four" (with Terry Dodson, in #513-514, 2009)
- "Utopia, Parts Three & Five" (with Luke Ross, in Dark Avengers #7-8, 2009)
- Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus (with Terry Dodson and Mike Deodato, Jr., one-shot, 2009)
- Nation X (hc, 360 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3873-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4103-0) collects:
- Dark Reign: The List - X-Men (with Alan Davis, one-shot, 2009)
- "Nation X" (with Greg Land and Terry Dodson, in #515-521, 2009-2010)
- "Ghostly" (with Whilce Portacio, in #522, 2010)
- "The End of the World and Everything After" (with Phil Jimenez, in #522, 2010)
- Second Coming (hc, 392 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4678-4; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5705-0) includes:
- "Parts Two, Six & Ten" (with Terry Dodson, in #523-525, 2010)
- "Epilogue" (with Terry Dodson, in Second Coming #2, 2010)
- The Birth of Generation Hope (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4643-1) collects:
- The Heroic Age (with Whilce Portacio, Steven Sanders and Jamie McKelvie, one-shot, 2010)
- "The Five Lights" (with Whilce Portacio, in #526-529, 2010)
- Quarantine (collects #530-534, tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5225-3) collects:
- "Quarantine" (with Kieron Gillen and Greg Land, in #530-534, 2011)
- Manifest Destiny (hc, 208 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3817-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2451-9) includes:
- The Immortal Iron Fist Omnibus (February 2007-Augest 2008) (hc, 560 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3819-6) collects:
- "Prologue" (with Ed Brubaker and David Aja, in Civil War: Choosing Sides one-shot, 2006)
- "The Last Iron Fist Story" (with David Aja, Travel Foreman, John Severin, Russ Heath, Jr. and Sal Buscema, in #1-6, 2007)
- "The Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay" (with Travel Foreman, Leandro Fernandez and Khari Evans, in #7, 2007)
- "Men of a Certain Deadly Persuasion" (with Dan Brereton, Howard Chaykin and Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, in Annual #1, 2007)
- "The 7 Capital Cities of Heaven" (with David Aja, Roy Martinez, Scott Koblish, Kano, Javier Pulido, Tonci Zonjic and Clay Mann, in #8-14, 2007-2008)
- Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death (with Mitch Breitweiser, Russ Heath, Jr., Nick Dragotta and Lewis LaRosa, one-shot, 2008)
- "The Story of the Iron Fist Bei Bang-Wen (1827-1860)" (with Khari Evans, in #15, 2008)
- "Happy Birthday Danny" (with David Aja, in #16, 2008)
- Punisher War Journal v2 (January, 2007-February, 2009):
- Civil War (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2775-5; tpb, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2315-6) collects:
- "How I Won the War" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #1-3, 2007)
- "Small Wake for a Tall Man" (with Mike Deodato, Jr., in #4, 2007)
- Goin' Out West (hc, 168 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2852-2; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2636-8) collects:
- "Goin' Out West" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #5-10, 2007)
- "Heroes and Villains" (with Leandro Fernandez, in #11, 2007)
- Hunter/Hunted (hc, 152 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3021-7; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2664-3) collects:
- "World War Frank" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #12, 2007)
- "Hunter/Hunted" (with Cory Walker and Scott Wegener, in #13-15, 2008)
- "The Survivor's Guild" (with Howard Chaykin, in #16, 2008)
- "How I Survived the Good Ol' Days" (with Howard Chaykin, in #17, 2008)
- Jigsaw (hc, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3022-5; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2964-2) collects:
- "Jigsaw" (with Rick Remender and Howard Chaykin, in #18-23, 2008)
- Secret Invasion (collects #24-26, hc, 120 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3148-5; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3170-1) collects:
- "Secret Invasion" (with Howard Chaykin, in #24-25, 2008-2009)
- "Finale" (with Andy MacDonald, in #26, 2009)
- Civil War (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2775-5; tpb, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2315-6) collects:
- The Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1: "To Have and to Hold" (with Salvador Larocca, 2007) collected in Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Back in Black (hc, 336 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2920-0; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2997-9)
- The Order (September 2007- June 2008)(with Barry Kitson, 2007-2008) collected as:
- The Next Right Thing (collects #1-5, tpb, 128 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2795-X)
- California Dreaming (collects #6-10, tpb, 120 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2796-8)
- The Invincible Iron Man (May 2008-October 2012) (with Salvador Larroca, 2008-2012) collected as:
- The Five Nightmares (collects #1-7, hc, 184 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3461-1; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3412-3)
- World's Most Wanted: Book 1 (collects #8-13, hc, 152 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3828-5; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3413-1)
- World's Most Wanted: Book 2 (collects #14-19, hc, 160 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3935-4; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3685-1)
- Stark Disassembled (collects #20-24, hc, 136 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4554-0; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-3686-X)
- Stark Resilient: Book 1 (collects #25-28, hc, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4555-9; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4556-7)
- Stark Resilient: Book 2 (collects #29-33, hc, 136 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4834-5; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4835-3)
- My Monsters (collects #500, 500.1 and Annual #1, hc, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4836-1; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4837-X)
- The Unfixable (includes #501-503 and FCBD '10: Iron Man/Thor one-shot, hc, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5322-5; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5323-3)
- Fear Itself (collects Fear Itself #7.3 and #504-509, hc, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5773-5; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5774-3)
- Demon (collects #510-515, hc, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6046-9; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6047-7)
- Long Way Down (collects #516-520, hc, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6048-5; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6049-3)
- The Future (collects #521-527, hc, 152 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6521-5; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6522-3)
- Thor:
- Thor: Ages of Thunder (hc, 160 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3567-7; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3568-5) collects:
- Ages of Thunder (with Patrick Zircher, one-shot, 2008)
- Reign of Blood (with Patrick Zircher, one-shot, 2008)
- Man of War (with Patrick Zircher and Clay Mann, one-shot, 2009)
- God-Sized Special (with Daniel Brereton, Doug Braithwaite, Mike Allred and Miguel Sepulveda, one-shot, 2009)
- Secret Invasion: Thor #1-3 (with Doug Braithwaite, 2008) collected as Secret Invasion: Thor (tpb, 96 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3426-3)
- Thor #615-621 (September 2010- March 2011) (with Pasqual Ferry, 2010-2011) collected as Thor: The World Eaters (hc, 216 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4838-8; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4839-6)
- Fear Itself #1-7 (with Stuart Immonen, 2011) collected as Fear Itself (hc, 240 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5662-3; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5663-1)
- The Mighty Thor (April 2011- October 2012):
- Volume 1 (hc, 144 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5691-7; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5624-0) collects:
- "The Galactuts Seed" (with Olivier Coipel, in #1-6, 2011)
- Volume 2 (hc, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6243-7; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5625-9) collects:
- "Fear Itself: In the Beginning..." (with Pasqual Ferry, in #7, 2011)
- Fear Itself #7.2 (with Adam Kubert, 2012)
- "The Mighty Tanarus" (with Pasqual Ferry and Pepe Larraz, in #8-12, 2012)
- Volume 3 (hc, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6166-X; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6167-8) collects:
- "Battles Past" (with Barry Kitson, in #12.1, 2012)
- "The Neverending Nightmare" (with Pepe Larraz, in #13-17, 2012)
- Everything Burns (hc, 216 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6168-6; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6169-4) collects:
- "Prologue" (with Kieron Gillen and Alan Davis, in #18, 2012)
- "Parts the Second, the Fourth and the Sixth" (with Kieron Gillen and Carmine Di Giandomenico, in #19-21, 2012)
- "Finale" (with Barry Kitson, in #22, 2012)
- Volume 1 (hc, 144 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5691-7; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5624-0) collects:
- Thor: Ages of Thunder (hc, 160 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3567-7; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3568-5) collects:
- The Amazing Spider-Man: Presidents' Day Celebration: "Gettysburg Distress!" (with Andy MacDonald, one-shot, 2009)
- Captain America: Who Won't Wield the Shield?: "The Incredibly Normal and Bourgeois Idea of Doctor America, Occult Operative of Liberty" (with Howard Hallis and Brendan McCarthy, one-shot, 2010)
- Casanova (with Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, 2010-2012) collected as:
- Luxuria (collects v1 #1-4, tpb, 160 pges, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4862-0)
- Gula (collects v2 #1-4, tpb, 136 pges, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4863-9)
- Avaritia (collects v3 #1-4, tpb, 152 pges, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4864-7)
- Shattered Heroes (with Chris Yost and Cullen Bunn):
- Fear Itself: The Fearless #1-12 (with Mark Bagley and Paul Pelletier, 2011-2012)
- Battle Scars #1-6 (with Scot Eaton, 2011-2012)
- Defenders (December 2011-November 201)2:
- Volume 1 (tpb, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5851-0) collects:
- "The Shaman of Greenwich Village" (with Terry Dodson, in Marvel: Point One, 2011)
- "Breaker of Worlds" (with Terry Dodson, in #1-3, 2012)
- "Strange: The French Drop" (with Michael Lark, in #4, 2012)
- "Namor: The 99 Daughters of Pontus" (with Mitch Breiweiser, in #5, 2012)
- "Iron Fist: The Confederates of the Curious" (with Víctor Ibáñez, in #6, 2012)
- Volume 2 (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-5853-7) collects:
- "Shut the Engines Down" (with Jamie McKelvie and Mirco Pierfederici, in #7-12, 2012)
- Volume 1 (tpb, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5851-0) collects:
- Avengers vs. X-Men (hc, 568 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6317-4) includes:
- "Round Five" (with John Romita, Jr., in #5, 2012)
- "Round Seven" (with Olivier Coipel, in #7, 2012)
- "Hawkeye vs. Angel" (with Leinil Francis Yu, in AvX: VS #5, 2012)
- Hawkeye (August 2012-Present):
- My Life as a Weapon (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6562-2) collects:
- "Lucky" (with David Aja, in #1, 2012)
- "Vagabond Code" (with David Aja, in #2, 2012)
- "Cherry" (with David Aja, in #3, 2012)
- "The Tape" (with Javier Pulido, in #4-5, 2013)
- Young Avengers Presents #6 (with Alan Davis, 2008)
- Little Hits (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6563-0) collects:
- "Six Days in the Life of" (with David Aja, in #6, 2013)
- "Untitled" (with Steve Lieber and Jesse Hamm, in #7, 2013)
- "My Bad Penny" (with David Aja and Annie Wu, in #8, 2013)
- "Enter: The Clown" (with David Aja, in #9, 2013)
- "Who Pulled the Trigger" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #10, 2013)
- "Pizza is My Business" (with David Aja, in #11, 2013)
- My Life as a Weapon (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6562-2) collects:
- Fantastic Four v4 #1-ongoing (November 2012-Present) (with Mark Bagley, 2013-...)
- FF v2 #1-ongoing (November 2012-Present) (with Mike Allred, 2013-...)
Notes [edit]
- ^ a b "Matt Fraction Biography". IGN. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Conversations with GoD: Matt Fraction". Geeks of Doom. September 29, 2008.
- ^ Archive of "Poplife" columns by Matt Fraction at Comic Book Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ^ "The Basement Tapes" columns by Matt Fraction and Joe Casey at Comic Book Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ^ "Gillen Prepares His “Uncanny” Solo". Comic Book Resources. January 18, 2011
- ^ Vitka, William (February 5, 2010). "Matt Fraction talks Iron Man (and a bunch of other stuff)". New York Post.
- ^ Busch, Jenna. "Comics' Matt Fraction on how he wrote the Iron Man 2 game", Blastr, August 3, 2009
- ^ Manning, Shaun. "Marvel Announces 'Fear Itself'". Comic Book Resources. December 21, 2010
- ^ Truitt, Brian. "Be afraid: Marvel's heroes gear up for 'Fear Itself'". USA Today. December 21, 2010
- ^ Richards, Dave (July 24, 2011). "CCI EXCLUSIVE: Fraction Unravels a Strange Conspiracy in "Defenders"". Comic Book Resources.
- ^ Uzumeri, David (April 15, 2012). "Matt Fraction Takes Aim at 'Hawkeye'". Comics Alliance.
- ^ Richards, Dave (April 6, 2010). "DeConnick On "Sif," "Rescue" and "Girl Comics"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
- ^ Truitt, Brian (12 November 2012). "Family fuels Matt Fraction's 'Fantastic Four'". USA Today. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "The 2009 Eisner Nominations Spotlight Newcomers". Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi. "Matt Fraction wins 2010 Pen Literary Award".
- ^ "2008 Eisner Awards at". Comic-con.org. 2008-02-16. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
References [edit]
External links [edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Matt Fraction |
- Official website
- Matt Fraction at the Comic Book DB
- Flickr page
- Matt Fraction's Resources at Howtomakecomics.net
Interviews [edit]
- "Half Man/Half Adequate: The Matt Fraction Q&A". Marvel.com
- "Interviews > Matt Fraction". SuicideGirls
- "What If James Bond Dug the Wu-Tang Clan". GQ,
- Tramountanas, George A. "X-POSITION: Matt Fraction". Comic Book Resources. September 3, 2008
- "A comic book writer's secret identity revealed". The Los Angeles Times. September 6, 2009
- "Satellite Sam. Sex Criminals. Hawkeye.". GeeksUnleashed.Me. January 29, 2013
Audio interviews [edit]
- Around Comics Episode 96 May 2, 2007
- Comic Geek Speak Episode 256 with Geoff Klock speaking about Casanova May 24, 2007
- Dollar Bin interview at Heroes Con 2007 June 28, 2007
- Fanboy Radio Episode 392 with wife Kelly Sue DeConnick May 20, 2007
- The Cort and Fatboy Show with Matt Fraction September 18, 2012
| Preceded by Ed Brubaker |
Uncanny X-Men writer 2008-2011 |
Succeeded by Kieron Gillen |
| Preceded by Daniel & Charles Knauf |
Iron Man writer 2008-2012 |
Succeeded by Kieron Gillen |
| Preceded by Kieron Gillen |
Thor writer 2010-2012 |
Succeeded by Jason Aaron |
| Preceded by Jonathan Hickman |
Fantastic Four writer 2012-Present |
Succeeded by Current Writer |
| Preceded by Jonathan Hickman |
FF writer 2012-Present |
Succeeded by Current Writer |
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