No it wasn't.The whole point was that the entire story is a deconstruction of comic books themselves. It starts with the up-to-date (for the time) angsty story-telling, goes back through detective investigation, invincible super-powers, nuclear paranoia, and ends up with early Lovecraftian horror illustrations. The film ending makes a lot more sense, and actually gave you something to watch if you knew the book.
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joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks,
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