Brevoort said this character's death will have a ripple effect on other Marvel books.

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Regional expert David Hartwell agreed that Gadhafi's death could have "ripple effects" in the region, spreading the way the Arab Spring did.

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Bernard Madoff is perhaps now seeing this through the death of his son and the anguish that will now ripple again through the Madoff clan.

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