RIP Gene Hackman, hello Oscar Nuñez, and is Trump killing comic books?

Like everyone reading this today, I was shocked by the news that Gene Hackman had died. I wasn’t surprised - he was 95 years-old. But, the news that he had passed and the increasingly mysterious* circumstances by which it happened was certainly felt.

The New York Times obit, as is often the case, is the best place to start in considering the passing of G…