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Phantom Zone

Superman advertises a small lamp saying, 'Are you a government tired of kidnapping people off the streets? Then why not try my phantom zone projector! Political enemies? Send them to the Phantom Zone! Pesky immigrants? No visa required! Climate scientists? Send us a postcard, Poindexter! Your nations moral compass? Away!' The projector zaps these issues away.

The ‘Phantom Zone Projector’ was a fictional device created by Superman’s father, Jor-El, to send prisoners and objects into a barren extra-dimensional realm beyond normal space and time. As far as we know, it hasn’t yet been deployed on earth.