Truth, justice, and American nationalism... Wait....
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Another series? Isn't that just super? Superheroes have always had a firm foot in Western culture ever since the 1930s, and even before that if you count pulp heroes (or, any hero from any mythology ever, especially Greek). And that is what these posts shall highlight.
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And who better to start with than the boy in blue himself? Apparently, he's the most popular and well-known superhero ever. (He's got "super" in his name, what'd you expect?) But, in his very first appearance ("Reign of the Superman", 1933) he's actually the bad guy: a bald, psychic menace... Character development, I guess?
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Another series? Isn't that just super? Superheroes have always had a firm foot in Western culture ever since the 1930s, and even before that if you count pulp heroes (or, any hero from any mythology ever, especially Greek). And that is what these posts shall highlight.
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And who better to start with than the boy in blue himself? Apparently, he's the most popular and well-known superhero ever. (He's got "super" in his name, what'd you expect?) But, in his very first appearance ("Reign of the Superman", 1933) he's actually the bad guy: a bald, psychic menace... Character development, I guess?