Is there research or support available to prove that the creation of Superheroes was a rebellious movement?
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What about Zorro? I don't know the precise history of that mythos, but there you have a hero that grew out of the rebellious movement. The research into that mythos might give you some ideas.\n\nPeople saw Zorro as someone who can do incredible deeds of good and triumph over evil. What was real and what was fiction blended together to where some people believed Zorro had superhuman abilities. As time goes on, the icon of Zorro grew larger than life. It might be easier, for someone being oppressed, to look up to a being with supernatural powers to give them hope and courage. By saying he or she had supernatural powers, it was easier to explain the great deeds the superhero did. \n\nTo see the hero as a mere mortal with mortal weaknesses and failings would mean that anyone could do those deeds. If anyone could do those heroic deeds, then what was stopping that person from standing up for him- or herself? The answer  might not be something that most people would want to see in themselves.
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manga is cool, but marvel and dc are what i'm into more. i like that the art is different from comic to comic, whereas much manga tends to look the same (not that some marvel/dc doesnt). and lately, in the comics there have been a lot of grittier topics, and things focused on politics and slightly more "real life" situations.
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there was a graphic novel called dc vs. marvel, where a dc character fought a marvel character. the result was that the dc universe and the marvel universe ended up merging, which meant merging the characters - batman and wolverine, flash and quicksilver, superman and captain america, spider-man and superboy, etc. it was supposed to boost comics sales for both publishers. it was different, but never meant to last
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it was superman....here is some websites to show when they were both created and some other interesting facts
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As quickly as possible, here is the summary as I know it:\n\n900 kids are killed during a super hero fight, which makes the U.S. start a hero registration act, where all superheros must reveal their identities to the government.\n\nIron Man is on one side, and he agrees with the registration.\n\nCaptain America is against the act, because it will endanger the heros loved ones, and make them vulnerable to their enemies.\n\nBasically, it's up to you - Lots of characters have gone to one side or the other, but it's promised that A LOT of Marvel Characters will be shown fighting against each other!
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I can't wait to see what stories we get out of this over the next couple of years. This completely changes the normal superhero dynamic of the past 60 years. \n\nFor Alkia: Go to a comic store. If you flip through the yellow pages you'll find them under comic. Borders and Barnes and Noble may have it but they're probably sold out. The director's cut of issue #1 comes out next month and I think you could find issue #2 if you hurry.
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Superpowers and an end to prejudice
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Don't press them as truths when you have no proof to submit them as such.  Assert them as your beliefs and let them compete in the free market of ideas.  If they are good, they'll stand up on their own.  If they're no good, they will fail.  \n\nAs a famous christian theologist put it, "Christianity is a lion, you never have to defend a lion, only release it."  \n\nIf your ideas have any merit, they will stand up to rational scrutiny on their own without your constant pressure.
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I think you might have a paper-worthy idea here. Not sure, like the first poster, of the amount of support you'll find to back your theory up, but I do find the comparison appealing, and I've never thought of that before!\n\nHope you can draw the similarities without too much painful, fruitless research! Good luck!
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ebay and other auction sites are pretty much your only option, unless you're in a city with a wide network of comic fans who trade and share among themselves. I've found the bootlegged FF on ebay, as well as a few of the early awful pilots like Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, etc.
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Werecrow answered the question correctly. I would like to add that "Betsy Ross" creating the U.S. flag is largely considered to be fiction. If you look at pictures of early U.S. flags you can see how U.S. Revolutionary flag designers borrowed the colors from the Union Jack, the British flag.
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I may not be Batman, but I know Aquaman VERY well  ;)\n\nI understand and agree with everything you have said. (you could have had more tact, but, at least you are up there and honest)\n\nTruth is- there is almost no culture that has not been enslaved and used at one time or another. Humans by nature are lazy creatures, and putting blame on someone else is the easiest way to get things.\n\nI am no more responsible for enslavement than my pet dog is. But, America is a multicultural country. Being multicultural means that people are going to blame others. There will be racists, and antiracists. People in the slave trade (that still happens even in America in modern times) and people who are antislave.\nI don't think its fair to say you should carry guilt, or that one race should. Almost all times in history when a culture has been enslaved, they were given a chance to get out. If they stay, they have no real right (in my opinion) to claim retribution. \nThe Jews were told to get out of Germany and go home, the Christians were told to get out of Rome and go home, The blacks were told to get out of America and go home.\n\nI am not saying that anyone should have had to go home, or that I don't appreciate all the races here. I am saying that I agree that we should work with one another, stop placing blame and get over ourselves. \n\nUnfortunatly, we are bigoted creatures.
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I find it fascinating that you consider God in such a comic book-super hero mentality.  Because a church uses a lightning rod, it means they're afraid God won't reach down and magically shield them from harm.  Come to think of it, that WOULD make a pretty good super hero.  Too bad it just doesn't work like that.\n\nBy the same token, Christians should just ignore all common sense and step in front of cars, bullets, etc.  It's on God to protect one of His own, right?  Come on now.  We all live in the same world.  Both the righteous and evil face the same physical properties of our planet--not to mention the tragedies that humans cause.\n\nFaith in God is so much more than just blithly expecting Him to automatically shield all of us from harm.  What's the alternative--if we slip up, we're just dead meat?  God loves us all--even the skeptical like yourself--and does protect us from evil.  He just can't stop the world from turning--even if Superman can.
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I don't neccessarily support a violent uprising, but I'm glad somebody has actually READ the "Declaration of Independence," wherein it describes it as our DUTY to abolish an overly-corrupt government. Our founding fathers were not the bunch of pansies we see in Washington today. They spoke out against the idiocies of religion, patriotism and various things that today's politicians would squeal and run away from.\n\nIf the newly-empowered democrats don't fix the extreme idiocy and lack of education on the homefront (concentrated primarily in the South) then it won't matter much what they do with international policy because our nation will sufficiently disembowel itself. I guess that means education reform, which means the South better come to terms with science, philosophy, linguistics and about a hundred other things that expose religion.
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You can make the argument in many different ways.  I think his origin follows the science of the time rather than any religious imagery.\n\nJor-el was not actually named that when Superman was first created.  It was "Jor-L".  This blows an earlier poster's idea that Jor"-el" was an indication for "god".\n\nSupes origin ran:  "Krypton, a distant planet so far advanced in evolution that it bears a civilization of super men - beings which represent the human race at its ultimate peak of perfect development!".  \n\nWe are not seeing a divine creation here, we are seeing eugenics, the application of science on the genome.  Superman's original origin followed along the thought of the 1930's  that selective breeding could yield a "superman".  The terrors of Germany in WWII brought a change to this type of thought.\n\nSo, in answer to your question, Superman was not christian inspired... he was inspired by the science and cultural theories of the 1930's.
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Yep..Superman was the first mainstream superhero.\nSuperman is a fictional character and the staple superhero of DC Comics. He first appeared in Action Comics #1 in June 1938 and is often considered the first character to embody the particular combination of traits that characterize the modern superhero.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman
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YUP!!!!!!\n\nIt's hard to be a rebel when everyone follows the cause you claim not to have.