Wednesday, September 22, 2010

     Something I found interesting in the first chapter of "From Krakow to Krypton" is how much Superman influenced other comic book super heroes. Superman was one of the first to wear a costume and have two different identities. One being his everyday/average person identity and the other being when he wears his disguise and fights crime. His costume, which includes tights and a cape, caused many other super heroes that were created afterwards, like Batman, Captain America, and many others, to wear this same type of outfit.
     Superman is portrayed as having super human strength and uses it to fight villains and other bad people who are hurting the other innocent good people. He is a kind of protector for everyone who is doing the right thing. The public really liked this about him which is why other super heroes became so much like him. The artists and writers of other comic books wanted their characters to be successful too. Some artists actually got in trouble for making their character too much like Superman.
    I find it interesting how much he has influenced the comic book world because if it wasn't for Superman, comic books and super heroes wouldn't be the same. Superman is what started it all and without him we wouldn't have characters like Spiderman, The Green Lantern, and many others. Not only did Superman make comic books the way they are today,but he also gave people hope when things weren't going well and when good people were being mistreated. This is one of the most important things about Superman.

1 comment:

  1. I felt the same way while reading Chapter 1. I don't have much experience with comic books, so until reading this I had no idea how many super heroes paralleled the identity of Superman. Quite interesting that Superman was the first character to come up with the double identity, and how so many other characters after him followed this as a guideline because the creators knew it was successful.

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