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Everyone has a hero. Heros don’t have to be superheros like Superman or Wonder Woman, but someone who treats others well everyday. A hero doesn’t have to save the world or fight crime. An everyday hero who maybe helps others with your everyday needs. Heros can be anyone like your mom, dad, brother, sister, dog, monkey, even a blanket that has helped you through cold, frosty nights. My hero is my mom. She is the one who guides me and helps me. My mom cooks, cleans, drives us everywhere, and is…

What is superhero fiction? Superhero fiction is a genre mainly originating in and most common to American comic books, though it has expanded into other media through adaptations and original works. The form is a type of speculative fiction examining the adventures of costumed crime fighters known as superheroes, who often possess superhuman powers and battle similarly powered criminals that we like to call villains. Occasionally, this type of fiction is referred to as superhuman or…

Television shows often portray one or more characters as a hero. When we think of superheroes we think of Captain America or Superman. What about the heroes who don’t have supernatural powers? The television shows Grey’s Anatomy and Chicago Med both have superheroes but they aren’t your typical superheroes. These superheroes are on the frontline of medicine saving lives. These heroes are commonly known as doctors. In this essay we will examine the audiences, goals, and strategies of these two…

It's a bird... It's a plane... No, it's Superman! Growing up, all children were typically given two basic super hero icons: Batman or Superman. Often boys fought over who was the better hero. Although, they were great heroes and gave young boys the idea to want save lives, they weren't the only heroes spoken about. Greek mythology also has heroes and their own hero criteria, but Achilles and Hector are two important ones. Now the question remains... Who is the better epic hero? Stay tuned and…

Batman and Superman are both characters created by DC comics. Batman and Superman were both introduced in 1939. Batman was introduced in Detective Comics #27 in 1939 and in the spring of 1940 Batman #1 was released. Superman was introduced in Action Comics #1 in 1939. Batman’s and Superman’s parents both died when they were young. Batman’s parents were killed when walking home from a theater. A man held Thomas(his dad), Martha(his mom), and Bruce Wayne at gunpoint, trying to rob them and then…

Jarrett J. Krosoczka When a person is told of a superhero, their first instinct is to think of the heroes from comics, or movies with incredibly and magical powers. But, as Jarrett J. Krosoczka had spoke about in his speech from July of 2014, “Why Lunch Ladies are Heroes”, an average person can be a hero as well. Speaker Krosoczka spoke about his experiences with writing a comic based on lunch ladies in a TED talk. He pressed how important they are and how they should be appreciated far more.…

Supergirl, Captain America, Wonder Woman, Iron man, The Flash, Spiderman; these might be the first thing that come to mind when someone says “hero.” But, not all heroes wear capes or have special powers. Ordinary people leave their homes or comfort zones to travel the unknown and possibly defeat a great evil. Thus, begins a heroic journey. There’s (usually) a character that helps the hero on the journey, the hero will meet allies and mentors, cross obstacles, and in the end, change who they…

during the early 1900s is famous for making the character Superman. Surprisingly, for a person who believed in Judaism, his character Superman has more in common with Jesus than with Abraham. From research, Superman represents the ideal character from DC comics to compare to Jesus. Using Jesus Gospel story, Superman can share similar values like Jesus from the way he acts, resurrects people, and grows stronger after coming back from the dead. The Gospel story is a necessary part of…

are linked all together until the big reunion of them all, like in the Avengers. They planned to do it for what they call a second “arc”: Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2 and finally a new Avengers movie in 2016. But as this model is also used by DC Comics for Batman VS Superman movie, we can ourselves one question: Is this model sustainable and desirable? Firstly, we’ll see that this model brought a lot of things to current movies and is the fashionable model. Secondly, I’ll show that the…

Thunder. The following characters were successful in their own titles, but readers became giddy with excitement when DC introduced them all together. Because of the success of JLA, the authors of these stories would use the JLA to introduce new or lesser known characters to boost their popularity. Nowadays being on a superhero team is a very common occurrence in both Marvel and DC. (“The History of Comic Books.” TheComicBooks.com.) After World War II…