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and Away The recent popularity of DC comics’ movie “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has turned heads at the box office at a whopping $424.1 million its opening week. So what is a superhero? Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines as a fictional hero having extraordinary or superhuman powers; also: an exceptionally skillful or successful person (Superhero, n.d.). The Important question to be answered is why are superheroes so appealing? History Superhero comics came to prominence in the…

Joe Shuster was a comic artist 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…

Though they share a common goal, Superman and Batman have different pasts, natural powers and symbols that they represent inside the DC universe. Since the Golden Age of comics in the 1930’s, Superman and Batman have captured the imagination of comic readers. These two superheroes, one with God like powers and the other a man of keen intellect and wealth unimaginable, have fought crime in completely different fashions. They have united to fight against terrifying villains and battled each…

movie, it's evident that in this day and age, everyone loves a good hero. In an unpredictable world where so many people often feel powerless, companies such as Marvel and DC comics provide a much needed escape from reality through the use of extraordinary fictional characters, such as the Green Arrow and the Flash. These two DC characters differ greatly from each other, and in their own way they each represent opposite sides of the superhuman realm. The Flash (A.K.A Barry Allen) represents…

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…

the way, very strange, goes by Hammerhead) just high-fived the universe for this bodacious gift from DC and IDW comics. The winged guardian of Gotham teams with those saviors from the sewers...Batman and the Turtles in an epic 6 part miniseries from writer James Tynion IV (Constantine, The Eighth Seal) and artist Freddie E. Williams II (The Flash). Ok, ok, ok...down to business. Is this comic worth it's ink and paper? Happy to say yes. It's always difficult with these magnets of…

Two new television shows, The Flash and Gotham, have many people on the edge of their seats. The series are both based on the DC comic books for Batman and the Flash. The two shows are so catchy that within the first few minutes into them viewers are hooked. Both shows star main characters who unfortunately grew up with traumatic events in their childhoods. In The Flash, Barry Allen’s mother was killed by a mysterious red and yellow figure who then framed his father for the murder. Barry had to…

The Most Badass Female Action Hero Gal Gadot, “immediately realized the opportunity she was being handed, both as an actor and as a feminist.”(Morris). The role of D.C.’s latest superhero, Wonder Woman, practically saved the industry. After the release of the movie, Gal Gadot became instantly famous and her name peaked a widespread interest from people, since she wasn't commonly known. Alex Morris, the author of Rolling Stone’s cover story, set to release, on September 1, 2017 “Gal Gadot on…

Good Morning Everybody! Have you guys ever heard of these so called “Dark Websites” such as with the name “Silkroad” or a new kind of currency called Bitcoin? Well if not I will be happily to tell you all about these interesting things that the world wide web has provided us! Have you guys ever heard of the film Dope? It recently just came out in the summer of 2015. In the film, you see how the main characters being able to sell drugs online but being able to create their own website, stay…

The Long Halloween takes was, here is a superhero book with a realistic dark take on characters owned by D.C. comics. While still keeping up with a super tradition. But Alan Moore's approach was more of a deconstruction of the superhero genre by making heroes with obvious flaws and a certain twist to their characters that makes them obviously relatable or not at all. While in other comic books, the characters in those books, be it heroes or villains, can make the reader feel like they can relate…