Superman

A hero can be classified by many things. A hero can be superman, a police officer, and even your mom, but what makes a hero? Is it someone who can fly or shoot laser beams from their eyes or someone who saves a baby from a burning building? I’ll admit some of these characteristics are far-fetched since I don’t know anyone who can fly or randomly saves babies on a normal day. All heroes, including super ones, all have something in common, they're admired for their courage or an outstanding thing…

Hidden Powers By Zoe Kinvig It would be amazing if everyone had a superpower, Everyone would be special and unique, They would have great adventures and ideas, They could contribute to the world with their powers, Things would be different in a matter of hours. In a super world, mailmen could fly around the world in an instant, Inventors could come up with award winning ideas with a snap of their fingers. Chefs could replicate food to feed the poor, end world hunger, Cops would have X-ray…

Superheroes don’t Live Up to their Names What makes a person a hero? Is it Shrek who saves the princess from the dragon? Is it Marlin the clown fish who saves his son form a dentist office in Sydney? Or is it the incredible family who saves the world from a giant robot? According to Dictionary.com a hero is “a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.” Do they fit this definition really though? They are not even truly people, let alone men.…

Americans were faced with the great depression. People have lost their hopes and the dreams that once attracted people to the land of opportunities had nothing to offer at least that's what it seemed like at the moment. Of all the superheroes although superman was the very first comic character captain America is the one that stuck in my memory. Captain America was created during WWII as a propaganda tool to give the American public a hope and strength.…

Jack Kirby would create another patriotic superhero named Captain America who was equivalent to DC’s Big Blue Scout Superman. His title didn’t last long while being a hope in World War 1 and World War 2, however, his series was cancelled for many reasons. During the time, McCarthyism coincided with Fredric Wertham reports and because of that The book, which boasted Captain…

them are that both are male, and both are fictional DC Comics superheroes. Both are members of the Justice League. They also both have a photographic memory. Batman is human, while Superman is an alien from the planet Krypton. Batman has human-like abilities such as martial arts skills and extreme fitness. Superman, on the other hand, has insanely impossible powers such as heat vision, super breath, flight, and an invulnerability to vacuums. It is therefore quite obvious that Batman's…

“The Pro-Social Mission” If you think about what a superhero means to you, many answers may fly around like bravery, strength, or power. Very rarely do you ever hear about what exactly makes a superhero, super. In my opinion, I believe it is this pro-social mission that keeps them going on the never ending battle against the fight with evil. A hero can have as many powers or identities that they want to have, but the most important component of their being is that they have a specific goal in…

lens or point of view to look through. The movie Man of Steel is the latest modern day film production of the classic Superman comic books and unlike the other films, this one focuses on what led Superman to leave his home planet and make a home on plant Earth. The award-winning director Christopher Nolan shows us another part of the story that other film productions of Superman have not really focused on. In this film, we see the conflict that lead to the unveiling of Clark Kent into…

world a Hero was viewed as someone who brought food home for their familys, Someone who is nonselfish provider and a pure hearted hero. Later on, however, Heroes became something who did good for all people of the world. That's where Superman comes into play. Superman is one of, if not one, most well known Heroes. Yes he was born with super powers, but he is who most people based their main view of a Hero on but really he represents a Super-Hero and people does notice the difference of the two…

of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner. DC Comics is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in American comic books, and produces material featuring numerous well-known heroic characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Flash, Martian Manhunter, Aquaman, Shazam, Hawkman and Green Arrow. The fictional DC universe also features teams such as the Justice League, the Justice Society of America, and the Teen Titans, and…