...Another line of comic books, known as Action Comics, which had a new super hero named Superman. Over the years these two super heroes became very popular and still two of the most popular super heros to ever appear in comic books and that mad the way for other super heroes. The Golden age was more like a baby boom in comic books. Tones of comics are being produced for the men at war,people all over, which trippled in sales making millions. All comes to and end when the war ends. Super heros "die" when the war ends. In the 1950′s the industry was under attack. Parents of America didn't think the comics were up to standards for children. Either parents were they ripping them up, burning them, or telling thier children to sell thier comics, it was a cultural revolution. The company managed to keep it's success during that time and created some comics about westerns,romance, but it was the recreations of the super heroes which made them so successful in the comic book industry known as the Silver Age. It was during 1965 when the industry introduced a new/old super hero Flash. This character was brought back and "updated" to be placed in more present times. This time they made the characters more personal, emotional, more relateable. The company did the same with the other characters too, also batman and superman. Then after that the Justice League society and the Justice League of America was created. All the super hero characters gained great attraction by the cartoon and live t.v...
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...The Tick vs The Idea Men After bombarding the super hero convention in Reno, The Tick, a square-jawed, muscular, bright blue-costumed figure, is placed as the protector of "The City." On his first day on the job he meets Arthur, a neurotic accountant with a moth costume who dreams of becoming a super hero. They instantly become friends and protect The City from The Idea Men, villains who wear masks that make it impossible to enunciate. On their journey, they meet many other inadequate super heroes’. To put it simply, The Tick is a show that parodies popular comic book characters and character types. In the ‘The Tick vs. The Idea Men’ episode, multiple satirical super heroes are introduced. These characters are all a parody from previous super hero movies or shows. Characters such as Die Fledermaus, American Maid and Big Shot. Die Fledermaus is a parody of Batman. He seems to be an arrogant bat-like super hero. His costume has a big black cape and has bat characteristics such as oversized ears, and a realistic bat nose with huge nostrils. American Maid has stars and stripes down her French maid outfit. She is a mix between Captain America and wonder woman. She also seems to have had a bad romantic relationship with Die Fledermaus because when they both met in the first episode she called him ‘a jerk, a rabid goon, incredibly immature, and told him to go stink up a cave.’ Big Shot is a spoof of a character called The Punisher. Big Shot is a gun maniac, has a skull as a...
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...society since Superman has been around. Little kids pretend play the roles of super heroes with hope that one day they may become one and even adults sometimes attend conventions with the same goals. They are loved for different reasons. Some being their powers, others being their appearance, but most commonly because it is someone to look up to. The start of WWI and WWII changed our countries face to a traumatic terror. Left and right loved ones were being sent out to defend the country and many weren’t returning. The public was in mental despair over the devastation and hope was greatly needed. Even though they were a fictional character it was still someone to turn to, Superman and Captain America soon became...
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...PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE (Motivated Sequence) Batman, the most un-super of superheroes Topic: Batman is not a superhero Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that batman is indeed NOT a “superhero” but a hero. Thesis Statement: People may think that batman is a superhero, but he has no supernatural powers, nor human strength making him not a superhero. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention material/Credibility Material: Superman, Spiderman, Thor, The Hulk. When you hear those names what do you think of? SUPERHEROES. They’re awesome super powers and incredible speed, laser eyes, the works. B. Tie to the audience: You grew up with these characters as a child and read about them in comic books. You also heard of BATMAN before as well. The only thing separating him from everyone else is superpowers. C. Thesis and Preview:. Today I’d like to talk to you about first, a brief history on batman, second, how he doesn’t have any super powers, and finally, [Transition into body of speech]: I’ll begin by telling you the definition of a superhero and giving you some examples of why batman is not a superhero. II. BODY A. A definition from Merriam-webster.com, a superhero is a fictional hero having extraordinary or superhuman powers. So Batman does not fall in that category. 1) Batman is not a true superhero. a. He has no superpowers b. He has gadgets (utility belt, the bat mobile, the bat plane, the bat rope, the bat cycle, the bat boat, and the bat signal) c. He’s rich...
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...American icon, ask any person of any age and I assure you their smile will brighten and grow and they’ll soon after begin to blabber off about Superman and his amazing stories and powers. Every child’s first super hero to become well known with is Superman. Superman is the hero of America and the face of America. Having endless connections and similarities, Superman is so darned American. As a child I spent more than enough time thinking and trying to understand who would win in a fight between Capitan America and Superman. On days I wore my Capitan America shield and cape, I was sure the hero would win because of his shield and cape that never seemed to be destructible. Then there were days, where a triangular figure...
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...A hero in today’s society doesn't have to have extraordinary super powers to be considered a “hero”. Just like all things, a hero comes in all shapes and sizes. Heros can range from a firefighter to a homicide detective, or even a random citizen helping the elderly with their groceries. Being a hero isnt about being the strongest or getting the girl, its about helping the less fortunate. Heroic traits include: reliability, adaptability, and leadership. In Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America, although a fictional character, he is portrayed with traits of everyday heros such as reliability. One of the ways he is extremely reliable is because no matter how hard the situation gets, when push comes to shove, he is always there to help...
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...the superhero was defined during this generation and many of our most beloved heroes have their beginnings in the golden age. Characters like Captain America, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman were introduced to the American public during this era. However, with these new personalities, there is one who brought modern and innovative ideas to the genre and is often overlooked. That major player is Captain Marvel. Let’s face it, comparisons are everywhere. People usually want to compare things that are somewhat similar and feature just a slight change. These contrasts include the first incarnation of an item and the subsequent follow up creation. For example, in music, some may consider this true for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, in electronics it’s usually the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, and for me, growing up, it was the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. The earliest model is great but the follow up incarnation is sometimes exclusively judged against the original because of subtle changes or simply because the original came first. Can this be true for the Captain Marvel and Superman comparison? In 1940, many companies created copycat characters to attempt to gain from Superman’s popularity and profitability. As the saying goes - from success imitation is bred. A perfect example of this was Fox Publications’ super character Wonder man, who was created and illustrated by Will Eisner. Wonder man is a good representation of a complete Superman imitator. Wonder man...
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...It is no secret that the entertainment industry is one of the biggest and most glorified markets in the world, with it growing everyday. Every year television shows, video games, and movies find new ways to out do themselves, looking for the next big thing. When it comes to the film industry you can see the growth as new movies break box office records what seems like every couple months, and as of late comic based super hero movies seem to be benefiting the most with Marvel studios leading the way. With movies such as The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy hitting it big in the box office as well as receiving critical acclaim it was no surprise Marvels counter part DC was ready to follow with its next...
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...Bátori Anna . The Universal Message of the United States: The Hero and National Typology of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) „ A myth aims to synchronize individual and society (…) as well as eliminating bothersome ideas, ideas, which are indifferent towards the individual. This necessitates the passionate representation of the idea, (…) with thought always referencing something superior.”(Berkes-Nemes) Several genre films have been made which themes are interwoven with the Second World War: from this vast historical material, romantic films, historical dramas, crime films and even comedies have been made, but the opus titled Captain America: The First Avenger (Johnston, 2011) does more than any other of its companions: the story of the film adapted from comic shows more than an American hero can defeat everybody if it is about his country; in the meantime it does something that cinema has yet to endeavor: it elevates Hitler’s Germany to the level of miracles. It achieves this by putting a number of fantastic plot threads apart from the classic hero-rising story into the main plotline: the enemy of Captain America is a group called Hydra, who are in possession of an ancient material of vast magical capabilities, which is not only stronger than Hitler, but could destroy the whole world in the wrong hands. The familiar ‘the world is in danger and it must be saved by an American’ – story would not be interesting, if there was not a strong supplementary...
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...were each given the title of being a hero because the go out of their way to protect their communities and the world as well. Making them extraordinary. By thinking deeper about heroes and what it mean to you, you can find that anyone could be a hero as long as it makes the a better person and they have good intentions. A hero is someone who helps for the benefit for others like Police men and women by enforcing the laws and keeping people safe. Nurses and doctors help save people’s lives. Firefighters risk their lives to save others from burning buildings and houses. For us, a hero takes on many traits an ordinary human would not have. Traits like the ability to run fast or to fly much like the many Marvel super heroes. Although he is a hero, Abraham Lincoln did not have and of these traits but that didn’t...
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...Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus is best known as the one who discovered America. Christopher wasn’t just an Italian explorer, he was also a navigator, and colonizer. His “discovery” was made when he wanted to try and find an alternative way to reach India and traveled west. When he had reached what Columbus thought was India, he found himself face-to-face with Native Americans who he then named “Indians.” Many would say without Columbus we wouldn’t have America, but maybe that wouldn’t be such a bad thing. If Columbus had not “discovered” America, the Native American race might not have been so low. Technology probably would not be as advanced, such as in industrialization, therefore the Earth’s population could have been lower causing...
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...the pencils from the finished pages for them. but as young lee made his comic-book debut with the text filler for when captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge in Captain America Comic #3. but as He graduated from writing fillers to actual comics with a backup feature the Foreign Correspondent .Then two issues later Lees first superhero that was the Destroyer in the Mystic Comic book #6.in the 1940s was called the golden age of comics. During this time lee had created jack frost and father time for the us comics at that time this were gust intrudes to the us for the first time. Then right after this he was sent in to the us army were he repairing telegraph poles and other communications equipment for the us military .Then after he had srived his time in the military he when back to an comic book writer corp. now named Atlas Comics were he now writes a variety of genres including Westerns, humor, science fiction, medieval adventure, and suspense. but now he is stared to dislike his work and is considering about quieting.but his wife urged him to experiment with stories that he had preferred, since he was planning on changing careers and that he had nothing to lose so because of his wife he gave the super heroes flowed albites that he and an artist named Jack Kirby created . This was Both lees and Kirby's first super hero team that they created which was called the Fantastic Four.The Fantastic Fours immediate popularity led Lee and Marvel's illustrators...
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... Tony Stark is Iron Man, but he wasn’t always the high flying supersonic hero we all know. Before becoming Iron Man, Tony was a self-centered, alcoholic playboy billionaire. He was also a genius that accomplished more than most children will attain in their lifetime. At the age of four Tony built his first circuit board, when he was seven he assembled his first engine. He also graduated with top honors from MIT at the age of seventeen. It was technology and his brilliant mind that brought us the super-hero we know as Iron Man. Iron Man is a picture of how advanced the world is in the 21st century unlike the Superman of Smallville. Superman was as Gary Engle says in his essay “What Makes Superman So Darned American” an immigrant and an orphan after his parents rocketed him to earth before his home planet of Krypton exploded. Superman, soon to be known as Clark Kent, the name given to him by the farmer who found him, was born with his super powers. Super human strength, the ability to fly and his super senses were all he needed to battle crime and evil in the 20th century. In the 21st century we have all kinds of computerized luxuries that will do just about anything people need them to do. GPS for example, satellites can give us our exact location at any given time, give us directions, and even track packages we are expecting. The advanced technologies haven filtered into our super-heroes. The improved conquers of the world have changed so much that they seem...
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...Heros nowadays are about power and knowlegde. You see iron man, captian america, the hulk, ect. Have you ever thought that the true hero might be right in front of you? Well, I have two people that are my heros. My dad and I are practicaly the same person. We have the same intrest and think similar. I used to go to the ranch, with my dad, and we would hang out with the cousins and uncles. My cousin Jorge had a horse named” La Parka” and I loved that horse. At first I would only look from afar, but after a while Jorge told me if I would like to help. Me being curious I agreed and he taught me how to clean the stable, how to ride the horse, and the other aspects of taking care of a horse. I learned to love the ranch and wanted to go everyday....
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...quickly. While he did not gain notoriety at this point, Delacortes company Dell Publishing later became a leading comic book distributer. The break from premiums to stand alone success came in July of 1934 when Eastern took the leap launching “Famous Funnies” a sixty-four page comic distributed by American News Company. Comprised as their earlier efforts were of recycled daily comics the “Famous Funnies” publications lasted for four decades churning out monthly editions. A tour of the covers from these monthly editions gives insight into what was happening in America and in some cases the world. Covers often reflected political themes during times of unrest in the...
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