Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Along Came the Superman

Kids adore him. Adults enjoy him. Superman has fascinated even the scholars and the critics who were exploring the impact of superman in the US and worldwide. Superman’s appearance is distinctive. He usually wears a blue costume with a red and yellow emblem on the chest, consisting of the letter ‘S’ in a shield shape and a red cape. Superman is widely considered as an American cultural icon. The character has been adopted extensively and portrayed in the other forms of media as well, including films and television series. Several actors have portrayed superman in motion pictures and television serials.

The character superman was created by two high school kids- Siegelend (writer) and JoeShuster (artist) in the year 1933, but they sold their creation to D.C Comics in 1938. Superman made his debu in action in D.C Comics and subsequently appeared in radio comics, newspaper strips, television programs, and films and even in video games with high success.

It is this month (April) in 1938 that superman made  his debu as the cover feature of the action comics. He is one of the longest running superheroes in the comic books. Superman is a sci-fi character. He was born as Kal-EL on the planet krypton and was sent to earth by his scientist father Jor-EL before planet krypton was destroyed. On the earth the child is raised as ClarkKent. As a young boy he had strong moral instinct and at an early age he started to display superhuman abilities. Superman has been described variously as man of steel, man of tomorrow and the lost son of krypton. Superman resides and operates in a fictional American city. ClarkKent is a journalist for the daily planet, a city newspaper. Superman is also in love with Lois Lane.

Superman who defeats the evil and saves the mankind is a fictional reel character. A hard truth is that situation on earth is no different from the situation in his films. Bad elements in our society have made common man’s life a hell. To defeat the real bad elements on earth, how we wish that we had had a real……

‘Superman’.
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1 comment:

  1. Although it would be wonderful to have a superman solve all our problems, unfortunately real life doesn't work that way. It is time each common man brings out the superman in him/her and make this world a better place to live in.

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