For decades, scholars have been making the connection between the design of the superhero story and the mythology of the ancient folktale. Moving beyond simple

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In the less than eight decades since Superman's debut in 1938, comic book superheroes have become an indispensable part of American society and the nation's dom

Faster than a speeding bullet, Superman burst onto the comic book scene in 1938, just as America was on the terrifying precipice of a world war. In a desperate

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