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superheroes

Wonder Woman: She’s Always A Woman To Me

July 21, 2010

This is another in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at Wonder Woman, the Amazon princess who was crafted from clay [...]

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Captain Marvel: Shazam, does he have a problem!

March 26, 2010

This is another in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at Captain Marvel, a small boy who at a single world [...]

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Hulk: It’s Not Easy Being Green

March 12, 2010

This is the third in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at The Hulk, a brutish misfit with near limitless strength. [...]

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Spider-Man: The Amazing Arachnerd

February 26, 2010

This is the third in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at Spider-Man, the wall clinging misfit who has bigger struggles [...]

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Batman: Pinnacle of human perfection with a splash of the crazy

February 12, 2010

Image by kevindooley via Flickr This is the second in my series taking about superhero characters. In my kickoff post I explained how in some ways they are the modern Gods – created in our image to put into stories to help us understand ourselves better. This time I’m looking at Batman, the broody anti-hero [...]

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