Binker
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If we haven't heard it, we know that Superman is a cultural icon, still an american hero but a hero to the world. His symbol of hope, courage and what it means to be a hero. But one of the things I, like many, have heard which can be considered a flaw is that it is difficult to relate to him. Or be him for real.
This is true when people read other comic book superheroes and compare them to Superman. An adult can read and relate to Batman as much as kids and teenagers can live the same lives as Spider-Man. But Superman, the man of steel, the man who can do anything, is someone who can symbolize but can never be him at all. That can be considered a flaw.
From that you can go back and look at Superman from previous years and see all the previous versions. Yet, there is one version that could be said, never had any problems in relation: the Superman of the Golden Age.
When you look back at those old issues, you don't see the Superman of today. He is not the boy scout we know him to be. When he wants answers or to wants a bad guy to do something, he scares them by holding them by the leg and leaping skyscraper to skyscraper. He was the spirit of the people as he fought against currupt landlords, dicators, wife beaters, etc.
One of the biggest is the superpowers he had back then. Similar to now, his superpowers were grounded to physical. He only leaped, when he started he couldn't deflect bullets (as seen in Action #1), and his super speed was on the level as a speed of a train. Then as new powers came, they were still grounded. For example: when he flew, it was less of a superpower and more like a skill. He would have to still jump to take off instead of now where he's flying like that "snap". And he would have to control himself in the air like he was controlling a plane, and it was like an extended jump when he was in the air.
But despite the realism of the Golden Age Superman, many people still love the modern one. In that he can do anything, still with limits of course, that people could say thats what a SUPER-MAN is and what he needs to be and should be, even today. Which leads to this topic.
Which version is better? Superman of the Golden Age or the Superman of today? If you would, pick the one you like more than the other and discuss if, in today's world, could the Golden Age version still work or is the modern version what Superman needs to be, always?
Discuss.
This is true when people read other comic book superheroes and compare them to Superman. An adult can read and relate to Batman as much as kids and teenagers can live the same lives as Spider-Man. But Superman, the man of steel, the man who can do anything, is someone who can symbolize but can never be him at all. That can be considered a flaw.
From that you can go back and look at Superman from previous years and see all the previous versions. Yet, there is one version that could be said, never had any problems in relation: the Superman of the Golden Age.
When you look back at those old issues, you don't see the Superman of today. He is not the boy scout we know him to be. When he wants answers or to wants a bad guy to do something, he scares them by holding them by the leg and leaping skyscraper to skyscraper. He was the spirit of the people as he fought against currupt landlords, dicators, wife beaters, etc.
One of the biggest is the superpowers he had back then. Similar to now, his superpowers were grounded to physical. He only leaped, when he started he couldn't deflect bullets (as seen in Action #1), and his super speed was on the level as a speed of a train. Then as new powers came, they were still grounded. For example: when he flew, it was less of a superpower and more like a skill. He would have to still jump to take off instead of now where he's flying like that "snap". And he would have to control himself in the air like he was controlling a plane, and it was like an extended jump when he was in the air.
But despite the realism of the Golden Age Superman, many people still love the modern one. In that he can do anything, still with limits of course, that people could say thats what a SUPER-MAN is and what he needs to be and should be, even today. Which leads to this topic.
Which version is better? Superman of the Golden Age or the Superman of today? If you would, pick the one you like more than the other and discuss if, in today's world, could the Golden Age version still work or is the modern version what Superman needs to be, always?
Discuss.
