The document discusses several popular superheroes including Spiderman, Batman, Superman, Hulk, Iron Man, and Wolverine. For each superhero, it provides a brief summary of their story and origins, their main powers and abilities, and which movies they have appeared in. It concludes by asking why one might want to be a superhero and proposing a game to recognize music from different superhero movies.
“Captain America's Boise Tea Party: Comic Books and Politics in American Culture.” Anthropology Department Colloquium, Idaho State University, March 5, 2010.
“Captain America's Boise Tea Party: Comic Books and Politics in American Culture.” Anthropology Department Colloquium, Idaho State University, March 5, 2010.
Every child has got some comic characters fantasies of their own.
And when they see their fantasies being portrayed by comic characters on screen, they start loving them.
The rise of retrofuturism has introduced a fantastical new line with the DC Bombshells -- heroines without the men, all set in World War II. Their aesthetic and clever adaptation mirrors the best of steampunk rewriting. There's also Gotham by Gaslight, JLA: Age of Wonder, The Golden Age, Batman: Leatherwing, Batman/Houdini, and more. Marvel has offered their own retellings, in the alt-Battleworld, with J. Michael Straczynski's Golden Age-style The Twelve, and with even earlier fantasies back to 1602: Witchhunter Angela. Who's doing it right, and how steampunk are these stories?
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2. SPIDERMAN
• Story :
* Spiderman alias Peter Parker.
* He was bitten by a radioactive spider.
* A crime fighter.
* He lives in New-York.
* Mary Jane.
• Powers and abilities :
Super strength and agility, the ability to cling to most
surfaces, shoot spider-webs, and react to danger
quickly with his "spider-sense“.
• Movies : 5 movies since 1977.
4. BATMAN
• Story :
* Batman alias Bruce Wayne.
* His parents were killed, he swore revenge on criminals.
* Gotham City.
* His worst enemy is The Joker.
• Powers and abilities :
Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any superpowers;
he makes use of intellect, detective skills, science and technology,
physical prowess, martial arts skills, fear, and intimidation.
• Movies : 8 movies since 1966.
6. SUPERMAN
• Story :
* Superman alias Clark Kent.
* He was born on planet Krypton.
* He was adopted and educated by Kent family.
* Superhero and a journalist.
* Loïs Lane.
* Metropolis.
* Lex Luthor.
• Powers and abilities :
Strength, flight, speed, x-ray vision, heat
vision, ice breath, and superhuman hearing.
Weakness : kryptonite.
• Movies : 5 movies since 1978, especially with
Christopher Reeve.
8. HULK
• Story :
* Hulk alias Bruce Banner.
* Bruce received a lethal dose of gamma radiation.
* When Bruce is angry, he is transformed into Hulk.
* His enemy is the American state.
• Powers and abilities :
Unlimited Strength, big jumping, breathe underwater.
• Movies : 3 movies since 1988.
10. IRON MAN
• Story:
* Iron man alias Tony Stark.
* He is kidnapped by terrorists who want him to build a weapon of
mass destruction.
* Instead of, he creates an armor to escape.
* Protect the world as Iron Man.
• Powers and abilities :
With his armor he has : superhuman strength, superhuman
speed, repulsor rays, fly.
• Movies: 2 movies since 2008.
12. WOLVERINE
• Story:
* Wolverine is Logan.
* Wolverine is a mutant.
* Military stuck him an indestructible metal, called damantium , to his skeleton and
claws to make a super soldier.
* But he was shot and forgot his identity.
* X-men.
• Powers and abilities :
He can use his claws, he has an accelerated healing, he has a good sense of smell.
• Movies : 1 Wolverine movie, and 4 apparations in X-Men.