Word: superheroes
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...sort of going for the superhero-type theme with the cape,” he said, peering through his blue mask...
Gilberto Gil could very well be a superhero. Politician by day, renowned international pop star by night…it’s what many a middle-aged man daydreams about. He is currently Brazil’s Minister of Culture, but it is no wonder the media has dubbed him the “Minister of Cool...
...main character, Mitchell Hundred, is the mayor of New York and the world’s only superhero—in fact, the world’s only political superhero. Its protagonist’s remarkable abilities are an interesting wrinkle rather than the center of the plot. A civil engineer by trade, he stumbles onto a Generic Glowing Object (itself an instance of deus ex machina present in nearly every superhero’s origin story) that explodes and inscribes curving scars on his face reminiscent of the metallic tracery on a circuit board...
...world title in 1930, and launched a famous rivalry when he knocked out American challenger Joe Louis in 1936; his loss in a 1938 rematch in Yankee Stadium became emblematic of the coming struggle with Nazi Germany. But he was miscast by Hitler as an Aryan superhero. He refused to join the Nazi Party and after the war, it was disclosed he had saved two Jews from attack in the Kristallnacht violence of 1938. A quiet philanthropist, he befriended Louis later in life, even paying for the impoverished former champ's 1981 funeral...
...Jack Sharkey on a foul in 1930. In 1936 he launched a famous rivalry when he knocked out U.S. challenger Joe Louis; his loss in a 1938 rematch at Yankee Stadium was hailed as a national triumph over Nazi Germany. But he was miscast by Hitler as an Aryan superhero; he refused to join the Nazi Party, and after the war, it was disclosed that he had saved two Jews from attack in the Kristallnacht violence in 1938. He befriended Louis later in life, quietly giving the impoverished former champ money and paying for his 1981 funeral...