Word: superheroics
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...only dresses in drag when he goes to Rocky Horror, which he has been doing since he attended his first show in 1994, at age 18. At that point, he came dressed in a trench coat as “The Crow,” a comic book superhero. A few months later, he decided to make his drag debut...
...example inspired the Daredevils and Spider-Men of a later era. Yet Siegel and Shuster saw little of the profit DC made from their character. Not until 1975 did the company agree to pay a modest annuity to the men who had created the comics' first and most enduring superhero. --By Richard Corliss
...Wolverine the X-Man and Yugi of Yu-Gi-Oh! got into a fight, who would win? The conundrum isn't as tricky as the Superman-vs.-Batman debate that has divided comic-book readers for generations. Wolverine, an American superhero from the venerable Marvel stable, is a hulking genetic mutant with claws like knives. Yugi, a manga character from Japan, is a stunted schoolboy with a penchant for games and puzzles, low self-esteem and eyes the size of moon pies. When classmates pick on Yugi, girls jump to his defense...
...venture is not without risk. Shonen Jump is up against the tried-and-true formula of American comics, which are traditionally based on red-blooded superheroes triumphing over evil in 36 pages or less. The five series that appear in the 300-page first issue of Shonen Jump?Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Ball Z, SandLand, YuYu Hakusho and One Piece?have nuanced story arcs that may not be resolved for years. For example, the archives of Dragon Ball Z?a tale of galactic war over a set of wish-granting orbs?run to 8,000 pages printed over more than...
...Readers will still have to be open-minded. In the translated version of Shonen Jump, staple Japanese onomatopoeias like ZA!, DON! and GAGII! have generally been replaced with more familiar sounds such as WHOOOSH! and BONK! But some, like KIIIIN! (the sound of a superhero hurtling through the air), haven't been changed. To get readers up to speed, an editorial team (comprised mostly of American 20-something manga enthusiasts) assembles pages of interviews with cartoonists, background information on characters and story lines, and explanations of the comics' Japanese cultural aspects. The American comic reads in Japanese fashion?right...