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...George Bernard Shaw, in Man and Superman...
...paradoxes about Superman is that while he is a hero of nostalgia, the constant changes in his character keep destroying the qualities that make him an object of nostalgia. "For one bright, brief moment, we had a hero right there, and then we lost him, dammit," laments one disillusioned enthusiast, Marshall Fishwick, who teaches communications at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. "You have to look back to the '30s for the real thing. There are too many M.B.A.s now and not enough Supermans...
Cover: Illustration by John Byrne and Jerry Ordway. Superman character (c) 1988 DC Comics Inc. Typography designed by Gerard Huerta
COVER: Still invincible, America' s No. 1 hero hits 50. Happy Birthday, Superman...
...steel has appeared in comics and films and on radio, TV and Broadway and has permeated U. S. pop culture. Ever changing, he now works out with weights and may help the homeless. But amid festivities and analysis (Is he a god? Is he a virgin?), Superman' s fans celebrate his enduring, unique embodiment of the best in the national character. See SHOW BUSINESS...