Word: supermans
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...written the best mainstream books of the last 15 years while maintaining artistic credibility. America's Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics, publishes the five most entertaining superhero books on the market: "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" (a limited series, now concluded); "Tom Strong," about a science superman; "Promethea," starring a mythical warrior princess; "Top Ten," sort of a "Hill Street Blues" meets the Superfriends; and "Tomorrow Stories," an anthology title. At least one comes out every two weeks and Moore writes or cowrites them all. So far DC has decided to pulp two issues due to content...
...question to ponder over the post-World Series winter: How was it that Joe DiMaggio--a high school dropout whose favorite reading material was Superman comics, a man who was a lousy father, an unfaithful husband and a wife beater, a guy who was reluctant to enlist in World War II, someone who never did a meaningful day's work in the last 47 years of his life, who was monumentally vain and cheap and mistrustful--became a national hero...
Examples of this phenomenon abound in our popular culture. A seemingly weaker David vanquished the intimidating Goliath. Town pansy George McFly summoned his inner strength to knock out reviled bully Biff. And most clearly, Clark Kent, the mild-mannered farmboy-turned-reporter, was Superman, hero to millions in Metropolis...
George's clutch performances in both games hardly seem a product of luck. In fact, like Superman, Spencer George has heroism and tenacity in his blood...
Unfortunately, the Clark Kent-Superman analogy isn't entirely accurate for young Spencer George. When asked about the existence of a "Lois Lane" in his life, George grinned...