Taking a look deeper into the Superman Chronicles: Volume 1, Issue 13 we focused on Superman’s recklessness towards property and his lack of repertoire with the authorities. Paying attention to the features that make up super heroes; dual identity and costumes; pro-social missions and (super) powers. In these stories Superman does not always portray is dual identity very often but it is established in most stories. He is always seeming to break things, without always having back up, “Here’s Hoping I’ve guessed right!” (190) happens as he is falling through the roof of a house. He even destroys a plane looking for the ultra-humanite, “Deliberately, Superman crashes into the planes propeller… ‘Strange, I can’t find any trace of The Ultra-Humanite’”(192). He does not show any concern for property, but I’m sure it is the same as a video game concept. It is all right to wreck everything and violently kill “villains” as long as you can start the game over. The lines of right and wrong are blurred when it comes to creating Super-humans. In 1930 a science fiction story names, “Gladiator” showed a scientist husband drugging his wife in order to tamper with the unborn child, and give her a serum to change the genetic chemistry. There is a mysterious excitement that surrounds making adaptations to natural things in order to create people and creatures that are better than normal.
The Super Man Chronicles Volume One
The Super Man Chronicles Volume One published by DC comics showed me a reality that I had thought of but never experienced. Now I experience it in my cheater pants way. The whole compilation of them in order. Not waiting around and searching out for the few page turners available at each release.
At the beginning of my journey through Issue 8, I started at first noticing the sights before the content. It is incredible to see the plot line change suddenly as it does with colors, and big changes. There are very little filler panels in which there is not something of importance is happening. Every moment and every scene has to hold weight. They had limited space and pages, and must use each moment sparingly to tell the story. There are many dramatic uses of primary colors as the plot line thickens and Superman is near the end of teaching a lesson to the criminals in his path. Most fascinatingly to think about is the writing. It never stays static. Sometimes it curves, and is straight. Taking the time to write each and every word out in blocked and eligible letters. The angles of the words seem to go with the direction and movement of the character. In Issue 4 when Superman is trying to save a man was in the accident, the man had died of a heart attack. In that one panel. With the exhale of breath, “Whew” escapes, moving larger to smaller, the reader can see the breath leaving his mouth, as it encapsulates the movement. The shape of the letters force everyone to live the quick paced story, but sitting here in 2015 I can’t help but notice characteristics, or tendencies that would not fly with some women activists.
From the overpowering influence of the media on my mentality of red flags, Superman would be someone to avoid. The red flags are things that I think women are conditioned to keep an eye on in order to live a safe and healthy life. Superman is the common man’s man of the thirties. He is brutal, strong, a force unto his own. Unstoppable. Yet he does stop to go to work. An everyday man hiding fantastical struggles behind a weak demeanor. These issues show a large amount of “struggles” in which he is always making a personal decision to teach characters that step out of line a lesson. A lesson that they cannot refuse to listen to without forfeiting their life.
I found this first read of the semester surprising, it wasn’t the adventure I had thought of originally. I’m excited to delve deeper into the meanings and effects on the minds of the young youth in the 30’s to the literature of today and how each compliments each other.
At the beginning of my journey through Issue 8, I started at first noticing the sights before the content. It is incredible to see the plot line change suddenly as it does with colors, and big changes. There are very little filler panels in which there is not something of importance is happening. Every moment and every scene has to hold weight. They had limited space and pages, and must use each moment sparingly to tell the story. There are many dramatic uses of primary colors as the plot line thickens and Superman is near the end of teaching a lesson to the criminals in his path. Most fascinatingly to think about is the writing. It never stays static. Sometimes it curves, and is straight. Taking the time to write each and every word out in blocked and eligible letters. The angles of the words seem to go with the direction and movement of the character. In Issue 4 when Superman is trying to save a man was in the accident, the man had died of a heart attack. In that one panel. With the exhale of breath, “Whew” escapes, moving larger to smaller, the reader can see the breath leaving his mouth, as it encapsulates the movement. The shape of the letters force everyone to live the quick paced story, but sitting here in 2015 I can’t help but notice characteristics, or tendencies that would not fly with some women activists.
From the overpowering influence of the media on my mentality of red flags, Superman would be someone to avoid. The red flags are things that I think women are conditioned to keep an eye on in order to live a safe and healthy life. Superman is the common man’s man of the thirties. He is brutal, strong, a force unto his own. Unstoppable. Yet he does stop to go to work. An everyday man hiding fantastical struggles behind a weak demeanor. These issues show a large amount of “struggles” in which he is always making a personal decision to teach characters that step out of line a lesson. A lesson that they cannot refuse to listen to without forfeiting their life.
I found this first read of the semester surprising, it wasn’t the adventure I had thought of originally. I’m excited to delve deeper into the meanings and effects on the minds of the young youth in the 30’s to the literature of today and how each compliments each other.
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If you choose to enter into my personal labyrinth of dangerously jumbled musings. You must beware getting lost amoungst the rubbish. If you stay to sort you might find the diamond in the rough. I'm and amateur-growing comics enthusiast. The goal is to broaden my limited knowledge, in order to do this, I am partaking in the CSUN 495sh course with Charles Hatfield. Documenting my thoughts and the growing process throughout. The strange picture below is my interpretation of "comic pop art" not the measles... Dear Reader,