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Hail the superhero
- Published: 23/01/2012 at 03:17 AM
- Newspaper section: Life
Comic strip artists and writers of thrillers have the same idea _ creating a character that can defeat evil single-handedly. The drawback is that when actual evil people come on stage, it requires the army, navy and marines to take them down. During WWII, I was one of millions of kids disillusioned that Superman didn't make short shrift of Hitler.
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Be that as it may, children and adults are still being fed superheroes of one kind or another. Rough or smooth, humanoids or human, each is powerful, super intelligent, expert with any weapon, dedicated to justice and right. America and Britain have the majority of them, other lands fewer but of the same breed.
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- Writer: Bernard Trink
- Position: Freelance Writer
