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Old 12-31-2013, 05:01 PM   #18480
WT Sharpe
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"A raging anti-establishment maniac in red underpants"
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Just finished reading The Superman Chronicles Vol. 1 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

These stories are wonderful, and eye-opening. This is not your father's Superman. It's your grandfather's, and he was far different than the Superman you know....
I'm sorry, but I just had to commend that wonderful Cracked.com article to you all one more time. In it, the Man of Steel of 1938-1939 is described as "less of a big blue Boy Scout and more of a raging anti-establishment maniac in red underpants who spent more time destroying property than catching criminals."

Spoiler:
When we see Superman flying across the universe and effortlessly pushing planets back into orbit, it's easy to forget that he was created by two Depression-era kids from Cleveland who lived most of their lives in poverty. It's not so easy, however, when you read the early Superman stories that those two kids actually wrote and drew, in which the Man of Steel was less of a big blue Boy Scout and more of a raging anti-establishment maniac in red underpants who spent more time destroying property than catching criminals. Think we're kidding? Check it out:

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_20069...#ixzz2p5lBQEDa
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