When two Jewish high school kids growing up during the Depression first came up with “
Superman,”
they had no idea their character would be so enduring—or, for that
matter, invent an entire genre. Created in the 1930s by
Jerry Seigel
and
Joe Shuster,
Superman was an equal mix of pulp hero, circus strongman and Moses.
But in the more than 70 years since then, the character has
been reshaped by hundreds of storytellers, in thousands of stories,
from comics to cartoons, from radio dramas to television shows, from
stage to screen. (Not to mention hundreds of songs, by everyone from
The Monkees to
Genesis to
50 Cent.)
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And, of course, much has been made of the messianic imagery in the film
Superman Returns. So, in honor of the DVD release, we have assembled these super features:
1) Our
exclusive podcast interview with
Steve Skelton, author of
The Gospel According to the World's Greatest Superhero (Harvest House Publishers).
2) Our special bonus-sized edition of our
CCM "List-O-Rama Twelve Degrees of Superman."
3) Click on over for the
transcript of Mr. Skelton's interview with
Superman Returns director
Bryan Singer.
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