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SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Posted by:
Chris Well on
February 12, 2007 at
6:01PM EST
 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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CHRIS WELL'S SUPER-SIZED CCM LIST-O-RAMA: EMBIGGENED EDITION
TWELVE DEGREES OF SUPERMAN: THE SECRET CONNECTION BETWEEN CHRISTIAN MEDIA AND THE MAN OF STEEL
 1) THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE WORLD’S GREATEST SUPERHERO
TheEntertainmentMinistry
A
former writer-producer for Dick Clark Productions, Steve Skelton has
made a name for himself in the church creating video-based Bible
studies based on such
cultural touchstones as The Lucy Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show and Bonanza.
His book, The Gospel According to the World’s Greatest Superhero (Harvest House), examines the parallels between The Last Son of Krypton and God’s Only Begotten Son.
Listen to our exclusive podcast interview:
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