tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post9016291789651261799..comments2024-03-21T19:12:11.065-07:00Comments on Every Day Is Like Wednesday: Jules Feiffer's Superheroes Week: An unusual metaphor applied to Superman and Captain MarvelCalebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01391759187396994380noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-14595171113465403652008-06-18T18:11:00.000-07:002008-06-18T18:11:00.000-07:00Ive been accused of being a trotskyist and even wi...Ive been accused of being a trotskyist and even with looking like a (larger, healthier) version of him before. If thats makes me like Cap, Im all for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-20552208687688372032008-06-18T06:18:00.000-07:002008-06-18T06:18:00.000-07:00Oh I don't know, this seems a bit harsh. We all k...Oh I don't know, this seems a bit harsh. We all know that Billy really wouldn't hurt a fly.SallyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592635194271250605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-12986020183820868892008-06-18T05:55:00.000-07:002008-06-18T05:55:00.000-07:00I agree with you, PhillyRadioGeek. Plus, Superman ...I agree with you, PhillyRadioGeek. Plus, Superman may have come first, but Captain Marvel's title outsold Superman throughout the 1940s. Also, zillions of super-heroes in the Golden Age were given Superman's powers because publishers thought that's what readers wanted (check out the history of the Green Mask for one particularly ludicrous example). But Captain Marvel endured because he was JUST DIFFERENT enough from Supes and the others to catch reader attention -- and affection.Sea-of-Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813600516703661200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-1352156756644042822008-06-18T04:57:00.000-07:002008-06-18T04:57:00.000-07:00Reading some of these excerpts reminds me how much...Reading some of these excerpts reminds me how much I dislike when people overanalyze comic books and superheroes. Superman is Superman, and Cap is Cap. They're not stand-ins for anyone else. Sheesh!Phillyradiogeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855039.post-48268436361689943782008-06-18T02:16:00.000-07:002008-06-18T02:16:00.000-07:00Does this make Batman Stalin?Does this make Batman Stalin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com