Superman

Ask just about anyone to name a superhero, and Superman will leap to most people's lips. The alien from another planet is recognized as one who defends those who cannot help themselves. Protection strikes a chord everybody feels.
It's easy to find this larger than life man. All one has to do is go to the nearest bookstore and look in the graphic novel section. Many a tale has been written about various adventures he's had.

Even modern culture has been affected. Some refer to the current President as Superman. Whether this title fits remains to be seen, but there is no question of just how much society emphasizes an advocate for the downtrodden. It reminds people they will not be forgotten. Nor will they be left alone.

Appealing to a wide audience, however, is a matter of skill. Storylines must reflect how things change on almost a daily basis. Market testing helps define where improvements must be made.

All in all, Superman will most likely be around for centuries to come. 

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• Jurgens The Underrated

  
  The Continuity Blog — Authority: 129
  Booster Gold (Volume 2) #26 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Jurgens and Mike Norton Jurgens is by far one of if not the best artists DC has, why doesn’t he get any appreciation for it?! He is also just as good of a writer. You don’t have to have read anything with Booster Gold before and you would ...
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• Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths Trailer

  
  Oliver Willis — Authority: 620
  These animated DC movies have been, on balance, pretty darn fun. Justice League: Crisis On 2 Earths
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• Super Hero Changing Station

  
  Oliver Willis — Authority: 620
  Heroes first, please. ( via )
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• Jackie Brown Has a Stopover in Smallville

  
  ShowHype - Top Television News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 168
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• Dr. Deutch and the Radium Mine, Part Four

  
  Laser & Sword Magazine — Authority: 421
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• Sweeps Week

  
  DarcKnyt — Authority: 124
  Yeah, must be sweeps week on TV.How do I know?  Well, the surest sign was the spanning of a story across three different shows in the CSI franchise.  All three of them are having the same story cross over between the three shows over three nights.  Miss a night, you miss the story.  Don’t [...]
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• Ahhhh 37! I liked you better when you were 10 years younger!

  
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• Part 1: The Super-Hero’s American Exceptionalism

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 814
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• Superman vs. Lightsaber: Who Wins?

  
  Blog@Newsarama — Authority: 648
  The Huffington Post ran a humorous feature today on some of the best “Yahoo! Answers” of all time. One hits close to home, with the question, “Can a Jedi Lightsaber cut through Superman?”. The answer, which I may eventually need for my kids, can be found here . Other great questions and answers include ...
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• Nicolas Cage spent $276,000 on dinosaur skull!

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
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• Ruby-Spears Superman now on DVD

  
  THE METAL MISFIT — Authority: 421
  I mentioned a few months ago in a post (Cartoons That I Want On DVD Part 2) that the 1988 Ruby-Spears Superman cartoon was a show I was really looking forward to seeing someday on DVD, well… that day has come!It snuck up on me but it was released last week and I plan to [...]
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• The anniversary present.

  
  loonyblog. — Authority: 98
  Today is my seventh wedding anniversary, and this year I really wanted to do something a bit different for Heather. I contacted Lauren Montgomery , director of Superman/Doomsday, Wonder Woman and other awesome DC animated movies. I’ve been reading her art blog for years, and I love her Bruce Timm-influenced ...
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• YESSSS: Penn State Band Honors Batman, Star Wars, Superman at Half-Time

  
  Great White Snark — Authority: 589
  This is absolutely glorious, people. Behold the Penn State Blue Band during the Eastern Illinois Game halftime show last month(?*), playing the themes of geek favorite movies Batman (starting at 0:14), Rocky (1:48), Back to the Future (3:10), Star Wars (6:24), and Superman (8:40). The familiar, ...
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• (via kayfabe)I personally hate Superdickery, even more than I...

  
  Comic Books! — Authority: 621
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• Late Night

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 484
  Late night. * What is the jobless rate for people like you? Post-racial America is awesome. ( via ) * Salman Rushdie totally doesnt know his kryptonite. * DC caught mishandling its recycling. ( via ) D.C. law requires recycling at all city buildings, though the law appears to stop at the threshold of all ...
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• Make-a-Fan Monday: Niki Smith

  
  Fumbling with Fiction — Authority: 112
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• LWIC: “I Think I’m A Clone Now…”

  
  SpaceBooger.com — Authority: 421
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• X-Men 3: What could have been

  
  Filmonic — Authority: 526
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• Rant #1: guilt session

  
  Mindless Ones — Authority: 466
  The other morning my son asks if he can watch a DVD. Mummy suggests that he hold off on that score because, guess what? Superman II is on this afternoon and he won’t be allowed to watch it if he spends the morning in front of Chicken Run. I felt good about this choice at the time - a little guilty that we let our ...
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• A Two True Freaks Special Presentation: Episode 82 – Star Trek: The Next Generation – “Encounter At Farpoint”!!

  
  The Comics Podcast Network — Authority: 142
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