The origins of Goku the main character from Dragon Ball Z mirrors the origins of Superman from the comics. Both characters are aliens. Goku comes from a warrior race known as the Saiyan’s while Superman comes from the technologic advance race known as the Kryptonians. The fathers of both characters were known as the best of what they did. Goku’s father was known as the strongest Saiyan and Superman’s father was known as krypton’s smartest scientist. Additionally, when both characters were babies they were sent to earth in space pods right before the destruction of their home planets. Goku’s planet was destroyed by an evil emperor while Superman’s was destroyed by the planets unstable radioactive core. Once they both landed on earth they were
Society favors the outlaw hero because we relate with that character more. We see ourselves more so in the outlaw hero than in the official hero. The outlaw hero has the child like talents that most of us wish we had as adults. To civilians it may seem that the outlaw hero lives more of a fantasy life that we all wish to have. Superman’s image has remained unchanged over the years. A blue suit accompanied by boots, a belt and cape have always been the Superman style, along with the Superman emblem on his chest. Superman’s real name is Kal-El, a descendant of the Kryptonian family of the house of El, with his father known as Jor-El and mother Lara. Krypton was discovered to be in the last seconds of life due to the coming supernova of its sun by Kal-El’s father. The other members of Krypton did not believe Jor-El could not tell others of his answers and examinations. Jor-El promised that neither he nor his wife would leave and with every last possible choice eliminated, Jor-El would send his newborn son to the planet Earth. Kal-El then crash landed into the care of Jonathan and Martha Kent, two farmers in Kansas. He then adopted the Kent family name,...
On one end of the spectrum lays Superman, an alien who from birth is comparable to god, and on the opposite side lays Lex Luthor, a genius human who comes from nothing and created a financial empire. Superman
Heroes, the unordinary beings with extravagant abilities, from powers and competence to skills and talents. Heroes are people who are idealized by society for their courage and individuality. Iconic and well recognized heroes like Hercules, Superman, Spiderman and Achilles are some of the few heroes known around. All heroes have a similarity to each other, for example Beowulf and Batman. While both can be considered great heroes, they differ significantly, yet are similar in other ways.
The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an insight into the Super Hero Series Batman. This crime fighter originally appeared in Detective Comics issue #27 in 1939. It later became a comic book series, a TV series and a movie series. The character Batman is second only to Superman as a Super Hero. Amazingly Batman has no super powers, but he does have a lot of neat crime fighting gadgets. In this paper, we will explore the creation of Batman, his supporting cast of characters both good and bad and the gadgets he used.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! In 1938, Action Comics #1, released the first Superman comic to the public. Superman, also known as Kal El, has shown many different powers since his first debut in 1938. This paper will discuss various topics about four of his major powers and explain why they are all impossible for anyone to achieve in real life. Superman’s four major powers that will be discussed in this paper are X-ray vision, being able to fly, super strength, and invulnerability.
How close does Man of Steel fly towards the Superman legacy, and are its changes for the better or for the worse? Many fundamentalist fanatics have mixed feelings amongst Man of Steel, and are critiquing director, Zack Snyder, due to the vast range in which the concept of the movie is from the origins of Superman. Some fanatics question if the Snyder fully understands the origins of Superman due to the far fetch theory of the film opposed to the comics. The disappointment has left mixed feelings amongst the audience. Some express that the twists were a nice addition to the films; while others feel as if the story should stay the same. The film goes off on a complete tangent from the origins of Superman. Zack Snyder has made voluminous inaccuracies due to the fact that Superman does not get his full potential powers until three-fourths of the way through the film, he has lack of concern for the citizens, and most importantly he executes General Zod.
The thing about the character is that he is a man who is also super and has these powers. As someone who is not of this earth, Kal-El has to try and fit in as a human. The beginning of the film shows the intergalactic backstory of Kal-El’s birth on the doomed and imploding planet of Krypton. Kal is born with the last name of El, which in Hebrew means God. His father, Jor-El, opposes the beliefs and tyranny of General Zod. Going against the planet’s genetics program, he and his wife, Lara, have Kal-El naturally and, to save the newborn, they send him to Earth. Lara worries that her son will be “an outcast, a freak,” but Jor-El says that “he’ll be a god to them.” When you put the origin into biblical terms, you can pick some things out that are in the Bible. For instance, you can see that General Zod is the equivalent to King Herod. He w...
Each culture has its own distinct origin myth, including the Hebrew and Cheyenne. Origin myths are most likely the first stories human beings told and they explain how we came to be. There are many similarities and differences between the Cheyenne origin myth, “How the World was Made,” and the Hebrew origin myth, “In the Beginning,” that tell how each culture views its god, nature, and humanity's relationship to each of these.
The pressures of society and many factors against us can at times seem impossible to overcome, however, these limitations are only the ones we place on ourselves. Whether it’s during the adolescent years as Sherman Alexie explained in “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me”, about the struggles of overcoming the stigma bound by his culture where “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike”, as well as having the courage to break free for his own benefit. In addition, this theme was also explored in the later years of adulthood as demonstrated in Malcolm X’s essay, “Learning to Read” where he’d become so frustrated while kept in prison, unable to quite express himself as he did
Firstly, Superman is an alien, to the United States and to the world. But is he really that different from you and me? We are all descended from people who were immigrants to America. Engle writes: “All Americans have immediate sense of their origins elsewhere” (Engle, 678). So doesn’t it make sense that everyone that fights or works for our natural freedoms are aliens, the soldiers, the doctors, the teachers, and Superman himself? “Like the peoples of the nation whose values he defends, Superman is an alien” (Engle, 678). Like all aliens the reason for coming to this country is to make something better of ones self. Where one may run any kind of business they please and not worry about someone else intervening because they simply can. Superman ...
One of the most famous encounters was the Superman and Lex Luther conflict. Lex Luther, with his witty tactics to get into trouble and even wittier ways to get out of it, was certainly a difficult villain for Superman to take down. Lex Luther could be seen as Superman’s arch nemesis because of the amount of trouble he gave Superman. Lex Luther and Superman were at one-point friends, until a terrible lab experiment caused Luther’s hair to fall out completely. This lab accident causes Lex Luther to plan his entire life off ending Superman’s. In the modern Lex Luther, he is rewritten as a very wealthy scientist/CEO who comes off as a great man to the public because of his great deal of involvement, but really is a sociopathic, crazed man. Lex Luther should resemble someone that is believed to have lived through the Christian beliefs. In the Bible it is said that Satan, or Lucifer was once an angel of God and was one of God’s people. After an awful mistake by Lucifer he was sent to hell by God to rule the underworld. Just like Lex Luther and Superman’s confrontation with the accident in the laboratory, Lucifer would always try to get back at God for banishing him to hell. Lucifer and Lex Luther also resemble each other with their lies. Luther hid behind his large amount of philanthropy he was into. Due to this the people of the world would become accustomed to Luther being a great man when he was constantly out to kill or get rid of Superman. Lucifer does this same thing with people in modern time with a thing called temptation. God does not want people to fall into temptation a lot like Superman did not want people to listen to the nonsense Lex Luther had to
Every child in the United States has heard or read the Marvel and DC comics books. If you have not then you have probably have heard of their characters like the famous star spangled hero, Captain America, or the Dark Knight himself, Batman. Both Marvel and DC has influenced the children and adults of American in its darkest times. The great wars affected many by its poisonous grasps, and its victims sought comfort with the antidote provided by the marvelous illustrators and writers of comic books. Now their cinematic counterparts are here to inspire the 21st century. The Marvel and DC cinematic universes have similar content, they both have unique characteristics that set them apart.
Being a hero means that one can show courage when it comes to facing a problem. It is a person who helps others in many ways, such as a person in danger. In the modern era, the creation of superheroes have become popular when it comes to producing films. Viewers can choose their favorite heroes due to the idea that there a many of them. However, most fans argue which superheroes are better. Two of the most popular superheroes are DC’s Batman and Marvel’s Iron Man. Although Batman and Iron Man are loved by many viewers because of how they help people in danger, they still demonstrate imperfections which can cause viewers to dislike them. However, both superheroes share similarities and differences between themselves. Batman and Iron Man have
The plot of Batman Begins mainly focuses on the origins and psychology behind Batman, and how he copes with the struggles he faces. One major thing that changed the course of the story, was the death of the Thomas and Martha Wayne. It formed an emotion change in the story that effects Bruce Wayne and all of Gotham to arise the struggles and problems that will be faced in the rest of the movie. Another key point in the story was the seven-year disappearance of Bruce Wayne. When in the Chinese prison it would also discipline him, which was something that he hadn’t had much of before. The meeting of Ras Al Ghul and his further training were also key experiences to develop Bruce Wayne into Batman. These were the some of the building blocks in the plot. The plot of The Dark Knight was very different to Batman Begins. The main plot is that Batman has limits and Gotham needed a different hero, whereas, in Batman Begins, Batman was the hero and didn’t think he had any limits. The foundation of the Dark Knight was more of what had happened in the few absent years between the two movies, and not what would happen. The
Nowadays, we can see so many hero type people in our society. Different culture and different countries will appear different types of hero. Hero gave us confident and we can trust them. I have chosen two heroes to compare and contrast based on cultural aspect and what they act. The two heroes are The Batman and Iron Man.