Tuesday 11 October 2011

Pax Kryptionium



All hail Augustus Kal-El.

The design of the first comics superheroes, with capes and shiny outfits, was taken from the most flamboyant miracle workers of the day. Circus acts. The Strong man and the Human Cannonball got their capes from the powers of the ancients. The first capes were Roman.

2 comments:

  1. AhHA! Salve Lelandius Portlandium.

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  2. And then the Vandals threw Kryptonite stones over the walls...

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