Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Superheroes 2.0

So the Marvel universe is making a movie about the Black Panther, and AICN comments:

First of all: HOLY HECK, FOREST WHITAKER! Looking pretty cool! Second, it looks like one of the locations this movie is taking place in is South Korea, I wonder what will bring our hero there? Haven’t read the comics, maybe one of you geeks out there know something about that in the comics? But don’t post any spoilers! Not knowing much about Black Panther other than his role in “Captain America: Civil War” leaves this movie in so much mystery for me, and it’s great! I’m excited to learn more about the hero and Wakanda. I love the idea of advanced technology in a country on Earth that isn’t the United States, not that I’m anti-US, but it changes things up from what we’ve seen before more often than not in movies.

I'm not into the Marvel universe (too much action, too little plot).

But Marvel is not the only one with a superhero: Here, we have Captain Barbell:

Captain Barbell is a fictional Filipino comics superhero, similar to, the American SupermanCaptain Marvel or Shazam, and Thor created by writer, Mars Ravelo and artist Jim Fernandez. He first appeared in Pinoy Komiks #5 (May 23, 1963). Like Darna, he also had an alter-ego named Tengteng, a thin, weakling and asthmatic person whose only dream was to become strong and muscular. He also appeared in Kampeon Komiks (Champion Comics).[1]

 and he even has his own TV show:




and forget Wonder Woman: We have Darna:


Darna is a fictional superhero appearing in Filipino comics. The character was created for Pilipino Komiks by writer Mars Ravelo and artist Nestor Redondo in 1950. She first appeared in Pilipino Komiks (Ace Publications, Inc.) #77 (May 13, 1950).

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