JoeTheSane@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agoWhat fictional character do you wish was real?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1347arrow-down1imageWhat fictional character do you wish was real?lemmy.worldJoeTheSane@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square258fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecolmear@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoI am not too deep into the lore of Superman, but is it possible that you mean Captain America? Or is there something about Superman and nazis?
minus-squareweew@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoSuperman was created in 1938, so it’s not surprising that he’d end up fighting Nazis within a few issues
minus-squarebadelf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoIn 1938, when Hitler’s (Nazi) racism was rising in Europe, two Jewish guys created Superman in response. His Krypton name is Hebrew. https://leviathanjewishjournal.com/2016/12/05/kal-el-vessel-of-god-the-jewish-tradition-of-superman/
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 days agoAs I recall it, the original Superman concept was a kind of inversion of the Nazi Ubermensch ideal. Pretty sure that’s where the name came from.
I am not too deep into the lore of Superman, but is it possible that you mean Captain America? Or is there something about Superman and nazis?
Superman was created in 1938, so it’s not surprising that he’d end up fighting Nazis within a few issues
In 1938, when Hitler’s (Nazi) racism was rising in Europe, two Jewish guys created Superman in response. His Krypton name is Hebrew.
https://leviathanjewishjournal.com/2016/12/05/kal-el-vessel-of-god-the-jewish-tradition-of-superman/
As I recall it, the original Superman concept was a kind of inversion of the Nazi Ubermensch ideal. Pretty sure that’s where the name came from.