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The Superhero’s Antecedent Genres,
Or,the popular superhuman hero
before the superhero became a genre
SUPER CROOKS &SUPER SLEUTHS
MOVIE SERIAL HEROESof the silent & early
sound era
CRIME PULPS
MASKED VIGILANTESin penny dreadfuls, dime
novels, pulps & film
OTHER HERO PULPS
SCIENCE FICTION & WEIRD FANTASY,as popularized and codified
by the pulps
NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS,especially continuity strips
Roy Crane is a major inspiration for Joe Shuster’s work on Superman.
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