Heroes Never Rust
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Heroes Never Rust #24: We’re Assholes
Heroes Never Rust #24 by Sean Ironman We’re Assholes Many years ago, I went to Universal Studios with a few friends, and we rode the Spider-Man ride. Toward the beginning of the attraction, J. Jonah Jameson points out the Spider Signal, a circular image that looks like Spider-Man’s costume with black and white eyes large Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #23: What If the Fantastic Four Were Jerks?
Heroes Never Rust #23 by Sean Ironman What If the Fantastic Four Were Jerks? What responsibility does a superhero have to help the world? Sure, they help out, save lives, protect people, but when does that responsibility stop? Does it stop? In a previous post, I wrote about the comic series Astro City. The first Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #22: The Next Generation
Heroes Never Rust #22 by Sean Ironman The Next Generation There are new superheroes created all the time, but the most of the ones the general audience knows about were created decades ago. At times, I’m saddened by that fact. When I look around at the superheroes being created, most tend to fall into one Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #21: Roles and Expectations
Heroes Never Rust #21 by Sean Ironman Roles and Expectations In the first issue of Gødland by Joe Casey and Tom Scioli, the hero, Adam Archer, fights Maxim, a dog-like alien creature who had just arrived on Earth. Like superheroes such as Spider-Man, Archer taunts the alien. But then he thinks, “Christ…Why do I keep Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #20: The Future
Heroes Never Rust #20 by Sean Ironman The Future I keep coming back in my attempt to define a superhero to it being a person with superpowers who saves people. That is the most basic answer I can find. But what does “saving people” mean? Save them from what? In what way? Most superheroes seem Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #19: Justice
Heroes Never Rust #19 by Sean Ironman Justice At the end of Black Summer, a mini-series by Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp, Tom Noir, the main character, asks, “How far do we go in pursuit of justice?” In an earlier post, I attempted to figure out what makes a superhero a superhero. One of Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #18: A Different Take
Heroes Never Rust #18 by Sean Ironman A Different Take I hate fan fiction. I believe it’s copyright infringement and can be harmful to those writers who are working on an ongoing series. As a writer, I can’t understand why someone would spend so much time writing a story involving someone else’s characters. Some people Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #17: Brains
Heroes Never Rust #17 by Sean Ironman Brains I like watching movies and reading books that make me think. I don’t like to waste my time with trivial things or works that seem to be too easy. Many people tell me how good a book or a movie is and that I should see it Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #16: A Different Side of Superhero Comics
Heroes Never Rust #16 by Sean Ironman A Different Side of Superhero Comics While most of what I read tends to be dark and filled with violence and sex, I also like to read lighter stories. I’ve never understood people who read the same type of stories, whether in comics or prose, over and over Continue reading
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Heroes Never Rust #15: The Fifth Grade
Heroes Never Rust #15 by Sean Ironman The Fifth Grade My father, who was a passionate reader, was afraid his children weren’t reading enough, so he made it a priority to get us reading at a early age. If we started reading when we were young, he thought, then we’d be readers for life. Judging from Continue reading
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