Superheroes (TRIH ep 130)
1938 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the cultural and historical origins of superheroes. Beginning with a quotation from Giovanni Pico della Mirandola and Grant Morrison's Supergods, they trace the rise of comics from 1930s printing innovations through the Golden and Silver Ages. They discuss pioneering creators (Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Bob Kane/Bill Finger) and landmark characters (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman) and explore antecedents such as the Scarlet Pimpernel and Zorro....
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Around 1938
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- The Holocaust (1941)