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Superheroesonscreen

Diveinto the history of spectacular superherofilms.

W

iththeirheroiccharactersandthrillingaction

sequences,superherofilmshavewowed

audiencesacrosstheworldfor100years.

The Mark ofZorro,releasedin1920,

isconsideredtobethefirstever

superherofilm.It wasbasedon

acomicstripfrom1919.The

characterofZorroisinspired

byanoldMexicanstory

aboutanoutlawwhofights

forthepoor.Thefilmcr eated

hisnow-famouscostume,

whichismadeupofablack

cape,hatandmask.

Mostoftoday’ssupe rhero

filmsar ebase donc haracters

fromDCandMarvelcomicbooks.

Thefirstofthesetoappearon

shelves wasSuperman,in1 938.

Superman’ssuccessinspiredthecreationofo ther

heroes,suchasBatmanandWonderWoman.

Supermanappearedinaseriesofshortfilms,before

hisfirstfeature-lengthfilmin1951,calledSuperman

and the MoleMen.

Superman,releasedin1978,isregardedas

thefirstmodernsuperherofilm .Att hetime,it

wasthemostexpensivefilmevermade,andhad

ground-breakingspecialeffects.Itsposterfamously

promisedaudie nces,“Y ou’l lbelieveamancanfly”.

Developmentsintechnologystillinfluence

superherofilmstoday.Spider-Man:

Intothe Spider-Verse,released

in2018,usedbrandnew

computer-animation

techniquestorecreate

thelookofcomicboo

onscreen.

Inrece ntyears,

thebiggestsuperhero

filmshavebeeninMar

Infinity Saga.Startingwi

Iron Manin2008,andend

withAvengers:Endgamein2

the23-film-longInfinitySag

tellsthestoryofthesuperhe

teamTheAvengers.Theserieswassop opularth

Avengers:Endgamebecamethemostsuccessful

ofalltimeattheglobalboxoffice.

Itisn’ ttheendgameforsuperheromovies,

though,andtherearemanymoretoc omefrom

Marvelandothersint hefutu re.Evennow,100y

on,superher ofilmsar estillsavingtheday.

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Although allsuperheroesare out of the

ordinary,some arejust alittlebit stranger

than others.Forexample, in Marvel’sGuardians

of the Galaxyfilms, one of the charactersis

awalking,talking treecalled Groot. The only

three words hecansay ar e“IamGroot”. When

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The weirdest superheroes

The Week Junior•28March2020

Supermanwasthe mostexpensive

film everwhen itcame out in 1978.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

recreated the look ofcomic books.

DIDYOU

KNOW?

Eight actors pla

ydifferent

versions

ofSpider-Man in

Spider-Man: Int

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Spider-V

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