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Superman & Luke Skywalker - Heroes of Hope

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Superman & Luke Skywalker Just on the surface, these two are arguably the most iconic heroes for DC and Star Wars.            Both are deeply connected to the sci-fi fantasy genre of stories. Both also have iconic musical themes crafted by the legend of film score himself John Williams that were even composed around the same time, with Richard Donner’s film and George Lucas’ original Star Wars (which we now know as Episode IV: A New Hope) releasing in 1978 and 1977 respectively.  Hope is also an essential recurring theme of stories of their universes and both characters specifically are cited as living legends of hope and what it means. To understand this, we need to go back to…  I. Genesis Kal-El was an orphaned survivor of a doomed planet, his desperate scientist parents sent him to Earth as their last hope where he was adopted by a kindly couple in a small town literally named Smallville, raised as Clark Kent. There he grew up on a fa...
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Moses and Superman (2025) - The Prince of Egypt & The Last Son of Krypton

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The  Prince of Egypt   &  The  Last Son of Krypton This post is divided into 5 chapters: I. "In the Beginning…" II. Revelation III. Ex Nihilo IV. Rebellion V. Anointed Ones Feel free to read at your own pace! I. “In the Beginning…”           … “ Superman ” was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster , first appearing in Action Comics #1 in 1938. Both sons to Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Ukraine. Mr. Siegel was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where Mr. Shuster's family would later move to from Toronto, Ontario.   Over the past 87 years Superman’s origin   story has evolved  countless times. Even Siegel and Shuster didn’t start him out with it fully fleshed out, but the core was there from the start. In All-Star Superman, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely famously summed it up in 8 words, 4 panels and 1 page. I was tempted to cite them again as I’ve done before, but for this topic, I’ve decided to try my hand at sum...
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