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Conquer Evil Conquer Evil Create your ownCreate your own

Comic Book Comic Book SuperheroSuperhero

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BackgroundBackground Comic Book Superheroes were invented in the Comic Book Superheroes were invented in the

1930s at the time of the great economic 1930s at the time of the great economic depression in America. Superman first appeared depression in America. Superman first appeared in the 1930s. in the 1930s.

People needed a means of escape from their People needed a means of escape from their own difficult and ordinary lives by imagining a own difficult and ordinary lives by imagining a character who could do superhuman deeds.character who could do superhuman deeds.

In the late 1930s and 1940s Comic Book In the late 1930s and 1940s Comic Book Superheroes were often depicted as War Superheroes were often depicted as War heroes.heroes.

Comic Book Superheroes often fight crime or Comic Book Superheroes often fight crime or evil. They sometimes fight the threat of aliens evil. They sometimes fight the threat of aliens like the English Superhero Dan Dare who was like the English Superhero Dan Dare who was first drawn in the 1950s in the Eagle comic. first drawn in the 1950s in the Eagle comic.

More recently Superheroes have become the More recently Superheroes have become the source of a series of major films.source of a series of major films.

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TaskTask11 Begin by listing all the Comic Book Superheroes you Begin by listing all the Comic Book Superheroes you

can as a group can as a group (don’t forget female Superheroes)(don’t forget female Superheroes)

22 Then discuss what Comic Book Superheroes are like Then discuss what Comic Book Superheroes are like and what they have in common. and what they have in common. (Use the placemat consensus (Use the placemat consensus strategy to collect ideas on these questions before you discuss them)strategy to collect ideas on these questions before you discuss them)

Do they all have an ‘alter-ego’ (Superman is Clark Kent)?Do they all have an ‘alter-ego’ (Superman is Clark Kent)?Do they all have special powers?Do they all have special powers?Do they all have particular enemies?Do they all have particular enemies?Are they all a force for good who aim to conquer evil? Are they all a force for good who aim to conquer evil? How are superheroes different from ‘real’ heroes?How are superheroes different from ‘real’ heroes?

33 Read the Spiderman Profile below and try to write Read the Spiderman Profile below and try to write out a different superhero like Superman or Batman out a different superhero like Superman or Batman in a ‘Superhero Stats’ box of your own in a ‘Superhero Stats’ box of your own (there is a template (there is a template for this that your teacher can give you)for this that your teacher can give you)

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Task ContinuedTask Continued44 Now look at some of the other examples of Now look at some of the other examples of

original Comic Book Superheroes on this original Comic Book Superheroes on this Power point presentation and on the Power point presentation and on the presentation featuring a ‘Wow’ Comic from presentation featuring a ‘Wow’ Comic from 1943 starring ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Dart Daring’1943 starring ‘The Penguin’ and ‘Dart Daring’

55 Your teacher may now ask you in pairs to use Your teacher may now ask you in pairs to use the ‘Comic Creator’ website to make a short the ‘Comic Creator’ website to make a short Comic Strip of your own. Go to: Comic Strip of your own. Go to: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.htmlhttp://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html

66 Next make up your own superhero and fill out Next make up your own superhero and fill out a ‘Superhero stats’ box for it.a ‘Superhero stats’ box for it.

77 Then draw your Superhero.Then draw your Superhero.88 Finally create a SIX picture story featuring your Finally create a SIX picture story featuring your

own Comic Book Superhero conquering evil or own Comic Book Superhero conquering evil or crime crime

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Spider-Man ProfileThe Beginning

It began when Peter Parker was attending a high-school demonstration of radiation technology. A spider crept into the beam of radiation and bit Peter's hand. This gave him superhuman spider-like abilities.

In the original comic book, Peter's new talents inspired him to invent his trusty webslingers, small jets attached to his wrists that fire a special polymer that hardens on contact with air. (In the first Spider-Man film with Tobey Maguire, Parker grows natural webslingers).

Peter Parker lives with his Aunt May and works as a photographer for the Daily Bugle. But as Spider-Man, he fights evil in the dangerous, crime-ridden streets of New York.

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Superhero StatsSuperhero Stats

Alter-egoAlter-ego Peter ParkerPeter Parker

HistoryHistory Bitten by a radioactive spiderBitten by a radioactive spider

SuperpowersSuperpowers Superhuman strength and reflexes, can Superhuman strength and reflexes, can stick to most surfaces, intuitive sense of stick to most surfaces, intuitive sense of danger, able to shoot and spin websdanger, able to shoot and spin webs

EquipmentEquipment Trusty webslingersTrusty webslingers

Arch Enemies Arch Enemies The Green Goblin, Doctor OctopusThe Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus

WeaknessWeakness Vulnerable to conventional weaponsVulnerable to conventional weapons

Love interestLove interest Mary Jane WatsonMary Jane Watson

CatchphraseCatchphrase ‘‘Whoops…Spidey senses tingling’Whoops…Spidey senses tingling’

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What about the ‘Spider’ in Spiderman?

Why can spiders walk up walls?Spider-Man can stick to almost any surface. Many spiders do this by secreting a little bit of sticky silk onto their feet as they move across the surface, anchoring their feet in place.

Others have millions of specially shaped, microscopic hairs on their legs that slip into all the nooks and crannies of a ceiling or window. This helps them to stay secure, like a climber using the tiny cracks in a rock face to reach the top of a mountain. This also explains why you find spiders in the bath - they can't get a grip on the smooth surface to climb out.

Stronger than steelAnyone who has ever walked into a spider's web knows that the silk is deceptively strong, despite its gossamer appearance. Dragline silk, which spiders use to crawl down from ceiling to floor, is the strongest of all. Weight for weight it is actually stronger than steel, holding over 280,000,000kg per square metre (400,000 pounds per square inch) without breaking.

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Example from a Example from a Spiderman storySpiderman story

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