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The Flixens want to teach you a little bit about the Big Blue Boy Scout.

By Burbanked on Jun 21, 2006 in Movies | 582 views |

rockin it old school Those excited about next week’s little-hyped release of Superman Returns owe it to themselves to go get a history lesson first. The excellent - and very purple-tastic - blog Flixens is running an eight-part series called The Real Heroes of Superman, and so far it’s been a very compelling look back at this iconic character’s beginnings.

Part One of the series focuses on Jerry Siegel, the Cleveland-born writer who created Superman in the 30s. Siegel was sort of the Grandfather of All Geeks, Flixens suggests, and the invention of Superman was, in many ways, a response to the feelings of alienation and isolation that Siegel must have felt growing up.

Part Two of the series shifts to Joe Shuster, the artist who teamed up with Siegel in high school, leading to the pair’s creation of Superman’s first appearance in Action Comics in 1938.

For a large chunk of Superman’s history, things were not destined to go well for Siegel and Shuster - but to reveal more to those who aren’t familiar with the story would be spoiling. Head on over to Flixens for the continuation of this series. It’s shaping up as an innovative, very well-crafted lead-in to what will certainly be an Internet feeding frenzy when Superman Returns opens next week.

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