Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $9.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Many Origins, Quickly Told: Comic Book Hinterlands, #10
    Many Origins, Quickly Told: Comic Book Hinterlands, #10
    Many Origins, Quickly Told: Comic Book Hinterlands, #10
    Ebook42 pages36 minutes

    Many Origins, Quickly Told: Comic Book Hinterlands, #10

    By David Macpherson

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

     

    Every superhero has a reason for them being that way. 

     

    This book contains several hundred origins of superheroes. They were scientists inventing potions. They got hit by lightning. They were children seeing their parents killed and swearing vengeance. 

     

    We have every type of origin. All are recounted in a fun breezy manner. You will see patterns and tropes and have a good time. 

    Comic Book Hinterlands is a monthly zine that explored the strange forgotten landscape of comic book history. Each issue is a stand-alone book.  

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Macpherson
    Release dateJul 31, 2022
    ISBN9798201922108
    Many Origins, Quickly Told: Comic Book Hinterlands, #10

    Read more from David Macpherson

    Related to Many Origins, Quickly Told

    Titles in the series (13)

    View More
    View More

    Related ebooks

    Literary Criticism For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Into The Spider-verse

      Nov 22, 2020

      Into The Spider-verse
      10 min read

    • Article

      Mega Movies Part 2

      Feb 1, 2023

      STARS: Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton and Sasha Calle. RELEASE: June 22, 2023. STORY: This is the upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character, The Flash, within the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The central character, B

      5 min read

    • Article

      A Rolodex Of Rogues

      May 14, 2018

      A Rolodex Of Rogues
      1 min read

    • Article

      Heart Of Starkness

      Apr 11, 2024

      Heart Of Starkness
      2 min read

    • Article

      Strangest Spidey

      Dec 19, 2021

      After the events of Far From Home, Peter and Doctor Strange have opened the multiverse. Everything is going to get extremely chaotic. There are a lot of different suits in this movie – the red and black is back again, plus the red, black and gold Iro

      2 min read

    • Article

      8 Movies That Really Got Science Wrong

      Aug 15, 2018

      In the height of summer blockbuster season, we asked experts like @geochurch and @DrRichBesser to fact-check the big-screen science behind some memorable movies.

      5 min read

    • Article

      Symbiotic Relationship

      Aug 20, 2021

      Symbiotic Relationship
      6 min read

    • Article

      Rock Of Ages

      Oct 5, 2022

      Rock Of Ages
      9 min read

    • Article

      Spiders

      Apr 22, 2020

      Spiders
      1 min read

    • Article

      Shadow Of The Vampire

      Dec 29, 2021

      Shadow Of The Vampire
      5 min read

    • Article

      Top Heroes

      Sep 16, 2021

      Top Heroes
      4 min read

    • Article

      Magical Thinking

      Apr 20, 2022

      Magical Thinking
      8 min read

    • Article

      Comic Book Creations

      Jan 1, 2021

      Comic Book Creations
      4 min read

    • Article

      Along Came A Spider

      Sep 7, 2022

      Along Came A Spider
      8 min read

    • Article

      The Metaluna Mutant

      Aug 11, 2021

      The Metaluna Mutant
      2 min read

    • Article

      Fungus The Bogeyman

      Jul 17, 2019

      Fungus The Bogeyman
      5 min read

    • Article

      Books Of The Month

      Apr 15, 2022

      By Marlon James Part two of the Dark Star trilogy is the story of the Moon Witch, from her long-ago beginnings as a no-name girl, hated by brothers who blame her for their mother’s death. By the time she meets Tracker, the “Red Wolf” of the previous

      2 min read

    • Article

      Union Of The Snake

      Jan 26, 2022

      Union Of The Snake
      6 min read

    • Article

      Superheroes Reading

      Sep 26, 2021

      Read the fact file and complete exercise 2 on the previous page. For thousands of years people have told stories about heroes. Heroes are strong, brave people who help others. Today we can read stories and watch films about superheroes. What is a sup

      1 min read

    • Article

      E. Paul Zehr

      Jan 1, 2021

      E. Paul Zehr
      4 min read

    • Article

      Dino-might!

      Mar 1, 2019

      Dino-might!
      2 min read

    • Article

      Tomorrow Never Dies

      Jun 16, 2021

      Tomorrow Never Dies
      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Many Origins, Quickly Told

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Many Origins, Quickly Told - David Macpherson

      Introduction

      In the beginning days of superheroes, having origin stories was not necessary. People liked them and they would eventually get their origin told, but it wasn’t necessary. The person was in a costume. The person had crazy powers. Why not just accept it and enjoy the adventure.

      But somehow we now expect everyone to have a complex origin story. Sometimes the origin takes several issues to tell. Batman’s origin, back in 1939, was given in several panels. In this day and age, we would never for such brevity.

      That is what we are presenting. We are giving you hundreds of origins. They are all short. Perhaps you will see patterns. Perhaps there will be tropes. Maybe you will just see lazy storytelling. How many times can a scientist accidentally take their own potion and become a supergod?

      We hope you enjoy this large serving of random origins. We go all over the history of comics. We have heroes from the 1930s on into the present. Many publishers, Characters from DC to Marvel to Image and Charlton, are represented.

      No doubt, some of your favorites have been overlooked. There is also one large absence: mutant characters have been left off. We do not have X-Men or MetaHumans (which is DC’s version of mutants). We decided that you did not want to read entry after entry saying, They were born that way. Of course there are many 1940 crime fighters in these pages that say simply, They put on a crazy costume and fought the Nazis. That was our choice to include many of them.

      The origin is not the important part of the story. It just gets the tale started. Maybe we have been too fixated on the origin. We should be more accepting and not need explanation and backstory. They are superheroes, and that should be origin enough.

      The Origins

      A slightly evil scientific organization created him with the hope of making the perfect human. He turned on his creators and then went into outer space. - Adam Warlock

      Though he was very young, he had great talent as a pilot. He had an airplane that flapped its wings like a bird. That, apparently, was a very good attribute. -Airboy

      He is everyone’s favorite hero. People look up to him. But he is total bupkis. He is an actor and all of his super powers are special effects. He is just a tool for propaganda. -The American

      He was stuck in an atom smasher. He was hit by radiation and instead of dying, decided to put on a costume and use these new feelings, new forces. -American Crusader

      Scientists are prone to accidentally be exposed to a variety of rays, potions, and waves of radiations. In this case, the scientist was hit by al ray that had the power of a bald eagle embedded in it. This gave him the fighting ability of a bald eagle. -American Eagle

      After witnessing a spaceship explode, a man soaked up radiation. From that, the man gained the power of animals. -Animal Man

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1