Famous Icons

Well I think a really interesting topic is the 'Icon' or iconic image. Today we discussed the iconic value of Che Quivera. I would like to talk about an icon that has had alot of imapct in my life, Superman. The icon of superman spans from 1933-present day. I'll start of with the man of steel himself. He has been adapted into radio shows, comic strips, comic books, tv shows, movies, cartoons, grapic novels and even broadway...pretty much any kind of media outlet superman has dominated. The icon of superman stands fof "truth, justice and the american way". its all about image as well, superman is the all american type hero with bright colors, big broad shoulders, brown hair blue eyes, muscular, smart. he is also one of the only superheros to actually hide his real identity with a costume instead of say batman who is actualy mr.wayne dressed up as batman. superman is dressed up as clark kent, ha. in his movies and comics superman is shown holding the American Flag which is a iconic image for America. In the newest movie some people refrenced or promoted kind of superman as a christ like figure. one of the first movie trailers refrences marlin brando talkig about superman bringing people light and hope. Similartieds, and i'm a nerd for knowing all of this :(1) Superman's real name is Kal-El and his father's name is Jor-El. The "El" should sound familiar, it means God in Hebrew. (2) Superman's father is quoted, “They [Earth] only need the light to show them the way. For this reason, and this reason only, I have sent you, my only son.” Thus paraphrasing John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.” (3) Jesus (of Nazareth) and Superman (of Smallville) both grew up in obscure small towns, and began their Earthly ministry at the age of 30. So onto a more important issue of the Iconic value of the Superman "S". I'm betting that this symbol if shown to pretty much anybody in the world they would be able to identify it. So i think thats enough about that.