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S3E80 -Chapter Eighty: Earth's Mightiest Mortal!
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As long as there have been superheroes, people have been making fun of them, but the deconstructionist satires of superheroes really kicked into gear in the 80s. A precursor to stuff like Watchmen and Squadron Supreme, though, wasn't a comic at all--it was a novel, SUPERFOLKS! by Robert Mayer. In riffing on superheroes and their place in pop culture in the alienated post-Watergate US, it was a weird, silly, exuberant, and often tasteless--just like superhero comics themselves.
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Theme song by Jack Feerick
Additional Music: "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
(c) 2022 Adam Prosser and Philip Rice. Music (c) its respective creators.
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Manage episode 328881723 series 2797968
As long as there have been superheroes, people have been making fun of them, but the deconstructionist satires of superheroes really kicked into gear in the 80s. A precursor to stuff like Watchmen and Squadron Supreme, though, wasn't a comic at all--it was a novel, SUPERFOLKS! by Robert Mayer. In riffing on superheroes and their place in pop culture in the alienated post-Watergate US, it was a weird, silly, exuberant, and often tasteless--just like superhero comics themselves.
Support us on Patreon and listen to the show a week early!
What Mad Universe?!? on Twitter Phil's Twitter Adam's Twitter
What Mad Universe on Facebook What Mad Universe on Instagram What Mad Universe RSS Feed
Engineer/Producer: Alex Ross
Theme song by Jack Feerick
Additional Music: "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
(c) 2022 Adam Prosser and Philip Rice. Music (c) its respective creators.
Used under a Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution 3.0 International License.
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
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