Do Superheroes Need Nicknames?
I was talking with my wife and co-author Andrea Graham about publishing a collection of the first two Adventures of Powerhouse novellas. She suggested a title of a book that would be evocative of "The Man of Steel." She asked, "What's Powerhouse the Man of?"
I've thought about it and I haven't come up with a good secondary Superhero nickname for him. It's seems odd that a Superhero would have a nickname, but it seems to flow out if, particularly the Golden and Silver Age.
Some of the nicknames I've noted:
Superman:
Man of Steel
Man of Tomorrow
The Last Son of Krypton
Supes
Batman:
The Dark Knight
Caped Crusader
Bats
Robin:
The Boy Wonder
The Flash:
Fastest Man Alive
The Scarlet Speedster
Wonder Woman:
Mighty Amazon
Iron Man:
Shellhead
Spider-man:
Webhead
Web-slinger
Now most of these nicknames come from the Golden and Silver Age. Some of them have been retired. Some were completely unnecessary (anyone seen any real weak Amazons wandering around?) but it's a great superhero tradition and I'll have to find someway to fulfill it.
I've thought about it and I haven't come up with a good secondary Superhero nickname for him. It's seems odd that a Superhero would have a nickname, but it seems to flow out if, particularly the Golden and Silver Age.
Some of the nicknames I've noted:
Superman:
Man of Steel
Man of Tomorrow
The Last Son of Krypton
Supes
Batman:
The Dark Knight
Caped Crusader
Bats
Robin:
The Boy Wonder
The Flash:
Fastest Man Alive
The Scarlet Speedster
Wonder Woman:
Mighty Amazon
Iron Man:
Shellhead
Spider-man:
Webhead
Web-slinger
Now most of these nicknames come from the Golden and Silver Age. Some of them have been retired. Some were completely unnecessary (anyone seen any real weak Amazons wandering around?) but it's a great superhero tradition and I'll have to find someway to fulfill it.
Published on December 22, 2012 19:49
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On this blog, we'll take a look at:
1) Superhero stories
2) Issues of faith in relation to Superhero stories
3) Writing Superhero Fiction and my current progress. ...more
On this blog, we'll take a look at:
1) Superhero stories
2) Issues of faith in relation to Superhero stories
3) Writing Superhe I'm a Christian who writes superhero fiction (some parody and some serious.)
On this blog, we'll take a look at:
1) Superhero stories
2) Issues of faith in relation to Superhero stories
3) Writing Superhero Fiction and my current progress. ...more
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