Archive for month: November, 2015
#6 – Clark Kent
The character of Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent, was patterned after Superman creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. They made him timid, myopic, working class, and socially awkward, but gave him good qualities like intelligence, integrity, and industry, just like themselves. As for Clark Kent’s image, it is believed a man by the name of Walter Dennis, who was a science fiction fan and newspaperman, was the inspiration for Clark Kent. In 1930, Dennis sent Siegel a photo of himself, which may have served as the model for Clark Kent. What do you guys think?
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#5 – The Hulk
Don’t make him angry! Stan Lee drew inspiration for the Incredible Hulk character from two famous Gothic novels: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson!
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#4 – Nicolas Cage
Actor and Marvel fan Nicolas Cage owes his screen name to Marvel. He was born Nicolas Coppola (he’s the nephew of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola). He took his stage last name from Marvel’s 1970s/80s African American superhero Luke Cage, a.k.a. Power Man.
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#3 – Stan The Man
Stan the Man! Did you know that Stan Lee’s name is a pseudonym. His real name is Stanley Martin Lieber. He split his first name into two syllables: Stan Lee and the rest is comic book history!
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#2 – Horror Movies
On November 20, 1957, the town of Plainfield, Wisconsin discovered the horrifying truth that they were living with a serial killer among them. In the home of 51 year old handyman, Ed Gein, a local missing woman’s body was found, hanging by her feet, decapitated and eviscerated! That was only the beginning of the horror that awaited the police officers once they entered the house. Some of the gruesome discoveries in the Gein’s home included: chairs reupholstered with human skin, a soup bowl made from a human skull, masks made from human faces, a vest made from a female torso, and human heads in jars just to name a few of the atrocities! All in all the remains of eleven women were found in Gein’s home. Ed Gein was declared insane in 1958 and spent the rest of his life in a mental institution until his death at the age of 77 from cancer. Ed Gein’s gruesome legacy lives on in three famous horror movies that were inspired by his heinous crimes. Both the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs films characters of Leatherface and Buffalo Bill were based off of Ed Gein. The most enduring horror character based off of Ed Gein was that of Norman Bates from the horror movie classic, Psycho. A man by the name of Robert Bloch published a book called, Psycho in 1959, in which Ed Gein was the inspiration for his main character, Norman Bates. Alfred Hitchcock turned the book into the horror classic it is today!
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#1 – The Exorcist
In the horror movie classic, The Exorcist, the evil spirit that possesses the young girl Regan is called Pazuzu. Pazuzu is actually an ancient Syrian and Babylonian demon god. He was king of the demons of the wind and he wreaked havoc on humankind by producing raging storms and famine. He was definitely not a demon to mess with!
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