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The Cape Doesn't Make the Superhero
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The craze started in 1938 with a man in a red cape and underwear outside of his clothes. Wielding extraordinary strength and a strong desire for justice, Superman flew across comic book pages—defeating mob bosses, promoting New Deal programs.

Then came Batman. The Fantastic Four. The X-Men.

Fifty years later, we toted Superman lunchboxes to school filled with the perfect ingredients for superhuman strength: a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for flying and milk...
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