If Card were writing any other character — Ant-Man, Matter-Eater Lad, Batroc the Leaper — even a high profile character like Iron Man, whom he did write for a while — you wouldn't see this reaction.
Because Superman is different.
Superman is not just a superhero. He's the superhero. He created the very concept of the superhero, and everything that's touched on that concept for the past 75 years — we are talking vast swaths of popular culture — exists because of him. Regardless of how you feel about Superman and superheroes, you can't deny the cultural impact the character has made, and continues to make.
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/17/172229592/man-of-tomorrow-superman-orson-scott-card-and-me
Housekeeping.
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I put my blog under review by myself. Most of the thousands of posts are in
drafts pending me going through them and making sure I didn't say ignorant
stuf...
8 years ago
