{"id":1889,"date":"2010-05-04T17:08:45","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/04\/superheroes_wit\/"},"modified":"2024-11-28T01:40:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T06:40:39","slug":"superheroes_wit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/04\/superheroes_wit\/","title":{"rendered":"Superheroes without Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Every single one of these <\/strong> covers from old <a href=\"http:\/\/teapotify.tumblr.com\/tagged\/subermen\">Arabic editions of Superman comics<\/a> is exquisite, somewhat surreal, and perhaps a nice reminder that Superman only started fighting for the American way in the 50s during the thick of the Cold War. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/06\/30\/opinion\/30lundegaard.html\">Up until then<\/a>, a couple of Jewish teenagers just wanted him to fight for truth and justice. Frankly, I think we could all use a little of that, not just the US. Recontextualization FTW!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"71615\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kx3jknBy4s1qzhneuo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kx3jknBy4s1qzhneuo1_500.jpg 498w, https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kx3jknBy4s1qzhneuo1_500-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 85vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"594\" data-id=\"71614\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kytwk85QCV1qzhneuo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kytwk85QCV1qzhneuo1_500.jpg 414w, https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kytwk85QCV1qzhneuo1_500-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 85vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"573\" data-id=\"71616\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kytwmjHP5Q1qzhneuo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kytwmjHP5Q1qzhneuo1_500.jpg 414w, https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_kytwmjHP5Q1qzhneuo1_500-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 85vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"601\" data-id=\"71618\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l0iyw77a1s1qzhneuo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l0iyw77a1s1qzhneuo1_500.jpg 420w, https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l0iyw77a1s1qzhneuo1_500-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 85vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"605\" data-id=\"71619\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l0iyzkvbA21qzhneuo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l0iyzkvbA21qzhneuo1_500.jpg 420w, https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l0iyzkvbA21qzhneuo1_500-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 85vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"487\" height=\"700\" data-id=\"71617\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l16umay79v1qzhneuo1_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l16umay79v1qzhneuo1_500.jpg 487w, https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/tumblr_l16umay79v1qzhneuo1_500-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 85vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every single one of these covers from old Arabic editions of Superman comics is exquisite, somewhat surreal, and perhaps a nice reminder that Superman only started fighting for the American way in the 50s during the thick of the Cold War. Up until then, a couple of Jewish teenagers just wanted him to fight for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/04\/superheroes_wit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Superheroes without Borders&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ultracomics","category-ultratypographic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71621,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions\/71621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultrasparky.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}