Anatomy of a superhero | The Augusta Chronicle

Anatomy of a superhero | The Augusta Chronicle
This is a cool article about a virtual fight to see who the top Super is !!!! Of Course....it turns out to be BATMAN ! Yeah!!
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In the end, it came down to the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel. After several weeks of close contests, the final fight in The Augusta Chronicle's Superhero Smack-down featured two of the best-known characters in comic book history -- Superman and Batman.

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Christian Bale starred as Batman in the 2005 film Batman Begins (above) and 2008's The Dark Knight. The character first appeared in the 1939 Detective Comics No. 27.

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By defeating his rival, Batman proved that in both Gotham City and the Garden City, he's the hero to beat -- despite the fact that he is the one superhero who has no super powers.
What is it about Batman -- a hero sometimes depicted as a violent vigilante and at other times as a campy crusader -- that continues to resonate with audiences?