Comments on: Is The Spirit not a superhero movie?

By: Travel Deals

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By: SMARTASS8

SMARTASS8 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 01:46:04 +0000

Even though he’s not superpowered, I’d at least call him a costumed hero if not a superhero. Although, when Frank Miller is done with him, we might have to call him a failure.

By: Paco

Paco — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:46:12 +0000

He’s not a super-powered hero (superhero), but he IS a costumed crime fighter like Batman, the Green Hornet and countless others in comic books.

By: Kat Kan

Kat Kan — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:54:44 +0000

I thought he was a superhero when I started reading Spirit comics when I was a little kid … just as much as Batman is; and I also started reading Batman at the same time.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:20:12 +0000

Hero, sure? Super? Up for debate. That’s not a knock on the character or Will Eisner. I just think he gets his ass handed to him too much to be a “super”hero.

Then again, maybe that doesn’t mean anything since that would also disqualify Superman sometimes.

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:25:05 +0000

Delete previous comment — lost track of which blog I was on. JK do, not Heidi.

I blame Jason’s non-existent cat.

By: Nat Gertler

Nat Gertler — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:23:35 +0000

He’s got a colorful codename, a mask, a secret identity, a secret lair. Variety don’t know nothing ’bout superheroes. Heidi do.

By: majorjoe23

majorjoe23 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:39:21 +0000

It makes me wonder if Variety just isn’t aware of The Spirit’s origins in comics? Or Frank Miller’s. This makes a lot more sense at comic con than some of the random horror movies I’ve seen promoted at Comic Con.

By: RMC

RMC — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:46:54 +0000

I think outside of comics fandom, the definition of Superhero is pretty strict. Capes, tights, “underpants on the outside” etc. Silly costumes and dull nobility, in most people’s eyes.

For us fans of the genre it’s like a whole ecology. We’re like botanists in a jungle, knowing each distinct variation and The Spirit counts as it shares some of the ‘genes’ of the Superhero.

By: Jason M. Bryant

Jason M. Bryant — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:56:15 +0000

He’s kinda borderline. I don’t generally think of Zorro as a superhero. The secret identity is the main thing that the Spirit has in common with superheroes. Other than that, he fits in much better with pulp era detectives.

I’d say that either interpretation is reasonably valid.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:29:58 +0000

I meant the Spirit. If I had a cat, I’d blame my mis-spelling on him.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:28:55 +0000

Well, if you consider Batman, or even better, the Question a super-hero, you pretty much have to consider The Spitir as one.

By: Andrew Wickliffe

Andrew Wickliffe — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:36:01 +0000

I don’t think I’d call him a superhero.
He’s a comic book character.
Comic strip character even (maybe).

But no, not a superhero… no tights.

By: ejulp

ejulp — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:29:39 +0000

Kinda in the same way a Jedi is both a ninja and a wizard.