Why Are We Obsessed with Super Heroes?

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Across
  1. 4. – Comic company that created Captain America.
  2. 6. – Mood of America during Vietnam and Watergate that changed superhero stories.
  3. 8. – What superheroes continually adapt to over time.
  4. 10. – Adam West struggled with this after playing Batman.
  5. 11. – First superhero from Krypton, created in the 1930s.
  6. 12. – Hans, composer for The Dark Knight trilogy and Man of Steel.
Down
  1. 1. – Newspaper where Clark Kent once worked.
  2. 2. – Figures who provide hope, comfort, and reflection of society’s struggles.
  3. 3. – The protest movement alluded to in The Dark Knight Rises.
  4. 5. – Superman was described as a metaphor for this experience.
  5. 6. – Nickname for Batman.
  6. 7. – The planet Superman came from.
  7. 8. – The ironic style of the 1960s Batman TV show.
  8. 9. – Called the “ultimate policeman” and a hero of Gotham City.