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Gladiator, first published in 1930, tells the story of Hugo Danner, who is given superhuman speed, endurance, strength, and intelligence by his father as an experiment in creating a better human. We follow Hugo throughout his life viewed from his perspective, from childhood, when Hugo first discovers he’s different from others, to adulthood, as Hugo tries to find a positive outlet for his abilities around the time of the first World War.
Gladiator has been made into a 1938 comedy movie, and is thought to be the inspiration for the Superman comic books—though this has not been confirmed.
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Fiction, Human experimentation in medicine, Muscle strength, Loneliness, Alienation (Social psychology), Fathers and sons, Fiction, science fiction, general, Individualism, American Science fiction, Science fiction, Fathers and sons -- Fiction, Psychological fiction, Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction, Human experimentation in medicine -- Fiction, Loneliness -- Fiction, Muscle strength -- Fiction, Fathers and sons, fictionTimes
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Gladiator: The Enduring Classic That Inspired the Creators of Superman!
2015, Dover Publications, Incorporated
in English
0486799344 9780486799346
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Gladiator: The Enduring Classic That Inspired the Creators of Superman! (Dover Books on Literature and Drama)
Sep 14, 2015, Dover Publications
0486808084 9780486808086
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Scientist Abednego Danner discovers a serum which grants superpowers. He injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son is born with powers like those of Superman (created a few years later). What follows is the story of Hugo's search for his place in the world.
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