Classic Adventure Heroes and the Novels The Came From

They sweep in and save the day, they thrill with their tales of action and adventure, and more often than not they do it with style and flair. Everyone loves a good adventure hero! Here are _ adventure heroes and the novels they came from.

Zorro. Known for his quick wit as well as his quick sword hand, Don Diego de la Vega, a Mexican nobleman, dons a mask, a cape, and a dashing persona to fight injustice as the much beloved Zorro. First introduced to audiences in The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley, the character has seen countless adaptations and helped make the theme of a secret identity a staple of modern hero fiction.

Tarzan. The timeless tale of the man raised by apes who came to rule the Jungle remains to this day one of the most famous and most adapted stories ever told. Ever since his introduction to the world in Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the character has appeared time and time again in tens of novels and countless on-screen adaptations.

Allan Quatermain. Though perhaps not a household name like Indiana Jones, Allan Quatermain has seen his fair share of adventure and was first introduced in King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard. A strange tale if ever there was one, Allan Quatermain’s adventures through an unexplored region of Africa are sure to delight.

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Super Stories about Superman

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Superman! Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, Superman has captivated our imaginations ever since he graced the cover of Action Comics #1 back in June of 1938. Here are two interesting tales about the Man of Steel.

Knee problems. Superman couldn’t fly, but he could leap over tall buildings in a single bound! Or at least that’s what Superman co-creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel had in mind when they came up with the beloved superhero in 1938. It wasn’t until 1940 that he “developed” the ability to fly when animators for a new Superman cartoon show thought it would be too complicated to continuously draw him with his knees bent, thus deciding he should fly instead.

Superman helped bring down the KKK. Stetson Kennedy was an activist who had gathered information on the KKK by infiltrating the organization in the 1940s, but he found local authorities unable or unwilling to use the information to crack down on them. Kennedy turned to the creators of the hugely popular Adventures of Superman radio series, who incorporated the information into a 16-episode series entitled Clan of the Fiery Cross. The show helped expose the organisation and rob it of much of the secrecy it had enjoyed until that time.

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