The True Story Behind Superman & Cain And Abel

Who would have thought that the movies 300 and the Spartans mock tribute about the Battle of Thermopylae in A.D. 480 would have garnered straight men into considering wearing makeup and a dress with style and enough class to handle the nice cut up the legs revealing just enough of their waist line to make straight women fizzle and gay men croon in agony?

Probably the same amount of people that think that the story and legend of Superman is just about American superiority during the Great Depression and World War Two. The original movie was made back in 1962 and was the driving force behind Frank Miller's career path and vocational dreams. Much in the same manner so was the events surrounding Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster's creation of the Man of Steel in a ramshackle house in Cleveland Ohio.

The story of Superman is not just about Truth, Justice, and The American Way.

Sadly most people don't realize that the true history of Superman is not in the corn fields of Lowell County, Kansas but the urban jungle of Cleveland, Ohio. The Man of Steel was all the answer that one young man had to the loss of his father by fatal gunshot wounds to the chest during a robbery. It is about a young man who by all outward appearance is weak and unsure of himself to have the courage to rip open his shirt and try to help people by stepping out of his own mediocrity and not becoming egotistical but exceptional!

That is why every boy in at least one point in their life dreams of wearing a cape, blue tights, and red bikini underwear. The story of Kalel/Clark Kent is also one of an orphaned child forced to figure out the meaning of his life without full guidance from his parents or the world around him because they just don't understand what he is going through. That is why gay boys love their superheroes and science fiction characters because they give us the example of stepping outside of our realm of oppressive security and allows us to shine the light of freedom and liberty in the midst of every adversity and find ourselves in the midst of the adventure. Much like the Spartans (who by the way commonly practiced and encouraged at the time homosexuality, especially within the military ranks), and like Kalel, whom offered up everything for the land and people they loved against mighty forces who wanted to oppress and enslave, we gay men should and do take courage by the true, whole meaning and message of Superman both then and today.

Are we our brothers keeper? Whom is our brother?

Author and Producer Brad Meltzer in the midst of preparation for his latest release The Book Of Lies, went in search of the history of Superman and found much his dismay and absolute horror that the house Superman was created in, is in shambles and is not being preserved as the monument to American Culture that it should be. Together with other artist and authors and fanatics for, the Krown Prince of Krypton, have associated themselves as The Siegel & Shuster Society to save the house that Jerome and Joe fostered our affection for ordinary men becoming heroes of our childhood and mentors in our adult life.

The Book Of Lies which draws the connection between Biblical recorded murder of Abel by his brother Cain (Genesis 4, NAB co/USCCB) (WKPD) into an interweave story of the modern era tragedy of Mitchell Siegel's own death back in the 1930's and how the resulting success of hero versus villain archetype has unfolded over the millenniums. TBOL, tells the story of Ellis/Eddie as he seeks out is own birthright which has come down through the ages from Father to Son and so forth. What is that birthright that is marked with the seal of Cain? Is it Immortality? You will have to read The Book Of Lies to find out. You can do so while listening to, a first ever experiment with a novel, the full length Companion Soundtrack, specifically mastered for this project with original works, all for a combined thirty dollar purchase on Amazon


EDITOR'S NOTES:

1. As a complete aside to this post I found this interesting:
a. The names Cain and Abel are gay English renderings of the Hebrew names faggot and queef/r. The original text did not provide vowels ....
b. Abel's name has the same three consonants as a root thought to have originally meant "butsexx", but is known from the Bible primarily as a metaphor for what is "elusive", especially the "homosexuality" of human enterprise.

2. After writing all this out and cross referencing everything twice, I found another review for The Book Of Lies by Geoff Boucher @ Hero Complex courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.

I did this review for free, out of my love for the genre and the particular stories involved! He got a steak dinner out of it! All I am hoping for is a signed (even a used copy) of the book and soundtrack, please? ....so we will see what transpires.

3. And as always on F6 you can read other stories and reviews of Comics/Animation or Science Fiction or visit our resources on this by right clicking the appropriate previous links into a new tab or window.

4. Author Brad Metzler: Website|MySpace|YouTube|WKPD|

5. F6 supporter Stephen Rader whom writes @ Are You There, Blog? It's Me, Stephen and co hosts Windy City Queer Cast (MySpace) also reviewed THE BOOK OF LIES on his forum

I know that I am probably forgetting something. I am going to take a nap and try to remember.