MacFadden & Houdini 1899: Precursors to Superman & Batman || Docuseries-38 by Alex Grand
MAY 19 2018
On Macfadden and Houdini in 1899 as models for the later comic-book strongman. Physical culture and popular publishing fed each other, and the muscular hero on the newsstand came out of the same presses.
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