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- Gladiator es una novela de ciencia ficción publicada originalmente en 1930 y escrita por . La historia gira alrededor de un científico que inventa un "suero alcalino libre de radicales" para mejorar la humanidad dándole la fuerza proporcional de las hormigas y la capacidad de salto de los saltamontes. Ocho años después ambas metáforas fueron usadas para explicar los poderes de Superman en el primer cómic de su colección. El científico inyecta el suero a su mujer embarazada y su hijo nace con fuerza y velocidad sobrehumanas y una piel a prueba de balas. Hugo pasa gran parte de la novela ocultando sus poderes, con pocas oportunidades de usarlos abiertamente. Se considera que esta novela fue fuente de inspiración para Superman aunque no existe confirmación por parte de los creadores de Superman Jerry Siegel y Joe Shuster de que se basaran en ella. El concepto de humanos teniendo la fuerza proporcional de un insecto también es la base de la serie Spider-Man. Se puede ver una copia del libro en una estantería de en Watchmen de Alan Moore y Dave Gibbons. (es)
- Gladiator is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930. The story concerns a scientist who invents an "alkaline free-radical" serum to "improve" humankind by granting the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper. The scientist injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son Hugo Danner is born with superhuman strength, speed, and bulletproof skin. Hugo spends much of the novel hiding his powers, rarely getting a chance to openly use them. The novel is widely assumed to have been an inspiration for Superman due to similarities between Danner and the earliest versions of Superman who debuted in 1938, though no confirmation exists that Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were directly influenced by Wylie's work. (en)
- Gladiator è un romanzo di fantascienza scritto da Philip Wylie e pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1930. La storia narra di uno scienziato che crea un super-siero per migliorare l'umanità fornendogli la forza proporzionata di una formica e la capacità di salto di una cavalletta. Egli inietta a sua moglie incinta il siero e suo figlio, , nasce con una forza ed una velocità superumane ed una pelle a prova di proiettile. Hugo passa la maggior parte del romanzo nascondendo i suoi poteri, avendo raramente l'occasione di usarli apertamente. Il romanzo è considerato un'ispirazione per il personaggio di Superman. (it)
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- "Reading the final chapter of Gladiator, you get the feeling that Philip Wylie simply didn't know what to do with his superhuman protagonist. How could he? He was not writing escapist pulp adventure, but literature. He had no guideposts, no fixed star to follow. By the conservative standards of early 20th Century literature, the superman was doomed by virtue of being a superman." (en)
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- Gladiator es una novela de ciencia ficción publicada originalmente en 1930 y escrita por . La historia gira alrededor de un científico que inventa un "suero alcalino libre de radicales" para mejorar la humanidad dándole la fuerza proporcional de las hormigas y la capacidad de salto de los saltamontes. Ocho años después ambas metáforas fueron usadas para explicar los poderes de Superman en el primer cómic de su colección. Se puede ver una copia del libro en una estantería de en Watchmen de Alan Moore y Dave Gibbons. (es)
- Gladiator is a science fiction novel by American author Philip Wylie, first published in 1930. The story concerns a scientist who invents an "alkaline free-radical" serum to "improve" humankind by granting the proportionate strength of an ant and the leaping ability of the grasshopper. The scientist injects his pregnant wife with the serum and his son Hugo Danner is born with superhuman strength, speed, and bulletproof skin. Hugo spends much of the novel hiding his powers, rarely getting a chance to openly use them. (en)
- Gladiator è un romanzo di fantascienza scritto da Philip Wylie e pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1930. La storia narra di uno scienziato che crea un super-siero per migliorare l'umanità fornendogli la forza proporzionata di una formica e la capacità di salto di una cavalletta. Egli inietta a sua moglie incinta il siero e suo figlio, , nasce con una forza ed una velocità superumane ed una pelle a prova di proiettile. Hugo passa la maggior parte del romanzo nascondendo i suoi poteri, avendo raramente l'occasione di usarli apertamente. (it)
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