The Saturday Evening Post

THE AGE OF THE SUPERHERO

hen I was an adolescent in the late '50s, my best buddies Bill and Eddie frequently came over to sit on my front porch, swapping comics we had read two or three times for others we hadn't and wanted. The day's ritual was preceded, and Eddie, . For me, it was always . He made me feel safe.

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