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How comics have explored the links between orphans and superheroes for over a century

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As well as regularly saving the world, Superman, Spider-Man, and Batman share another link: they are all orphans. Batman’s parents were killed, Peter Parker was raised by his aunt and uncle, and Superman’s parents died in multiple iterations of the comic.

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How comics have explored the links between orphans and superheroes for over a century

Design Week

As well as regularly saving the world, Superman, Spider-Man and Batman share another link: they are all orphans. Batman’s parents were killed, Peter Parker was raised by his aunt and uncle, and Superman’s parents died in multiple iterations of the comic.

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