Sunday, January 6, 2013

The First Comic Strip Superhero - The Phantom

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Contrary to popular belief, Superman was not the first comic strip superhero.That honour falls instead to The Phantom, created in 1936 by the American cartoonist Lee Falk, two years before Superman.
The Phantom newspaper strip featured the adventures of Kit Walker, who sported a mask and a figure-hugging purple outfit as "the ghost who walks".

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Herbert Chavez - Guinness 2013 Largest Collection of Superman Memorabilia

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Herbert Chavez in Superman Costume

Herbert Chavez of the Philippines is Guinness 2012 Most Superman Memorabilia. As of February 22, 2012, Herbert Chavez had a collection of 1,253 Superman related items. They included life size statues, figurines, clothing, cushion and duvet covers, and comics and posters.

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Some of Herbert Chavez Collection of Superman Memorabilia

Herbert has taken his obsession with the Man of Steel to even greater extremes -  he has admitted to having a nose job, chin augmentation, silicone lip injections and thigh implants to make himself look like his superhero.

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Herbert Chavez Face Before and After

I do admire his passion for collecting those Superman memorabilia but to go to the extreme of having to go to surgery to look like Superman is a bit creepy if I may say so. 

YouTube is Largest Video Sharing Website 2013

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YouTube the video sharing website dominates video on the internet. As of April 2012, it had more than 4 billion views a day, and more than 60 hours of video were being added every minute, the equivalent of more than 250,000 full length movies per week. In 2010 over 13 million hours of video were uploaded and, in 2011, it attracted 490 million unique users a month.


source: Guinness 2013

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