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What superheroes looked like in 2015

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imageThe ubiquitous superhero finally seems to be growing up and moving on. Eneas De Troya

The Golden Age of Comic Book Filmmaking began in 2000 when Bryan Singer’s X-Men (2000) dragged superheroes to the centre of popular culture. Today superpowered protagonists are as familiar to cinemagoers as sticky floors and popcorn.

Such awareness saw...

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