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Secret Origin of the Superhero: On Philip Wylie’s ‘Gladiator’
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Secret Origin of the Superhero: On Philip Wylie’s ‘Gladiator’

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Gregory L. Reece
/ 31 July 2014
If you have ever wondered what a superhero novel written by Ernest Hemingway would have been like, then Gladiator is your answer.
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