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Quiz vocabulary in the story A Clean Sweep

answers to vocablary in A Clean Sweep

the story //**A Clean Sweep**// by Laurell K. Hamilton

What were your favorite super hero cartoons & comics? Discuss Do you remember the following & what their special powers were? fill out the table below in groups.

intelligence || bat mobile, cave || robin || the Jocker cat woman ||  ||
 * name || country || costume || pseudonymn/ alias || talents/ powers || props/ accessories || friend/ accomplice || archenemy || year of origin? ||
 * spider man ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Batman || UK || bat mask & cape ||  || wealth & toys!
 * wonder woman ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * super man ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * super girl ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * the invisible man ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * the Phantom ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

Who was/ is your favorite & why? If you could have special powers what would they be & what would you use them for?

read the story then write your own write a creative short text about your favorite super hero & how they resolve a conflict or make up your own superhero with unusual powers & how they resolve a conflict.

Internet research the origins of your favorite superhero.


 * How many female superheros are there?**

[] The **//Batman// comic strip** began a few years after the creation of the [|comic book] //[|Batman]//. At first titled //Batman and Robin//, a later incarnation was shortened to //Batman//. The [|comic strip] had three major and two minor runs in American [|newspapers]. 

//Batman and Robin//, 1943–1946
The first series was written by [|Bob Kane] and others. It was published as both a [|daily strip] and a [|Sunday strip]. This series has been reprinted by [|DC Comics] and [|Kitchen Sink Press] in one Sunday and three daily volumes. 

//Batman and Robin//, 1953
The second series was written by [|Walter B. Gibson] and was published on Sunday only. This short-lived attempt to revive the //Batman// comic strip ran only in //[|Arrow, the Family Comic Weekly]//, which was edited by Gibson. A few of these very rare strips are reprinted in the book //Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943–46//. 

//Batman and Robin//, 1966–1974
Although it was credited to "Bob Kane", this series was actually [|ghostwritten], as noted below. The strip ran on Sunday from 1966 to 1968 and daily from 1966 to 1974. At first, this series was a [|camp] revival drawing on the popularity of the [|//Batman// TV show], with a guest appearance by [|Jack Benny]. Later, it told more serious Batman stories, and featured guest appearances by [|Batgirl], [|Superman], and [|Aquaman].