Pints of Knowledge: Superhero Storytelling

People spend billions of dollars watching, playing, reading and listening to superhero stories... so it might be a good idea to try and understand how they work.

'Spider-man: Brand New Day' has become the highest-grossing movie of the year, but 'Avengers: Doomsday' later this year, is likely to be even more successful. With that in mind we'll compare two different characters - Marvel's Doctor Doom and DC's Batman - to look at how superhero storytelling works and how it differs from the kind of storytelling we're used to.

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