20-01-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Superheroes to go on display at the Foundling Museum

A new exhibition opening is all about Superheroes, but with a twist — they were all orphaned or abandoned at birth. The exhibition at the Foundling Museum will be the first major exhibition to explore the representation of foundlings, orphans, adoptees, and foster children in comics.
DC’s Superman, who was found by his adoptive parents, is one of many comic heroes who are orphans: Spider-Man’s parents die in a plane crash; Batman’s parents are killed in a street robbery,
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