2007-02-14 12:28:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Comics & Animation
my childhood hero is my hero even now.... my father... I know, I know I would roll my eyes too.... but bear with me a minute.... it is comic related..... he is.....
he was the one who taught me to fly... when he let go of my bike the first time.... he taught me he was always going to be there to "save me" when he was there in the background when I fell time after time.....
when superman came out, with Reeves...? I was young enough to still dream that was my dad flying and saving the world....... old enough to have seen and heard jokes about how my dad would help everyone... do their work even... and not know he would not get credit... or that he would miss some party...or function... and likened him instead to Clark Kent....because I saw him helping people and saw them gain from it... get time off, or promotions..... thought he was just very naive, and that he did not see he was being used..... never seeing for a minute the lightning quick change he did of taking those glasses off and doning his cape to save the day at work... which was important..... or knowing that he knew he was being used... and those others using him thought like I did... that he did not know.... and so kept on doing it.....
my father IS the last boy scout..... he IS Clark Kent.... he is all those tv dads from the fifties.... he IS Superman too... he saved my rear more than once... he was and is always there to save anyone... regardless of anything, even if he knows they do not deserve it really.... but he would never judge them himself....
my father served regular army for my whole life..23 years... started enlisted and when he left he was CW4... on the Inspector General's team.... and turned down a promotion he was offered to stay active..... he retired only to turn around go back to work for another 17 years for the same government..... it is what he knows..... logistics manager.... coordinating how point a gets to b, c and d.... within a certain time... and budget..... weapons design mostly....
he raised me on comics, sci-fi and dreams (Forbidden Planet was the first movie we watched together... the Entity was pretty close after)
back when I was growing up though? people did not like the fact that there really was a military.... so I heard some pretty horrid things.... I remember his answer to the one of the nicer cracks I had been told by a classmate "my daddy works hard so your daddy can pretend to be an armyman in the field... really my daddy says he pays for your food...and he says people like you are a waste... we shouldn't have to pay army people" my dad never came out and mentioned that mean comment, I had not told him... I had cried on my mother's shoulder that my father, my family sacrificed... and for what? for who? people who would just as soon laugh... hurt... get rid of us? it did not seem right.....
he just said while we were on our way to church that we go to church to pray there is never a war... that the military is never called to action.... and that if for some reason God deems that he won't "prevent" one? that men and women like himself show more compassion and concern than the small people who would sit back and gripe about how much the military cost... while refusing to sacrifice their comforts and be prepared to go anywhere, do what it takes to protect the rights to complain, gripe and protest anyone they disagree with.... to protect their freedoms... that we need to remember these people and pray for them... because not every soldier would want to lay their lives down for people like that.... and then who would defend them? that more importantly we should pray they are happy and families are healthy.... because it was more important... that our feelings on others thoughts and opinions was not.....
he taught me honor in actions is worth more than words..... he taught me to take pride in work whether it is shoveling dung or running a country.... because either way, pants go on one leg at a time... that it takes more strength to walk away from a fight than to throw a punch... but also, that even if everyone else disagrees, if you believe in and for something... standing on the sidelines (sitting on the fence) is the more cowardly thing to do..... fighting for those beliefs is what you have to find strength to do.....
these weren't "do as I say, not as I do" my father lives like this... daily... doing charitable works....in community, church, on base, where ever needed... or however needed... you can see the joy it brings him to help out.... never complaining.... giving and sacrificing his time, energy..... even when it came close to costing his relationship and family..... his word is his bond... his promise is unbroken.... he does not lie.....cheat, steal.... or indulge in things like drinking even....
he is still to this day Clark Kent.... willing to help anyone... help where needed.... even if he knows that person is using him! or worse... even if it could be someone out to harm him/anyone.... he does what he believes to be "the right thing" selflessly and he does it everytime... not when it is convenient..... without tooting his horn... bragging about how he did it..... he shows me by example (and everyone who knows him) and the twinkle in his eyes the smile while he helps... wow....
and all those years.... he was trained to kill with weapons, hand to hand..... working at helping to design more efficent, better weapons? he prayed nightly he would never have to fight.... or he would and even now, he will if he is called to.... but he abhorres violence....
no, he is not a saint... he probably should be... he really is all that and a bag of chips..... and this long-winded little "bio" on him? is NOT bragging... all that he has done.... wow... could I ever brag!! I could fill many books on how he is not just a hero of mine... how he is a superhero!
when I watched that movie? I did not see Christopher Reeves really... because from the minute he pushed his glasses up on his face and gulped.... the actions of that character.... the beliefs... and the honor that is not seen these days really... along with that naive streak.....? I realized even way back then that was dad on that screen! and the older I got... the more I realized... he knew all along, and still helped out everywhere, cheerfully... and I was one of the "fools" for not seeing the Superman behind those Clark Kent glasses sooner.... such a simple disguise..... so hard to have seen thru
I am by no means slightly Christopher Reeves... I had a crush on him after that role.... the role made him even cuter than he was... bless him..... he portrayed Superman best..... and Superman was always my hero.....
Superman is my father.....
I only hope everyone has a "superhero" in their lives... someone that shows the rays of light thru all the grey cloudy days.....
2007-02-14 13:38:23 · answer #1 · answered by elusive_001 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well my childhood hero is my mom, because after my father stepped out of my life when i was 2, she never complained about what needed to b done. my father never excepted me, regardless of the blood test, and stuff. My mom was always there, she taught me ebverything i know. Not having my dad, made me lean toward a great friendship with my mom. AS much as i would like to have my father,i would keep my mom becasue, i dont want him runinin in and out of my life. My mom will always be my hero.
2007-02-14 12:54:48 · answer #2 · answered by Hot I 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone who helped people, meaning I that I don't have one hero, everyone who fought for the right cause, for justice was my hero and some still are although I don't admit it very often.
2007-02-18 06:01:43 · answer #3 · answered by Faust 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it might sound strange but my childhood hero was the Mask
2007-02-17 08:03:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Durango Kid played in B westerns by Charles Starrett
2007-02-14 12:32:40 · answer #5 · answered by Sagacity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bullwinkle the Moose.
2007-02-14 12:37:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Superman(Christopher Reeves)and I had a huge crush on him!
2007-02-14 12:34:37 · answer #7 · answered by Lady T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
captain marvel A.K.A Shazam,
2007-02-18 06:27:35 · answer #8 · answered by giant_68102 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
batgirl
isis
wonder woman
2007-02-14 12:50:00 · answer #9 · answered by suzy moon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batman. period.
2007-02-14 12:36:23 · answer #10 · answered by arkha_cerceuil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋