Name: 驚奇隊長如何改變超級英雄！ (How Marvelman Changed Superheroes)
Uploaded: 2026-02-02T17:04:15.000Z
Duration: 7 min 55 s

It starts, as most things do in comics, with Superman.

就像漫畫裡的大多數故事一樣，一切都從 Superman 開始。

In 1938, Action Comics 1 introduced the World to a new kind of hero and a new genre.

1938 年，《Action Comics 1》為世界帶來了一種新的英雄和一種新的類型。

And the success of that naturally prompted others to create their own superheroes.

而那樣的成功自然也促使其他人創造自己的超級英雄。

One of these others was Fawcett comics, who in 1939 created a character called Captain Marvel.

其中一家就是 Fawcett comics，他們在 1939 年創造了一個叫做 Captain Marvel 的角色。

He was strong like Superman, and fast, and his alter ego was a reporter.

他像 Superman 一樣強壯、快速，他的另一個身分是一名記者。

Captain Marvel's alter ego, unlike Clark Kent, was a child, Bill Batson, who, when he spoke the magic word Shazam.

Captain Marvel 的另一個身分，不像 Clark Kent，是一個小孩，Bill Batson，當他說出魔法咒語 Shazam 時。

Magically transformed into an adult superhuman.

就會神奇地變身為一個成年的 superhuman。

Captain Marvel went on to become the most popular superhero of the 1940s, his comics outselling even Superman.

Captain Marvel 接著成為了 1940 年代最受歡迎的超級英雄，他的漫畫銷量甚至超越了 Superman。

But in 1941, Superman's publisher, National Comics, later called DC Comics, sued Fawcett, claiming that Captain Marvel infringed on their copyright by being based too closely on their heroes.

但在 1941 年，Superman 的出版商 National Comics，後來改名為 DC Comics，控告 Fawcett，聲稱 Captain Marvel 因為太過模仿他們的英雄而侵犯了他們的 copyright。

Whether that's really true is for you to decide.

這是不是真的，就由你來決定。

But regardless, the litigation dragged on for 12 years and ultimately resulted in Fawcett settling with DC and agreeing to completely cease publication of Captain Marvel Comics in 1953, before shuttering its entire comics division.

但不管怎樣，這場訴訟拖了 12 年，最後 Fawcett 跟 DC 和解，並在 1953 年同意完全停止出版 Captain Marvel Comics，之後就關閉了整個漫畫部門。

Meanwhile, in the UK, a small publisher called L.

Miller and son had been making money by reprinting the Fawcett Captain Marvel Comics for a British audience.

Miller and son 的小型出版社，透過重印 Fawcett Captain Marvel Comics 賣給英國讀者賺了不少錢。

But with the result of DC's lawsuit in 53, they suddenly without any new material.

但隨著 53 年 DC 官司的結果，他們突然沒有新素材了。

They created their own version of Captain Marvel, completely overhauling the name to Marvel Man.

他們創造了自己的 Captain Marvel 版本，完全改了名字叫 Marvel Man。

Captain Marvel Jr became young Marvel Man.

Captain Marvel Jr 變成 young Marvel Man。

With writer Mick Anglo at the helm, Elle, Miller and son had success for nearly a decade.

在作家 Mick Anglo 的領導下，Elle, Miller and son 成功了將近十年。

Then in 1959, Britain lifted the ban on imports of American comics.

然後在 1959 年，英國解除了對美國漫畫進口的禁令。

And the black and white Marvel man just couldn't compete with the bright colors of the Silver Age.

而黑白的 Marvel man 根本無法與銀時代的鮮豔色彩競爭。

In 63, Anglo's Marvel man run ended, and Elle, Miller and son closed its doors, too.

到了 63 年，Anglo 的 Marvel man 系列結束了，Elle, Miller and son 也關門大吉了。

History became legend, legend became Myth.

歷史變成傳說，傳說變成神話。

And for 20 years, Marvel man passed out of all knowledge.

而有 20 年的時間，Marvel man 漸漸被人遺忘。

Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new writer.

直到有一天，機緣巧合下，他網羅了一位新作家。

Almost 20 years later, in 1982, Dez Skinn decided to revive Marvel man for his new comics anthology, Warrior.

差不多 20 年後，在 1982 年，Dez Skinn 決定為他的新漫畫選集 Warrior 復活 Marvel man。

And settled on a young writer named Alan Moore to do it.

然後找了一位名叫 Alan Moore 的年輕作家來負責。

What resulted changed superhero comics and superheroes forever.

結果徹底改變了超級英雄漫畫和超級英雄。

You can tell from the first few pages that this Marvel man is radically different from his previous incarnation.

從開頭幾頁就可以看出，這個 Marvel man 和他之前的形象截然不同。

He's A disheveled man of middle age, still a reporter, but financially insecure.

他是一個邋遢的中年男子，仍然是個記者，但經濟拮据。

And most importantly, he has no memory of ever being a superhero, Though he is having some strange dreams at a hijacking a few panels later, Moran discovers the triggering word kitoma and explodes into Marvel Man.

最重要的是，他完全不記得自己曾經是個超級英雄，儘管他做了一些奇怪的夢，幾格之後，Moran 在一次劫持事件中發現了觸發詞 kitoma，然後變身為 Marvel Man。

Suddenly remembering the history of his heroic exploits, he flies home to tell his wife who he really is, and

突然想起他英勇事蹟的歷史，他飛回家告訴妻子他真實的身分，

She points out that his backstory, essentially the basis of all superheroes, where he and his friends fight colorful villains on a regular basis, is ridiculous.

她指出，他的背景故事，基本上是所有超級英雄的基礎，他和他的朋友們經常與色彩鮮豔的反派戰鬥，這實在太荒謬了。

And if it is true, how come nobody remembers it?

而且如果這是真的，為什麼沒有人記得？

Moore reveals that the entire history of Marvel man is a lie.

Moore 揭露了 Marvel Man 的整個歷史都是謊言。

He and his super friends were actually created in a lab with alien technology by a scientist who was a murderer and a rapist and.

他和他的超級朋友們其實是被一個科學家，一個殺人犯、強姦犯，

And a former Nazi in order to give the British government a superior weapon to the atomic bomb.

和一個前納粹，利用外星科技在實驗室裡創造出來的，目的是要給英國政府一個比原子彈更強大的武器。

Their memories were dream fantasies programmed to test and control them.

他們的記憶是被編程的夢境幻想，用來測試和控制他們。

Why did Moore retcon the entire Marvel man story?

為什麼 Moore 要重寫整個 Marvel Man 的故事？

Well, in order to pose the question that he actually wants to explore.

嗯，是為了提出他真正想探討的問題。

What if superhumans existed in the real world?

如果在現實世界中真的存在超人類呢？

Realism in superhero stories is something we're very familiar with today.

超級英雄故事中的寫實主義，是我們今天非常熟悉的。

In fact, it's something we sort of demand.

事實上，這也是我們有點要求的。

We want our heroes to have flaws, emotional depth.

我們希望我們的英雄有缺點，有情感深度。

We want our villains to be, if not sympathetic, then at least plausibly motivated.

我們希望我們的反派，如果不是令人同情，至少是動機合理的。

We want the actions of both to have consequences.

我們希望他們兩者的行為都有後果。

We want that world, in other words, to resemble our own, common as it is today.

換句話說，我們希望那個世界能像我們現在這個普通的世界一樣。

Moore was really the first to explore these ideas comprehensively, and

Moore 確實是第一個全面探討這些想法的人，

他是在 Marvel Man 的頁面上做到的。

And the answers to the questions he asked were not always pretty.

而他提出的問題的答案並不總是那麼美好。

事實上，它們常常是令人毛骨悚然的。

What Moore suggests in Marvel man is that power changes the world irreversibly.

Moore 在 Marvel Man 中提出的觀點是，力量會不可逆轉地改變世界。

And if great power was embodied in individuals, those beings would inevitably look on the rest of us as we look on animals.

而且如果強大的力量體現在個體身上，那些存在必然會像我們看待動物一樣看待我們。

They would not be subject to our laws or even our morality.

他們不會受到我們的法律約束，甚至不會受到我們的道德約束。

And if they wished to be cruel, their cruelty would be catastrophic.

而且如果他們想殘酷，他們的殘酷將是災難性的。

As we would be insects to them, they would be gods to us.

就像我們對他們來說是蟲子一樣，他們對我們來說就是神。

We will never grasp their hopes, their despair.

我們永遠無法理解他們的希望、他們的絕望。

We will never know the destiny that howls in their hearts, never know their pain, their love, their almost sexual hatred.

我們永遠無法知道他們心中呼嘯的命運，永遠無法知道他們的痛苦、他們的愛、他們近乎性愛的仇恨。

We are only human, and perhaps we will be the less for that.

我們只是人類，也許正因為如此，我們會變得渺小。

It's clear that, quote unquote, real superhumans wouldn't just fight crime like they do in the old comics.

顯然，引號裡的「真正的」superhuman 不會像舊漫畫裡那樣，只是打擊犯罪。

It's clear that their battles would result in death and destruction.

顯然，他們的戰鬥會導致死亡和毀滅。

In modern comics, those things are often depicted but after the fight is over and the havoc is wreaked, things usually go back to something approximating normal.

在現代漫畫裡，這些事情經常被描繪出來，但戰鬥結束、大肆破壞之後，事情通常會恢復到接近正常。

For Moore, the presence of superheroes signifies a more fundamental change.

對 Moore 來說，superheroes 的存在意味著更根本的改變。

沒有什麼平衡可言，可以讓他們恢復。

Marvel man doesn't switch back to Mickey Moran.

Once his nemesis is defeated, he gives up the weak Moran forever.

一旦他的宿敵被打敗，他就會永遠捨棄軟弱的 Moran。

The superheroes work together to alter every aspect of of life on earth.

superheroes 會聯手改變地球上生活的各個方面。

They abolish money, they bring back the dead, they create new superhumans.

他們廢除金錢，讓死者復活，創造新的 superhuman。

Power like that doesn't restore balance to the world, it makes a new one.

那樣的力量不會恢復 World 的平衡，而是創造一個新的 World。

Marvel man, now called Miracle man, thanks to more legal stuff.

Marvel Man，因為法律問題，現在叫做 Miracle Man。

It's not worth it to get into is not perfect.

這不值得深入探討，它並不完美。

Moore would go on to treat these ideas about superheroes more elegantly in Watchmen, but

Moore 後來在 Watchmen 中更優雅地處理了這些關於 superheroes 的想法，但是

this comic is a watershed and still able to shock and stimulate even after so many copycats have desensitized us to its ideas.

這本漫畫是一個分水嶺，即使在這麼多模仿者讓我們的想法變得麻木後，它仍然能讓人感到震驚和啟發。

Whether these themes have any juice left in them after almost 40 years is a question for another video.

經過將近 40 年，這些主題是否還有價值，是另一個影片要探討的問題。

Regardless, it's worth it to go back and see how Alan Moore brought superheroes into the modern age.

無論如何，回頭看看 Alan Moore 是如何將 superheroes 帶入現代，是值得的。

Hey everybody, thank you so much for watching.

I hope you're safe and well in this crazy, absolutely crazy time.

希望大家在這個瘋狂、絕對瘋狂的時期都能平安健康。

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