[Trivial Psychic]

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Originally Posted by Jeddostotle7

Why exactly was it stupid for guys designing superheroes in the 30s and 40s to include trunks as a way to draw on the imagery of circus strongmen, a ubiquitous image of immense strength at the time? And then for guys designing superheroes later to also use trunks to draw on their by-then-established association with superheroes as an image of strength?

Well put...not to mention the bad asses of professional wrestling at that time such as Karl Gotch, "Strangler" Ed Lewis, Verne Gagne, Jim Londos, and Lou Thesz...who "worked" matches as we've come to know in the modern times, but were also legitimate shooters who could stretch you ten ways from Sunday if crossed them.