How Superman saved my life
Screenwriter Joe Straczynski wished for a hero to rescue him from his abusive childhood
Joe Michael Straczynski is an award-winning writer responsible for creating TV shows like Babylon 5, Sense8 and the movie 鈥楥hangeling鈥�, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angeline Jolie. But Joe had an abusive, loveless and deprived childhood and would find escape in the world of comics and science fiction. He credits one superhero in particular for forming his own moral character and steering him to a better life.
He鈥檚 written a book about his life and love of fiction, it鈥檚 called 鈥楤ecoming Superman鈥�.
All Superman material is copyright of DC Comics Inc.
Presenter: Andrea Kennedy
Producer: Tom Harding Assinder
Photo: Superman float in the Mardi Gras Parade
Credit: Getty Images
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