How can he live in a world where he is so much more powerful than everyone else: a superman compared to other men. The accidental killing of an opponent on the football field brings home to him his difficulties. He goes to college and becomes a football star, but never quite drawing unwarranted attention to his abilities. Hugo does not disappoint, but his problems arise whenever he is tempted to use his powers. The Danner's decide that for Hugo's sake he must strive to keep his powers a secret and they work hard in instilling a moral code in their son that they hope will allow him to live a normal and good life. His son Hugo is born and after a slow start it becomes evident that he is blest with super strength and agility. His trial on his pet cat produces amazing results and he injects his pregnant wife with the serum. Written in 1926 and published in 1930 over a decade before the superman comics appeared there are some similarities, but Wylie was just as interested in finding out what it would be like to be a superman as he was in describing the incredible feats of a man that could run faster than a train, jump over houses and destroy a platoon of soldiers.Abednego Danner is a scientist and he works alone in trying to create a serum that would give humans the same proportional strength of ants and the power to jump like a grasshopper. Doesn't sound quite right does it, but there are claims that the character created by Philip Wylie in his novel Gladiator was the precursor to Superman.
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