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freeze people in their tracks. it's one of four bat mobiles created for the 1960s "batman" tv show, and it's the bait to pull you into an exhibit at the new york historical society called super heroes in gotham. i love this. it says emergency bat turn lever. bat ray projector. >> this would stop traffic anywhere. >> reporter: this is the exhibit's co-curator. >> it's great to see them line up and just ogle it. >> it's beautiful. >> reporter: generations of fans have fallen in love with not just the caped crusader and his ride, but with a whole universe of super heroes. gotham may be a made-up world, but its hold on us is real. when you walked in this exhibit, what did you think? >> like oh, my gosh, i remember seeing these comics. >> reporter: 12-year-old zachary and his 7th grade class are some
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be whisked through the exhibit during its four-month run. >> they know who all the super heroes are, yet they don't know the history. i think it will give them ideas. i hope it will in terms of creating some of their own comic books or art. >> reporter: that inspiration comes from seeing the humble beginnings of extraordinary characters. and the men who created them. >> we have batman, number one. >> reporter: for example, batman's solo debut in this may 1939 issue. or superman in action comics number one. original sketches. the 1938 royal typewriter made of steel that gave birth to the man of steel. and the wool and cotton costume worn by actor george reeves in the 1950s television show "the adventures of superman." the truth behind how the fiction began is as fan tasiccal as the tales these then would tell. many of the original creators
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to be born in the u.s. looking not to save the world, but just to survive in it during the great depression and then world war ii, when the country desperately needed heroes. these weren't established artists in their 40s and 50s, these were teenagers. >> yes, they were very young, looking for work. they were often discriminated upon because they were the sons of immigrants, most all of them the sons of jewish immigrants. >> reporter: so some cloaked themselves, changing their names to fit in and get published. stanley lieber became stan lee. the co-crow yeah for -- creator of spiderman and the hulk. jacob kirtzberg transformed to jack kirby. robert kahn disguised himself as bob kane. co-creator of batman. and jerry siegal, who conceived of superman, even reportedly
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from this first superman cartoon in 1941, super heroes would take flight as the gravity defying media juggernaut we know today. comics have proven so commercially indestructible, disney bought marvel or $4 b i and filing. d.c. chas five tv shows on now, including "super girl" on cbs, about superman eb ths a
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spotted flying on its side of the border. the south is on alert after the north conducted a nuclear test last week. north korea is celebrating. it even brought a famous news anchor out of retirement for the occasion. charlie d'agata has her story. >> reporter: she put the bomb in bombastic when she broke the news in her signature style that north korea successfully tested the hydrogen bomb. whether it's true is a matter of debate. the announcement alone has already had an impact on both sides of the korean border. it was south korea's turn to crank up the pressure by pumping up the jam. blasting propaganda and pop music across the border. but pyongyang deployed its own weapon this week, to drop the bombshell that north korea had tested the h-bomb. we will not disrupt or dismantle
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the u.s. reverses its vicious, hostile policy towards north korea. the 70 something grand mother the go-to news anchor when the regime wants to impress the world. often outfitted in traditional dress, her passion plays well in an isolated country that prides itself on the projection of power, real or imagined, under supreme leader kim jong-un. otherwise, she would be out of a job, obviously. or worse. she barely made it through this announcement on the death of kim jong-un's father, kim jong-il in 2011. we make this announcement with
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