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There were many reports that the book might be adapted for other media. Moore said in 2007 that a motion picture adaptation was in the early stages. [2] Moore announced in May 2008 that the book might be made into a television program. "It looks like we’re going to do a TV series. There were two networks that we pitched, and we got two offers." [12] Variety confirmed in November 2008 that Moore and Marvel Comics' Stan Lee were officially developing a television show based on Hero for the cable network Showtime. [13] The show was to be executive produced by Lee and Gil Champion (the president of POW Entertainment, a company co-founded and co-owned by Lee), while Moore would co-produce and serve as screenwriter. [13] His two most important relationships in my eyes are with his dad and Ruth. Not Goran but I did enjoy the romantic subplot. His dad and him don't see eye to eye so we get a lot of tension between them. A lot of tension. But it's the moments that aren't tense that mean a lot. The moments where Thom is undercover at the factory and the ending where Hal gives his parting advice. That moment was honestly horrible because it had to happen. Thom deserved better at the end than having both his parents dead. His mum was missing for most of the book and then shows up whenever. She was useful but I didn't enjoy her parts. Young Adult. A gay teenager with superpowers and his disgraced hero-dad live together in the suburbs. They have their differences, but when Thom gets tapped to try out for the League (of superheroes) those differences threaten to tear them apart. Hee, sorry. It really is that dramatic. Moore told The New York Times in 2007 that he planned a series of book sequels featuring Thom Creed. [2] Hero was one of the It Books of 2007 (Young Adult subset): an angsty and heartwarming tale of a closeted teen superhero coming to grips with his sexuality, his macho dad, his literally invisible mom, his yearning for love and for belonging. It pushed all of the progressive buttons: an innocent ostracized by an othering society, middle class privilege, very pro-women/seniors/immigrants/disabled, very questioning of paternalism, and very prone to catastrophizing the present while ignoring past socio-political strides forward. Perry Moore was also rather an It Guy in those years: producer of the Narnia films and a healthy, horsey, very mainstream representative of gay men (including a moment as People's Sexy Man of the Week, complete with emphasis on his love of surfing).

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Moore said he wrote the book after being upset by a Marvel Comic. In the 2005 "Enemy of the State" storyline, the gay character Northstar is killed by Wolverine (while the latter is brainwashed by The Hand). [1] Moore believed that having one of Marvel's biggest superheroes murder its most prominent gay character sent the wrong message to readers. [2] Moore subsequently created a list of 60 LGBTQ superheroes who have met with torture, rape, disembowelment, decapitation, had their genitalia disfigured or removed, or retconned as heterosexual. [3] [4] His growing awareness of the poor treatment of LGBTQ superhero characters led him to write Hero to present a more positive side. Now Justice being the villain I've already kind of said why it annoyed me. But also the fact he was all powerful was irritating. He was the Superman basically if Superman was a villain, down the weakness to a shiny stone. Then you had Warrior Woman who was basically Wonder Woman. And that just felt a little odd to me. Either as homage or rip off I didn't like that.

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Hero is a 2007 Lambda-winning novel, and the only novel by openly gay film producer and novelist Perry Moore. The fantasy novel is about a teenage superhero, Thom Creed, who must deal with his ex-superhero father's disgrace, his own sexuality, and a murderer stalking the world's heroes.

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This story had some good points that made me enjoy this book. The emotions that the characters had to cover up due to layers of deep secrets was greatly written. They felt very honest and exactly how I would feel. Also Thom couldn't have chosen a better group of friends or love interest than he did. I hope he has a great life because he deserves it. During a basketball game, Thom recognizes one of the players from the opposing team as Goran. Thom is thrown off his game and Goran ends up breaking one of his legs. Strangely, Thom heals Goran's injury by touching his leg over the compound fracture. He has healed others before, but does not fully understand his ability. Apparently no one notices what he has done for Goran, and when the game resumes, another player calls Thom a faggot in front of everyone. Afterwards, Thom has a seizure, which is most likely related to stress created by absorbing Goran's injuries, and his fears about his father discovering his sexual orientation. While recuperating at the hospital, he is forced to give up his driver's license and must resort to using the bus to get around. Here, we have supposedly the most good, upstanding hero in the world, Justice. About his colleague, he says: "Warrior Woman's a bitch." (182). Great. for any young girls, gay or not, reading this book, it's good to know that the most prolific and respected woman superhero can be flippantly referred to as a bitch, by her colleague. Thom is a teenager who's dad is a disgraced superhero. Thom is gay and now he's coming in to his powers. He has a lot on his plate and has a lot of difficult things to decide. He doesn't always do the right thing at first, but he knows when he hasn't and does try to correct it. In a world that accepts superheroes and aliens with super powers (think superman), being gay is still prejudiced against. Actually it seems all your standard prejudices and bigotry is in this world. Although, there is a lot of smoking in this book, which I found odd. But other than that, I think it handles things well. I could have done without the romance element, which was again cliché since you have the hero-falling-for-the-villain-but-they-don't-know-who-the-other-is-beneath-their-masks bit. *Cough* Batman and Catwoman *cough*Still there were times where this book annoyed me. An instance that annoyed me was when it felt like the author gave us [the readers] 3 mysteries in the beginning that the main character knew the answers to. I kept wondering "why is the author trying to make us guess if they aren't really mysteries?" It just felt like unnecessary hindrances to the intro. From Submission Guidelines to Volunteer Editors to helpful essays, this section has all you need to polish your story!