美国国家公共电台 NPR Len Wein, Co-Creator Of Wolverine And Storm Comics, Dies At 69

 

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST:

Comic book writer and editor Len Wein has died. He helped create a lot of famous characters during his nearly 50-year career.

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

Like Storm, the white-haired X-Man who controls the weather.

MCEVERS: Human-plant hybrid¹ Swamp Thing.

SHAPIRO: And most notably²...

(SOUNDBITE OF METAL CLANGING)

SHAPIRO: ...A ferocious³ Canadian mutant with long metal claws.

(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE WOLVERINE")

HIROYUKI SANADA: (As Shingen) What kind of monster are you?

HUGH JACKMAN: (As Logan) The Wolverine.

SHAPIRO: Wolverine first appeared in 1974 in an issue of "The Incredible Hulk."

EVAN NARCISSE: And he was kind of a bruiser.

MCEVERS: Evan Narcisse writes about comics for the website io9. He says Len Weins' Wolverine was a change from the straight-laced heroes of the time.

NARCISSE: He was coarse. He was rowdy. He was impolite. That was a really big breath of fresh air.

SHAPIRO: In 1975, Wein and artist Dave Cockrum revamped Marvel's X-Men. They added Wolverine to the team, and the rest is pop culture history.

MCEVERS: And that's not all Wein did.

NARCISSE: He edited "Watchmen," which is one of the most important superhero comics of the 20th century.

MCEVERS: The series was published by DC Comics in the late '80s. And it was different - darker, more philosophical⁴. "Watchmen" set a serious tone for comic books.

SHAPIRO: And Wein played a big part in that.

NARCISSE: He was always looking for the humanity in these over-the-top absurdist paradigms⁵ of superhero work. Like, he was trying to find, how can these characters be relatable to readers?

SHAPIRO: Narcisse says that's part of Wein's legacy⁶. His characters may have had superpowers, but they also grappled with self-doubt and failure.

MCEVERS: Comic book writer and editor Len Wein died yesterday. He was 69.

(SOUNDBITE OF KABLE SONG, "MISSION FAILER - OUTRO")

1 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

2 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

3 ferocious   

adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的

参考例句：

• The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
• The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。

4 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

5 paradigms   

n.（一词的）词形变化表( paradigm的名词复数 )；范例；样式；模范

参考例句：

• Evolution of 3 paradigms in modern karst study is reviewed. 回顾了近代岩溶学三种“范式”的更替历史。 来自互联网
• LMT provides 8 types of Learning-Map and the paradigms of each type. 学习导图技术提出了八种类型的学习导图，并分别给出图形范例加以说明。 来自互联网

6 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。