My Film & Fairytales professor informed me today that she considers comic books/superheroes to be a type of fairytale. She then proceeded to approve my final project proposal of a research project on none other than... Superman.

I get to do a research project. On SUPERMAN. For a grade.

Is this not the greatest assignment EVER?! It's a total win/win situation.

The point is, while I have a lot of sources available to me (wikipedia, etc.), I'm wondering if any of you know where I can find some more reliable/accurate sources of information. And if you know of any scholarly-type articles that I can use, that would be great also.

Specifically some things I'm going to be focusing on are:

-The concept of a hero and why he fits it
-How the different adaptations have reflected the time period and what's happening in the world
-How Supes himself has changed over the years, specifically how he's become a little softer (more "feminine" is the term my prof used) than he used to be
-General history of the character

Thanks in advance!

Thanks to Cat for my rockin' avatar!
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(About Lois & Clark)
Perry: Son, you just hit the bulls eye. It's like we're supporting characters in some TV show and it's only about them.
Jimmy: Yeah! It's like all we do is advance their plots.
Perry: To tell you the truth, I'm sick of it.
Jimmy: Man, me too!