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Modern audiences who don't do a lot of reading about history, probably believe a hero flies about in tights and cape performing unbelievable feats of daring do. Or is a John Wick or a Jack Reacher.. This last bunch, and there are lots more movies featuring a man or a woman doing the same thing, can best be described as anti-heroes. And very very fictional. If there were such people who could escape a gauntlet of death and destruction, killing dozens of bad guys with hardly a scratch, the military would only need a few such individuals on the ground at any one time. But history has a lot of heroes who did not exceed the laws of probability but were no less brave and courageous. Unfortunately, most died for what they believed in. Sometimes they died not knowing exactly what it was they were dying for but knew they were doing the right thing. This is a 6 by 4.5 inches gel pen with color pencil drawing on medium bond acid-free paper. Original Jones Art, still standing in northwest Austin, Texas.

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Ray Steele 11 hours ago

I history bluff I love history, so your saying there is real heroes that don't have superhuman powers damn lmfao ;D

Artist Reply: Since, to my knowledge, no person has 'super powers' then all heroes have been and are just normal mortal beings like you and I, Ray. And when they do what is necessary against the odds, what can they be but heroes? Hope you are doing great and enjoying yourself. :)