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Bruce Strong, Cameron Jeserick, Caroline Mathlin, Courtney Hickling, Eric Manccia, Gabriel Stalker,

Krista Dupts, Megan Martin, Melanie Johnson Saville, Michael Young, Misty Shelton, Nicholas Tara,

Peter Gordon, T.M. and Vaughan M. Dennis.

Thank you also to the podcast studio heads,

Melanie Bennett and Saoud al-Hassan, and with sincerest gratitude to the show's above-the-line financiers,

Joe and Jen Stillwell, and Paul Schumann. A heartfelt thanks as well to every fan, big fan,

and huge fan out there. I'm really struggling to make

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already seen the movie and are curious about the differences between it and the original Greek

myths. If you haven't seen the movie, this is your cue to stop the podcast, go watch the movie, and come on back.

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Thank you. might not find suitable. Discretion is advised. Hello and welcome to Cinema Story Origins, Episode 22A, Disney's Hercules, Part 1.

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The When people think about superheroes today, they think about comic books, movies, giant cinematic universes, capes, powers, mutations,

origin stories, all that.

But the idea of larger-than-life heroes fighting monsters and shaping the fate of the world

is a lot older than Marvel or D.C.

Long before theaters, long before novels, people were telling stories about figures who are part human, part divine,

and capable of things no normal person could survive.

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