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Superheroes photographed through the ages

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Watchmen’s masked men in WWI Germany. Spider-Man in military garb. General MacArthur in a Stormtrooper helmet. The Avengers driving a super dairy truck. Danil Polevoy’s photo collages place heroes and villains in unlikely eras.

[98 Metres of Loneliness via Geek Art]

The Nameless Soldiers. Germany, 1914.

Washington, D.C., circa 1916. Mrs.Parker and son.

Washington, D.C., circa 1921. “Walker Hill Dairy.” And a super-milk truck that’s been around the block a few times. Captain America, Iron man and Invisible man.

February 1863. “Great-grandfather of Wolverine. Captain J.W. Forsyth, provost marshal, Aquia Creek, Virginia.”

The Gorgon Medusa & The Hero Perseus. Oregon, October 1939.

August 1863. “Bealeton, Virginia. Army of the Potomac headquarters.

Captain Henry Page, Assistant Quartermaster and his triceratops Marshall.”

November 1930. Washington, D.C. “MacArthur, Douglas, General”.

Darth Vader of the Old City.

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